On the cold dark night of the Christmas Eve (or Christmas, depending on where you live), a leaked Windows build surfaced. The Insider Program at Microsoft doesn’t shy away from warning its users that their builds might be full of bugs and problems; it is, still, a sanitized program. Insider …

The Windows Insider program has taken a break – that doesn’t mean Microsoft is on a break, though; the internal Windows builds at Microsoft are still chugging along, and it seems Microsoft wants Cortana to be more in control. The latest internal builds of Windows at Microsoft have a brand …

It can be quite difficult to juggle between a balance of security and convenience; longer and stronger passwords are secure, but harder to remember; a four-digit PIN is somewhat secure but adds another step between you and your work. Yubico has been making its Yubikey authentication devices for a while …

Just a couple of weeks ago, the team at Enpass added some fancy features to their Windows UWP app; things like Cortana integration are not expected from a password manager, but Enpass was thinking out of the box. Today’s update is not for the UWP app, but the Win32 desktop …

The Windows operating system is a complicated beast, and troubleshooting a problem can quickly make you realize how incomprehensible all of it is. It’s often hard for the tech-savvy as well; Microsoft’s though, knows that – after all, they have to do it too. Microsoft has today released an online …

Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent – whom, Nokia owns – have accused Apple of infringing on thirty-two individual patents, covering technologies that include the user interface, display, antenna, software, chipsets, and video encoding/decoding technology in various Apple devices. Nokia’s lawsuits span across the world, with some of them being in Germany and …

Acer launched the Spin 7 earlier this year at IFA 2016; Acer was quite proud of what they had built – the world’s thinnest convertible notebook, with a 360° hinge that transforms the laptop into a tablet. At IFA 2016, Acer followed a pattern; for every laptop launched in the …

Just last week, the folks at Dropbox dropped an update for the Dropbox app on Windows Store, and added support for Xbox One; the Xbox One support also came with a custom built-for-Xbox design that utilized the screen real estate a TV beholds upon them. Today, the Dropbox team has …

A few simple firmware updates are doing wonders these days – they fix batteries, increase download speeds, and even add a few nifty features. Dell, a few days ago, released a firmware update that increases its XPS 13’s battery life by about 14%. To be clear, Dell isn’t actually claiming …

Finding good tech support can be expensive – even more so when you are running the systems that protect your nation. The Pentagon has awarded Microsoft with a $927 million contract to provide consulting and technical support services for the U.S. Department of Defense. Earlier this year, in February, Microsoft …