Back in the day it was assumed by writers that they needed to file their work with the Library of Congress to prove copyright. Not so. But if you want to prove your authorship of open source code and ...

Once upon a time if you wanted to copy, move, delete, or rename files on a PC running Microsoft software, you had to type a command into a DOS box. For more than two decades Microsoft has offered ...

Microsoft has sent several letters to people known to have posted Windows source code on the Internet, warning them to stop offering the files and erase any copies. The letters explain to the ...

Al Lowe, one of Sierra On-Line‘s seminal game creators and programmers, has been sitting on a pile of his original games’ source code files for over 30 years, fully convinced that they are worthless. ...

See how the old folks used to use their PCs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's been a long time since I've used Windows 3.0. A ...

Dating back to the days of Windows 3.0, File Manager was an application using the multiple-document interface to display the contents of several folders within one window. File Manager served as the ...

As those of us who worked in the consumer software world back when physical media was king can attest, when a master disc has been sent for duplication and distribution there is no turning back from ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s source code for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 has leaked online.