Microsoft earlier today, in collaboration with IBM, announced that it is open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code. The company has explained what was special about it and how to run it.
Sayan Sen
Reporter NeowinForum Information
- Forum Name:
- hellowalkman
- Joined:
- 16 January 2019
- Forum Posts:
- 4,268
Biography
Did I ever think I would become a technology journalist? The answer is No! But that does not matter cause I certainly enjoy it, now that I am doing it. If you read my articles, you may notice I like writing about hardware, stuff like CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, or RAM. Besides that, you will also find me covering Windows news.
Recently, firmware and chipset support for AMD's next gen Zen 5 (Ryzen 9000) series processors were added. Now, a leak has revealed the alleged specifications of the next-gen Ryzen Strix Halo APUs.
Microsoft may finally be coming clean. With a new hidden change, the tech giant seems to acknowledge that "ads" on the Windows 11 Start menu are real, though it could also mean more ads are coming.
It is one of those rare occasions where Samsung, Amazon, and Newegg, have decided to drop the prices of the 990 Pro SSD, which is one of the fastest PCIe Gen4 SSDs currently available.
Microsoft is looking to display a system requirements cautionary message on Windows 11 24H2 PCs for when such a PC fails to meet the requirements for the upcoming AI-powered File Explorer.
Microsoft recently added a compatibility block wherein very old unsupported CPUs like Intel's Core 2 Duo, are no longer able to bypass Windows 11 system requirements during version 24H2 setup.
Following some welcome discounts on its GPUs, namely, the RX 7900 XT, GRE, and the 7700 XT, AMD has also dropped price of the 12-core Ryzen 5900X to its lowest ever. The 16-core 5950X is cheap too.
Less than a month ago, a one-click trick to bypass the Windows 11 system requirements was discovered. While it was thought to work only on LTSC editions, it turned out to work on other versions too.
A former Microsoft veteran engineer who had worked on multiple major Windows components and features recently shared a story relating to Zip support. Today, more back story about it was shared.
Microsoft recently made an effort to redesign the Windows 11 Start menu due to an overwhelming number of user requests. Following that, the company has improved the design once again.
Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 Beta Build 22635.3500 under KB5036985 today for Insiders. With this new build, the company brings two new features related to Microsoft Account (MSA).
A new Windows 11 build 26100.2 has been quietly released to the Insider channels, Dev and Canary, under KB5037941. The build has no changelog as it is not meant for the regular branch.
Following the recent RX 7900 XT and 7900 GRE sales that we covered, AMD's RX 7700 XT, which originally launched for $449, has now received a price cut and it is currently at least $50 off.
Microsoft has acknowledged that a recent Edge update bug led to the installation of a Copilot app on Windows 11, 10 and Server PCs. The company has assured the intent wasn't to steal user data.
AMD slashed the prices of its RX 7900 XT and GRE once Nvidia revealed its RTX 4000 Super cards. The 7900 XT is now down to one of its lowest prices ever, meanwhile, the GRE is also discounted.
AMD has unveiled today its Ryzen PRO desktop and laptop CPU lineups that are going to be powering the new Microsoft Windows 11 AI PCs. The latter is excited about Pluton security in these PCs.