databases Microsoft Access finally breaks free of its 22-inch form limit CRT-era restriction dragged into the widescreen age after 34 years
OS PLATFORMS Microsoft tells Windows users to get ready for 26H2 – unless they're on 26H1 Same core as 24H2 and 25H2 means an enablement package, while Search gets a little more forgiving
OS platforms Canonical reveals Myna, its local speech-to-text app Bird-branded AI will ride on Stonking Stingray
OS Platforms KDE Plasma 6.7 brings the X11 era to a close Plenty of new shiny in the service of improved usability
OS PLATFORMS FreeBSD 15.1 lands, but desktop dabblers still have to draw their own GUI Better laptop sleep and Wi-Fi support make the beastie more portable-friendly, but getting beyond the shell remains a DIY job
OS PLaTFORMS Windows devs rerolled old code to save precious bytes There really was a time when Microsoft cared about every KB
OS PLATFORMS Linux kernel 7.1 sends Intel 486 support to silicon heaven More than 140,000 lines of code bite the dust as ancient CPUs, bus mice, and other legacy leftovers face the chop
OS PLATFORMS macOS 27 beta boots Asahi Linux off Apple Silicon Partition's still there, but good luck seeing it and don't upgrade until fix lands, says team
OS PLATFORMS Linux Lite 8.0 sheds Chrome, slims down, and finds its name fits better than ever Firefox is in, Snap and Flatpak are still out, but a default AI helper may raise eyebrows
OS Platforms History of CentOS: How a biochemist's Linux hobby project became the enterprise world's default operating system When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was 'probably the right product'
os platforms Yes! It’s true! Windows 11 is an agentic platform It always has been, but Microsoft didn’t realize it
OS PLATFORMS Grep this: Microsoft grafts (most) Linux commands onto Windows Coreutils serves over 75 Unix commands in Windows and PowerShell command lines
OS PLATFORMS Microsoft Build News: Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, Coreutils for Windows, air-gapped GitHub and more Microsoft Build previews Surface RTX Spark dev box and air-gapped on-premises GitHub
os platforms I designed Microsoft's $5B EA channel architecture in 2001. The 2026 transition is missing what made it work The man behind Redmond's direct billing model and its geo rollout explains why the new version forgets the channel to its cost
os platforms Microsoft tests the 15-character limit of Windows Server admins' patience May security update trips over hostnames of a very specific length
os platforms ReactOS brings its Windows NT tribute act to ARM64 Experimental build boots on Raspberry Pi 5, but for now the joy is mostly in getting there
