Windows 10
Alongside today’s Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 SoC announcement, Qualcomm is also unveiling a new Windows 10-focused development kit. Collaborating with Microsoft, the two companies have put together the Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows 10, which true to its name, is designed to serve as a dev kit for application authors to more easily test Windows 10 on Arm programs. The pint-sized PC is expected to be available this summer. Overall, while devices based on Qualcomm’s Windows-capable Snapdragon SoCs have been around for a couple of years now, neither Qualcomm nor Microsoft have put together an official development kit for the platform. And though the idea of a development kit is somewhat foreign in the PC landscape where there is no one PC platform (x86 or...
HP Halts Development of Windows 10 Mobile Smartphones, to Discontinue X3 in 2019
An HP executive said be quoted on record at an industry event stating that the company has axed development of future devices based on Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile operating...
30 by Anton Shilov on 10/11/2017
Microsoft Announces Fall Creators Update SDK Availability And Is Accepting App Submissions
This morning, Microsoft is live-streaming their Windows Developer Day, where they are showcasing some of the new APIs and features coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, due...
13 by Brett Howse on 10/10/2017
Dell’s Visor Available for Pre-Order: A Mixed Reality Headset, Ships in Mid-October
Dell has begun to take pre-orders on its Visor headset for Windows Mixed Reality applications. The company will start shipments of the device in mid-October, just in time for...
34 by Anton Shilov on 9/14/2017
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Coming October 17
This morning at IFA in Berlin, Terry Myerson, EVP of the Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft, announced that the next Windows 10 update will be launched worldwide on...
76 by Brett Howse on 9/1/2017
ASUS Launches VivoBook W202NA: 11.6”, Apollo Lake, Windows 10 S, $279
In time for back-to-school season, ASUS has announced its new ultra-low-cost PC (ULCPC aka netbook) aimed at students and consumers with a tight budget. The VivoBook W202NA rugged laptop...
16 by Anton Shilov on 8/22/2017
Intel EOLs Atom Chip Used for Microsoft HoloLens
Intel is retiring its Atom x5-Z8100P SoC that is used inside Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality headset. With the last units shipped in late October, it looks like the software...
17 by Anton Shilov on 8/10/2017
Microsoft to Enable Eye Control in Windows 10
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella this past week announced plans to add support for eye tracking to one of the upcoming Windows 10 versions, in a bid to enable disabled...
33 by Anton Shilov on 8/7/2017
Synaptics Discusses Fingerprint Security and the Need For End-to-End Encryption
In a bid to demonstrate the advantages of its latest-generation SentryPoint fingerprint solutions, at this year's Computex event Synaptics came with a very interesting demonstration for breaking into a...
13 by Anton Shilov on 6/9/2017
Qualcomm Announces First OEMs for Windows 10 on Snapdragon 835
Today, as part of Computex 2017, Qualcomm and Microsoft are joint announcing the next steps for their Windows on Snapdragon strategy. As previously reported, Qualcomm and Microsoft have collaborated...
24 by Ian Cutress on 5/31/2017
The Microsoft Build 2017 Recap: What To Expect When You’re Expecting Windows
Microsoft’s Build conference is one of their most important shows of the year, with a developer focused discussion that provides some guidance on the direction of Microsoft and its...
85 by Brett Howse on 5/19/2017
Microsoft Announces Windows 10 S: RT Redux
Alongside the new Surface Laptop announced today in NYC, Microsoft also unveiled their next play with Windows 10. Windows 10 S launches as a fresh take on an old...
73 by Brett Howse on 5/2/2017
Acer Launches TravelMate Spin B1: Apollo Lake Convertible with Windows 10 S for $299
Acer on Tuesday launched its new low-cost PC, the TravelMate Spin B1. The new entry-level mobile computer comes in a convertible form-factor and is powered by Microsoft’s newly-announced Windows...
23 by Anton Shilov on 5/2/2017
The Windows 10 Creators Update Arrives
Windows 10 launched in July 2015, and on April 11, 2017, Microsoft released the third major update to their latest operating system. First announced in October with the Surface...
70 by Brett Howse on 4/25/2017
Microsoft Readies Game Mode For Windows 10 Creator’s Update
The Windows 10 Creator’s Update was announced in October, at the same event where the Surface Studio was launched. It promises many new features for makers, but when makers...
50 by Brett Howse on 1/25/2017
Microsoft and Qualcomm Collaborate to Bring Windows 10 & x86 Emulation to Snapdragon Processors
Today at Microsoft’s WinHEC event in Shenzhen, China, the company announced that it’s working with Qualcomm to bring the full Windows 10 experience to future devices powered by Snapdragon...
121 by Matt Humrick & Brett Howse on 12/7/2016
Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 Comes To The Windows Store
The Windows Store is Microsoft’s big bet, combining software purchases, updates, and installs into a single place. Although it continues to grow, it still doesn’t offer anywhere near the...
56 by Brett Howse on 11/25/2016
Examining Windows 10 Anniversary Update's Driver Signing Enforcement Policy
Windows 10 Anniversary Update came out at the beginning of August, with plenty of new user-facing features. There were also plenty of changes under the hood as well, including...
85 by Brett Howse on 10/14/2016
Microsoft Releases The First Xbox Play Anywhere Title: Recore
At E3, Microsoft announced a new feature to bring together their Xbox ecosystem with the much larger, and more diverse, Windows 10 user base. The initiative was called Xbox...
48 by Brett Howse on 9/12/2016
Windows 10 Anniversary Update: The Road To Redstone
It’s already been a year since Microsoft launched Windows 10, and we have had a couple of updates since release. The biggest update yet though is the Windows 10...
196 by Brett Howse on 8/2/2016
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Launching August 2nd
While certainly not as big of an update as the original launch of Windows 10, the next major update now has a release date. August 2nd will be the...
35 by Brett Howse on 6/30/2016
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