Category: Operating Systems

January 15, 2021

Microsoft has patched a bug that was causing errors for some Windows 10 users when they attempted to restore their device to its factory settings. The fix was bundled in with a host of other updates as part of the […]

January 14, 2021

What’s apparently a near-final build of Windows 10X for single-screen laptops – the initial incarnation the operating system is arriving in – has been leaked, and it’s looking nicely polished on the whole. Although that said, there are some aspects […]

January 8, 2021

Experienced Linux porter Hector Martin has kicked off work on bringing Linux to the new Apple M1 Macs. His endeavor is named Asahi after the Japanese name for the McIntosh apple. Martin has been porting Linux to other devices for […]

January 6, 2021

Mac users who protect their devices with consumer antivirus software from Blackberry Cylance will have to decide if upgrading to macOS Big Sur is worth losing their security protection as the company’s software has not yet been updated to work […]

January 4, 2021

Windows 10’s design is a bit of a mixed bag. In some areas, it shows off Microsoft’s ‘Fluent Design’ philosophy quite well (albeit at the loss of some functionality), but in others, you’ll still find interfaces, menus, and settings from […]

December 9, 2020

Microsoft has dropped an almost trivially sized update for the final Patch Tuesday of 2020 – in comparison to some of the behemoths seen this year – with fixes for a mere 58 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), but with […]

December 1, 2020

Amazon is bringing macOS to its AWS cloud for the first time ever. New Mac mini instances will be available on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), allowing developers to create apps for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and more all on AWS. […]

November 24, 2020

Microsoft’s financials tell an interesting story. While Azure continues to grow, along with its cloud revenues, it’s still, at heart, the Windows and Office company. The product names and the business models may have changed, but those stalwarts are still […]

November 12, 2020

Apple has officially released the latest version of macOS: macOS Big Sur (also known as macOS 11.0), which is available to download now assuming you have a compatible Mac. Big Sur is one of the biggest updates to Apple’s laptop […]

November 11, 2020

A newly disclosed zero-day in the Windows Kernel Cryptography driver that is already being actively exploited by malicious actors is among 112 unique common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) fixed by Microsoft in its November 2020 Patch Tuesday update. Assigned CVE-2020-17087, […]