Microsoft's Smart App Control used to be pointless, but it's about to become a lot more usable. Here's what's changing.

Picture the ultimate replacement for the Windows Store app. Let’s imagine it allows for installing nearly any Windows application; no clicking through software installation wizards; automatically ...

Microsoft is previewing an open-source command-line tool designed to speed up Windows application development, testing, and delivery.

Most users are familiar with Windows Defender (the antivirus tool built into Windows Security), which continuously monitors the system for suspicious software activity and also identifies and blocks ...

Customize almost anything about Windows in just a couple of clicks. Ever wish Windows worked just a little bit differently? You're not alone. Windhawk is a free and open source application offering ...

From cloud PCs and smart TVs to Chromebooks, Macs, and Linux systems, everyone is betting on traditional Windows desktop applications. Good news for PC users: Windows desktop software isn’t going ...

One of the biggest problems Microsoft faces is how to make Windows an attractive platform for developers again. It’s easy to put a web front end on a cloud-native application that supports desktop and ...

With all the bloat in Windows 11, you'd think Microsoft would install their best apps, but nope.