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Steam

Steam Drops Support for Windows 7 and 8, macOS 10.13 and 10.14 Are Next

Steam has dropped support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 yesterday, and macOS…

Activate Windows 11

You Can No Longer Use Windows 7/8 Keys to Activate Windows 11

It finally happened, Microsoft is no longer allowing users to activate Windows 11 using a…

Windows 11 Setup - enter product key

Microsoft Quietly Kills Free Windows 10/11 Upgrades from Windows 7/8 (UPDATED)

Microsoft quietly announced that it has stopped supporting free upgrades from Windows 7 and 8…

Google Drive

Google Drive is Dropping Support for Windows 8 and 8.1 in August

The Google Drive app for Windows will drop support for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1…

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It Was the Best of Times, and Then It Was the Worst of Times (Premium)

That the same leadership and teams made both Windows 7 and Windows 8 is an…

Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Today

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 starting today. Microsoft Edge and…

Google to End Support for Chrome on Windows 7/8.1 in Early 2023

Google announced today that it will finally stop supporting its Chrome web browser on Windows…

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The End of the Windows 8 Era? Hardly (Premium)

Yes, support for Windows 8.x is ending soon. But Windows and its users are still…

Windows 8.1 Users Will Start Seeing End of Support Notifications Next Month

Microsoft will start sending end-of-support notifications to Windows 8.1 users next month, as the OS…

Internet Explorer 11 is Being Retired Today

It’s been a long time coming, but Microsoft is officially retiring Internet Explorer 11 today.

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Programming Windows: Universal (Premium)

2014 began with exciting news: my sources told me that Microsoft would discuss its vision…

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Programming Windows: Aftermath (Premium)

The fallout from Windows 8 was immediate. Steven Sinofsky, who had done more to harm…

Report: More PCs Running Windows XP, 7, and 8 Than Windows 11

A new survey of 10 million Windows devices shows that 1.44 percent of them are…

Microsoft Preps Native OneDrive Clients for Windows on ARM, M1 Macs

Well, it took long enough, but Microsoft is finally testing native OneDrive clients on Windows…

Microsoft to Kill OneDrive for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 in Early 2022

Microsoft revealed this week that it will no longer support OneDrive on Windows 7, 8,…

Flutter for Windows is Available in Alpha

Google announced today that its Flutter app development toolkit can now be used to create…

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