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5 tiny programs that makes Windows even better

Microsoft’s Windows is a great operating system in almost any guise (let’s not talk about Vista or 8 right now), but even it can…

Windows 10 will be Microsoft’s only OS to support Intel’s Kaby Lake

Microsoft has announced that it will end support for Windows 8.1 and older OSes for the newer Intel, AMD and even Qualcomm processors due…

Microsoft ends Windows 8 security support

Microsoft today ends it support for Windows 8, which effectively means the company will no longer supply security and stability patches to the operating…

Proline A933L tablet review: a basement Windows bargain

Tablets are slowly becoming the jack of all trade devices we all thought they would. They’ve murdered netbooks and have made large laptops even…

Windows 10: 5 key numbers to know before Microsoft’s big launch

For all Windows 10 related views, breaking stories and deeper analysis, visit our comprehensive Windows 10 Hub before and after Microsoft’s big launch. If…

Can you upgrade to Windows 10? Here are 4 key questions

For all Windows 10 related views, breaking stories and deeper analysis, visit our comprehensive Windows 10 Hub before and after Microsoft’s big launch. It’s…

Microsoft Windows 10 will be sold on convenient USB drives

In a show of how hip and happening Microsoft‘s new tech outlook is, the company will be offering Windows 10 on USB flash drives…

Windows 10 Insiders will get Windows 10 for free, according to blog post

We’re just over a month away from Microsoft‘s biggest software launch in many a year, and Windows 10 Insiders have had a substantial role…

Patch Tuesday May 2015: Internet Explorer is this month’s problem child [update]

Update (16 May): It seems that the relatively uneventful May Patch Tuesday updates have sprung a last minute surprise, mainly courtesy of KB3046002, which…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Winning: Windows 9 may be free upgrade for Windows 8.x users

Tomorrow could be big for Microsoft, as it launches Windows 9. With just under 24-hours until the company’s biggest launch since Vista, Microsoft is…

Microsoft to hold ‘Windows 9’ event 30 September

We’ve seen the leaks, the shoddy screenshots and the German-techno desktop recordings, but now Microsoft has announced a “Windows event” that will likely see…

Microsoft’s Windows 9 Technical Preview leaked in bevy of screenshots

Update: As if this couldn’t get any better. The same site that leaked the pile of purported screenshots has just leaked a video of…

Windows 9 ‘Technical Preview’ may have click-to-upgrade system

There’s no doubt about it — the next iteration of Windows is forming behind closed doors at Redmond, after Windows 8’s market share and…

A streamlined ‘Windows 9’ to become centralised OS for all Microsoft devices

Microsoft’s forthcoming OS will be a one-size-fits-all solution, spanning across desktop, mobile and Xbox platforms, Satya Nadella confirmed. The move comes amid a spate…

7 improvements that would make Windows 9 the best Microsoft OS ever

There’s a myth around the tech world that Microsoft follows up its blockbuster OS with universally hated sequels. This theory seems to bear true…

Alienware’s Windows-based Alpha to join Xbox One, PS4 in console war

Alienware, Dell’s enthusiast division, has announced that its Alpha gaming machine will not launch with SteamOS as initially planned, but instead with Windows 8.1…

VLC beta for Windows 8 now out, get downloading

Looking for a reason to watch films on Windows 8? VLC’s the answer. Today, the VLC beta finally launches and is available right now…

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