Although Windows 95 was not much different in core functionality than its predecessor, Windows 3.1, the software was updated in a few notable ways. For one, Windows 95 was developed to integrate ...

Returning to the present and Windows 10, the spiritual if not codebase descendant of Windows 95, has a Start menu and a task bar that will be visibly familiar to a user from 25 years before.

For starters, the Windows 95 launch had an official theme song — The Rolling Stones’ ‘You start me up’ — which Microsoft reportedly paid $8 million for.

Don’t let the hype about Microsoft’s Windows 95 and the computer-technology stocks fool you. A summer slump has settled over the stock market. The bond market likewise seems adrift afte… ...

20 years ago today, Microsoft launched Windows 95, with help from the Rolling Stones "Start me Up." The song choice was prophetic. For better or worse, the launch of Windows 95 was the beginning ...

The company also hired comedian Jay Leno, who at the time was the host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," to help introduce Windows 95. Check out some highlights of the launch 20 years ago.

Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer regaled us with tales of porting the Start Menu from Windows 95 to NT earlier in July, but it appears more than 30 years ago, somebody took a look at his ...

The Windows 95 Start menu was a revolutionary addition to the operating system, with interesting design choices. Dave from Dave's Garage provides insights into the unique challenges faced in ...

So, if you're a Windows user today you owe something both to Windows 95 and that start-up sound. To me, it was the sound of adventures beginning on my screen and wasted (read: enjoyable) summers ...

As the dust settles after the blitzkrieg launch of Windows 95, retailers report mixed results: Sales of the product are slower than expected in some stores, but few question the long-term impact. “I ...

For the unversed, Windows 95 was a game-changer. It introduced features that would become iconic staples in computing for decades. The “Start” menu, users gateway to all the software on their ...

The Windows 95 start-up audio was composed by ambient music pioneer Brian Eno. According to the blurb from the Library of Congress, the final sound clip was twice as long as Microsoft's engineers ...