The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2025

Some stories, though, were more impactful or popular with our readers than others. This article explores 15 of the biggest ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Microsoft hides these 7 Windows 11 settings for a reason

Most Windows users have come to terms with the fact that Microsoft doesn't deserve praise for its implementation of the ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the ...

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the early 1990s is introduced to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme. Back in the day ...
ZDNet

The Windows Insider Program is a confusing mess

The Windows Insider Program has evolved tremendously in the last 11 years. For enterprise customers, those changes have been a source of confusion. Recent key leadership shifts suggest more unwelcome ...
The Escapist

Windows 1.0 turns 40: Time is a flat circle as Xbox and Microsoft feel as if they’re back in 1985

Ever wondered what owning a computer in the 1980s was like? Outside of nostalgia, it wasn’t the best. Until 1984, unless you were in some kind of strange lab or university, nearly everything was ...
PC World

Microsoft Windows hits 40 years old: A visual walk down memory lane

On November 20th, 1985, a then not-so-big company called Microsoft announced that Windows was commercially available. Read the full story of the Microsoft operating system below. Windows 1 to 11: The ...
Benzinga.com

Shell Plans $1 Billion Angola Oil Investment During Offshore Exploration Push: Report

Shell PLC (NYSE:SHEL) reportedly plans to invest around $1 billion in new oil blocks in Angola. The chairman of the oil regulator stated that the move reflects the southern African nation’s aim to ...
Wall Street Journal

Shell Renews $3.5 Billion Quarterly Buyback Program as Earnings Rise

Shell SHEL0.30%increase; green up pointing triangle continued its $3.5 billion quarterly buyback after adjusted earnings rose more than expected, boosted by an improved trading performance and higher ...
Morningstar

Shell Renews $3.5 Billion Quarterly Buyback Program as Earnings Rise — 2nd Update

Shell continued its $3.5 billion quarterly buyback after adjusted earnings rose more than expected, boosted by an improved trading performance and higher margins. The British energy company said the ...
The Advocate

Shell donated $5M to Southern's business and engineering programs. Here's how they'll use it.

Southern University will build three chemical engineering labs and a career development center with a $5 million donation from Shell, the college announced Tuesday. Southern's chemical engineering ...