Steam is running on Windows 7 again, thanks to a fan-made backport

Valve ended official support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x in the Steam client just a year ago, forcing gamers clinging to ...

Notepad++ fixes flaw that let attackers push malicious update files

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Notepad's spellcheck needs a major overhaul

To me, it seems like Notepad's spellcheck is more word-focused instead of trying to identify the context and figure out which ...

Notepad++ users urged to update immediately after hackers hijack the app's updater

The developers of Notepad++ recently discovered an actively exploited vulnerability that enabled hackers to hijack the popular editor's automatic updater. Version 8.8.9 addresses the issue, but ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Update Notepad++ now to fix a dangerous security vulnerability

The popular Notepad++ text editor has been hijacked to spread malware, due to a security vulnerability in the app's update ...

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

A core group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, ...

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to ge…

"The truly funny thing about this color scheme is that all the other Windows 3.1 color schemes are surprisingly rational, ...

5 essential Windows apps I always install on new PCs (and how they're uniquely powerful)

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