When you hear “PS2” and “Windows 95,” you probably think someone forgot a slash and are talking about peripherals, but no — ...

The switch from Windows 3.x to Windows 95 was a big step for Microsoft and their software developers. Accordingly, Microsoft ...

Microsoft tested Windows 95's compatibility by buying every PC program in the Egghead Software store, crashing its register ...

Microsoft engineer recalls how a $10,000 purchase for Windows 95 testing crashed a store's cash register — and how they fixed ...

The FAA isn't alone in clinging to floppy disk technology. San Francisco's train control system still runs on DOS loaded from ...

Although Windows 95 was not much different in core functionality than its predecessor, Windows 3.1, the software was updated in a few notable ways. For one, Windows 95 was developed to integrate ...

Windows 95 introduced various features into the Windows paradigm, and while many of those features have either been pruned or overhauled in the nearly three decades since, ...

Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Eno, a longtime critic of the Israeli government who’s backed pro-Palestine efforts, said on Instagram he would use his original ...

A former Microsoft executive shared images of the first ever copy of Windows 95, fresh out of the production line. The legacy operating system was released to manufacturing 28 years ago this month.

Back in August 2023, Windows 95 became 28 years old. Official support for Windows 95 ended in 2001, to be replaced by Windows 98, then Windows XP, then Windows Vista. (Oof.) We’ve previously ...

Writing The Old New Thing blog, he said Windows 95 setup was designed to upgrade systems from three possible starting points – MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 itself.

If you are planning a flight to the USA in the near future, you should know this: Without Windows 95 and floppy discs, many ...