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Microsoft’s new Surface Hub 2: potential game changer for conference rooms
The Surface Hub 2 could be a significant to digital conferencing and collaboration.
FAQ: Microsoft 365 explained
Microsoft has bundled together Windows 10, Office 365 and a variety of management tools to create its newest subscription suite, Microsoft 365 (M365). Here's what the bundle includes, how much it costs and what it means for the...
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Windows 10 data collection: What you need to know
The operating system has been collecting telemetry on users and apps since 2015; despite recent changes, it’s still gathering information.
Yet another bunch of Microsoft Surfaces don’t work with Win10 version 1803
If you shelled out $3,000 to $4,500 for a Surface Studio, you may be a bit disconcerted to discover that many don’t work with the new Windows 10 April 2018 Update, version 1803. Mice and keyboards keep disconnecting.
Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the builds
Get the latest info on new builds of Windows 10 Redstone 5 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for Insider Preview Build 17672, released on May 16, 2018.
Patch update: Monthly Rollup previews arrive for Win7, 8.1, along with updates for Win10 1607, 1703
The Monthly Rollup preview for Win7 doesn't fix the network driver bug in this month's Monthly Rollup. The 1607 and 1703 cumulative updates tackle long lists of boring fixes.
Why Linux apps on Chromebooks are a really big deal (really!)
Linux app support for Chrome OS may sound like a big heaping bowl of irrelevant geek stew, but don't be fooled: This move is enormously significant.
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Introduction to Windows PowerShell
We take you from the very basics up to using objects and beyond, with plenty of resources along the way.
Lots of little Microsoft patches, but nothing for this month’s big bugs — and no Previews
The third Tuesday of the month brought a handful of fixes, but nothing that addresses the Win10 1803 solid-state drive fiasco, or the network clobbering in Windows 7 — and there are no Monthly Rollup Previews.
FAQ: How Edge's Application Guard and isolated browsing work
Microsoft has added anti-malware, anti-exploit technology to Windows 10 Pro in a bid to make the Web safer for employees using the company's Edge browser.
10 annoying things about Android P (that'll hopefully be fixed soon)
Android P isn't all sugar and diamonds. Can Google get these quirks worked out in time for the software's final release?
The best places to find Windows 10 ISOs
How and where to safely grab these sometimes-elusive beasts — including versions from years past.
5 Mac Terminal tips you’ll want to use
Apple’s Terminal application is supremely powerful on your Mac. Here are five Mac Terminal tips most Mac users may want to use.
Win10 version 1803 incompatible with Toshiba solid state drives, too
First we find out Win10 version 1803 doesn’t work with Intel SSD6 solid state drives -- thus, by implication, many Surface Pro (2017) machines -- now we learn it also doesn’t work with Toshiba SSDs.
Microsoft finally stops screwing Surface Pro 4 owners with flickergate
In a well-orchestrated Friday night news dump, Microsoft has announced a reversal of its customer-antagonistic flickergate policy. If you have a Surface Pro 4 that flickers like a firefly in heat, you can now exchange it for a...
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Two more evolving threats: JavaScript in Excel and payment processing in Outlook
In the well-established Office Ready-Fire-Aim tradition, Microsoft adds two new “features” that beg to be abused. Details appeared at Build, and the bad guys already have their keyboards primed.
Surface Pro (2017) owners hitting Win10 1803 update blue screens. Now we know why.
Microsoft and Intel now agree: If your machine has an Intel SSD 600p or SSD Pro 6000p, don’t force it to install the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, version 1803. Surface Pro 2017 owners with a compromised SSD have an extra hurdle: bad...
What it costs to keep up with Windows 10's upgrade tempo
Microsoft's twice-a-year feature updates are a greater burden on companies than the old upgrade-every-six-years pace businesses used to face, according to Gartner Research.
Patch Tuesday problems, fixes — but no cause for immediate alarm
Important takeaways from this month’s Patch Tuesday: Get Win10 1803 updated if you can, but watch out for bogus lingering partitions; Remote Desktop flakiness has a solution; and the VBScript zero-day reiterates how badly broken...
Windows 10: A guide to the updates
Here's what you need to know about each update to Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, released April 30, 2018.
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