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Microsoft confirms Edge is coming to Linux

1 week

Microsoft has been teasing Edge for Linux for some time now, and in September even ran a survey asking amongst other things if there was a demand for the browser there. Edge is already available on iOS, Android, Mac, Windows 10 an...

BlueKeep attacks go live, but it isn’t as dangerous as feared

by Raka

1 week

Hackers have already started using BlueKeep exploit to break into Windows systems, but according to security researchers, the exploit is not as dangerous as everybody feared. For those unaware, BlueKeep affects the Remote Desktop ...

How to remove Microsoft Chromium Edge as the default PDF Reader in Windows 10

by Atiya

3 weeks

Back in July, we reported that Microsoft is hiding the classic Edge for users on the Release Preview if they have the new Chromium-based Edge installed on their system. Microsoft has since disabled the uninstall option for the st...

Microsoft advises users to ignore update KB4523786

by Atiya

3 weeks

A couple of days ago, Microsoft released a new cumulative update KB4522355 (OS Build 18362.449) for Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Windows 10 version 1903) devices; which included several bug fixes related to Microsoft Narrator, Wind...

Windows 10X details revealed in major leak

by Atiya

3 weeks

Microsoft has mostly kept details of Windows 10X- a version of Windows 10 that has been tailored to dual-screen devices- under wraps. Now, a major leak has given us deep insight into the design and goals behind the development of ...

Microsoft updates the Feedback Hub with new features and improvements

by Anmol

3 weeks

Back in August, Microsoft announced a bunch of new features and improvements to the Windows Feedback Hub. The company is now rolling the new features out to the Windows 10 users and the update also bumps the app to v1.1907.2762.0....

Microsoft advises enterprise users to uninstall KB4520062 cumulative update

by Atiya

4 weeks

Microsoft has instructed their enterprise-based customers, who have installed the KB4520062 cumulative update for Windows 10, to uninstall it. This comes after the update, issued on the 15th October, turned out to break the Wind...

Review: ASUS ROG STRIX GL10CS is a solid gaming desktop with one fatal flaw

by Lewis White

1 month

As far as gaming desktops go, the new ASUS ROG STRIX GL10CS is an almost pure recommendation outside of one fatal flaw. ROG may be known for going all out, but the for-gamers-by-gamers brand has never shied away from more conserv...

Microsoft Surface Neo and Duo: Two risky moonshots

by Michael Allison

1 month

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars,” or so the saying goes. With Microsoft’s Surface Neo and Duo, the firm certainly aimed high. These two devices represent the future of where Microso...

Microsoft aims to kill screen rotation rage with new Surface Duo patent

by Atiya

1 month

At the Surface Event last week, Microsoft announced the long-rumoured Surface Neo and Surface Duo dual-screen devices. So far, it’s been confirmed that the Surface Duo will be powered by Android and a Snapdragon 855 processo...

Apple embraces Windows UAC prompts after a decade of finger pointing

by Anmol

1 month

Microsoft introduced Windows Vista back in 2007 and while the Operating System was a failure, it did pave way for many of the modern elements in Windows. One of the elements which stuck around was the Windows UAC or User Account C...

Evidence Microsoft may be working to port the UWP runtime to Android

by Surur

1 month

We have said repeatedly that there is no UWP developer story without porting UWP to Android. Till now there has been limited indication that Microsoft is working on this. Now however a Github repository has popped up suggesting Mi...