The Windows 95 Usability Testing Builds are the earliest known builds of Windows 95. They are shown in a Microsoft video demonstrating part of the usability testing process for Windows 95, from late 1992/early 1993. They showcase an early taskbar with no clock or Start button.

Ray Ozzie on Google Docs vs. Office, Cloud-centric view vs. PC-centric view, and Live Mesh

“Microsoft makes it easier to customize Windows 11 File Explorer with Dev Home”

The obvious place for that functionality.

I cannot stress enough how much I love this guy.

“Putting Microsoft’s cratering Xbox console sales in context”

I assume this is just a photo of a cliff .

Report: Apple Resumes Talks with OpenAI dlvr.it/T65Q43

The privacy-friendly Brave Software web browser now supports iOS App installation in Europe where the new DMA law requires Apple to open up. Sadly, Apple built its 'marketplace-kit:' URI as a toxic privacy-invasion vector for cross-site tracking. Hope an honest mistake they'll fix...

Sure, we can do it cheaper...

New Windows 11 Beta Build Improves Widgets on the Lock Screen dlvr.it/T63jJP

Ask Paul: April 26 dlvr.it/T63hDq

The Sams Report: The Important Microsoft Numbers dlvr.it/T63ZfD

Windows 11’s Upcoming AI Explorer Feature Gets Detailed in New Report dlvr.it/T63TBn

First Ring Daily 1591: Big Numbers dlvr.it/T63D1x

First Ring Daily 1591: Big Numbers dlvr.it/T63CcL

Microsoft Open Sources MS-DOS 4.0 dlvr.it/T637rR

Quick Hands-On: MacBook Air M3 + UTM + Windows 11 on Arm dlvr.it/T62wsR

Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in October. Since then:

Number of Xbox Studios games on rival platforms: 4

Number of Activision Blizzard games on Xbox Game Pass: 1

WTF.

“I switched from an iPhone 14 Pro to an iPhone 15 and haven’t looked back”

The word “hero” is sometimes tossed around too lightly, but in this case obviously applies.

Canonical Releases Ubuntu 24.04 LTS With Lifetime Support for .NET 8 dlvr.it/T61rWW

Roku Earnings Were Up 19 Percent in Q1 dlvr.it/T61nsL