AI Helping With Windows 10 Version 2004 Rollout
AI to the rescue! No one would deny that the Windows 10 version 2004 has been a bump ride. The newest version of the OS came packing a bunch …
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NVIDIA Said To Be Eyeing ARM
Well, well. Reports emerged last week about SoftBank thinking about selling ARM Holdings, the company whose designs power much of the mobile world. There talk was accompanied by how …
Microsoft Hits $38 Billion In Q4 2020 Revenue
The numbers are in, and they are big! Microsoft has posted some $38 billion in Q4 2020 revenue, buoyed by notable increases in its Windows, Surface, and Gaming businesses. …
Office Apps Set To Get A Beautiful New Look
The future is beautiful? Microsoft seems to be making design improvements left and right these days, and not just for Windows 10. Office apps, and Microsoft 365 as a …
LinkedIn Cuts 960 Jobs
Sad. Things may have slowed down with the calamity that is known as the coronavirus, but the impact of the pandemic is still being felt. Case being, LinkedIn, who …
Minecraft Migration From AWS To Azure Finally Begins
The move. After nearly six years of relying on AWS to operate, Minecraft is finally making the switch to the Azure cloud platform. The process has actually been going …
Windows 10 Likely To Get Just One Update A Year
That’s more like it! Microsoft’s current Windows 10 servicing strategy entails two updates every year for the operating system, one in spring and another in fall. This has been …
Microsoft Will Launch Cloud PC In 2021
The talk of a wholly cloud powered flavor of Windows is not new, the chatter could be heard even before Microsoft launched the modern version of its operating system, …
Microsoft Cuts More Jobs, Azure Impacted
It’s almost tradition now. Microsoft has recently decided to cut more jobs worldwide, as part of a restructuring plan that got underway after a new fiscal year began on …
Microsoft Edge Will Follow Fluent Design
Edge and Fluent Design are two of the most vital components of Microsoft’s software strategy of the future, and both are going through their own little evolution. The design …
ARM Has Hiked Up Licensing Fees By Four Times
Talk about having a vision! ARM Holdings, a hardware firm whose instruction set and processor designs power the majority of consumer products out there, is on a mission. Of …
Edge Users Annoyed With Popups On Bing
Ridiculous. Talk about preaching to the choir! It seems that Microsoft has learned nothing yet from its questionable tactics of promoting its new Edge web browser. Much has been …
Worldwide PC Shipments Grew 11% In Q2 2020
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic may have left some industries in ruin, and put a dent in others, but the PC industry actually bounced back from a poor quarter, with …
Microsoft Creates New Consulting Arm As Part Of Reorg
Microsoft continues its July tradition of announcing and implementing a structural reorg within the company, and this latest one brings if centered on bringing changes to its Customer Success …
Steam For Chrome OS Inches Closer
Bad news for Microsoft? Well, it’s a start. We have known for quite some time that Steam was gearing up for launch on Chrome OS. But new intelligence suggests …
Microsoft Pausing Edge Development For Next Two Weeks
The protocols of using an alternate engine. Keener eyes among you may have noticed that there was no Edge Insider builds this week, as the software titan keeps them …
Microsoft Explains Why Edge Silently Imports Browser Data
Imply importing. Microsoft Edge has been in the news lately for all the right reasons, save for when the web browser was found importing data from other browsers without …
Windows Insider Channels Are Now Live
And, we’re a go! Microsoft has announced that the Windows Insider Program has now switched to channels, with the change set to take effect over the next few hours. …
Is Microsoft Pushing The New Edge Too Hard?
It may not look like so to an outside looking in, but there are some who believe that Microsoft is pushing the new Edge web browser rather too aggressively. …
Running Windows On ARM Based Macs Seems Impossible
Welp! If you are a Mac user that loves running Windows on your machine, then the newly announced ARM based Macs come with a somewhat distressing news. Wonderful as …
Microsoft Closing Its Retail Stores Across The World
2020 is relentless! Microsoft has announced a strategic change to its retail operations that will see it close down almost all of its physical retail stores across the planet. …
Steven Sinofsky All Praise For Apple Product Launches
Man’s mighty impressed! Remember Steven Sinofsky? The former Windows boss who oversaw the development and release of Windows 8, before leaving Microsoft after the OS shipped? Well, he’s still …
Microsoft Quietly Removes Option To Defer Windows 10 Updates
It’s a feature, not a bug. Microsoft has silently removed the ability to defer Windows 10 feature updates from the Windows Update page, starting with version 2004 of the …
This Is Microsoft’s Windows 10 Servicing Calendar
Ready the preparations! Microsoft has rolled out a new Windows 10 servicing calendar that lays out when the different parts of the operating system will be refreshed, and how. …
Microsoft Not Happy With Apple App Store Bullying
90s in reverse? Gone are the days when Microsoft used to be active in the mobile space with its very own app store to house applications for the Windows …
Microsoft Resumes Optional Monthly Windows Updates
One of the many ways the ongoing global coronavirus health crisis has changed the world of Windows is in how Microsoft rolled out the optional monthly updates for the …
Microsoft To Force Upgrade Some PCs To Windows 10 Version 2004
Hold onto your lunchboxes, folks! The next phase of the rollout of version 2004 is now upon us. And in the crosshair are users that are still rocking Windows …
A Closer Look At The New Windows Insider Channels
Microsoft dropped a bit of bombshell last night when it announced that it was stirring things up for the Windows Insider Program. This it did by streamlining things by …
Rings Are Gone From The Windows Insider Program
Time now for another makeover of the Windows Insider Program! Microsoft has changed things over once again with its preview program, offering more clarity of how things will proceed …
Why Is There A Windows Feature Experience Pack?
Okay, now what is this, and why is Microsoft not talking about it? The Windows 10 May 2020 Update brought with it a neat array of new features, but …