An alternate interface for Windows from Microsoft that was designed for people afraid of computers. Introduced in 1995 and discontinued the following year, Bob came with a word processor ...

In the software world, there’s Bob. If you don’t remember him, Bob was Microsoft’s 1995 answer ... you’ll need to boot Windows 3.1 — this is 1995, remember. To log in you had to knock ...

designer Vincent Connare began creating Comic Sans in October 1994 as an informal font for Microsoft Bob, a user interface released for Windows in March 1995 that used objects inside a cartoon ...

In a statement to Windows Central, Microsoft has confirmed that it's unifying its news content services under the MSN brand once again.

Microsoft is planning to no longer support the Windows Mail, Calendar, and People apps later this year. The software giant ...

As per Windows Central, the partnership has been finalized, with Microsoft committing to finance the development of the undisclosed game. Described as being in line with Toys for Bob's previous ...

Albacore ( @thebookisclosed) on X has shared images of a hidden Settings page in Windows 11, providing further evidence of ...

Microsoft is working on improving access control with Windows Hello. Now a visual makeover is also due. It can be admired in the Windows Insider preview of Windows 11 in the beta channel.

Windows 11 makes a big visual departure for Microsoft. In the newer operating system, Microsoft centers the Taskbar and the Start menu on the screen. This makes it look a bit more like macOS and ...

Microsoft is bringing another Windows 11 app to Windows 10 customers. After backporting the new Alarms & Clock app, Microsoft is releasing the updated Windows Media Player. It is now available to ...

The story of its creation spans a creative and dynamic collaboration between engineering, design and marketing teams at Microsoft, across an ocean during a pandemic and which incorporated a parallel ...

In the software world, there’s Bob. If you don’t remember him, Bob was Microsoft’s 1995 answer to why computers were so darn hard to use. [LGR] gives us a nostalgic look back at Bob and ...