Neowin News Feed for: Ms-dos

Microsoft explains how you can run MS-DOS 4.00 that it officially open sourced today

Sayan Sen — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:38:02 +0000

Microsoft earlier today, in collaboration with IBM, announced that it is open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code. The company has explained what was special about it and how to run it. Read more...

Perhaps the earliest ancestor of Microsoft DOS and Windows just arrived on the Internet

Sayan Sen — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 23:56:01 +0000

The earliest known version of 86-DOS, which is basically the great grandfather of Microsoft DOS has arrived on the internet, thanks to a tech enthusiast who has uploaded the version to the Archive. Read more...

A quick look back at Microsoft's first computer operating system, Xenix

John Callaham — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:16:01 +0000

Long before Windows, and even before MS-DOS, Microsoft sold a Unix-based operating system it called Xenix in 1980. It was the first OS made by the company, but it eventually sold it off in 1987. Read more...

A quick look back at Microsoft Word on its 40th anniversary and its conflicting launch dates

John Callaham — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 21:38:01 +0000

In 1983, Microsoft shipped the first version of what would become known as Microsoft Word, although there is some confusion as to the exact date the word processor program was launched. Read more...

Rufus 4.1 restores some missing features, adds improved compatibility

Taras Buria — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 06:26:01 +0000

Rufus, a popular third-party tool for creating bootable USB drives, has been updated to version 4.1. The latest release brings back some previously missing features and improves compatibility. Read more...

Twitter will no longer allow you to play MS-DOS games in tweets

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 04 May 2015 18:01:28 +0000

Last week, Twitter became a mobile gaming hub for over 2000 MS-DOS games. Today, it looks like Twitter has put the kibosh on gaming within tweets because it violates their terms of service. Read more...

Microsoft's new operating system reinvents MS-DOS for mobile

Nirave Gondhia — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 06:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has today launched MS-DOS Mobile, a stunning new DOS-based platform designed especially for mobile phones, which aims to take productivity back to where it all started with a simple OS. Read more...

Microsoft's MS-DOS and Word source code is filled with Easter eggs

John Callaham — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:06:06 +0000

Microsoft's release of the source code to MS DOS 1.1 and 2.0 and Word for Windows 1.1a this week has revealed that its programmers hid some interesting text jokes inside the software. Read more...

Neobytes: We look back at Steve Ballmer's most "colorful" keynotes and ads

John Callaham — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a history of getting excited when on stage during a keynote or being filmed for a TV commercial. We look back at just some of his more "colorful" moments. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: A Microsoft Family Tree

Tyler Holman — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:20:19 +0000

Check out Trivia Tuesday's awesome infographic pedigree of Microsoft operating systems, from MS-DOS and OS/2 all the way up to Windows 8, and everything in between. Yes, even Zune. Read more...

Researcher: Microsoft's MS-DOS doesn't contain copied CP/M code

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:03:54 +0000

A new report from a forensic computing researcher claims that he has found no evidence that Microsoft's MS-DOS OS contains code copied from another OS, CP/M. Read more...

IBM and Microsoft's OS/2 turns 25 today

John Callaham — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:47:06 +0000

25 years ago today, IBM and Microsoft announced OS/2, the PC operating system that was designed to replace DOS but failed to do so, thanks mostly to Microsoft's efforts to improve Windows. Read more...

The IBM PC is 30 years old today

John Callaham — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:55:27 +0000

IBM reproduces the original press release from August 12, 1981 that officially announced the launch of the IBM personal computer. Read more...

Microsoft celebrates 30 years of the IBM PC

John Callaham — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:08:17 +0000

Microsoft celebrates the 30th anniversary of the IBM PC a couple of days early with an article that looks ahead to the future of the PC and Microsoft's Windows operating system. Read more...

MS-DOS turns 30 years old today ... sort of

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:24:56 +0000

Microsoft's operating system business launched 30 years ago today with MS-DOS ... kind of. As The Register reports, on July 27, 1981 Microsoft bought the full rights to QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), the... Read more...