The edge based on Google’s technologies, which isn’t quite ready for prime time, will include a business-oriented new tab that IT administrators can customize for employees. The developer in Redmond, Washington, explained one week after the first announcement of Edge’s new tab functions for corporate customers Release candidate “ of …
Read More »Why Microsoft should postpone the next feature upgrade from Windows 10, 2004
Microsoft may have the next Windows 10 upgrade that burns a hole in your pocket, but if it’s wise, the developer from Redmond, Washington, is keeping this code to himself for now. In fact, software developers could do a great favor to all technical users by for the time being …
Read More »Microsoft synchronizes the version of Edge with the cadence of Chrome
Microsoft quietly updated its Chromium-based Edge to version 80 last week, the first update for the browser since its debut in a stable format three weeks ago. The company in Redmond, Washington, updated Edge to version 80.0.361.48 on Friday, February 7, just three days after Google updated Chrome to version …
Read More »Microsoft enforces Bing for Chrome users in the enterprise
Microsoft tacitly announced last week that it would change the default Chrome to Bing search engine – Microsoft’s own search engine – to PCs with Office 365 ProPlus, the productivity apps that are at the heart of corporate subscriptions. The exchange of the default search settings in Chrome starts next …
Read More »What happens after Windows 7 retires?
The Redmond doctor came into the room, snorted a chair into place, but didn’t want to look Windows 7 in the eye and just stared at the desk. “I’m afraid it’s bad news,” said the doctor. Windows 7 let out a long sigh. “It’s terminal,” said the M.D. As if …
Read More »Come on, Microsoft! Is it really that hard to properly update Windows 10?
Yesterday, on Patch Tuesday, when I finished the following column, complaining about the sad state of the Windows 10 patches and providing numerous examples of very buggy things, a big, fat example landed on my lap (but luckily not on mine) Laptop). . It was announced that Microsoft had accidentally …
Read More »Run Win10 version 1803 or 1809? You have options. Learn how to control your upgrade here.
The older versions of Windows 10 grow long in the tooth. Microsoft officially released its last cumulative update for Win10 version 1803 (Home or Pro edition) on November 12th. It is planned to end Win10 version 1809 on May 12th next year. If you are currently running either 1803 or …
Read More »Immediate government measures grant AAPL cheap loans for share buybacks
Immediate measures to ensure that companies continue to have access to finance during the corona virus crisis have effectively provided Apple with cheap loans to fund share buybacks and dividend payments, a new report said today. Government support allowed Apple to borrow money on the bond market at the lowest …
Read More »Did you think you already paid for Win7 Extended Security Updates? Think again
I hear a lot of complaints from people who have spent good money getting Win7 Extended Security updates but haven’t seen this month’s patches. There is a reason for that. Microsoft has not told us that you need a new patch that was released yesterday to receive Win7 ESU updates. …
Read More »Microsoft is pushing, then tearing, rogue security patch KB 4523786, supposedly for autopilot
Let us put this into perspective. Microsoft warned us at the beginning of the Win10 rush more than four years ago that patches would not be distributed individually. With the exception of security updates for emergencies, patches are released as part of cumulative updates. Over the years, this promise has …
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