Tag: windows
Windows 11 is poised to finally become more popular than Windows 10 – at least with PC gamers
The Steam hardware survey for June 2024 has revealed that Windows 11 is soon to overtake Windows 10 as the most popular operating system on the gaming platform. According to Valve’s most recent figures, Windows 11 now accounts for a total of 46.63% of users on the platform (of which,…
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Microsoft continues to frustrate users with ads in the operating system – this time plaguing the MSN Weather app
Microsoft has made another move to push more advertising into Windows 11, with fresh ads arriving in the stock Weather app installed by default. So, alongside the likes of the Start menu and the Settings app, now the MSN Weather app will also have ads – more intrusive efforts, too,…
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Windows 11 has never been so popular – but is a fresh surge of installations coming from a place of love or mere tolerance?
Windows 11 is creeping up on its three-year anniversary since launch, and the OS has apparently hit an all-time high for users – almost 30% of all Windows PCs now run Windows 11, at least according to one analytics firm. That may not seem like a lot – frankly, it…
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Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising
Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its push for advertisments, frankly – remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade users to install Edge or other Microsoft services? Then another advertisment was placed in the Start menu, and now Microsoft has finally worn my temper thin – with a…
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Annoying Windows 11 bug that distorted videos playing in Chrome or Edge browsers has finally been squashed
Perhaps one of the most annoying bugs in Windows 11 has finally been addressed and fixed by Microsoft in the latest update for the OS. The glitch in question caused visual distortions in videos in Chromium-based browsers for some Windows 11 users, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera. The…
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Microsoft’s latest bid to cajole Windows 11 users into switching to Edge is a pop-up 3D banner – and I’m not impressed
Microsoft has revealed a new tactic in its campaign to persuade Windows 11 users to switch to the Edge browser – and it’s a 3D banner, no less. I suppose that’s a bit different from the usual nags I’ve seen from Microsoft, which has tried so hard, for so very…
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