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MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation - now you can download it for free

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced

Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...
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If You're Still Running Windows 10, You Need to Do This One Thing Before Oct. 14

Windows 10 users who aren't upgrading to Windows 11 need to enroll in a Microsoft's Extended Security Updates program to receive critical security updates.
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Microsoft just made its own code from the 70s open source, and you can download it right now

Microsoft just open-sourced 6502 BASIC (BASIC M6502 8K VER 1.1) from 1978. The code powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and ...

Ollama on Windows 11 vs WSL: two brilliant ways to use local LLMs

On a Windows 11 PC, you can actually use Ollama either natively or through WSL, with the latter being potentially important ...