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Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the Insider Preview builds
Get the latest info on new preview builds of Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for Insider Preview Build 19631 for the Fast ring, released on May 21, 2020.
Microsoft touts new business features slated for Edge
The Chromium-based browser was supposed to roll out to users earlier this year. Microsoft now says expect that to take place over the next few weeks.
Amid the pandemic, using trust to fight shadow IT
With most workers scattered at home and trying to come up with their own ad-hoc IT workarounds, there’s an easy way for IT shops to build trust: communicate.
A 'business-as-usual' Patch Tuesday update for Windows desktops
With no “zero-days” and a relatively light load of Office, Developer Tools and legacy ESU updates, May's patch cycle focused on the Windows desktop and server platforms, with 111 security related updates to all platforms.
Windows 10 quick tips: 13 ways to speed up your PC
If you want to speed up Windows 10, take a few minutes to try out these tips. Your machine will be zippier and less prone to performance and system issues.
It’s time to squirrel away a clean copy of Win10 version 1909
With Win10 version 2004 locked and loaded and ready to fire at any moment, now would be a very good time to store away an official, clean copy of Win10 version 1909. You never know when it might come in handy.
Late May release of Windows 10 2004? Expect a minor update this fall
Given that Microsoft has delayed the full-blown rollout of the latest version of Windows 10 until the end of May, users shouldn't expect many — if any — new features late this year.
Windows 10: A guide to the updates
Here's what you need to know about each update to the current version of Windows 10 as it's released from Microsoft. Now updated for KB4556799, released May 12, 2020.
Review: Windows 10 May 2020 Update delivers little tweaks that add up to... well, not a lot
There’s no reason we can see to rush out and install the Windows 10 version 2004 upgrade.
Check to make sure you have Windows updates paused
Patch Tuesday is here. While we aren’t expecting any big surprises, it would behoove you to ensure that Windows has been set to wait until the dust clears. Yes, you have to patch eventually. No, you don’t have to patch immediately.
From Surface to Surface Go 2 and Surface Book 3: The evolution continues
When Microsoft unveiled the Surface, the portable landscape was a much different place. Now, with the the Surface Go 2 and the Surface Book 3, Microsoft can be proud of how its hardware has evolved.
Microsoft to start changing Chrome's search engine to Bing for opt-in customers
Microsoft has revised its schedule for rolling out a Chrome browser extension to Office 365 customers; it plans to begin adding the extension to Google's browser this month.
The most interesting Android question of the year
Hint: It has nothing to do with Google — not directly, anyway.
Odd problems remain unresolved, but get the April Windows and Office patches installed
In spite of persistent reports of pesky problems with April’s updates, there doesn’t seem to be a single point of pain. You need to watch out for the long-documented 'missing' data/zapped desktop bug, and it’s possible your printers...
Microsoft, Apple open virtual dev conferences to all
It's going to be all virtual, all the time, for this year's Microsoft Build event and Apple's traditional WWDC. Blame the ongoing pandemic for the shift.
Windows by the numbers: Windows share shrinks, Linux surges ... wait, Linux?
The coronavirus pandemic and the rush to work from home seems to have upended recent trends in OS use. Windows is down. macOS is up. And so is Linux.
The Galaxy Chromebook and the problem with promises
A timely reminder that words only carry so much weight when it comes to technology.
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The coronavirus will change Windows forever
And that’s partly because it’s making it easier for Microsoft to head in a direction it was already taking.
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