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Why I Still Use Windows 95 (1,105 diggs) The operating system I currently use on my primary computer is Windows 95 OSR2. Furthermore, not only do I use Windows 95 extensively, but I prefer it to Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista.

LifeHacker's Five Best Windows Maintenance Tools (1,341 diggs) You download, create, delete, and move around countless files and endless piles of data on your PC every day. While your PC would ideally handle all of this data for you, it doesn't take long before you end up with a disorganized, cluttered PC.

It's not the Gates, it's the bars (840 diggs) To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software companies, imposes on its customers.

Microsoft's Plan B for Search (602 diggs) Moving past the Yahoo saga, the software giant is buying semantic search engine Powerset as a way of closing the gap with Google

Are You Ready to Subscribe to Microsoft Office? (664 diggs) It is one of these products and service you may not look forward to, but knew it was coming: A subscription model to Microsoft Office. Microsoft envisions that more and more users will not own a copy of Microsoft Office in the future anymore, but rent it and provide the company with recurring revenue stream every year, instead a onetime fee.

June 30: Goodbye, XP! Hello, Midori?! (946 diggs) June 30 is the day that Microsoft begins phasing out Windows XP by no longer providing copies of the operating system to PC makers and retailers for preloading on new machines. It ’s also a good day (thanks to a recent New York Times opinion piece) to start looking ahead to what comes next — after Windows. That answer could be Softie Eric Rudder’s m

Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air (1,776 diggs) Painfully visible are the inherent design deficiencies of a foundation that was never intended to support such weight. Windows seems to move an inch for every time that Mac OS X or Linux laps it.

Bill Gates: top ten greatest hits (and misses) (1,528 diggs) Damn, Bill, you have come a LONG way. Look at you there back in '82, you handsome devil. As part of our tribute, let's take a quick look back at the top ten greatest (and not so great) products created on Bill-time, shall we? Don't worry, it'll only sting a little.

Things No One Gives Microsoft Credit For (But Should) (1,396 diggs) Microsoft gets more crap than any other company in tech. That's partly because it's given us garbage like Clippy, Microsoft BOB and Windows Vista. And it's partly because it's arguably the most important company in personal computing.

The Bill Gates Timeline (981 diggs) Here it is, the definitive Bill Gates timeline. It may contain some bugs and lack some features, but it works: from his parents to the last day of his work at Microsoft, the Bill Gates timeline shows his personal and business adventure —on the top—in relation to the tech industry—on the bottom—as his company takes over it all.

Bill Gates Bids A Teary Farewell To Microsoft (1,450 diggs) "There won't be a day in my life when I won't be thinking about Microsoft, the great things that we're doing and wanting to help," said Gates, who wiped away tears as the group of employees rose to give him a standing ovation.

Bill Gates: Beginnings to billionaire (793 diggs) Photo history of the man behind Microsoft. Check out some great geek shots.

Bill Gates Retires Today (4,744 diggs) June 27th 2008 marks the day that Bill Gates steps out of his role as nerd-baron and into the shoes of full-blown immortal philanthropist. Thank You!

Bill Gates and the Greatest Tech Hack Ever (1,850 diggs) Bill Gates has pulled off one of the greatest hacks in technology and business history, by turning Microsoft's success into a force for social responsibility.

Ten Reasons Why Vista Isn't That Bad (2,197 diggs) [Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate] Of all the ware Microsoft churns out from its sweatshop of "lightning bolt, lightning bolt" nerds, Windows is the one most inexorably tied to the public image of the company. Although we agree that Vista could have used a bit more time shoved back into the silicon womb for some feature buffing and bug fixing, it's not nearly as bad as people say.

15 Ways Microsoft Can Reinvent Itself for the Post-Gates Era (642 diggs) Its cofounder is retiring, its latest big product has been vilified, and potential partners are spurning its advances. So what does Microsoft do to remain relevant? Here are 15 ideas.eas.

Is Ballmer The Right Man For Microsoft -For Another 10 Years (481 diggs) George Colony, CEO of Forrester Research Inc., sees a subtle slippage in Microsoft's standing vs. rivals such as Google Inc. and Apple Inc. as Gates has disengaged himself from the company — and implies that the slippage could accelerate once Gates is even more out of the picture.

Why I Still Use Windows Despite the Peer Pressure (4,292 diggs) There are over a dozen people working at our fair Gizmodo, but as a Windows user, I'm in a definite minority. I still rock XP, and I'm pretty happy with that. Why haven't I switched to Macs? Plenty of reasons, not least of which being that I'm just too smart to switch to a Mac.That's right, I'm too smart for Macs.

Microsoft, Yahoo Buyout Talks Back On (699 diggs) The information we have is thin, but what one source is saying is that Microsoft is talking a price lower than the $33 they were offering when the talks disintegrated in May,

Full Text: An Epic E-mail Rant by Bill Gates (2,965 diggs) I went back through the internal e-mails turned over in the antitrust suits against Microsoft, looking for new insights into Bill Gate's personality. Read on for one of the gems that turned up, showing Gates in the role of chief rabble-rouser. It shows that even the Microsoft co-founder isn't immune to the frustrations of everyday computer users

MICROSOFT: Open Source is a Bigger Threat than Google (1,449 diggs) Speaking at a conference in New York, Microsoft ’s chief architect, Ray Ozzie, said open source is a bigger threat to the software juggernaut than Google is. He says open source developers are not restricted by the best interests of shareholders and potentially are, therefore, a stronger market force.

Forbes: Is Microsoft Better Off Without Gates? (549 diggs) For Microsoft the loss of Gates won't be nearly as profound. Gates narrowed his involvement at the company eight years ago when he gave the chief executive job to his college buddy and right-hand man Steve Ballmer. The reality of the last few years is that Gates has been mentally checked out, pursuing loftier goals at his foundation.

Rare Bill Gates Photos, Narrated by Bill Gates (1,952 diggs) Fortune has a nice package for Bill Gates' upcoming departure from Microsoft —the best is their exclusive gallery of 15 rare photos from throughout his life, narrated by Bill himself.

Ballmer's plan: forget Yahoo, let's go back to the future (501 diggs) Steve Ballmer chats about (not) buying Yahoo, challenging Google, and why he thinks Microsoft's persistence will pay off. But the perfect storm that served Microsoft so well in the 1990s is nowhere on the horizon.

Man Gets Windows Vista to Work with Printer (3,019 diggs) This headline looks like it came from The Onion, but it didn't. It's the real headline of an article posted on SeattlePI.com in the blogs section. The core of the story is that a man couldn't get his printer to work with Windows Vista, and ultimately, with the help of a Microsoft test manager, solved the problem warranting an article about it.