Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Windows 95, the operating system that revolutionized personal computing and introduced ...

Put simply, it's a combination of the sensory overload of attending my first carnival-atmosphere-level tech launch event and the fact that I was 31 years old, and realizing that I'd found the career ...

In 1996, Microsoft celebrated the one-year anniversary of Windows 95’s release with the claim that it had shipped 40 million units worldwide. By then, the software company could boast of 400 PC ...

While current iterations of the Start button only feature the Windows logo, in the olden days, starting with Windows 95, it was a large, steel-colored button with the word "Start" proudly ...

Still, Windows 95 stands out, he says, because of how easy it made computing for everyone. Many of its foundational concepts, such as the Start menu and taskbar, are still core parts of Windows today.

As Microsoft turns 50, we're looking at the Start menu's changes from its debut in Windows 95, passing through 98, ME, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11.

Windows 95 introduced the iconic Start menu to the revolutionary taskbar, and Microsoft's OS influence is still felt 29 years later.

The first-ever Windows 95 is still out there For collectors, this first-ever edition of Windows 95 is likely to be worth a small fortune. But who still owns this ultra-rare relic?