Open Task Manager on your Windows PC right now and chances are you'll see apps like Discord, Slack, or Teams sitting at the top of the memory list, even if they're not active. It's not a bug in their ...

Microsoft’s new winapp CLI simplifies Windows app development with one-command setup, faster testing, and easier packaging. Image: Microsoft Microsoft is trying to make Windows app development feel a ...

Microsoft has announced the availability of a public preview of winapp — or the Windows App Development CLI to give it its full title. The open source tool is a single command-line interface for ...

WinUI finally gets native TableView, Chart and inking controls, the basics that pushed Windows 11 developers toward Electron ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

In Vernor Vinge’s science fiction novel A Deepness in the Sky, one of the characters works as a software archaeologist, mining thousands of years of code and libraries to find the solutions to ...

This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who ...

Microsoft’s Build 2026 Windows updates add developer setup tools, local AI models, Linux workflows, and agent security controls. Image: Johnyvino/Unsplash Windows is getting a major developer-focused ...

Being able to replace Windows with Linux has been the dream of many, including myself, for a long time. But software ...