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Windows 10 diehards who want security updates for free get a stay of execution, but there's a convoluted catch
By Jeremy Laird published
news You'll need to be cloud connected or have plenty of points you've forgotten exist...

After about a bazillion user requests, Windows finally lets you move the audio volume pop-up
By Jeremy Laird published
news ...oh, and Microsoft is still plugging away at Recall.

Windows 11 gets a fresh new Start menu and it's one of the most useful changes to the UI in yonks
By James Bentley published
News You can test it out now, if you're lucky.

Linus Torvalds has apparently met Bill Gates for the first time in person and before you ask, no he didn't clock him in the face
By Nick Evanson published
News It's a far cry from the days when Linux was "a cancer" in the eyes of Microsoft.

Update: Danish ministry only ditching Microsoft Office, but Windows is staying on their PCs
By Jonathan Bolding last updated
News

Windows Recall gets an export feature to let non-Microsoft websites and apps use your Copilot PC's snapshots
By Nick Evanson published
News But only if you live in the European Economic Area.

Latest beta version of Windows 11 gets the AI agent that Microsoft promised it would add: A search tool that works
By Nick Evanson published
News Just for Snapdragon X PCs at the moment, though.

The new Windows 11 Insider release has a weird bug where it plays the Windows Vista start-up music instead of the current one
By Nick Evanson published
News Cue memes along the lines of 'But why Vista?'
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