Windows 10 - New Update and Enhanced Data Cleaning
Insider's users have been given an insight into the upcoming Windows 10 updates. One of them should appear next month, and Microsoft plans to implement interesting novelties in the following months.
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Mateusz Popielak
April 10, 2020
Facebook Announces New Messenger With Video Calls for Windows and macOS
Today, Facebook released the Messenger application for desktops and laptops. The new version of the app is designed to facilitate video contact with family and friends and improve remote working.
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April 3, 2020
Microsoft Reveals News Bar - Headlines on Windows Desktop
Microsoft Store has launched the News Bar for Windows 10 - a tool that can provide us with the most interesting information from the world in the form of a bar.
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Mateusz Popielak
March 31, 2020
Microsoft Will Get Rid of Control Panel in Windows 10
Rafael Rivera, an engineer working for Microsoft, mentioned in a Twitter post that the company plans to move further Windows 10 options from the control panel to the new settings screen. Everything seems to indicate that the giant from Redmond plans to get rid of a key fragment of the old interface of its operating system.
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Bart Swiatek
March 27, 2020
Microsoft is Trying to Plug a Critical Security Gap in All Windows
Microsoft warns its users against malware that could infect their computers. The company is already working on an appropriate patch, which is a priority for the programmers.
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March 25, 2020
Windows Defender May Skip Files When Scanning Due to Bug
Some Windows Defender users report a bug that causes some files to be skipped during the scan. For the time being, it's uncertain whether this is a real bug or a change in the way the application reports its actions.
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Bart Swiatek
March 23, 2020
The New Look of Windows 10 - Here's How Microsoft Celebrates its Success
Microsoft has released a video that boasts of the success of Windows 10 - reaching out to a billion users. The material also presents a vision of the new look of this version of „windows”.
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Bart Swiatek
March 20, 2020
Microsoft Shows New Start Menu and Icons in Windows 10
During Windows Insider Webcast, Microsoft presented a new look of the Start menu in Windows 10, which we will see after turning off the tiles. The picture also shows changed icons.
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Bart Swiatek
March 5, 2020
Windows 10 on Over a Billion Devices
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 has been installed on more than one billion active devices. It took 4.5 years to break this treshold.
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Bart Swiatek
February 3, 2020
Windows 7 Will Retain Support From Antivirus Software
AV-Test experts have prepared a report on antivirus programs that will continue to work with Windows 7 - despite the end of Microsoft's support for W7, which happened just over two weeks ago.
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Bart Swiatek
January 30, 2020
German Government Will Pay for Extended Windows 7 Support
The German government will pay Microsoft nearly $900,000 to extend its support for Windows 7, all because officials failed to upgrade 33,000 computers to a newer version of the system before January 14 this year.
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Bart Swiatek
January 24, 2020
Millions of Microsoft's Customer Data Records Leaked
The end of 2019 must have been really unpleasant for Microsoft. It turned out that due to a security error in the database, more than 250 million records with user information were publicly available. The gap was patched up immediately after detection.
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Conrad Hazi
January 23, 2020
Microsoft Tests New Ads in Windows 10
The Insider program is testing another format of advertisements in Windows 10. This time it is about banners in WordPad, encouraging the use of Office Web Apps.
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Peter Doron
January 22, 2020
Microsoft Fixes Dangerous Gap in Windows 10, Detected by NSA
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has detected a dangerous security gap in Windows 10 and Windows Server. The exploit made it possible for PCs to be infected a virus and have sensitive data stolen. Microsoft has already eliminated the threat with an appropriate patch.
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Bart Swiatek
January 15, 2020
Today, Microsoft Ends Support of Windows 7
Microsoft is officially terminating its support for Windows 7. The software will not receive any patches (even the critical, security-related ones), and its users will not be able to count on the support of the company's technical department.
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Bart Swiatek
January 14, 2020
Google Chrome Will Continue to be Supported on Windows 7
Google has assured that Chrome web browser will continue to receive updates on Windows 7. The company wants to support the application for at least 18 months after Microsoft abandons the system.
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Paul Wozniak
January 12, 2020
End of Windows 7 Support is Nigh; Switch to Windows 10 for Free
In January, Microsoft will officially end its support for the popular Windows 7 operating system. It is worth noting that the option of free upgrade to Windows 10 is still available, although officially it was supposed to expire in July 2016.
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Bart Swiatek
December 30, 2019
Windows 7 Support Ends - Another Reminder of System's Imminent Death
Microsoft's support for Windows 7 is coming to an end. This is best known to the owners of this system, who have been receiving relevant messages since April. However, this is not the end, because another, this time full screen, notification will soon appear on PCs still running the „Seven”.
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Damian Gacek
December 11, 2019
Windows 10 November 2019 Update is Here; Performance Improvements?
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 owners can now download the new Windows 10 November 2019 Update. The patch is designed to improve several important features, such as a calendar or file browser, and also to improve performance - especially on some processors.
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Bart Swiatek
November 13, 2019
Windows 10: Game Bar Gets FPS Counter
Microsoft has made a few improvements to the Game Bar. After the October update, the bar will show, among other things, the frame rate counter and Xbox achievements.
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Konrad Serafinski
October 24, 2019