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Microsoft Security

Microsoft is Working with the Security Industry to Prevent Another CrowdStrike Outage

Microsoft published a technical deep dive into what went wrong with the CrowdStrike outage and…

HP EliteBook Ultra

HP EliteBook Ultra Review

Don't be fooled by the name: The HP EliteBook Ultra is the Snapdragon X-powered successor…

Widgets (23H2, M5)

Microsoft Gets Ready to Support Other Widget Feeds on Windows 11

Microsoft is testing some changes on Windows 11 to enable support for third-party widget feeds…

Resiliency
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Resiliency (Premium)

In the wake of the CrowdStrike outage, Microsoft has adopted the industry partnership stance I…

Windows 11 File Explorer Android phone

Windows Insiders Can Test Accessing Their Android Phones From File Explorer

A new Link to Windows feature lets Windows Insiders see their Android phone in File…

Windows 11 version 24H2

Microsoft Delivers New Windows 11 24H2 Build to the Release Preview Channel

For the first time in over a month, Microsoft has issued a new build of…

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Microsoft Belatedly Delivers Windows 11 22H2/23H2 Week D Preview Update

It's two days late, but Microsoft today delivered a June Week D preview update for…

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A Few Thoughts on Portable PC Gaming (Premium)

In the early 1990s, the PC became inevitable as a platform thanks to several unrelated…

Windows 11

Windows 11 Canary Build 26257 Lets Insiders Duplicate File Explorer Tabs

The Windows 11 build 26257 is out for Insiders on the Canary Channel, and the…

Gaming PCs based on 13th Gen Intel Core desktop processors

Intel Admits to Core Processor Problems, Will Issue Patch

Microprocessor giant Intel took the rare step this week of admitting to a flaw in…

Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 15-inch

Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Generation 15-Inch Review

After years of waiting, months of anticipation, and several weeks of use, I am excited…

Microsoft repair tool for CrowdStrike issues

Microsoft Issues Repair Tool for PCs Impacted by CrowdStrike Outage

Microsoft issued a software download that creates a USB-based repair tool to unwind the problems…

Windows Recovery

CrowdStrike Outage Has Roots in Microsoft’s Antitrust Problems

Microsoft this morning raised an interesting point about the CrowdStrike Internet outage that continues to…

PC with a recovery screen in a datacenter

Microsoft: CrowdStrike Mishap Impacted Less Than 1 Percent of Windows PCs

The CrowdStrike outage this past week was devastating, but it impacted less than 1 percent…

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon First Impressions

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon First Impressions

The ThinkPad T14s combines iconic ThinkPad design elements with Qualcomm's magical Snapdragon X processor.

Windows 11 Start

Windows 11 Version 23H2 is Now Broadly Available

9 months after its initial release, Windows 11 version 23H2 is finally of sufficient quality…

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