Opera sings sweetly with native version for Windows on Arm
Browser ditches x64 blues for a snappier tune
Software16 May 2024 | 6
Windows
Blue screen of death or Eurovision's Windows95man performance – what's less annoying?
Those with a delicate constitution, look away now
Bootnotes13 May 2024 | 179
Flexing financial muscles, Arm aims to elbow into Windows PC market
Despite record revenues, Wall Street doesn't expect growth to last
Systems09 May 2024 | 42
Microsoft cannot keep its own security in order, so what hope for its add-ons customers?
Secure-by-default... if your pockets are deep enough
Security24 Apr 2024 | 3
Tiny11 Builder trims Windows 11 fat with PowerShell script
The Reg accepts no responsibility for borked installations
OSes22 Apr 2024 | 9
Wing Commander III changed how the copy hotkey works in Windows 95
No, boss, I'm not just playing a game. I'm testing compatibility. Honest
Offbeat19 Apr 2024 | 84
BROADER TOPICS
NARROWER TOPICS
Microsoft lifts years-old compatibility hold for Windows 11
It probably wasn't only sound driver problems that kept users away
OSes15 Apr 2024 | 13
Microsoft to use Windows 11 Start menu as a billboard with app ads for Insiders
This wasn't what most had in mind when Redmond promised to make the feature 'great again'
OSes15 Apr 2024 | 111
Open source versus Microsoft: The new rebellion begins
Opinion Neither side can afford to lose, but one surely must
SaaS15 Apr 2024 | 187
German state ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice
'Complete digital sovereignty' ... sounds familiar
Software04 Apr 2024 | 200
Want to keep Windows 10 secure? This is how much Microsoft will charge you
Updated Hint: It will keep going up
OSes03 Apr 2024 | 106
How a single buck bought bragging rights in the battle to port Windows 95 to NT
It reached the desktop and then ...
Offbeat28 Mar 2024 | 137
Windows Format dialog waited decades for UI revamp that never came
'Temporary' isn't always
OSes27 Mar 2024 | 64
Chrome for Windows-Arm laptops officially lands in time for Snapdragon X Elite kit
At last, no more crappy emulation or experimental builds
OSes26 Mar 2024 | 16
Microsoft gets new Windows boss as Start Menu man Parakhin 'to explore new roles'
More MS moves just a week after new AI unit and other changes announced
OSes26 Mar 2024 | 62
It's 2024 and North Korea's Kimsuky gang is exploiting Windows Help files
New infostealer may indicate a shift in tactics – and maybe targets too, beyond Asia
Research21 Mar 2024 | 5
Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4
We thought you people wanted choice, IT colossus sniffs
Applications15 Mar 2024 | 62
Supermium drags Google Chrome back in time to Windows XP, Vista, and 7
If you really need obsolete OSes, here's a modern(ish) browser
OSes06 Mar 2024 | 49
Microsoft drags Windows Subsystem for Android into the trash
Amazon Appstore tieup fizzles out, too
OSes05 Mar 2024 | 55
Updates are plenty but fans are few in Windows 11 land
Copilot failed to shift the dial. Could Moment 5 and upcoming invitations do the trick?
OSes04 Mar 2024 | 115
Windows 11 users herded toward 23H2 via automatic upgrade
Machine learning to smooth bumps in the update road
OSes21 Feb 2024 | 21
Microsoft veteran on how to blue screen your way to better testing
A crash course on making Windows crash on demand
Offbeat21 Feb 2024 | 18
Microsoft warns Dev Drive daredevils to back up or beware after latest build
Rolling back will cause data loss, Windows Insiders told
OSes15 Feb 2024 | 6
Moving to Windows 11 is so easy! You just need to buy a PC that supports it!
New Start Menu is a 'game changer' claims relentlessly cheerful vid
OSes14 Feb 2024 | 186
Microsoft's Notepad goes from simple text editor to Copilot conspirator
No guarantee it'll come to Windows proper, but testers can give it a poke
Applications09 Feb 2024 | 40
Closure of Windows 10 upgrade path still catching users by surprise
That Windows 7 license is little more than a digital paperweight now
OSes09 Feb 2024 | 60
Microsoft embraces its inner penguin as sudo sneaks into Windows 11
Linux users have enjoyed such functionality for decades
OSes08 Feb 2024 | 35
Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute
Windows encryption feature defeated by $10 and a YouTube tutorial
Research07 Feb 2024 | 143
Windows 11 24H2 is coming so we can all shut up about Windows 12 for another year
References to future update found in Microsoft documentation
OSes02 Feb 2024 | 43
Mozilla slams Microsoft for using dark patterns to drive Windows users toward Edge
Asks why only one Bing ad – the one you see when searching for other browsers – looks like a Windows popup
Applications02 Feb 2024 | 109
Windows 10 users report app gremlins after Microsoft update
When Redmond says unsupported, it really means it. Windows 11 fans beware
OSes01 Feb 2024 | 95
Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission
Updated What goes together better than Redmond and respecting people's preferences? Everything, really
OSes30 Jan 2024 | 56
Windows 3.11 trundles on as job site pleads for 'driver updates' on German trains
Remember making Windows and DOS talk to a network? You could go back to the future with this assignment
Bootnotes30 Jan 2024 | 107
Microsoft confirms Windows Server 2025 is on the way
Plus: It kills off WordPad once and for all
OSes29 Jan 2024 | 17
Native Chrome arrives fashionably late to the Windows on Arm party
If a new browser arrives on an OS nobody cares about, did it arrive at all?
