Items tagged with Windows 10
If you enjoy seeing recommended apps in your Windows 10 Start menu, then you're going to love the fact that the upcoming Redstone update doubles the number you'll be able to see. Who knew Windows 10 could get even better?
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Microsoft continues to serve up fresh looks of future Windows 10 updates through its Insider Program, and for Windows Insiders who are subscribed to the Fast ring, there's a new build available, build 14342. Among other things, the newest...
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Microsoft is angling to make Windows 10 “the” destination for gamers, as we’ve witnessed with increased crossover between PC and Xbox One gaming. The software giant is taking another step towards appeasing hardcore gamers by finally...
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Microsoft announced last week what we all knew was coming: the end of the free gravy train for Windows 10 upgrades. Windows 10 launched as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users on July 29th 2015, and starting on July 30th, 2016...
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If you’ve been annoyed by those annoying popups to upgrade to Windows 10 while minding your own business in Windows 7 or Windows 8, sweet relief will soon be on the way. As we told you yesterday, Microsoft will be ending its free upgrade...
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Back in late March, Microsoft announced that it Windows 10 had been installed on over 270 million PCs around the globe. Now, nine months after the operating system was released, Microsoft is announcing that Windows 10 has crossed the 300...
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Microsoft has drawn the ire of millions across the globe for its overeager efforts to compel customers to upgrade to Windows 10. Windows 10 is a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, which should be incentive enough to upgrade...
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The latest operating system market share numbers are out for the month of April and there are some interesting developments happening over in Windows land. As expected, Windows 10 continues to carve out a larger piece of the pie for itself...
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A couple of months ago, Microsoft revealed that it would begin making a far greater push into gaming on Windows 10, and was planning to do that by merging the Xbox and PC worlds. At that time, the company promised that PC gamers would...
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If you’re a Windows 7 or Windows 8 user that hasn’t yet upgraded to Windows 10, it stands to reason that you’ve been bombarded at some point to upgrade. Microsoft is really pushing its free upgrade to Windows 10 and is trying every trick...
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Just days after delivering Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 14327 to testers, Microsoft is back again with Insider Preview Build 14328 for both Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile. However, the big changes come on the PC side, as...
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We guess you could call Windows 10 Microsoft’s “living” operating system, as it has continually evolved since it was first introduced in July 2015. Microsoft has added new features, squashed bugs and generally made Windows 10 a compelling...
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It's hard to be impressed in 2016 at the concept of a 64-bit processor. After all, 64-bit processors have graced our desktops for over a decade, and in recent years, our mobile devices. Currently, both Android and iOS natively support...
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Developer Remedy Entertainment posted a message thanking fans for the early success of Quantum Break, a third-person shooter released to Xbox One consoles and Windows PCs earlier this month, while also acknowledging that there are several...
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We learned a couple of weeks ago that Microsoft and Canonical would be teaming up to bring some Linux goodness to Windows 10, and a mere week later, we saw the functionality hit the 14316 Insider Preview build. With that build now in the...
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Microsoft has several goodies in store for Windows 10 users with its forthcoming Anniversary Update, things like subtle Start Menu tweaks and better pen support. One of the more anticipated additions, at least for anyone who values...
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Windows has never been particularly helpful when encountering an error so severe that it warrants a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and system restart. Rather than provide a plain English explanation of what went wrong, you're left scratching...
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It's been quite an eventful year so far for Microsoft and its Xbox One, and the company is only just getting started. Last month, we learned the surprising news that Microsoft would be enabling cross-network capabilities on its Xbox One...
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It’s been a rough week for Adobe and its Flash plugin. This week, Microsoft announced that it is hitting the pause button on unnecessary and excessive Flash content on webpages, and now we’re learning that Adobe had to scramble to patch up...
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After major web browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox decided to push Flash further into irrelevancy, Adobe finally saw the writing on the wall and announced that Flash would be put out to pasture. The internet rejoiced at the...
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The development community (and enthusiast) were shocked last week when Microsoft announced that it was bringing the Ubuntu Linux Bash shell to Windows 10, where it will run natively. Microsoft has wasted no time getting the functionality...
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Microsoft is making some changes to the Start Menu in Windows 10, which you'll get to see in full force when it rolls out its Windows 10 Anniversary update sometime this summer. In the meantime, Jen Gentleman, a software engineer and...
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