Windows Stories for 2016

Microsoft Is No Longer Selling Any Lumia Windows Phones On Its US Store 85
Microsoft Tests New 'Green Screen of Death' On Latest Windows 10 Builds 142
Ask Slashdot: Is Computing As Cool and Fun As It Once Was? 449
Windows 10 Getting a Game Mode That Would Improve Game Performance - Report 164
Lenovo Switches To Windows 10 Signature Edition Image For Its Future ThinkPad Laptops 99
Overclocker Pushes Intel Core i7-7700K Past 7GHz Using Liquid Nitrogen 139
Windows 10 For PCs Build 14997 Leaks Online 102
Mozilla Will Support Firefox For XP and Vista Until At Least September 2017 73
Microsoft Exec Admits They 'Went Too Far' With Aggressive Windows 10 Updates 254
Raspberry Pi's Linux-Based PIXEL Desktop Now Available For PC and Mac 50
Firefox Takes the Next Step Towards Rolling Out Multi-Process To Everyone 154
Microsoft Wins $927 Million Pentagon Contract To Provide Technical Support 137
Adobe Releases Flash Player 24 For Linux Four Years After the Last Major Update 88
Most Firefox Users Still Running Windows 7 210
Zero-Days Hitting Fedora and Ubuntu Open Desktops To a World of Hurt 164
Microsoft Xbox One and Windows 10 Getting Dolby Atmos Surround Sound 37
Windows 10 Update Broke DHCP, Knocked Users Off the Internet 256
Microsoft Formally Introduces Zo, Its Latest AI-Powered Chatbot 56
Microsoft To Bring Cortana To IoT Devices With Screens Next Year 65
Xbox One Games Arrive On Oculus Rift With New Streaming App 16
Microsoft Will Soon Start Bundling Drivers With Windows Store Games 102
New Bug In Windows 10 Anniversary Update Brings Wi-Fi Disconnects 191
PowerShell Security Threats Greater Than Ever, Researchers Warn 129
Microsoft Wants To Enable Cellular PCs, But Will Carriers Bite? 145
Microsoft and Qualcomm Collaborate To Bring Windows 10, x86 Emulation To Snapdragon Processors 85
Microsoft Likely To See a Boost in Windows 10 Sales This New Year 172
Windows 10 'Home Hub' Is Microsoft's Response To Amazon Echo and Google Home 101
Google Preparing 'Invisible ReCAPTCHA' System For No User Interaction 57
Does Windows 10's Data Collection Trade Privacy For Microsoft's Security? 181
How Microsoft Lost In Court Over Windows 10 Upgrades 121
Microsoft Says Summer's Windows 10 Upgrade Fit For Business 119
No Man's Sky's Steam Page Didn't Mislead Gamers, Rules UK Ad Watchdog 76
Wielding Their Windows Phones, Microsoft Shareholders Grill CEO Satya Nadella On Device Strategy 157
PC Market Shows Signs of Recovery 113
Holding Shift + F10 During Windows 10 Updates Opens Root CLI, Bypasses BitLocker 138
Boot Camp Might Damage Speakers on 2016 MacBook Pro 116
Microsoft Exec Urges Linux Developers To Try Windows 10 403
Microsoft Is Working On a New Design Language For Windows 10 Codenamed Project NEON 66
Microsoft Shares Windows 10 Telemetry Data With Third Parties 175
VLC Media Player Previews 360-degree Video Support 17
Security Researchers Can Turn Headphones Into Microphones 122
Microsoft Solitaire Collection From Windows 10 Now Available For Android and iOS 50
Fedora 25 Now Available -- Makes It Easier To Switch From Windows 10 Or Mac 154
4K Netflix Arrives On Windows 10, But Only Via Microsoft's Edge Browser 126
Microsoft's x86 on ARM64 Emulation: A Windows 10 Redstone 3 Fall 2017 Feature 123
Slashdot Asks: Which Windows Laptop Could Replace a MacBook Pro? 315
Windows 10 Informs Chrome and Firefox Users That Edge is 'Safer' 123
Microsoft Replaces Command Prompt with PowerShell in Latest Windows 10 Build 280
SteamVR To Get Linux and Mac OSX Support Within 'a Few Months' 64
