Microsoft has started rolling out the latest Windows 11 iteration, Windows 11 25H2. The rollout will be gradual/staggered, so if you don’t see a notification right away, you will eventually. Microsoft describes the latest update as an “enablement package”: Windows 11, version 25H2 will be […]
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One of the most common user complaints about Windows 11 involves the changes to UI elements. One that annoys me is the new right-click context menu, which seems to go on forever and requires a second click to fully open it. In this article, I’ll
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Microsoft has recently announced further steps to prevent users from signing in via a local account: Local-only commands removal: We are removing known mechanisms for creating a local account in the Windows Setup experience (OOBE). While these mechanisms were often used to bypass Microsoft account
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According to a recent announcement, the privacy-centric Brave browser has now surpassed 100 million active users per month, the only browser that is making inroads into Chrome’s domination. The browser achieved 50 million users in 2023, which has now doubled to over 100+ million, with
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Microsoft has agreed to provide Windows 10 users in the European Economic Area (EEA) with free extended security updates until 13th October 2026. Microsoft’s decision follows pressure from representatives of the Euroconsumers group, who pointed out that Microsoft’s plan to stop providing security updates as
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Black Rabbit is a new 8-episode series streaming on Netflix. From the moment I first read the synopsis and saw that the leading actors were Jude Law and Jason Bateman, I was excited to watch this series. Unfortunately, the reality didn’t quite live up to
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Yet another sensationalist headline – e.g., Windows 10 usage share climbs while Windows 11’s falls – is doing the rounds, suggesting that Windows 11’s user base is shrinking with a corresponding increase in Windows 10 users. These headlines are predicated on numbers provided by StatCounter,
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Most of you will be familiar with the desktop gadgets from the Windows 7 era, which Microsoft later abandoned due to security concerns. I first mentioned “8 Gadget Pack” a few years ago. Now, the developer of this freeware has dropped the “8” from the
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Very recently, we published an article discussing the Best Free Partition Managers, and during my research for that article, I noticed a somewhat alarming pattern, which, when thinking about it later, I realized was something I’d come across previously. This applies to software that is
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Everything seems to be getting more and more expensive these days, and that applies to PCs as well. Some time back, I took the plunge and bought a refurbished desktop PC to replace my aging secondary machine, but not before I’d well and truly done
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For Linux newbies I’ve been singing the praises of Ventoy, a free and open source tool for creating multi-boot drives, for some time now. In what’s been a barren freeware landscape, Ventoy has been like a breath of fresh air – innovative, simple, and highly
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A couple of months ago, I reviewed Aiarty Video Enhancer and tested it out on a very old video that had been transferred from a VHS tape, and I was thrilled with the result. Now, Aiarty has released an updated version (2.5) with major improvements.
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I suspect many of you would be subscribing to multiple video streaming services. I currently subscribe to four services. Currently, one of my pet peeves is when I come across a movie or TV series that sounds like it could be worth a view and
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Google messing with YouTube Shorts without permission! Microsoft introduces AI for Excel with a warning not to use it! We recently published an article detailing Google’s undue influence on the World Wide Web. Now, Google has been caught messing with YouTube Video Shorts. Several leading
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