Neowin News Feed for: Com

Former Microsoft executive explains why Windows GUI strategy is such a mess

Usama Jawad — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:28:01 +0000

Decades of mixed signals and sudden pivots from Microsoft have left Windows developers stuck juggling overlapping tools with no clear direction. Read more...

Microsoft slightly improves OOBE on Windows 11 22H2, 21H2, as well as on Windows 10

Sayan Sen — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:32:02 +0000

Microsoft has released a new update that slightly improves the Windows OOBE process. These new updates apply to all Windows 11 versions, and also on some Windows 10 versions, ie, 20H2, 21H2, and 22H2. Read more...

Report: U.S. government can seize any .com domain

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:29:12 +0000

A new report claims that the US government has the right to seize any .com domain name, even those hosted and owned by overseas companies, due to the domains being managed by the US-based VeriSign. Read more...

Happy Birthday .com, 25 years old today

Tom Warren — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:17:10 +0000

25 years ago today a computer manufacturer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts called Symbolics, Inc. was the first to register a .com address on March 15, 1985. A year later and only five other companies had registered... Read more...

First 100 .com domains ever registered

Brad Sams — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:22:36 +0000

The Internet domain game has been going strong for over 20 years. Have you ever thought back and wondered what some of the first domain registrations were? Surprisingly the first domain name ever... Read more...

VeriSign Retains .com Domain Till 2012

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:58:02 +0000

VeriSign Inc. said on Monday it would maintain control of the lucrative ".com" Internet domain until 2012 in return for dropping an antitrust lawsuit against the nonprofit body that oversees the Internet's addressing system. ... Read more...

VeriSign to implement change to .com and .net

Fri, 09 Jan 2004 17:36:29 +0000

Here's more of VeriSign to spice up your daily lives! VeriSign Inc. is planning a change to a Domain Name System component responsible for coordinating updates to the .com and .net domains... Read more...