Microsoft Says Windows 10 Version 1607 is The Most Secure Windows Ever 194
Kaspersky Lab Files Complaint Against Microsoft for Giving Unfair Advantage To Windows Defender 100
Spotify Is Writing Massive Amounts of Junk Data To Storage Drives 196
Pro Video Editor Says MacBook Pro Beats Out Superior Spec'd Windows Machines In Real-World 259
Open Source Pioneer Munich Debates Report That Suggests Abandoning Linux for Windows 10 176
Microsoft is Adding a Virtual Trackpad To Windows 10 15
After Protest, Lenovo Releases BIOS For Loading Linux on Yoga 900, IdeaPad 710S 74
Nvidia Adds Telemetry To Latest Drivers 243
Windows 10's Store Locks 'Call of Duty' Purchasers Into Windows-10-Only Battles 174
Here We Go Again: Microsoft's Popping Up Ads From the Windows 10 Toolbar 322
Windows 7 and 8.1 Are Gaining More New Users Than Windows 10 333
Ukraine's Military Wants To Use the HoloLens For Its Tanks 56
Windows 10 Updates Are About To Get a Lot Smaller To Download as Microsoft Switches To Differential Patching 110
Facebook Officially Announces Gameroom, Its PC Steam Competitor 116
Microsoft Says Russia-Linked Hackers Are Exploiting Newly Discovered Flaw In Windows OS 111
Microsoft Stops Selling Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 To Computer Makers 275
Google Discloses Exploited Windows Vulnerability 10 Days After Telling Microsoft 101
WhatsApp Is Rolling Out Video Calls On Its Android App 42
Microsoft Unveils Windows 10 Creators Update, Coming in Early 2017 91
Benchmark Battle October 2016: Chrome Vs. Firefox Vs. Edge 137
Rowhammer Attack Can Now Root Android Devices 100
Macs End Up Costing 3 Times Less Than Windows PCs Because of Fewer Tech Support Expense, Says IBM's IT Guy 524
Researchers Bypass ASLR Protection On Intel Haswell CPUs 72
Patriots Coach Bill Belichick on Microsoft Surface: 'I Just Can't Take It Anymore' 187
Windows is the Most Open Platform There is, Says Satya Nadella 287
There's Bugs In The Windows 10 Implementation of Bash 163
It's Time For Laptop Companies To Switch To Precision Touchpad 183
Chrome 54 Arrives With YouTube Flash Embed Rewriting To HTML5 76
PC Industry Is Now On a Two-Year Downslide 310
'StrongPity' Malware Infects Users Through Legitimate WinRAR and TrueCrypt Installers 105
Microsoft Is Redesigning the Paint App For Windows 10 118
Microsoft Likely To Launch All-in-One Surface At its October 26 Event 49
Microsoft Allows Users To Remove Some System Applications in Windows 10 Insider Preview 14936 124
New Project Lets You Install Arch Linux In the Windows Subsystem For Linux 77
The Microsoft Band Is Dead 58
Ubuntu 16.04 Available in Latest Insider Update To Windows 10 127
Microsoft Could Bring Windows Hello To Android, iPhone 40
Microsoft Bungles This Week's Windows 10 Anniversary Update 172
Microsoft Forms New AI Research Group Led By Harry Shum 43
Vladimir Putin Is Replacing Microsoft Programs With Domestic Software 277
Microsoft Partners With Bank of America On Blockchain Trade Finance 43
Windows 10 Will Soon Run Edge In a Virtual Machine To Keep You Safe 172
Windows 10 Now On 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft 153
Tuesday Was Microsoft's Last Non-Cumulative Patch 222
TypeScript 2.0 Released 89
Microsoft Asked To Compensate After Windows 10 Update Bricked PCs 178
Lenovo Denies Claims It Plotted With Microsoft To Block Linux Installs 181
Microsoft Will 'Solve' Cancer Within The Next 10 Years By Treating It Like A Computer Virus, Says Company 259
Microsoft Unveils $37 Nokia 216 Feature Phone 57
