The reality is that Windows does a good enough job at handling driver updates. Manufacturers submit the latest versions to ...

MicroProse has announced a new partnership with developer Geoff Crammond to re-release the four games in the Grand Prix series under a new name. The series ...

It's a new dawn for MSNBC, which is being rebranded and will now be known as MS NOW. The transition comes as the channel breaks off from its current parent company, Comcast NBCUniversal, and moves to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. MSNBC rebrands to MS NOW as NBCUniversal spins the cable network into new company Versant, separating from NBC ...

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Before Windows took over the PC gaming world, MS-DOS was the home of countless ground-breaking titles. These games laid the foundation for entire genres—platformers, RPGs, shooters, and simulations ...

On this day in 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded a company called Micro-Soft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The two men had worked together before, as members of the Lakeside Programming group in ...

After [Andy]’s discovery of an old ISA soundcard at his parents’ place that once was inside the family PC, the onset of a wave of nostalgia for those old-school sounds drove him off the deep end. This ...

ESPN‘s Chris Fowler may find himself in an unusual position when he’s in the middle of calling one of the college football games slated for broadcast on ABC or ESPN. He may look up at a monitor during ...

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