Microsoft Bob was an add-on for Windows released in 1995, designed to simplify computer use. Its reception was poor, leading ...

A former Windows developer reveals why Windows was dragging around 30 MB of completely useless data for many years. The data came from Bob, one of Microsoft's biggest failures.

Microsoft Bob seemingly moved away from tiles of windows to a cartoonish home interface, packed with files, folders, apps, and even the beloved Rover the Dog, who also wiggled its way into Windows ...

Bob was a short-lived attempt by Microsoft to make then-still-novel PCs approachable. It’s 29 this month, as XDA Developers reminds us today. That article hauled Bob up from a three-decade-deep ...

Inspired by The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen comics, designer Vincent Connare began creating Comic Sans in October 1994 as an informal font for Microsoft Bob, a ...