Microsoft Has More Open Source Contributors On GitHub Than Facebook and Google 118
Desktop Apps Make Their Way Into the Windows Store 75
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Rollout May Not Be Done Until Early November 88
Microsoft To Kill The Lumia Brand In Favor of a New Surface Phone, Says Report 177
Microsoft Is Bringing WebVR To Microsoft Edge On Windows 10 30
Microsoft To Launch At Least One Surface All-In-One PC Next Month 67
Raspberry Pi Passes 10M Sales Mark 102
Modified USB Ethernet Adapter Can Steal Windows and Mac Credentials 82
Sony Wins Battle Over Preinstalled Windows in Europe's Top Court 238
Google Uses Surface Books To Show Off Chrome Battery Improvements 37
Why Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Zen Will Only Be Optimized On Windows 10 276
Microsoft To Add Flux Like Night Mode In Windows 10, Rendering 3rd-Party App's Existence Useless 88
New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 585
Microsoft Deprecating 'Obsolete' SmartScreen Spam Filters In Outlook and Exchange 29
Microsoft Fixes Windows 10 Anniversary Update Freezing Issues 133
Lenovo's 'Yoga Book' Laptop Is So Thin It Needs A Touchscreen Keyboard 115
Acer Unveils Slim Windows 10 Notebooks, Convertible Chromebook, Curved Screen Laptop 46
PlayStation Now Streaming Service Available On Windows PCs 54
Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Way To Backup Large Amounts Of Personal Data? 366
New Ransomware Poses As A Windows Update 89
ReactOS 0.4.2 Released: Supports Linux Filesystems, .NET Applications, and Doom 3 145
Windows 10 Computers Crash When Amazon Kindles Are Plugged In 259
Latest Windows 10 Update Breaks PowerShell 212
Microsoft Buys AI-Powered Scheduling App Genee 28
Microsoft Details Its 24-Core 'Holographic Processor' Used In HoloLens 113
PlayStation 3 Games Are Coming To PC 125
Ask Slashdot: How Will You Handle Microsoft's New 'Cumulative' Windows Updates? 405
Microsoft Announces 'Cumulative' Updates Will Become Mandatory For Windows 7 and 8.1 275
Google Will Kill Chrome Apps For Windows, Mac, and Linux In Early 2018 102
Microsoft Has Broken Millions Of Webcams With Windows 10 Anniversary Update 220
Microsoft PowerShell Goes Open Source and Lands On Linux and Mac 400
Intel Unveils Project Alloy 'Merged Reality' Wireless Headset 43
Windows UAC Bypass Permits Code Execution 79
All Windows 10 PCs Will Support HoloLens Next Year 86
Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business 88
Disable WPAD Now or Have Your Accounts Compromised, Researchers Warn 75
No Man's Sky Launches On Steam and GOG and It's Off To A Rocky Start 157
Microsoft Starts Testing Windows 10's Next Major Update 94
Researchers Crack Microsoft Feature, Say Encryption Backdoors Similarly Crackable 86
Annoying 'Open PDF In Edge' Default Option Puts Windows 10 Users At Risk 118
Microsoft Disables RC4 In Internet Explorer 11 and Edge 40
Chrome Is Nearly Ready To Talk To Your Bluetooth Devices 151
London's Metropolitan Police Still Running 27,000 Windows XP Desktops 166
Linux Kernel 4.8 Adds Microsoft Surface 3 Support 133
Linux on Windows Exposes a New Attack Surface 228
Microsoft Researchers Reveal Remote Encryption-Bypassing 'Evil Butler' Exploit 29
Ask Slashdot: Share Your Experiences With Windows 10 376
Microsoft To Release Two Major Windows 10 Updates Next Year 150
Apple Should Stop Selling Four-Year-Old Computers 472
Microsoft, Google, Apple Could Be Requested To Actively Block Pirated Downloads, Says Report 207