Software29 Jan 2024 | 15
Microsoft admits issues with Windows 10 patch almost 2 months after release
Problematic Microsoft Edge package could affect System Preparation Tool
OSes24 Jan 2024 | 18
Wanna run Windows on an M-series Mac? Fine, buy a license, but no baremetal
Or, you could just rent an expensive Windows VM in the cloud — just a thought, says Redmond
OSes22 Jan 2024 | 74
What makes a hard error hard? Microsoft vet tells all
A peek back at the wobbly Windows of yesteryear
OSes19 Jan 2024 | 23
WINE 9.0 improves ability to run 32-bit Windows apps on 64-bit-only xNix
Plus fresh release brings native Wayland support on Linux
OSes18 Jan 2024 | 29
Microsoft touts migration to Windows 11 as painless, though wallets may disagree
Millions have perfectly serviceable PCs running Windows 10 at home
OSes17 Jan 2024 | 80
Windows Server 2022 patch is breaking apps for some users
Uninstall the update or edit the Windows registry to restore order
Patches17 Jan 2024 | 42
Windows 12 fan fiction shows how Microsoft might ladle AI into the OS
Unlikely to be a stop-the-slurpage button, but look at the wallpaper
OSes16 Jan 2024 | 28
Microsoft braces for automatic AI takeover with Copilot at Windows startup
Experiment is limited to the Insider Dev Channel. For now
OSes15 Jan 2024 | 70
Microsoft suggests command line fiddling to get faulty Windows 10 update installed
Updated Unhelpful error codes, complex fixes ... When did Windows turn into Linux?
OSes12 Jan 2024 | 140
Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession
Power user excavates evidence of experimental 'Cowriter' feature
OSes11 Jan 2024 | 71
It's not all watching transparent TV from a voice-commanded bidet. CES has work stuff too
CES Fancy a Windows laptop that's also an Android tablet or a mouse and keyboard powered by kinetic energy and solar
Personal Tech09 Jan 2024 | 28
Microsoft pulls the plug on WordPad, the world's least favorite text editor
Throwback word processor ditched from clean installs, soon to be removed on upgrade
OSes05 Jan 2024 | 98
Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump?
Pushing your buttons: Microsoft's AI assistant is going so well that it's going to have its very own spot
OSes04 Jan 2024 | 84
Windows boss takes on taskbar turmoil, pledges to 'make Start menu great again'
Users aren't the only ones questioning the Windows 11 feature's utility
OSes03 Jan 2024 | 131
Valve celebrates New Year by blowing off Steam support for Windows 7 and 8
Updates for the 1% of holdouts halt
OSes02 Jan 2024 | 20
Microsoft nixed Mixed Reality: This Windows VR didn't even make it to the ER
Stick WMR next to 3D TVs, Segways, and maybe soon generative AI
Personal Tech27 Dec 2023 | 18
Windows 12: Savior of PC makers, or just an apology for Windows 11?
Analysis Looking into our crystal ball we can see the end of 2024 will be filled with … AI. So much AI
OSes23 Dec 2023 | 199
Microsoft offers rollback for those affected by Windows wireless futility
See, it wasn't just you
OSes20 Dec 2023 | 21
Penguins get their Wayland with Firefox 121
Latest version of Mozilla's web browser brings something different depending on your machine
Software20 Dec 2023 | 15
Doom is 30, and so is Windows NT. How far we haven't come
Comment The difference between 1983 and 1993 is vast. Since then, not so much
OSes19 Dec 2023 | 264
Microsoft puts the 'why?' in Wi-Fi with latest Windows patch
Redmond stuffs IT admin Christmas stockings with network issues
OSes18 Dec 2023 | 37
Microsoft embraces its inner penguin with Linux-powered Windows AI Studio
Visual Studio Code extension preview has a bunch of limitations for now
AI + ML14 Dec 2023 | 6
Microsoft Forms feature request still not sorted after SEVEN years
Request for time input field was added to project backlog – where it remains
Software13 Dec 2023 | 41
Microsoft floats bringing a text editor back to the CLI
We used to use Edlin. And we were happy
OSes12 Dec 2023 | 131
Microsoft to intro dedicated mode for Cloud PCs
Latest Insider Build brings new features for Windows 365 Boot
OSes08 Dec 2023 | 28
Messed up metadata could be to blame for Microsoft's Windows printer woes
It looks like everything is coming up HP. Do you want some help with that?
OSes08 Dec 2023 | 25
Microsoft's code name for 64-bit Windows was also a dig at rival Sun
Should have called Vista 'Shitterton' and had done with it
OSes07 Dec 2023 | 55
Biting the hand that feeds IT
