Microsoft published a Windows Ink demo as the feature we saw at the Build conference is released to the Windows 10 Insiders fast ring today. The new pen experience is coming in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update this Summer. If you're an Insider, you can see the feature across apps like Maps, Edge, Office, Sticky Notes, and others with the cool new straight-edge … [Read more...]
Ready to see Bash on Windows? Upgrade Windows 10 Insider Preview to Build 14316
The Fast Ring of Windows 10 Insider Preview received a new release today bringing the OS build version to 14316. This preview brings some of the new features that were demonstrated at Microsoft's Build developers conference, most prominently the ability to run native Bash on Windows and improvements to Cortana. To run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, you have to enable the … [Read more...]
Highlights of Microsoft Build 2016
Microsoft held their annual developers conference this week. While this was Build and the focus is on developers, there was still quite a bit of Windows 10 details revealed for IT and general consumers. It started Wednesday with a keynote address and ran through Friday with a variety of technical sessions. While the keynote usually holds the largest revelations of new products … [Read more...]
Microsoft released new Windows Insider Preview build with extensions for Edge
Microsoft released a new build to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring for both PC and mobile. Build 14291 includes Extensions for the Microsoft Edge browser, the ability to pin tabs in Microsoft Edge, and "Paste and go" or "Paste and search" options in the context menu when you right-click on text areas. The video below shows how to install extensions in Edge to gain additional … [Read more...]
Microsoft updates IE New Tab page to nag for Windows 10
March's Patch Tuesday includes a bad example of Microsoft abusing the security update cycle. KB3139929 is an actual security update. It resolves remote code execution vulnerabilities. This security update resolves several reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted … [Read more...]