2001 Hardware Windows 
GeekWire
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveils Copilot + PCs, a linchpin of the companys plan to reinvent Windows, during a special event in Redmond in May 2024. Microsoft is betting Windows on AI, looking to breathe new life into one of the most successful products in tech history. Yet the sheer footprint of Windows continues to set it apart.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10 The PC revolution started off life 35 years ago this week. Microsoft launched its first version of Windows on November 20th, 1985, to succeed MS-DOS. It was a huge milestone that paved the way for the modern versions of Windows we use today. At the time, many complained that Windows 1.0
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The Verge
MAY 21, 2020
Microsoft’s original Xbox console source code has leaked online, alongside code for a version of Windows NT 3.5. The Xbox source code includes the kernel for the operating system on the original console, a custom version of Windows 2000. Alongside the Xbox leak, source code for a near-final version of Windows NT 3.5
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
Pluton is meant to improve the security of Windows systems in two key ways: First, by moving the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) from a separate chip into the central processing unit (CPU) itself. Second, by enabling Pluton for Windows computers to integrate with the Windows Update process for security firmware updates.
GeekWire
MARCH 13, 2025
The IBM partnership didnt end well, I pointed out, alluding to the bitter split over OS/2, which saw Microsoft pivot to Windows in the late 1980s while IBM struggled to gain traction in the PC market. Steve Ballmer with former Microsoft Windows NT leader David Cutler, right, at a 2018 Clippers game. I made a bunch of trips to Taiwan.
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
The four generations of Xbox hardware, as of 2020. At the same time, however, Microsoft was making so much money on both Office and Windows that the expenses for creating the Xbox weren’t big enough to affect the company’s overall bottom line. The original Xbox is in the back left. GeekWire Photo/Thomas Wilde).
GeekWire
MAY 2, 2023
Arkane Studios’ Redfall was scheduled to release on Xbox, Windows, and the Xbox Game Pass Monday evening. The Xbox Series X|S as a platform is in dire need of a big, unequivocal hit, in the same way that 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved put the original Xbox on the map.
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