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Why Windows 95 is AWESOME (History and Features)
Happy birthday Windows 95. You introduced the world to the Start menu and so much more. Man, they grow up so fast. So today to celebrate this amazing occasion, we're going to time travel and take a look at the history and some of the features of one...
Alex · 24 August 2020 · 386
Microsoft Surface Book 3 - Laptop or Tablet? Why Not Both!
Laptop or tablet - why not both? This is the Microsoft Surface Book 3, a premium device that can be either. It’s available in a smaller 13.5” size, or larger 15” model which has the option of higher end specs, and is what I’ve...
JT · 21 September 2020 · 158
Xbox Series X hands-on: gameplay, load times, and Quick Resume
The next generation of game consoles are so close. I can almost taste it. Maybe not that close, but the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S are both arriving on November 10th. This tiny, dinky little Xbox Series S is priced at $299 and the larger, mo...
Alex · 28 September 2020 · 67
Christmas update for Windows: Microsoft fixes 6 critical vulnerabilities
Microsoft traditionally ends the last Patch Tuesday of the year with fewer patches for Windows, Office & Co. This is also the case this year, although the number of closed security holes has rarely been so high. In addition, however, there are always...
Jacob Enderson · 14 December 2022 · 106
Windows 11: Microsoft ends support for quite a few processors
Microsoft has updated the list of processors that are compatible with Windows 11. Some older models are now no longer supported. As the website "XDA-Developers" reports, Google has updated its list of Intel processors that are supported by Windows 11...
Jacob Enderson · 08 August 2023 · 53
Microsoft gives the Xbox a feature that no one expected
Microsoft has once again given the Xbox a new feature update - at least if you are part of the Xbox Insider Program. The patch allows you to map keyboard keys to your controller. How useful the feature is in practice is in the eye of the beholder. C...
Kelly · 28 July 2023 · 61
Epic v. Apple trial is over. Here’s everything we learned
It's been over nine months since Epic sued Apple for violating antitrust law and the trial has just wrapped up. We've explained the background of Epic versus Apple in another article, but to recap, last year Epic decided to bypass Apple's in-app pur...
Den W. · 2 years ago · 150
Microsoft wants to move Windows 11 completely to the cloud
Based on Windows 365, Microsoft plans to run Windows 11 in the cloud. This is how Microsoft aims to provide the operating system with improved AI services more easily. In the enterprise sector, Windows has increasingly migrated to the cloud, where, f...
Kelly · 28 June 2023 · 52
Meta, Amazon and Microsoft release open maps dataset
The Overture Maps Foundation is made up of high-profile tech companies and aims to make map data freely available. Now there is a first dataset. The Overture Maps Foundation has released its first open maps dataset. The dataset is intended to lay th...
Kelly · 27 July 2023 · 49
How Big Tech Became So Powerful
Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft combined are worth about 9 trillion U.S Dollars, which is way more than the entire GDP of Japan. But how did these companies get so freaking big? Let's have a quick look at how each one of these tech Tit...
Jacob Enderson · 29 November 2021 · 108
Microsoft Edge Canary brings new flag to improve font rendering
Microsoft today unveiled a number of new features for the Edge browser's font rendering technology, including contrast enhancement, text gamma correction, and more. Edge Insiders can get these updates right now in the newest Edge Canary versions. Ac...
Brown Wolf · 03 June 2021 · 146 · 1
Microsoft says that an error caused in no matching Bing photos for Tiananmen's 'tank man'
After users raised issues about possible censorship around the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary, Microsoft claimed "accidental human error" for its Bing search engine not showing image results for the query "tank man" in the United States and e...
Brown Wolf · 05 June 2021 · 89
Microsoft Surface Duo review: double troubles
Four years after Microsoft gave up entirely on making its own Windows Phones, it is back with this Android phone, only this is trying to be a different kind of thing, an entirely new kind of thing, not just a phone or a tablet. See, Microsoft has a v...
Den W. · 10 September 2020 · 98
New Microsoft updates cause Windows machines to crash
Microsoft's updates have caused a variety of problems for users in recent times, and now it turns out that June's patch Tuesday updates are causing machines to crash. This is due to an error in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service process,...
Alex · 25 June 2020 · 175
PC vs Mac - The Answer
Coke or Pepsi? McDonald's or Burger King? Subway, or starvation? Classic debates such as these are not just the domain of the food industry as today, we're going to cover the age old question. PC or Mac? It can be difficult to get an objective answe...
Alex · 01 April 2021 · 197
Microsoft renamed Windows Virtual Desktop as Azure Virtual Desktop
Microsoft stated today that Windows Virtual Desktop will be renamed Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). It also highlighted a few new features that will be added to the service. According to the company, the changes and new features are intended to support...
Brown Wolf · 07 June 2021 · 89