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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 20, 2018
Google's Project Zero team has discovered a 'medium' security vulnerability that primarily affects Windows 10 S, a stripped down version of Windows 10 that is "streamlined for security and superior performance." While it does not appear to...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 19, 2018
Another bug in the upcoming Redstone 4 update for Windows 10 could potenitally add another delay to its roll out, depending on how things shake out. Over on Reddit, several users have noted a weird issue that is causing the Windows 10...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Apr 18, 2018
We've all been working under the assumption that Windows 10 Redstone 4 would called the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. The Spring Creators Update naming was originally unearthed during a Microsoft Bug Bash, and fit in nicely with the...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 17, 2018
The Spring Creators Update for Windows 10 was supposed to have started rolling out to PCs last week, but a last minute "block bug" discovery gave Microsoft the willies, and it decided to delay its release. Now we know exactly why. While...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Apr 13, 2018
When Microsoft first announced the Surface Studio all-in-one desktop back in late October 2016, we were amazed by its sleek design and zero-gravity hinge. However, it was an accessory for the PC that especially caught our attention: the...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Spring is in the air (at least for some parts of the United States that have finally thawed out from months of heavy snowfall), which means that it's time for Microsoft's Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. Or at least, we...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 10, 2018
Nobody likes waiting in line, but the alternative is to cut in front of someone, and that's just rude. But what if you could head to the front of the line without actually shoving anyone aside? Well, you can, at least as it pertains to...
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Shane McGlaun - Fri, Apr 06, 2018
There are some slick laptops out there that run the Snapdragon 835 Platform with Windows 10; machines such as the HP Envy x2 pictured below. The big issue for many users with those Windows on Snapdragon devices, however, is that the...
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Shane McGlaun - Thu, Apr 05, 2018
Microsoft has announced that Office 365 has gained some new security features that are meant to help protect users from online threats. These new features will go along with the security features already integrated with Office 365, like...
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Shane McGlaun - Thu, Apr 05, 2018
Microsoft has announced that the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build is ready for download for folks who are opted into Skip Ahead. The new Build is 17639 (Redstone 5) and one of the big updates that lands with this build is some major...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 04, 2018
With about a week to go before this month's Patch Tuesday rolls into view, Microsoft has issued a batch of security updates to address a critical vulnerability affecting Windows Defender and a spatter of other antimalware services, such as...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 03, 2018
Microsoft is teasing a potentially major announcement regarding original Xbox backwards compatibility on the Xbox One. In a blog post, the company said it will have sometime to share on the matter on the next episode of Inside Xbox, which...
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Brittany Goetting - Sat, Mar 31, 2018
Microsoft is heading in a slightly different direction. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced to employees this past week that Terry Myerson, the Executive Vice President of the Windows and Devices Group, would be leaving the company...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Mar 29, 2018
Microsoft just announced a big executive shakeup, which will see Terry Myerson depart as the company's executive vice president for the Windows and Devices group. Myerson has been with Microsoft for over two decades and has been a driving...
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Shane McGlaun - Wed, Mar 28, 2018
Microsoft has done something that might surprise a bunch of people out there, it has open sourced the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) to make it easier for Windows users to run Linux distributions. The WSL sample that is now open source...
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Brittany Goetting - Tue, Mar 27, 2018
Your mama, and now Microsoft, wants you to watch your mouth. Microsoft "may stop providing Services" or "close your Microsoft account" if you "publicly display or use the Services to share inappropriate content or material". "Offensive...
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Shane McGlaun - Sat, Mar 24, 2018
Microsoft is now talking up a new feature called "Cortana Show Me”, which the company says is the perfect feature for people who have ever wanted to change a setting but didn’t know how to do it. Cortana Show Me is the guide to Windows 10...
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Shane McGlaun - Thu, Mar 22, 2018
Earlier this week Microsoft and NVIDIA announced some major advances in real-time ray tracing using high-end gaming hardware. When Microsoft talked up its tech, the company noted that some of the major game engines out there would be...
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Shane McGlaun - Wed, Mar 21, 2018
Microsoft has announced the launch of the Windows Server 2019 Preview. The preview build is available right now through the Insiders Program, while the full Server 2019 OS will be available in the second half of 2018 according to Erin...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Mar 20, 2018
When the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update lands later this year, there's one big change in store that should be welcome to impatient computing enthusiasts -- or just anyone that hates system "downtime" when you could be getting work done...
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Shane McGlaun - Mon, Mar 19, 2018
Microsoft says that 3D gaming today is a lie. While the techniques game designers use can make games on your screen look like they're 3D, the rasterization process used ultimately only operates in two dimensions with 3D primitives mapped...
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Rob Williams - Sat, Mar 17, 2018
With critical vulnerabilities like Meltdown and Spectre having been disclosed to the public, it's clearer than ever that more eyeballs are needed when it comes to making sure that our software and hardware is secure. Not long after Intel...
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