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1. .NET 7-powered PowerShell 7.3 now available to all, no support for Windows 7

   By Karlston, November 10, 2022   

   • microsoft powershell
   • 0 comments
   • 1,391 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 10, 2022

2. 'Clean' vs 'dirty' Windows 11 performance was benchmarked, results may surprise you

   By Karlston, July 7, 2025   

   • windows 11
   • performance
   • 0 comments
   • 723 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 7, 2025

3. 'Game-changing' Windows 11 feature broken for three months due to expired certificate

   By Karlston, May 2, 2023   

   • windows 11
   • 0 comments
   • 1,722 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 2, 2023

4. 'I'm TaxGPT': Ottawa developer designs chatbot to help Canadians file their taxes for free

   By aum, April 8, 2023
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   • 1,377 views
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   • Added by aum
   • April 8, 2023

5. 'Merge window from Hell' opens as Linus Torvalds reveals Linux 6.1

   By aum, December 12, 2022
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   • 2,819 views
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   • Added by aum
   • December 12, 2022

6. 'Open source Windows' ReactOS shows off one of the most iconic Windows games in full screen

   By Karlston, June 16, 2025   

   • reactos
   • 0 comments
   • 646 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 16, 2025

7. ‘Do Not Download’—Update Warning Issued For Microsoft Windows Users

   By aum, November 5, 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 390 views
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   • Added by aum
   • November 5, 2025

8. ‘Microsoft Store App Awards 2022: Community Choice Voting’ opens

   By Karlston, May 14, 2022   

   • microsoft store
   • 0 comments
   • 2,804 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 14, 2022

9. ‘New Google.com’ adds weather, news, and other cards, enters wider testing

   By Karlston, August 5, 2022   

   • google search
   • 1 comment
   • 1,315 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • August 5, 2022

10. ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

    By aum, December 1, 2025
    • 1 comment
    • 405 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • December 1, 2025

11. ‘Text Prediction’ feature now available for Microsoft Edge users

    By Karlston, January 27, 2022   

    • microsoft edge
    • 0 comments
    • 1,770 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 27, 2022

12. ‘Update And Shut Down’—Microsoft Confirms Windows Update Mistake

    By aum, November 2, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 441 views
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    • Added by aum
    • November 2, 2025

13. "65000" BitLocker bug on Windows 11 and 10 was finally fixed, Microsoft confirms

    By Karlston, May 1, 2024   

    • windows 10
    • windows 11
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • windows 10
      • windows 11
      • bugfix
    • 0 comments
    • 1,794 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 1, 2024

14. "Anything sensitive is always encrypted:" Microsoft's controversial Windows AI that remembers everything you do on your PC is finally secure, but will trust follow?

    By Karlston, September 27, 2024   

    • windows recall
    • 0 comments
    • 1,370 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 27, 2024

15. "Apple does this and you love it": Microsoft VP fires back at trolls over Windows 11's new performance boost feature. "It's not cheating; this is how modern systems make apps feel fast."

    By Karlston, May 11   

    • windows 11
    • 1 comment
    • 256 views
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    • Comment by Ryrynz
    • May 12

16. "Before Office, Windows, Xbox", Bill Gates shares original Microsoft code on its 50th year

    By Karlston, April 3, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 913 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 3, 2025

17. "Bing was not as bad as I thought it was" — search engine gets backhanded compliment as experts explore why people use Google

    By Karlston, April 29, 2025   

    • bing
    • search engines
    • 1 comment
    • 933 views
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    • Comment by coopers
    • April 30, 2025

18. "Click To Do" is Windows 11's answer to Android's "Circle To Search" — an AI overlay that understands what's on screen and helps complete actions

    By Karlston, October 1, 2024   

    • windows 11
    • click to do
    • 0 comments
    • 1,287 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 1, 2024

19. "Faster more powerful Windows alternative" Zorin OS teases release of big update

    By Karlston, September 19, 2025   

    • zorin os
    • update
    • 0 comments
    • 2,956 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 19, 2025

20. "Hey Copilot" brings back memories of Cortana

    By Karlston, October 18, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 531 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 18, 2025

21. "I don't care about cookies” extension bought by Avast, users jump ship

    By aum, June 7, 2023
    • 1 comment
    • 1,626 views
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    • Comment by Quilva
    • June 8, 2023

22. "If a messaging app is going to use over 400MB of RAM ... I'd at least like to be able to use all of its features" — WhatsApp has forced a bloated web app on Windows, while keeping its new capabilities mobile‑first and out of reach for PC users

    By Karlston, January 14   

    • whatsapp for windows
    • 0 comments
    • 398 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 14

23. "It deleted our production database without permission": Bill Gates called it — coding is too complex to replace software engineers with AI

    By Karlston, July 24, 2025   

    • software engineering
    • ai
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • software engineering
      • ai
      • bill gates
    • 1 comment
    • 630 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • July 24, 2025

24. "Microslop" memes aside, Microsoft says Copilot is booming (but there's a catch)

    By Karlston, January 30   

    • microsoft copilot
    • 0 comments
    • 257 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 30

25. "Microsoft 365 license deactivated soon" error hits Office apps, official workaround out

    By Karlston, December 20, 2024   

    • microsoft 365
    • bug
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • microsoft 365
      • bug
      • bugfix
    • 0 comments
    • 1,547 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 20, 2024