The .NET framework allows cross-platform development on Windows and Mac, and Microsoft released version 8 for both in November. Here's what that means to developers. In the late 1990s, Microsoft began ...

With the release last year of .NET 5, Microsoft switched its platform development away from the 20-year-old .NET Framework to the newer, cross-platform, open source .NET Core. The .NET Framework has ...

When you install or run certain applications on Windows, you may see a prompt asking you to install the Windows Desktop Runtime. What is Windows Desktop Runtime? Why is it needed? Is it safe? Let’s ...