It's worth giving Windows a good tidy-up from time to time to dust off the system and restore its old speed. No problem with ...

There’s no need to stick with Windows’ preloaded applications. These time-tested apps are all free — and open source, too.

HEVC rode the 4K/HDR wave to success, but AV1, VVC, and LCEVC lack an equivalent killer app. With CDNs racing to the bottom on pricing and new royalty pools threatening to increase costs, codec ...

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a free and open-source video and audio player for Windows. MPC-HC is based on the original Guliverkli project (which is no longer maintained ...

Windows 11 has a lot of tools built-in, but if you want the best experience, you'll want to use these apps instead.

A default installation of Windows 11 includes dozens of Microsoft apps. Which ones are worth keeping, and which ones should ...

Occasionally, I meet regular readers of this column. Some say they often don’t understand it. This puts me over a barrel. If I simplify too much, the column loses its ...

A lot of people still have VHS tapes with memories of their family trips and important events on them. Wildwood, ...

Founded in 1986 and staffed by a team of six, the Microsoft Archives preserve nearly 135,000 physical artifacts, 170,000 ...

Adding external storage to a Fire Stick makes it significantly more useful for playing media files, photos, and music.

Steffani Jemison’s multi-media installation, which questions how we move and how are we moved by each other is currently on ...

Windows Media Player Video codecs (H.264, MPEG-4, AAC, etc.) Audio codecs (MP3, WMA, etc.) Windows Media Foundation Groove Music, Movies & TV, and Skype (optional) Many applications rely on these ...