White House urges developers to avoid C and C++, use ‘memory-safe’ programming languages
The government would prefer it if you stopped programming tools in C or C++. In a new report, the White House Office […]
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Your next Windows update may not require a reboot — “Hot Patching” is reportedly coming to Windows 11 shortly
Windows Central reports that Microsoft is testing a new update procedure for Windows 11 that will not require reboots when installing security […]
Preview version of Microsoft OS/2 was sold for $650 on eBay
On February 20th, The Register received word from reader Brian Ledbetter that he had purchased a prerelease copy of the IBM / […]
Windows 10 Installed in possible record 104 seconds – witness the fast and furious speedrun with Tiny10
Is it possible to install Windows 10 in just 100 seconds? That is the question Windows developer and tinkerer NTDev asked himself […]
Controversial benchmarking website goes behind paywall — Userbenchmark now requires a $10 monthly subscription
Infamous for its rants about AMD and leaking early hardware samples, Userbenchmark will now be charging users to run its benchmark tool.
Google proposes users of older Windows 10 PCs to migrate to ChromeOS Flex — 600 devices certified
Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, which could render 240 million PCs obsolete for consumers and businesses due to lack of free security updates […]
The next, AI-focused version of Windows is Windows 11 24H2 — not Windows 12
Rumors about Windows 12 have been circulating for some time with some rumors pointing toward a 2H 2024 release for the new […]
Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 – place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12
In Qualcomm’s latest earnings call, CEO Cristiano Amon said the firm was aiming to launch its Snapdragon X Elite CPU alongside the […]
Microsoft axes WordPad after 28 years of duty – Windows 95 stalwart has been removed from the new Windows 11 Canary Build
WordPad has been a pre-loaded word processor since Windows 95 but the latest Windows 11 Insider Version shows it will finally removed, […]
Windows 11 squeezed into a mere 100MB using text-only trick — Tiny11 maker NTDEV takes Windows install image challenge to the extreme
If is difficult to believe that Windows 11 can be squeezed even smaller than Tiny11. However, developer NTDEV took it down another […]