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Windows UI for disk formatting was a temporary solution that stuck for 30 years

TechSpot

Windows is well known for its almost eerie ability to host a multitude of conflicting GUI paradigms within the same graphical shell. This trend has persisted for decades and is likely to continue with whatever future Windows edition Microsoft is currently developing. However, a specific aspect of the user interface.

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Windows 10 sees resurgence in latest Steam survey, English no longer most popular language

TechSpot

February's Steam survey bucks a few of the trends we've seen over the last few months. Windows 11 has been gaining ground on Windows 10 for a while now, reaching an all-time-high user share of 44.2% in January as Windows 10 dropped to 51.4%. Read Entire Article

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Microsoft milestone: Games top Windows for first time, with addition of Activision Blizzard

GeekWire

Xbox is bigger than Windows. Revenue from Microsoft’s video-game business surpassed its Windows division for the first time in the December quarter, with a big boost from the company’s $69 billion acquisition of game publisher Activision Blizzard. Windows revenue rose 9.5% As evidence, Activision’s $2.08

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Trends in the threat landscape

CIO Business Intelligence

Each quarter HP’s security experts highlight notable malware campaigns, trends and techniques identified by HP Wolf Security. Threat actors continued to thrive off living-off-the-land tactics in Q3, abusing tools built into Windows to conduct their attacks. Discover the following highlights uncovered this quarter.

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Windows 10 Evidences Transitions at Microsoft

CTOvision

When Microsoft released Windows 8 two years ago, its massive departure from its predecessor made a big splash in the technology community. Windows 8 represented a big change for Microsoft, which was investing heavily on the fact that desktop computers, laptops, and tablets were quickly converging toward a common platform.

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Microsoft Edge continues upward trend on PC, even as it remains 9th on mobile

TechSpot

The company's not resting on its laurels either, recently ensuring Chrome will have a native ARM64 version for the next crop of Windows 11 AI PCs with ARM chips. Google's browser saw its desktop market share rise marginally to 65.94% last month, up 0.17 percentage points. Read Entire Article

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The Best ePUB Readers for Windows

Kitaboo

All you need is to install ePUB readers for Windows. This blog post compiles the best ePUB readers for Windows available in the market in 2020: KITABOO. KITABOO is one of the best ePUB readers for Windows. Supported Windows Versions: Windows 8 and Windows 10. Windows 8, and Windows 10.

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