Hate getting locked out of your Windows computer while waiting for it to update? Microsoft is trying to make that a thing of the past. Windows 10 Home, the consumer version of Microsoft’s latest operating system, will soon let you pause updates for up to seven days (and maybe more). The new update experience, spotted …
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For a long time, choosing a laptop required making compromises. Considerations like portability, aesthetic appeal, performance, battery life — depending on your budget, you might find something that delivered on two or three of them at best. But, as we’re seeing clearly at CES this year, times have changed. And Asus continues to refine its portfolio of well-rounded ultraportable laptops …
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If your laptop no longer runs as long as it once did, then it certainly could be an issue with your battery getting on in years and losing its ability to hold a charge. Or there could be a power-hungry app consuming more than its fair share of battery resources. Before you replace your laptop’s battery (or your entire laptop), …
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Microsoft will no longer go it alone with its Edge browser. Earlier this month, the company said it will move its Edge browser to Google’s open-source Chromium software. Web developers are likely to applaud the change because it means they won’t need to test their software on as many platforms. For the rest of us, it means that Google’s dominance …
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Microsoft is trying to make it even easier to use its Office apps. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced its new Office app for Windows 10. The app will act as a central hub for all your Microsoft Office needs, replacing the current My Office app. Open it up and you’ll get access to all the Microsoft Office productivity apps at the …
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It’s something you stare at each time you sit down in front of your PC, but I doubt you even see it as you quickly type in your password and unlock windows. The Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon) lock screen can be more than just a password-entry screen. It can be set up to show app notifications, calendar events and …
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Mozilla is building a version of its Firefox web browser for Windows 10 personal computers using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors, a move that boosts the chipmaker’s efforts to challenge Intel’s dominance. Most PCs these days use Intel’s x86 family of processors, though a small fraction come with AMD chips that can run the same software. But Qualcomm, smelling blood in the …
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Qualcomm’s next flagship processor is embracing the same photo format technology championed by Apple, a move that will let you squeeze more pictures into your next high-end Android smartphone and maybe advance beyond ordinary snapshots. Last year, Apple introduced support for High Efficiency Image File Format, or HEIF, as part of an effort to improve digital photography, giving it an …
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Microsoft is reportedly giving up on the core technology in its Edge browser for Windows 10 and will rely instead on Google’s browser software. The new browser is codenamed Anaheim and will use software from Chromium, Google’s open-source project on which Chrome is based, Windows Central reported Monday. Specifically, it’ll use Google’s Blink, the browser engine with the key job of interpreting website coding and …
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Last year, Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon) added the space-saving ability to send local files to OneDrive with the Files On-Demand feature. With it, you can right-click on a file you have stored on your PC and move it to OneDrive. The file gets uploaded but leaves behind a placeholder in File Explorer, which you can click to download and …
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