Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Notepad was once just a simple tool for typing plain text, but that simplicity has steadily evolved over multiple updates.

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is adding image support to Windows Notepad, a feature previously exclusive to WordPad, with an image button appearing in the toolbar. The enhancement is currently in ...

Notepad++ has been released in version 8.9.2. The new version improves security mechanisms and closes a highly risky security vulnerability through which attackers can execute arbitrary code. In the ...

Notepad++ has released a security fix to plug gaps that were exploited by an advanced threat actor from China to hijack the software update mechanism to selectively deliver malware to targets of ...

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ‘effectively unexploitable’, says the application’s author. Don Ho made the ...

As Microsoft continues to force AI features onto users of its Windows operating system and other crucial software, glaring issues keep cropping up. Executives have promised to turn the platform into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Malware researchers found a serious security vulnerability plaguing Microsoft's latest AI-enhanced version of its plain-text ...

Microsoft has rolled out a security update to patch a critical vulnerability in its Notepad app. The development comes just a day after the developer of Notepad++, a popular alternative to Microsoft’s ...

Microsoft has fixed a major security issue in Windows 11’s Notepad tool. This security flaw allowed hackers to execute code on users' computers by tricking them into clicking on malicious links ...