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Windows 10 Mobile will get fingerprint support in Anniversary Update

Windows 10 Mobile lacks many features that Android and iOS users take for granted, and one that stands out (like a sore thumb) is…

Windows 10 Build 14342 brings Microsoft Edge extensions support

If you happen to be a Windows 10 Insider — a consumer who receives the latest pre-release Windows 10 builds — you’d have received…

Windows 10: free upgrade ends 29 July, costs $119 thereafter

There’s some big Windows 10 news in the wild today, so let’s get right into it. Microsoft’s latest operating system is slowly eking towards…

Microsoft reveals upcoming features in Windows 10 roadmap

The BUILD conference is over, but Microsoft has more Windows 10-related news to share. The company recently published a roadmap for Windows 10, revealing several hitherto…

Windows 10’s new Blue Screen of Death features handy QR code

Microsoft’s updating its most infamous Windows feature; no, not the Start button, but the Blue Screen of Death. The harbinger of hardware failure, the…

Windows 10 is now the most popular OS for Steam users

There’s no doubting the fact that Windows 10 is seeing some big numbers – even if Microsoft is taking an aggressive stance in pushing…

Windows 10 Anniversary Update arriving mid-2016

Keep locked on to our #Build2016 portal for detailed coverage of Microsoft’s flagship developer event. Its that time of year when Microsoft shows off…

Microsoft Build 2015: HoloLens, Windows 10, Microsoft Edge and more

Build is almost always Microsoft‘s most important event of the year, not only for developers but consumers too and in an operating system launch…

Microsoft reintroduces ‘Solitaire’ to latest Windows 10 build

Procrastinators, listen up. If you were gravely saddened by Microsoft‘s hasty removal of the much loved Solitaire suite from Windows 8, the company has…

Windows 10 will arrive in July 2015, according to AMD

In a bit of a faux pas, AMD announced that Windows 10 will likely come bursting through the door before the North American back…

Windows 10 SDK now available for crafting universal apps

Developers can now start building universal apps for Microsoft‘s Windows 10 operating system, as the company released the Windows 10 SDK. The SDK will…

Windows 10 will compress system files to increase user storage

Microsoft really is gunning to reclaim its groupie love that was severed in Windows 10, often delving into some of the more innocuous annoyances…

This smart coffee table runs both Windows 8 and Android

We’ve seen some big tablets before — like the Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC, which earned the tongue-twisting mantle of The Table Tablet, or Samsung’s 40-incher,…

HoloLens, Continuum and Cortana: Microsoft’s Windows 10 playbook

We knew Microsoft was going to talk about Windows 10 at length today, but no one realised just how much the company had to…

Xbox One to Windows 10 device streaming coming in 2015

There’s a lot of Windows 10 related news clogging up the internet’s veins this morning, but one piece of news stands out for PC…

10 things you should know before Microsoft’s Windows 10 mobile event

Windows 10 (yep, not Windows 9, remember) has been out in the wild for a good while now, on Windows Insider’s test machines and…

Microsoft’s ‘Spartan’ browser may support Google Chrome extensions

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was a massive flop this decade, taking a beating from the likes of Chrome and Firefox in…

January Patch Tuesday: one critical, seven important updates for Windows

In what was a landmark Patch Tuesday for Microsoft, and not simply because it was the first of 2015, the company announced that it…

‘Windows 10 Mobile’ preview coming later this month, reports suggest

Windows 10 is maturing nicely and Microsoft is now ready to unveil a preview for handheld devices later this month, according to The Verge’s…

20+ free and essential Windows programs for your new PC

It’s 2015, and the time has come for a new PC, at least that rings true for me. While Windows machines are largely functional…

December Patch Tuesday: Microsoft issues critical updates for Windows, Internet Explorer

December’s Patch Tuesday has passed without so much as a squeak, but that doesn’t mean important updates and patches weren’t pushed to Microsoft Windows…

Microsoft issues emergency update for Windows desktop and Server systems

If you just got to work and Windows Update hasn’t been buzzing away in the background, you should probably check on it immediately. Microsoft…

Windows 93 is Windows 95’s drunk cousin, but we love it anyway

What was your first version of Windows? I remember it like it was yesterday — good old, unreliable, crash-prone Windows 98. For those who…

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