When old programmers like me (I'm 41) get together we talk about the applications from the old days. What happens to these beauties? The answer, obviously, is that their fate only matters if people ...

Some companies — like Apple — seem to think that older versions of their software simply vanish from the world when new versions are released. Not only is that not true today, it’s never been true.

Open Source (and Free) Software provides a number of obvious, and often talked about, benefits – such as that whole “freedom” thing that the kids today like so much. But there’s one benefit of Open ...

Napster plans to shut off old versions of its file-swapping software late Wednesday night to push a version that includes a new filter for blocking copyrighted music. Napster is funneling people to a ...

In October 2022, after completing the acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk asked his team to work toward bringing Vine back to market. The team is likely now asking themselves if they should try to ...

The Internet Archive’s new Historical Software Archive brings old software to your browser through the magic of JSMESS emulation. The Internet Archive has protected and preserved old software for a ...

Helmut Schwemmer wants to use a very old version of Managing Your Money on a new PC. But the program came on floppy disks. But getting the new PC to read the floppies may be the least of your worries.

We live in the golden age of cloud computing. Storing user data and preferences on the Internet makes our multi-device lives easier than ever before. Data input on one device is often seamlessly ...