Every decent programmer has to study source code at some time or other. Sometimes it's to learn new coding styles. Sometimes it's to get an idea of how something works. Regardless of the reason, no ...

Back in the day it was assumed by writers that they needed to file their work with the Library of Congress to prove copyright. Not so. But if you want to prove your authorship of open source code and ...

Once upon a time if you wanted to copy, move, delete, or rename files on a PC running Microsoft software, you had to type a command into a DOS box. For more than two decades Microsoft has offered ...

Dating back to the days of Windows 3.0, File Manager was an application using the multiple-document interface to display the contents of several folders within one window. File Manager served as the ...

See how the old folks used to use their PCs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's been a long time since I've used Windows 3.0. A ...

Microsoft has sent several letters to people known to have posted Windows source code on the Internet, warning them to stop offering the files and erase any copies. The letters explain to the ...

Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration, but the code that made the service possible will ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s source code for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 has leaked online.