Windows 95 Turns 25
Happy birthday! One of the most iconic versions of Windows is celebrating a big milestone. Windows 95 has turned 25 years old today, and Microsoft is in a festive …
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Why Did Microsoft Take 2 Years To Fix A Windows Flaw?
This week’s Mystery Theater. Microsoft, for all infinite wisdom, took 2 years to fix a Windows security flaw. One that it is said was first reported to the company …
Google Reveals Medium Severity Flaw In Windows
Good guy Google here to help? The search engine giant has a little unit called Project Zero, and that team has made a name for itself when it comes …
August 2020 Patch Tuesday Updates Arrive
Today is the second Tuesday of the month, and you know what that means. It’s Patch Tuesday time! Every support version of Windows is getting an update today. And …
SHA-1 Windows Downloads Being Pulled
End of the line, shorty! Microsoft has been pushing hard for security these past few years. And as part of this renewed focus, the company is moving away from …
Samsung Wants To Use Exynos Chip For Windows
Talk about a sweet surprise! Microsoft is pushing Windows hard on other processors like ARM, but the market is still limited to what Qualcomm creates in the shape of …
Intel Delays Its 7nm Processors
Man, Intel just can’t catch a break! The chip giant reported its quarterly earnings yesterday, and well, let’s just say that there is some bad news on the horizon …
Microsoft Stacks It Up At The Xbox Games Showcase
Microsoft wrapped up its highly anticipated Xbox Games Showcase digital event, taking the wraps off of a bunch of games and officially confirming several others. These next-generation titles will …
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, …
OneDrive App Losing The Fetch Files Feature
The OneDrive app on Windows sure has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. And this newest bit of development is not something that will amuse …
Intel Announces Thunderbolt 4
Some news from the PC hardware landscape. And this one is about the new Thunderbolt 4 connectivity standard that Intel has just officially announced today. You may recall that …
Google Chrome Now Officially Has 70% Of The Market
Welp. Redmond may be playing the game a tad too aggressive with Microsoft Edge, but the company has its reasons. Reasons like Google Chrome now having cornered 70% of …
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 …
Adobe Flash Is Done For, Come December 31
End of an era? Yeah. Adobe has confirmed that the Flash Player will officially be retired on December 31 this year, and the company will offer no improvements or …
Google Nearby Share Will Support Windows
Business is about to pick up! Google has been working on Nearby Share, a fast, local file sharing solution very similar to AirDrop, for Android for quite a while. …
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 …
The Secret History Of The Windows Task Manager
One of the most used applications in the OS, the Windows Task Manager has seen a lot of action in recent releases of the operating system. Microsoft has been …
Windows NT 3.5, Xbox Source Code Leaks
Whoa! Some rather fascinating news on the Windows and Xbox front, as apparently the source code of Windows NT 3.5 has leaked out in the open, alongside that of …
HoloLens 2 Gets 5G Support Via Dongle
Not the most ideal of ways, but what can you do? The HoloLens 2 augmented reality headset has all kinds of upgraded hardware circuitry, but cellular connectivity was not …