Could Linux Conquer Windows From Within?
An interesting argument about how it could be possible for Linux to conquer Windows and Microsoft was penned recently by open source fan Eric S Raymond and linked to by...
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A New Head Of Windows Surfaces At Microsoft; Panos Panay
If have some favourites at Microsoft to curse at, you might want to update your list to match the news out of The Register who have tallied up the extensive...
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Samsung Refreshes 2-In-1 Lineup With New Notebook 9 Pen Models
Samsung is updating its laptop lineup to include the new Notebook 9 Pen which is a 2-in-1 convertible with built-in S Pen that comes in 13.3-inch and 15-inch...
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Windows Sandbox Virtual Environment Coming to Windows 10 in 2019
Windows Sandbox is a new virtual machine environment coming to Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise versions in 2019, which will be available as an optional component within Windows. Microsoft details the upcoming feature…
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Microsft heals some wounds as it moves to Open Source
One of the big stories this week has been the rumour and confirmation of Microsoft's move to Chromium. What we hadn't seen until this morning was what the competition thought about it,…
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Microsoft Confirms Edge Browser is Moving to Chromium
It's official: Microsoft is indeed moving their Edge browser to Chromium as previously reported. Windows VP Joe Belfiore made the announcement yesterday with a blog post entitled "Microsoft Edge: Making...
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Windows 10 Caveat Emptor Update
If you are one of those wise souls who held of on installing to the new Windows 10 Update, so that others can act as the canaries in the coal mine we…
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Filament Game Engine Open Sourced (Apache 2.0)
Yet another video game engine has entered the market – this time by Google. Filament is written in C++, supports OpenGL 4.1-and-up, OpenGL ES 3.0-and-up, and Vulkan 1.0 on Android, Linux, macOS,…
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What If Windows XP Released in 2018?
YouTube pushed this video onto my suggested list, and it was a minute and a half well spent. From what I understand, Kamer Kaan Avdan has a YouTube channel where he…
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A handy list of tricks you might have forgotten you knew
TechSpot posted an article compiling a variety of tips on making Windows and MacOS do what you want as well as numerous applications you can use for a variety of tasks. The…
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Windows Server Follows Trend of Two Updates per Year
Microsoft seems to want to release feature updates for their software twice per year, once in the fall, and once in the spring. First, Office 365 announced that it would adopt a…
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Rumor: New Edition of Windows 10 Pro Planned
The Verge is reporting on an allegedly leaked slide from Microsoft that announces a new edition of Windows 10 Pro. It is given the placeholder name “Windows 10 Pro for...
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Windows Git gud
Microsoft have moved their huge collection of source code from an internal proprietary tool to Git. The repository is 300 GB and is very popular with The Register reporting 8,421...
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How To: Add AptX Bluetooth Audio to a Windows PC
Recently, to prepare for a long plane flight I bought a pair of Sony MDR-1000X Bluetooth noise canceling headphones. While I won't get into the specifics of these headphones other...
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Microsoft Announces Windows 10 S for Education
Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows 10 today during their education event, with low-cost education-specific laptops (starting at $189) to feature Windows 10 S, a lightweight edition of the OS for…
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AMD Ryzen and the Windows 10 Scheduler – No Silver Bullet
** UPDATE 3/13 5 PM ** AMD has posted a follow-up statement that officially clears up much of the conjecture this...
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Blizzard Cutting Support for Windows XP and Vista
Most companies have already abandoned Windows XP and Vista, including Microsoft once Vista leaves extended support in April, but Blizzard is known for long-term support. This is...
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Vulkan: One Year Later
The open fork of AMD’s Mantle, the Vulkan API, was released exactly a year ago with, as we reported, a hard launch. This meant public,...
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