A practical workaround shows how PowerShell developers can keep Windows Forms GUIs responsive by moving timer-driven processing into background jobs and using a second timer to update the interface ...

Attackers are increasingly abusing Microsoft’s legacy MSHTA utility to silently deliver malware, stealers, and persistent ...

Brien Posey explains why PowerShell timers can cause Windows Forms dashboards to freeze or fail to update, and why keeping GUI scripts responsive requires a different approach to timed events.

Hackers disguise PowerShell scripts as JPEG files to bypass Windows security and deploy remote access trojans through ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words ...

Backups, Downloads cleanup, and bulk file renaming — three Windows automation tasks I kept avoiding because the scripting ...

We get it—travel is getting expensive. And when budgets are tight, it makes sense to spend your money on experiences at your destination rather than the flight that gets you there. That’s where “basic ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

In 1969, a now-iconic commercial first popped the question, “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” This deceptively simple line in a 30-second script managed ...

Sharon Stone said her manager secured her a copy of the Basic Instinct script by picking a lock to an office The actress, who played Catherine Tramell in the 1992 erotic thriller, revealed in a new ...

Sharon Stone may have never played Catherine Tramell if it weren't for her manager's dedication — and apparent ability to pick locks. While her performance in the erotic thriller has since helped make ...