LibreOffice 5.2 Officially Released 103
Microsoft's HoloLens Is Now On Sale To Anyone In The US Or Canada 53
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Anniversary Update 177
One Year Later: Windows 10 Now Runs On Over 21% of All Desktops 272
PSA: Windows 10 Is Still Free For Those Who Use Assistive Technologies 91
All Windows 10 Kernel Mode Drivers Must Be Digitally Signed By Microsoft 440
Microsoft Brings ChakraCore to Linux and OS X 106
Slashdot Asks: Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Ends Today: What's Your Thought On This? 503
Microsoft To Lay Off Another 2,850 People In the Next 12 Months 162
Microsoft Faces Two New Lawsuits Over Aggressive Windows 10 Upgrade Tactics 105
Microsoft To Disable Policies In Windows 10 Pro With Anniversary Update 535
Office 365 Gets New Word, PowerPoint and Outlook Features 99
You Can't Turn Off Cortana In the Windows 10 Anniversary Update 369
Xiaomi Launches Mi Notebook Air Windows 10 Laptop Featuring 1080p Display, Starts at $520 88
Steam On Windows 10 Will Get 'Progressively Worse': Gears of War Developer 412
Windows 10 Anniversary Update: the Best New Features 375
Microsoft's Surface Hub Is a 'Hit', Demand Outstrips Supply 67
Google Gets Rid Of App Launcher In Chrome 52, Browser's Mac Client Gets Material Design 68
Microsoft Responds To Allegations That Windows 10 Collects 'Excessive Personal Data' 159
France: Windows 10 Collects 'Excessive Personal Data', Issues Microsoft With Formal Warning 112
Windows 10 Warns Chrome and Firefox Users About Battery Drain, Recommends Switching To Edge 377
Slashdot Asks: Do You Install Preview Version Of An OS On Your Primary Device? 151
The Freeware Hall of Fame Enters Its 20th Year 41
Microsoft 'Patch' Blocks Linux Installs On Locked-Down Windows RT Computers 141
Microsoft Store Offers Free Laptop If They Can't Upgrade Your PC To Windows 10 126
Microsoft: Windows 10 Won't Hit 1 Billion Devices By Mid-2018 104
A Smaller Version of Raspberry Pi 3 Is Coming Soon 89
Windows Malware Poses As Ransomware, Just Deletes Victims' Files 118
Microsoft: Only Microsoft Edge Will Play Netflix Content At 1080p On Your PC 237
Vulnerability Exploitable Via Printer Protocols Affects All Windows Versions 78
PC Shipments Return To Growth In the US 75
Ubuntu's Unity desktop environment can run in Windows 170
Researchers Develop A Way To Stop Ransomware By Watching The Filesystem 102
Ask Slashdot: Should You Upgrade To Windows 10 For Accessibility Features? 110
Microsoft Targets The iMac With New All-In-One Surface PCs, Reports Say 140
Microsoft Xbox Project Scorpio Puts Out 6 TFLOPs On Par With Current Gaming PCs 162
Linux Grabs More Than 2% of Desktop Market Share 249
Microsoft Prepares One Final, Full-Screen Get Windows 10 Nag 151
'UpgradeSubscription.exe' File In Preview Build Hints At Windows 10 Subscriptions 285
Dell Stops Selling Android Tablets 82
Windows 10 Anniversary Update To Roll Out On August 2 156
Microsoft To Make Saying No To Windows 10 Update Easier 212
.NET Core 1.0 Released, Now Officially Supported By Red Hat 123
Woman Wins $10,000 Lawsuit Against Microsoft Over Windows 10 Upgrades 443
'Linux vs Windows' Challenge: Phoronix Tests Popular Games 141
Lenovo Warns Users To Upgrade Pre-Installed Tool With Severe Security Holes 43
Surface 3 Stocks Dwindling As Microsoft Plans System's Demise 59
Microsoft Tests New Tool To Remove OEM Crapware 117
Microsoft Open-Sources 'Checked C,' A Safer C Version 208
BadTunnel Bug Hijacks Network Traffic, Affects All Windows Versions 105
