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Free Upgrades To Windows 11 To Begin October 5th

The Verge reports: Microsoft is announcing that Windows 11 will be released on October 5th. The new operating system will be available as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs, or on new hardware that ships with Windows 11 pre-loaded. The free upgrade to Windows 11 will start rolling out on October 5th, but like many Windows upgrades in …

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Windows 11 “Preview” Now Available To Download

The Verge reports: Microsoft is releasing its first Windows 11 preview build today. Windows Insiders can download the Windows 11 preview (build 22000.51) right now, which includes access to the new Start menu, multitasking features, and overhauled Microsoft Store. Unlike the previous Windows 11 leak, this official preview also features an updated File Explorer that replaces the ribbon with a …

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Microsoft To Force Removal Of Flash From Windows 10

The Verge reports: Microsoft will start fully removing Adobe Flash from Windows 10 this summer. The Windows 10 “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player,” which permanently removes Flash as a component of the operating system, will become mandatory starting in July. Updating to Windows 10 version 21H1, expected to start rolling out this month, will also remove the software. …

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Introducing Windows 10

Via Engadget: With Windows 10’s launch little more than a week away, Microsoft kicked off its marketing storm last night with the first commercial for the new OS. It’s a bit more direct and human than the company’s infamous Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Gates ads, with a focus on children and how they’re growing up with touchscreens and a wealth of new …

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Microsoft Unveils Windows 10

Via USA Today: Microsoft unveiled the first details of its Windows 10 operating system Wednesday, which they say will span devices from PCs and game consoles to smartphones and tablets. Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s executive vice president of the company’s operating systems group, says the latest rendition of Windows focused on “more personal computing.” Myerson says Windows 10 targets three pillars: …

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The End Of Windows XP

Microsoft has announced that as of today it will no longer support its Windows XP operating system. “It’s an old operating system,” said Tom Murphy, director of communications for Windows. “Think of the cellphone you were using in the late ’90s compared to what you see today. XP doesn’t do the things we expect from our PCs or devices today.” …

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Windows 8 Is In Previews

Select your advance opinion: a) They’re totally copying Apple!b) They’re so behind Apple!c) Why isn’t everyone using Apple? Preview here.

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An Update Is Available

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The Windows 7 Whopper

Burger King is promoting Microsoft’s latest OS in Japan with the Windows 7 Whopper. Confirming our belief that Japan is at once among the coolest and craziest places on this planet we all call home is Burger King’s exclusive Windows 7 Whopper. Seven stacked beef patties extend your usual Whopper to over five inches in height and the whole thing …

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Google To Launch Operating System

Last month Microsoft challenged Google with their own search engine, the (as of yet) little used Bing. Today Google fired back with the announcement of their own operating system. Saying current operating systems were designed for a time when there was no World Wide Web, Google Inc. said Wednesday it will develop a new one based on its Chrome browser. …

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