Time is running out for Microsoft Paint. The venerable application that started its life 32 years ago as a monochrome, bitmap Windows 1.0 drawing program is on Microsoft's "Deprecated" list. In an ...

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

Today marks the 30th anniversary of arguably the single most important release in the history of the personal computer – Windows 1.0. As Windows nears its fourth decade, it does so at a pivotal time ...

Update: On Monday night Microsoft announced that MS Paint is not going away and will soon be available in the Windows store for free. The statement reads in part, "we've seen an incredible outpouring ...

On November 20, 1985, Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0, a then new operating system. Development took two years after the Windows announcement in 1983, leading skeptics to call it “vaporware.” See EDN‘s ...

The original version of Microsoft Windows, which was introduced in 1985. Windows 1.0 was a DOS application that provided a crude windowing environment. Its "MS-DOS Executive" was the launching pad for ...

Microsoft's apparently cold send-off for "trusty old" MS Paint in a widely-reported support note yesterday was misunderstood, according to the company. Microsoft posted a blog on Monday evening to ...

Microsoft's Twitter account adopted a Bill and Ted persona yesterday to announce Windows 1.0 from 1985. The company hasn't explained what it's planning but told a fan to "just take a chill pill and ...

The graphics editing software came pre-loaded within Windows for decades, but now be ready to say goodbye to Paint. Microsoft’s highly popular software- MS Paint is about to vanish from future ...