Plummer has spent recent months telling Microsoft what they do not want to hear about Windows 11. He argued the OS needs its own Windows XP SP2 moment, a stretch where Microsoft drops new features and ...

Dave Plummer’s TinyRetroPad revives classic Notepad simplicity, stripping away AI, telemetry, and unnecessary modern clutter Built in under 3 kilobytes, the new tool highlights growing frustration ...

Microsoft's habit of adding unnecessary features to Notepad is a symptom of broader bloating in the Windows codebase. But it is possible to go back to basics with a version of the editor that fits in ...

Two flaws in the widely used open-source editor can be triggered through manipulated configuration files, prompting security updates from the project's maintainers. Two arbitrary code execution ...

Thousands of Microsoft developers will use GitHub Copilot CLI instead Thousands of Microsoft developers will use GitHub Copilot CLI instead is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has ...

The popular Notepad++ coding editor is now available as a native macOS app, following an unofficial open-source community port of the original Windows codebase. The Notepad replacement runs as a ...

The unnecessary Copilot buttons are disappearing from Notepad, Snipping Tool, Photos, and Widgets. The unnecessary Copilot buttons are disappearing from Notepad, Snipping Tool, Photos, and Widgets. is ...

In this post, we will show you how to use Markdown in Notepad on a Windows 11 PC. Microsoft has introduced lightweight formatting in Notepad, and it supports Markdown (*.md) files to work directly ...

OpenAI has released its Codex desktop app for Windows, adding a native sandbox and PowerShell support, enabling developers to run parallel coding agents. OpenAI is officially bringing its Codex app to ...

OpenAI is expanding its AI development ecosystem with the official release of the OpenAI Codex app for Microsoft Windows. After introducing major upgrades earlier this year, including multi-agent ...