Microsoft engineer explains why 32-bit Windows was capped at 4GB RAM, and it wasn’t technical | Windows

Microsoft explains why it deliberately kept 32-bit consumer Windows at 4GB. It’s a popular myth that 32-bit Windows is limited to 4GB of RAM because a 32-bit address can only…

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Dia v1.48.0 update for macOS improves tool connections with Microsoft options | Windows

The latest update to Dia on macOS improves the reliability of workflows, expands tool collections, improves performance, and more. For once, the official Release Notes thankfully mention the headline feature…

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Is this Windows 11’s new modern cursor? Microsoft quietly shows a redesigned pointer | Windows

The Experimental Windows 11 build released September 8, Build 26340.9354, includes an official Microsoft screenshot showing the new Resume hovercard, but it surprisingly shows a new mouse pointer. It’s slightly…

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Microsoft admits Windows 11’s biggest September update is breaking multiple features, days after it warned users not to delay updates | Windows

Windows 11 KB5124008 was supposed to be one of the year’s best updates, at least on paper. It restored Windows 10-era features, including a movable taskbar and a resizable Start…

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Switzerland takes a Swiss Army knife to Microsoft 365 | Windows

assalve/E+/Getty Images ZDNET’s key takeaways Two Swiss government groups are moving from Microsoft 365 to openDesk. The Swiss Federal Chancellery and Swiss Armed Forces are moving at different paces. It’s…

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Glassbox Earns Microsoft Partner Designation for Financial AI | Windows

This designation demonstrates interoperability with the Microsoft Cloud Glassbox, a Microsoft partner and global provider of Digital Experience Analytics, today announced it has earned the Solutions Partner* with certified software**…

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Microsoft rolls out framework to keep young users safer | Windows

ISTANBUL, Sept 11 — Microsoft yesterday unveiled its Safe Participation Framework, aimed at protecting children and teenagers online in the age of artificial intelligence. “Children and families should not have…

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Apple’s iPhone Duo announcement contains a trolling Surface Easter egg | Windows

Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo this week, taking the tech world by storm and dominating social media. While folding phones are hardly new, Apple used some clever tricks to make…

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Stick it to the PC component crisis and save $1,000 on Alienware’s RTX 5070 pre-built gaming desktop with 32GB of DDR5 RAM | Windows

The memory crisis rages on, driving PC gaming prices through the roof. But that won’t stop Dell (as Alienware) from offering powerful gaming desktops and letting players enjoy their favorite…

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iPhone Duo’s photos could pass for Microsoft’s Surface Duo ads from 2020 | Windows

Turns out, it isn’t just the name that the iPhone Duo copied from the Surface Duo. Apple got “inspired” by all the market research Microsoft did more than half a…

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Windows 11 just dropped the tool ransomware abused, Microsoft says don’t restore WMIC | Windows

This week’s mandatory Windows 11 update has finally removed WMIC, one of the tools that ransomware abused. You might have never heard of WMIC if you never worked in an…

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Microsoft acknowledges Bluetooth on Windows 11 is a hot mess, begins testing nine major fixes | Windows

There’s no denying that Bluetooth on Windows is a hot mess, and we’ve all had those moments where connections are unstable or Bluetooth simply disappears like it never existed. Microsoft…

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Skyline Communications helps media firms automate… | Windows

By Kasturi Datta | 10 September 2026 Software developer Skyline Communications has integrated its DataMiner xOps platform with Microsoft Foundry to help media companies implement AI-native, autonomous operations. …

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Attackers call employees’ personal phones to break into Microsoft 365 accounts | Windows

Attackers are calling or texting employees on their personal phones, posing as internal IT staff, in a social engineering campaign that tricks them into handing over access to corporate cloud…

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Meet the data center capital of Europe as Google joins tech giants in betting over $30.2 billion | Windows

Data center expansion in the world is changing fast: while the U.S. boasts “data center alley” in Virginia and tax incentives for data center investment, Finland has rapidly come onto…

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ASUS ZenBook 14 Snapdragon X review: Another great MacBook Neo alternative, this time with an OLED display | Windows

Why you can trust Windows Central Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how…

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The iPhone Duo is a stark reminder that Microsoft Surface has lost its purpose | Windows

Apple didn’t shock the world this week by unveiling the iPhone Duo, but it has taken the tech world by storm. With Apple joining the folding phone fray, we now…

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It’s more than just the name: Turns out iPhone Duo stole Surface Duo’s biggest selling point, and Apple is right to copy it | Windows

Yesterday, Apple unveiled iPhone Duo, much to the dismay of the dozens of die-hard Surface Duo fans that opted for Microsoft’s now defunct line of foldable phones. Of course, the…

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Windows 11 has a ridiculous Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Win+L shortcut that opens LinkedIn, and Microsoft actually documented it | Windows

Windows (or Windows 11) has more than 200 documented keyboard shortcuts, but one of its strangest isn’t even listed on Microsoft’s main Windows shortcuts page, and that is Ctrl +…

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Windows 11 is finally getting automatic dark mode, years after third-party apps did Microsoft’s job | Windows

Windows 11’s latest Experimental builds have strings that show Microsoft is developing an in-built Auto Dark Mode feature, meaning users could eventually schedule Windows to switch between light and dark…

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Windows 11’s last Secure Boot deadline is weeks away, here’s what you must do | Windows

When Microsoft rolled out the September 2026 Patch Tuesday update, it once again reminded us that the Secure Boot certificate update is still being rolled out. The company says it’ll…

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Passkey-themed social engineering leads to identity and cloud compromise | Windows

In this article Microsoft Security Research is tracking active cloud-based intrusions spanning multiple accounts in which unusual sign-ins were followed by threat actor-added authentication methods, high-volume Microsoft Graph activity, SharePoint…

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ICON taps Anthropic and Microsoft as it puts clinical-trial agents into production | Windows

ICON is developing AI agents to reduce administrative work and give clinical research associates more time for site relationships. Clinical trials are among the pharma domains seeing the most rapid…

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Microsoft Store returns to Syria amid easing limits | Windows

DAMASCUS – Users in Syria have begun regaining access to the Microsoft Store in recent days without the need for virtual private networks (VPNs), marking a new development after years…

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First it was Neo, and now it’s iPhone Duo — Apple keeps robbing Microsoft of its Surface device names, and I’m mad about it | Windows

I loved my Surface Duo a lot. It was a unique folding phone with two screens instead of a single foldable display, supported pen input, and was the thinnest of…

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The foldable iPhone Duo is here, and it’s the Surface Duo Microsoft gave up on in 2023 | Windows

Apple is entering the foldable phone market with what the company so “creatively” calls iPhone Duo, starting at $2,000 for 256GB, with a book-style design featuring a 5.4-inch outer display…

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‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ PC remote code exploits have been fixed, says Activision | Windows

I’ve been following this story for a while, but it seems like Call of Duty fans of at least one of their PC versions have cause to celebrate this week….

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PUBG: DED.NET is not your average Battle Royale | Windows

If someone told you PUBG Studios was making a new entry where you could slice off your own hands and replace them with blades or slither across water like an…

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This insanely cute and heartwarming co-op game could be the cure for parental existential dread | Windows

Conversations with children have a terrifying way of making you feel horrendously old. Recently, I showed my teenager a cassette player, only to watch him tilt his head and ask…

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Microsoft warns: Don’t delay Windows 11’s update released today, confirms record security fixes as AI becomes a threat | Windows

Microsoft has just released its September 2026 Patch Tuesday updates, with the movable taskbar being the talk of the town, but there’s more to the story than fancy features. 974…

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