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I get it. You are happy with the current version of Windows. It works. You know where things are located. You have no immediate need or desire for new features. And you feel that installing updates lies somewhere between inconvenient and laborious. Microsoft is set to release Windows 10 October 2018 Update soon — next …

Perhaps you have a big announcement and want to capture your parents’ reaction to becoming grandparents. Maybe you want to record a guitar lesson so you can later review the new chords you were taught. It could be that you want to record a brainstorming session with colleagues so no ideas are lost to posterity and poor note-taking. There are …

As Microsoft confirmed during IFA 2018, we now know that “Windows 10 October 2018 Update” is the official name of the next feature update to the operating system we’ll be getting from Microsoft. You’ll probably know it better by its official version number — 1809, the upgrade from 1709 — or by the code name it’s been using during the …

Acer has introduced an array of new computer hardware at IFA in Berlin, including what it says is the world’s lightest 15-inch notebook.  The Acer Swift 5, starting at $1,100, weighs just 2.2 pounds — about 0.3-pound less than LG’s 15.6-inch Gram, which formerly held the title of lightest 15-incher and costs about $900 more. (For additional context, the Swift 5 …

Millions of us have discovered browser extensions like AdBlock Plus and uBlock Origin can declutter web pages. Now, judging by new data released by Mozilla, it seems we’re also discovering we can block website software that tracks us on the internet, too. With the November release of Firefox 57, the first Firefox Quantum version, Mozilla added an option to let …

Apple has let you sync folders on your Mac with iCloud Drive for nearly two years, and now Microsoft is adding such convenience and protection via its OneDrive cloud service. With Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon), you can now automatically sync your Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders with OneDrive, which not only makes the contents of said folders easily accessible …

Microsoft on Monday said Minecraft: Education Edition is coming iPads next month. The education-focused version of the popular video game, which was previously available on Windows 10 and MacOS devices, helps educators teach everything from science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to language, history and art. Currently, the program has been licensed by 35 million teachers and students in 115 …

Goodbye Windows Phone. It’s almost too painful to watch you go. Last year Microsoft admitted that it was no longer releasing new hardware and features for its Windows Phone OS. With that death sentence, Microsoft has been slowly leading Windows Phone to its demise. On Monday, Microsoft announced that it’ll stop accepting new app submissions for Windows Phone 8.x or earlier …

Microsoft’s new Your Phone app for Windows 10 is now available, and although it doesn’t do much yet, it does one thing well: provides desktop access to your Android photo library. That means you can easily drag and drop pictures from phone to PC. The app was initially limited to Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon) Insiders, but anyone can download …

Information has been bubbling up within the developer community about “Campfire,” an update to Chromebook firmware that would allow people to securely boot the systems into Windows 10 in addition to Google’s Chrome OS. XDA Developers first noticed it mentioned within references to Google’s own Pixelbook, but has since seen enough code variations to imply that it will probably be …