Tag Archives: anniversaries

cURL, the omnipresent data tool, is getting a 25th birthday party this month

Enlarge / Curling, like the cURL project, requires precision and is underappreciated. reader comments 28 with Share this story When you first start messing with the command line, it can feel like there’s an impermeable wall between the local space you’re messing around in and the greater Internet. On your side, you’ve got your commands… Read More »

“Too much and too soon”—Steven Sinofsky looks back at Windows 8, 10 years later

Enlarge / A billboard showing Windows 8 in Times Square in New York at the Microsoft Store in October 2012. Personal photo from Steven Sinofsky reader comments 144 with 95 posters participating Share this story On October 26, 2012, Microsoft released Windows 8, a hybrid tablet/desktop operating system that took bold risks but garnered mixed… Read More »