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What happened to Windows Pinball?

This video is from Dave’s Garage. Dave (who did the 32-bit version) interviews Raymond Chen (who did the 64-bit version) about the fate of Windows Pinball.

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Windows

How This Wallpaper Conquered The World

Windows XP is by far the most recognizable operating system of all time. It’s a symbol of the early 2000s and people all over the world know the classic wallpaper. But, how did Windows XP specifically get so popular? It wasn’t the first Windows or the last Windows or arguably even the best Windows. Well, […]

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Was there ever a NSA Backdoor in Windows? This and more from the guy who created Windows Task Manager!

David Bombal gets some great stories and advice from Dave Plummer – the original creator of task manager and other interesting software like unzip on Microsoft Windows. Did the NSA have a backdoor in Microsoft Windows? Should you learn Rust or GoLang? Learn from someone who has years of development experience!

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Bliss – The Story of Windows XP’s Famous Default Wallpaper

Bliss was used as Windows XP’s default wallpaper. For most people, that is all it will ever be. But behind this green hill and blue sky lies a story of ambition, passion, and spontaneity that defined a photographer’s legacy.

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Windows 11 Pinball

The original Windows NT programmer for Windows Pinball reveals how Windows Pinball made it from NT to Windows 11 today. Dave was the original developer who wrote the XP port of Windows Pinball, and in this episode, he tells the story from the game’s original addition to Windows all the way to its removal, and […]

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Hardware Mobile

A Look Back at the UMPC

Once upon a time (around 14 years ago), I was a Tablet PC developer, MVP, and all around fan boy. In other words, I was into tablets before they were cool. Indeed, I was in to tablets before they were practical. And this review by RetroManCave of a Azus R2H UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) indicates […]

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