Microsoft Is Adding Two More Apps to Windows 11, Whether You Want Them or Not
Microsoft Family and Clipchamp will soon arrive on your Windows 11 PC, but do you actually want them? If you’ve installed Windows 11 on a PC recently, you’ll notice that the operating system comes with some apps pre-installed. Unfortunately,…
Microsoft Finally Fixed That One Nasty Windows Data Wipe Bug
Beforehand, the “remove everything” option didn’t actually do that. Now, after a quick hotfix, Microsoft has fixed this nasty problem. Windows may be the most-used operating system in the world, but it’s not without its faults.…
Microsoft removed Solitaire from Windows, but it’s still playable. Here’s how.
Q: I’m a Solitaire junkie and have a wonderful game on my Windows 7 laptop. However, this 11-year-old laptop is about to die and I wondered if I could transfer the game to my Windows 10 laptop? I’d love to be able to put this game on my…
Microsoft suspends sales of products and services in Russia
Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central Microsoft will suspend the sale of all of its products and services in Russia. The company’s president Brad Smith announced the move today, March 4, 2022. “Like the rest of the world, we are horrified,…
Microsoft calls for Australia-style action forcing tech giants to pay for news
Microsoft has leaned on the side of the press in an escalating debate over whether tech giants should be forced to pay news organisations for content. The PC maker is backing an Australia-style system alongside Europe’s press publishers, in a bid to…
Lenovo unveils an Arm laptop with Microsoft Pluton security
Lenovo has introduced the first Arm-based business laptop that includes Microsoft’s Pluton security processor for storing credentials, such as a Windows ID and password, encryption keys and other critical data. The ThinkPad X13s indicates the…
The latest Microsoft Flight Simulator debuts on Xbox Cloud Gaming
(Xbox screenshot) In a piece of news that’s rife with opportunities for puns, none of which I will make, Microsoft announced that the latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator is now on its Cloud Gaming platform. This is the eleventh game in the core…
Valve Wants Xbox Game Pass on Steam, but Will Microsoft Play Ball?
The Xbox Game Pass is great value for money, and Valve is more than willing to give it a comfy home on its Steam store platform. The Xbox Game Pass is an amazing deal whether you’re a console or a PC gamer, but it’s still eerily absent from…
Forspoken Will Support Microsoft DirectStorage API on PC
Forspoken, the first game from Luminous Productions, will support Microsoft’s DirectStorage API on PC. The summary for an upcoming GDC 2022 session confirmed the news, also revealing that a part of the session will focus on highlighting the…
Resetting Your Windows PC Doesn’t Actually Wipe Everything, Says Microsoft
Windows’ “remove everything” option is meant to, well, remove everything. As it turns out, some personal OneDrive files may still lurk afterward… When you reset a PC, it’s understandable to expect that everything gets wiped…