How a Bad UI Decision From Microsoft Helped Macro Malware Make a Comeback 129
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14361 Released 135
Firefox 47 Arrives With Synced Tabs Sidebar, Better YouTube Playback 129
Microsoft Could Turn Every PC Into an Xbox 255
Drive-By Exploits Pushing Ransomware Now Able To Bypass Microsoft EMET 52
EFF Petitioned To Investigate Windows 10 Upgrades 312
Even In Remotest Africa, Windows 10 Nagware Ruins Your Day 224
Microsoft Wants To Power Self-Driving Cars With Software, Not Build One 220
Microsoft Removes the 'X' From Windows 10 Update Leaving No Way Out 664
Top Windows OEM Lenovo Urges Customers To Uninstall Accelerator Application 49
Samsung: Don't install Windows 10 186
Windows Zero-Day Affecting All OS Versions On Sale For $90,000 187
Microsoft Sells 1,500 Patents To Xiaomi To Build 'Long-Term Partnership' 66
Nearly 1 In 4 People Abandon Mobile Apps After Only One Use 141
Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? 982
Microsoft Will Stop Spamming Android Users With Office Ads In The Notification Tray 110
Microsoft Removes 260-Character Path Length Limit In Windows 10 Redstone 260
Massive Backlash Building Over Windows 10 Upgrades 501
Microsoft's Get Windows 10 App, KB 3035583, Reappears 328
Microsoft May Ban Your Favorite Password 232
Microsoft Backtracks On 'Nasty Trick' Upgrade To Windows 10 376
Pac-Man 256 Coming To PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC With Multiplayer 54
Microsoft Urged to Open Source Classic Visual Basic 331
Updated Skimer Malware Infects ATMs Worldwide 121
Firefox Tops Microsoft Browser Market Share For First Time 141
Microsoft Releases Big 'Convenience Rollup' Update For Windows 7 159
Symantec Antivirus Products Vulnerable To Horrid Overflow Bug 79
Microsoft To License Nokia Brand To Foxconn, Says Report 139
Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates 506
Dangerous 7-Zip Vulnerabilities Flow To Top Security, Software Tools 109
Opera Adds Power-Saving Mode, Offers 'Up To 50 Percent' Longer Battery Life 42
WhatsApp Now Has a Desktop App, Available on Windows, OS X 166
Microsoft Unlocks Framerates For Smoother Gameplay On Windows 10 96
Sales Of PCs, Laptops, Tablets Continue to Fall, Hit Lowest Point Since 2011 314
Microsoft: Windows 10 Will Remain Free For People With Accessibility Needs 78
Microsoft Will Stop Supporting Windows Live Mail 2012 105
Microsoft To End Nagging Windows 10 Upgrade Notifications In July 158
'Recommended' Windows 7 Update Is Breaking PCs With ASUS Motherboards 250
Lenovo Patches Serious Flaw In Pre-Installed Support Tool 22
Microsoft No Longer Allows Admins To Block Windows Store Access In Windows 10 Pro 407
Windows 10 Now Runs On 300M Active Devices; Upgrade To Cost $119 After July 29 192
Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because Of Antivirus Scan 266
Microsoft Overhauls SharePoint To Compete With Slack In The Mobile Era 75
Windows 10 Updates Are Now Ruining Pro-Gaming Streams 500
Windows Desktop Market Share Drops Below 90% 383
Malware Taps Windows' 'God Mode' 114
Developer Installs Windows 95 On An Apple Watch 98
Microsoft Limits Cortana Search Box In Windows 10 To Bing and Edge Only 361
Cisco Finds Backdoor Installed On 12 Million PCs 67
Microsoft Buys Into DNA Data Storage 81
Windows Phone Free-Fall May Force Microsoft To Push Harder On Windows 10 250
Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Build 14328 With Windows Ink, New UI 141

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