Time is running out for Microsoft Paint. The venerable application that started its life 32 years ago as a monochrome, bitmap Windows 1.0 drawing program is on Microsoft's "Deprecated" list. In an ...

On November 20, 1985, Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0, a then new operating system. Development took two years after the Windows announcement in 1983, leading skeptics to call it “vaporware.” See EDN‘s ...

The end is near for Microsoft Paint. The simple graphics application that has been included with Windows for more than 30 years could be phased out of future versions of the operating system, ...

See what the first version of Windows looked like. — -- Microsoft Windows turns the big 3-0 today. Windows 1.0 changed the way we use computers when it was released 30 years ago today. Instead of ...

Microsoft introduced Paint 3D in 2017 as part of a creator-focused update to its Windows 10 operating system. Representing a modern take on the Microsoft Paint app that dates back to 1985, the ...

Microsoft's apparently cold send-off for "trusty old" MS Paint in a widely-reported support note yesterday was misunderstood, according to the company. Microsoft posted a blog on Monday evening to ...

Removing features to streamline Windows is no easy task. Microsoft's casual threat to remove Paint highlights the frustrating dynamic of progress versus our collective nostalgia for simpler times.

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UPDATE: Hooray! After announcing Microsoft Paint was going to be “removed and deprecated,” the company cleared up confusion and confirmed that the program is here to stay. “MS Paint is not going away, ...

Stand down, everyone: Microsoft Paint isn’t going away after all. Microsoft signaled an about-face in a blog post Monday night by Megan Saunders, a general manager within the Windows Experiences group ...