A leaked build of Andromeda OS now lets users try the canceled Windows software originally meant for Surface Duo, offering a ...

When Microsoft was first developing the Surface Duo, it was originally intended to run a Windows 10-based OS code-named Andromeda that looked a lot like Windows Phone. Of course, the company ended up ...

Microsoft has begun supplying a version of its Windows XP Embedded operating system tailored to the retail and hospitality industry, marking the first time that the company has customized an operating ...

How stable can an operating system be when its core design is shifting from a traditional resource manager to what Microsoft describes as an “agentic OS”? That was the question driving debate after ...

Some of the hints for older, unsupported OSes apply equally to both Mac and Windows. Both come with an assortment of bundled ...

Windows 11 is going rusty, and we don't mean that someone left the operating system out in the rain for too long - rather that Rust is now part of the OS in a fresh plan being enacted by Microsoft to ...

If you define "dark mode" as a single, system-level switch that flips the entire interface (and participating apps) to a dark palette, the first modern OS to ship it out of the box was Windows Phone 7 ...

With Windows 10 support due to end soon, many users are looking for an alternative OS, so they don't have to purchase yet another computer. One of the best options for most people is Linux. Modern ...

"After 43 years, this is the first day that we are announcing — and will be distributing — a custom Linux kernel," said Brad Smith, Microsoft's president.