Never give a sucker an even break. Yesterday, on a very out-of-band Wednesday, Microsoft released preview patches for Windows 8.1 (but not 7!), Server 2012, and Windows 10 1709 (for bricked AMD machines only), with preview cumulative updates for Win10 ...

Just under a year ago, Microsoft announced it would once again bring ARM-based laptops and mobile devices to market running Windows 10. The last time MS tried to bridge the gap between its x86 OS and ARM CPUs it didn’t ...

Microsoft today announced a major change to how it will deliver new releases of Windows Server going forward. Instead of a release every few years (the last few major versions arrived in 2008, 2012 and 2016), Microsoft will now move ...

I did a bad thing. I opened a bad file and it borked my PC. So now, in concordance with the grand tradition of frustrated tech bloggers calling on enormous companies to conform to their wishes, here is my rant ...

I did a bad thing. I opened a bad file and it borked my PC. So now, in concordance with the grand tradition of frustrated tech bloggers calling on enormous companies to conform to their wishes, here is my rant ...

HIGHLIGHTS New tab page loads 14.8 percent faster Chrome page loads are 5.9 percent faster Chrome startup time is 16.8 percent faster Google is ramping up its efforts to make its widely used Chrome browser faster. With this mind, Google ...

Say what you will about Windows Phone, but Lumia devices have always had solid cameras. One thing Windows the Windows camera app doesn’t include by default, however, is a panorama mode. Seriously, if you wanted to shoot a Panorama on the ...

The Accounts tab in the new Windows 10 Settings menu is very similar to the Accounts tab in the Windows 8 Settings menu, but with a few extra options. In Windows 8, you can reach the Accounts tab by opening ...

THE GOOD The Surface Pro 4 fits a larger screen with a higher resolution into a slightly slimmer body than last year’s model. The pen and keyboard cover are also improved, and this is one of the first mobile systems ...

We get it, we do: Wireless is often a better option than wired when it comes to gaming controllers. What you lose in having a perpetual power connection, you gain in convenience—and you don’t hack off your roommates by having ...