With Google’s ChromeOS becoming increasingly popular on notebooks, Microsoft is planning to counter it with a new PC operating system, Windows Lite. The OS is expected to be a souped down version of Windows 10 that would run machines even with the most basic specifications. While the exact launch date of ... Read More »
Windows 10 users, you are finally free from Cortana. Well, during setup, anyway. Microsoft has announced that it is disabling its assistant’s voice-over during the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education setup processes. Cortana is still alive and well in Home versions of Windows 10, meaning this will mainly benefit IT professionals ... Read More »
Getty Images Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in front of the Cortana logo While Microsoft is arguably best known for being the company behind Windows, its cloud business could soon be a bigger deal in terms of revenue. In a note distributed to clients on Thursday, KeyBanc Capital Markets analysts Brent ... Read More »
Oppo and vivo, both part of the BBK Electronics conglomerate, took part of the China Mobile Partners Conference, currently happening in Beijing. The smartphone companies showcased their own 5G prototypes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 modem in action. Oppo Find X with 5G modem Oppo showcased a Find X that ... Read More »
Daylight Savings Time ended at 2 a.m., but at least one of our Windows 10 PCs didn’t notice. Windows 10 is set to automatically update the time, but didn’t. We’ve seen a few similar reports online, too. Yes, It’s Yet Another Windows 10 Bug We noticed this problem on a ... Read More »
Microsoft said Thursday it will begin requiring US suppliers to offer employees at least 12 weeks of paid parental leave when they have or adopt children. The new policy applies to suppliers with 50 or more employees who do substantial work for the US technology giant, according to Microsoft general counsel ... Read More »
Trusted code-signing certificates are being sold to miscreants by allegedly unscrupulous vendors, fueling a growth in digitally signed Windows malware, a study has claimed. Security researchers at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, and Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MCC) in the US, identified and monitored four organizations that sold Microsoft Authenticode certificatesto ... Read More »
Refresh rate refers to the number of times per second an image refreshes on the screen — in a process measured in Hertz (Hz). The higher the refresh rate, the better the experience, while lower refresh rate usually results on screen flickering, and it can cause eye strain and headaches. Typically, ... Read More »
Following the discontinuation in 2014, Microsoft has not come out with rollout of security patches and new features for Windows XP. India’s central bank RBI has asked banks to upgrade their ATMs, and uninstall Microsoft Windows XP from all systems by June 2019. The RBI directive, comes four years after Microsoft announced in 2014 ... Read More »
Windows 10 has had a dark mode since the Anniversary Update was released in 2016. In typical Apple fashion, macOS is only just adding such a feature, and the company seems to have nailed it on the first go. The first developer preview of macOS Mojave has a dark mode that’s super consistent ... Read More »
