I n 2024, Microsoft officially removed WordPad from Windows 11, in a blow to longtime users of the app. WordPad was a useful tool for many, offering a middle-ground between the simplicity of Notepad ...

If you're one of those people who's lamenting the loss of a super-streamlined text editor in Windows 11 - now Microsoft has binned WordPad, and turned Notepad into more of an approximation of that ...

Microsoft's Notepad is getting a major update with new text formatting options like bold, italic, and hyperlinks. Users can also use generative AI for writing assistance. The update is currently ...

Altair Basic was developed by Gates, fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and programmer Monte Davidoff. The trio reportedly coded “day and night for two months” in 1975.

The code is made in seconds. From there I pasted it into my notepad and saved. If I wanted to keep the first game, I would simply open up a new notepad instance and save it as a new file.

For a long time, Notepad went without significant changes, prompting some Windows users to opt for Notepad2 or Notepad++. That began to change in 2018, when Microsoft added support for Mac and Unix.

There have been plenty of cosmetic changes to Notepad over the years, but the app has remained relatively unchanged in its functionality since it was first introduced. Over the past year, Microsoft ...

In 2021, Notepad got a fresh coat of paint complete with updated menus, a new settings page, and dark mode. Last year, the basic text editor received browser-style tab support.

Researchers discovered a new "WogRAT" malware that thrives inside an online notepad platform. Hackers can use this as a medium to store malicious code that can infect a system.