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This week, Microsoft officially rolled out the Windows 10 May 2019 Update to the world. However, due to some recurring issues over the last couple of updates, the company is thankfully taking a very measured approach this time. An approach which will hopefully mitigate some of the update issues that always seem to arise when a major system update comes to software that runs under an almost infinite number of configurations.
Microsoft’s Windows XP Finally Dead: Last Embedded Version Reaches EOL
Microsoft this week ended support for the very last Windows XP-based operating system, essentially marking the end of the platform and an era. Being one of the longest living...
22 by Anton Shilov on 4/11/2019
The Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809): Let's Try This Again
Back on October 2nd, Microsoft announced general availability for the latest update to Windows 10, the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. The new naming is improved over what they’d...
88 by Brett Howse on 11/14/2018
896 Xeon Cores in One PC: Microsoft’s New x86 DataCenter Class Machines Running Windows
This week Microsoft released a new blog dedicated to the Windows Kernel internals. The purpose of the blog is to dive into the Kernel across a variety of architectures...
57 by Ian Cutress on 10/26/2018
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 850: A Second Generation For Windows
Qualcomm’s big value-add to the laptop space last year, alongside running Windows on the company’s smartphone-focused Arm processors, was both battery life and mobile connectivity, promising performance, 20+ hours...
36 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2018
The Windows 10 April Update (1803): The Littlest Big Update
We’re about three years into Windows 10, and we’ve seen a lot of changes to the OS, as well as the servicing model, in those three years. The move...
163 by Brett Howse on 5/25/2018
Microsoft Announces AI Platform for Windows Developers: Machine Learning On The Edge
Today Microsoft is hosting a developer day, and one of the highlights they are showcasing is a new API called WinML. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are two of...
10 by Brett Howse on 3/7/2018
HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset, Professional Edition, Coming March
HP has added a second Windows Mixed Reality headset to its lineup, this one being dubbed the 'Professional Edition'. This headset, according to HP, is geared more towards a...
7 by Joe Shields on 2/5/2018
The ASUS NovaGo: Two Minutes with Snapdragon 835 and Windows
LAS VEGAS, NV – Late last year, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Event in Hawaii, we had the formal introduction of the first devices that were using the new Windows...
76 by Ian Cutress on 1/17/2018
NVIDIA to Cease Driver Development for 32-Bit Operating Systems
NVIDIA has announced plans to cease developing drivers supporting 32-bit operating systems for any GPU architecture in the near future. All NVIDIA GPU drivers published after the release 390...
33 by Anton Shilov on 12/28/2017
Microsoft Launches Windows 10 On ARM: Always Connected PCs
This morning at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Microsoft’s EVP of Windows and Devices, Terry Myerson, is announcing the introduction of the first Windows 10 PCs to be...
59 by Brett Howse on 12/5/2017
The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Feature Focus
Windows 10 has finally settled into a groove. We are just over two years from the initial release of Windows 10. Part of the promise of Windows 10 was...
95 by Brett Howse on 11/10/2017
Ockel Sirius A is Nearing Primetime: Smartphone-Sized PC with 6-inch 1080p Display
Last year, at IFA 2016, I stumbled across the Ockel Sirius project. In its infancy, the device was seemingly straight forward: put a full PC into a smartphone sized...
65 by Ian Cutress on 9/4/2017
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Coming October 17
This morning at IFA in Berlin, Terry Myerson, EVP of the Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft, announced that the next Windows 10 update will be launched worldwide on...
76 by Brett Howse on 9/1/2017
Qualcomm Announces First OEMs for Windows 10 on Snapdragon 835
Today, as part of Computex 2017, Qualcomm and Microsoft are joint announcing the next steps for their Windows on Snapdragon strategy. As previously reported, Qualcomm and Microsoft have collaborated...
24 by Ian Cutress on 5/31/2017
The Microsoft Build 2017 Recap: What To Expect When You’re Expecting Windows
Microsoft’s Build conference is one of their most important shows of the year, with a developer focused discussion that provides some guidance on the direction of Microsoft and its...
85 by Brett Howse on 5/19/2017
Microsoft Announces Windows 10 S: RT Redux
Alongside the new Surface Laptop announced today in NYC, Microsoft also unveiled their next play with Windows 10. Windows 10 S launches as a fresh take on an old...
73 by Brett Howse on 5/2/2017
The Windows 10 Creators Update Arrives
Windows 10 launched in July 2015, and on April 11, 2017, Microsoft released the third major update to their latest operating system. First announced in October with the Surface...
70 by Brett Howse on 4/25/2017
How To Get Ryzen Working on Windows 7 x64
Officially, AMD does not support Ryzen CPUs on Windows 7. Given that Microsoft has essentially ended support for the OS, this is the type of response we expect from...
92 by Ian Cutress on 3/7/2017
Samsung Launch the Galaxy Book 10.6-inch and 12-inch: Windows Tablets with Kaby Lake
The announcements this year from Samsung are notably muted without the launch of a new Galaxy smartphone, but despite this being a mobile-focused conference in Barcelona this week, there...
39 by Ian Cutress on 2/26/2017
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