Neowin News Feed for: Paste

Can we talk about how copy and paste sucks so much in Windows?

Adam Bottjen — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:46:01 +0000

Have you ever copied some text on Windows to the clipboard, only to have something old show up when you paste it? It seems Microsoft may have made the clipboard unreliable a while ago. Read more...

Larry Tesler, creator of copy and paste, dies at 74

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:34:02 +0000

The creator of the cut, copy, and paste functions, Larry Tesler, died on Monday at the age of 74 according to one of his previous employers, Xerox. He also worked at Apple, Amazon and Yahoo!. Read more...

Windows 8 improved copy/paste UI detailed

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:47:07 +0000

Over at Building Windows 8, Microsoft have shown off and detailed the new actions surrounding their improved copy/paste tasks in Windows 8, which will be more user friendly and give greater control Read more...

Prevent v 1.0 disables cut, paste, copy, delete, re-naming of files & folders

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:20:44 +0000

Prevent v 1.0 is a freeware app which runs on all Windows. If you don't want anyone deleting or renaming or messing around with your data, maybe your younger sibling, then Prevent may be able... Read more...

iPhone copy and paste nearing reality

Damien Reynolds — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:15:56 +0000

Something all iPhone users desperately want is copy and paste, nothing is more annoying when someone sends you a link to a site in your text message and you have to write it down so... Read more...