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Microsoft has added a new theme pack to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 users. Titled ‘Earth from Above PREMIUM’, the new theme pack contains 14 high-quality 4K wallpapers, the description of which...

In January 2019 last year the US Department of Justice charged Huawei and a number of US subsidiaries with a large number of offences, including money laundering, bank fraud and more.Now the DoJ has u...

Microsoft has added a new theme pack to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 users. Titled ‘Staircases PREMIUM,’ the new theme pack contains high-quality 4K wallpapers, the description of which reads as...

It’s day seven of Epic’s 12 Free Games Event and Totally Accurate Battle Simulator is here to liven up even the most boring Christmas party.Picture it: you’ve opened your presents and you’re currently...

Microsoft has added a new theme pack to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 users. Titled Panoramic Cityscapes PREMIUM, the new theme pack contains 10 high-quality 4K wallpapers, the description of whi...

Windows 7 is exiting support on the 20th January 2020, and in theory, this would mean anyone still stuck on Windows 7 will need to pay $120 to upgrade to the newest OS.In practice, however, it appears...

Microsoft has added a new theme pack to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 users. Titled Explore the USA PREMIUM, the new theme pack contains 25 high-quality wallpapers, the description of which reads...

New subscribers to Xbox Game Pass may be privy to free three month memberships to Discord Nitro in what would be the latest of many Game Pass promotions.Neowin reports that the latest Discord 9.8.3 be...

Today on Twitter, Bethesda aounced that anyone who logged into Fallout 76 after its full release in 2018 will receive an entitlement to Fallout Classic Collection on PC. The deal also extends to Xbo...

Samsung’s GalaxyNote 9 may not supportthe Gear VR normally, but the firm is making sure that users can still us the headset with their newest smartphones.Samsung will let users who own both aSamsun...

The best feature of the Microsoft Store is the security of having your apps curated and checked, meaning it is a much safer source of applications.The second best feature is that apps are automatically updated, without needing a constantly ruing background updater in your system tray.Now a new feature of Windows 10 RS4 App Installer means this feature will...

Spotify has always been available for free and as a paid service, with the paid service naturally being leagues better, that may be about to change.The firm is tweaking its free service so that it can work better for users. The details aren’t quite clear yet, but Spotify wants its free service to be easier and more attractive to use for mobile users to attra...

For most people used to 2D image editing Microsoft’s replacement,Paint3 3D, remains a confusing and intimidating application to use.In a recent update, Microsoft, however, added a feature which should make the application a lot easier to use.Currently its already easy to view your creation in 3D, but adding elements precisely to previously required a good s...

It looks like Amazon may soon release its official Amazon Music app for Windows 10 devices in Microsoft Store. The Amazon Music app was spotted in Microsoft Store today and as per the listing it will be available only for x86 PCs.The official Amazon Music app is now available for download from Microsoft Store in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. And this app can be downloaded only on x86 PCs for now.Using this app, you will be able to enjoy music from Amazon Music Unlimited, Prime Music, Amazon My Music and the music you have stored locally on your PC.Amazon Music Unlimited:Choose from tens of millions of songs, thousands of curated playlists and stations, and get...

Microsoft today released Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17095 to developers. This SDK can be used with Windows 10 Insider Build 17093 or later.And this release includes bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The SDK is supported byVisual Studio 2017 and can work side-by-side with older SDKs.As you might have noticed in the recent SDK preview releases, this release also includes the C++/WinRT headers and cppwinrt compiler (cppwinrt.exe). This compiler comes in handy if you need to consume a third-party WinRT component or if you need to author your own WinRT components with C++/WinRT.The updated Preview SDK can be downloaded here. You can find the list of new API additi...

Blizzard has aounced that Overwatch will be free to play this weekend on consoles and PC. Anyone looking to try out the game will be able to play its full roster of heroes and maps.From February 16-19, those with an active Xbox Live Gold membership can jump into Overwatch for free. If you’re playing it on PC, just download Blizzard’s Battle.net client, sign up for a free account, and install the game from there. Pre-loading on Xbox One begins February 13.Its full roster of maps and heroes includes 16 locations spaing 4 game modes and 26 playable characters. The game modes are Assault, Escort, Control, and Assault/Escort Hybrid. You can choose to play against AI or challenge yourself against ...

We first saw evidence of Microsoft’s app-specific preview program with the Photos app, and now it appears Microsoft is rolling out the feature to other core applications, such as the Camera,Alarm and Clock and other apps.The feature means individual Windows 10 Insiders will be invited to test updated versions of the apps and provide feedback, without a wide semi-public rollout program.“You’ll be one of the first to try out new features in the preview version of Camera, and your feedback will shape the future of the app,” the invitation to the Camera Preview reads.The new phase of the program could mean Microsoft can iterateon applications more rapidly and separate from new builds of Windows,...

The lack of meaningful applications in the Microsoft Store is its biggest issue, making it rather surprising that Microsoft is demanding that developers remove their application from the store.That is however exactly what is happening, as Microsoft is demanding companies remove their app from the store if they have the word windows as part of the name.Victims of the policy have included WindowsArea.de and DrWindows, who both have apps in the store, some of them since 2012.It is ironically Microsoft’s biggest fans who are affected, and some wonder whether Microsoft will next assert copyright on the Windows name when it forms part of the name or URL.Once again it seems Microsoft’s policies are...

Microsoft today released the preview of the February feature update for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows 10 Mobile devices. With this v17.9029 update, you can easily find out who has edited your presentation and what changes they’ve made by checking out the slides that have a green highlight.What determines whether changes are highlighted:This feature works on shared documents stored in OneDrive and SharePoint.Changes are highlighted only when the person who makes the change is using PowerPoint 2016 version 8403 or later.Changes aren’t highlighted if revision data has been tued off for the document in the Trust Center Privacy Options:If you are an Office Insider, you can download thes...

Microsoft today released Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17083 to developers. This SDK can be used with Windows 10 Insider Build 17083 or later.And this release includes bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. There’s new TreeView control, new printing APIs, HDR, screen capture APIs and more. The SDK is supported byVisual Studio 2017 and can work side-by-side with older SDKs.As you might have noticed in the recent SDK preview releases, this release also includes the C++/WinRT headers and cppwinrt compiler (cppwinrt.exe). This compiler comes in handy if you need to consume a third-party WinRT component or if you need to author your own WinRT components with C++/WinRT.The...