The Xiph.org Foundation announced today the official release of Theora 1.0. Theora is an open video codec that can be broadly used and redistributed without having to pay patent royalties. The latest ...

Microsoft “re-released” Windows 1.0 this week as part of a partnership with that Stranger Things show I have yet to binge on Netflix. While it’s free for you to download and play with—on Windows, of ...

November 10, 1983: Microsoft tells the world about an upcoming product called Windows that will bring the graphical user interface to IBM PCs. Although Microsoft’s announcement about the new operating ...

Since its inception, Microsoft has made a practice of folding innovation by others into its proprietary products. Windows is no exception. Beginning with version 1.0, Windows has accreted features ...

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First of Three OpenMAX Standards to Provide Comprehensive Streaming Media Portability; OpenMAX IL Conformance Tests to Be Made Immediately Available LAS VEGAS -- Jan. 4, 2006--The Khronos(TM) Group is ...

The first version of Microsoft Windows will be knocking on the door of its third decade Thursday when it turns the ripe old age of 29 — well past retirement in software years, given that Microsoft ...

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 ...