There’s a lot of great “ugly” sweaters out there. But not many are better than the latest from Microsoft, who apparently has some very talented ugly Christmas sweater designers in its ranks. Want more ...

It wasn’t the quirky SkiFree monster sweater we had hoped for. Or even a new line of 90s-nostalgia themed smartwatches. Microsoft’s anticipated “softwear” Twitter announcement was just a Windows ...

In 1995, Microsoft released the first iteration of what would become the Windows 9x series of home operating systems, the aptly named Windows 95. Windows had already been a prominent player in the ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Microsoft has taken steps to ensure that Windows 95 ...

Chicago95 is a theme for the Xfce desktop environment that transforms your Linux desktop to look like Windows 95. Installation is easy, thanks to a Python-based automatic installation tool that takes ...

Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996. He is now CNET News' Boston-based executive editor and east coast bureau chief, serving as department editor for business technology and software covered by CNET ...