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Microsoft is finally updating a Windows 8 relic that hung on all the way to Windows 11

It has stuck around since 2012.

Microsoft is finally removing another Windows 8 UI relic from Windows 11Microsoft is finally removing another Windows 8 UI relic from Windows 11

Windows 11 has plenty of UI leftovers from previous Windows versions, but at long last, Microsoft is removing some that you ...
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Windows 7 and Windows 8 are losing their last web browser

Most desktop software and web browsers have left Windows 7 and Windows 8 in the past, but Firefox still gets security updates on those versions. That's now changing, as Mozilla is ending all support ...
ZDNet

Windows 8 lives again on Linux, and I'm just as confused by it as you

A Linux developer has created a Windows 8 DE. Win8DE looks very much like Windows 8. This new desktop is still in alpha stages. Remember Windows 8? I'm sure I can guess what you remember from that ...
Hackaday

Benchmarking Windows Against Itself, From Windows XP To Windows 11

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost. To quantify this feeling, ...
The Verge

Former Windows 8 boss recruited Epstein to help negotiate his messy Microsoft exit

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for ...