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Windows 10’s Edge browser finally gets add-ons
Microsoft yesterday updated its Windows 10 preview, adding support for extensions to the default Edge browser, finally fulfilling a promise it made last year that was itself a delay on a pledge to boost the browser’s functionality. As part of Windows 10 build 14291 — the latest
Windows 10 passes 20% share in the U.S.
One in five Windows-powered devices steered to a host of U.S. government websites in March ran Windows 10, according to preliminary data. For the first time, Windows 10 accounted for more than one-fifth of the visits to sites tracked by the Digital Analytics Program (DAP), which mines
Windows 10 means business with impressive growth spurt
As ever, as a new month begins, new figures emerge on the market share of the various versions of Windows, and another dollop of stats has been revealed which shows how Microsoft’s latest OS is progressing. These figures are drawn from visitors to US government websites –
Ubuntu Goes to Microsoft’s Windows 10 Bash
Microsoft on Wednesday unwrapped a major open source coup for Canonicalwhen it announced that Ubuntu Linux will be able to run on Windows 10. Kevin Gallo, Microsoft’s director of Windows developer platform, announced the development during a keynote address at Microsoft’s Build 2016 conference in San Francisco.
Social Advocacy and Politics: Facebook Buzz Predicts Bernie Sanders’ Rise in Primaries
Whether you look at the “people talking” on candidate Facebook Pages (Likes, comments and shares over the past week) or the larger metric of Facebook buzz provided by USA Today’s Facebook Barometer (Likes, comments, shares and mentions over the past week), the better a candidate is doing
Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10
According to sources at Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company, and Microsoft, you’ll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10. This will be more than just running the Bash shell on Windows 10. After all, thanks to programs such as Cygwin or MSYS utilities, hardcore Unix
Microsoft: Windows Phone isn’t our focus this year
Microsoft kicked off its Build developer conference in San Francisco with a focus on Windows 10, bots, and developer tools, but there was something missing: Windows Phone. A single demo of Skype running on a Windows Phone was the only time a phone running Windows 10 Mobile
Microsoft’s Bots could be its biggest contribution to computing since Windows
On stage at its annual Build conference keynote, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella painted a picture of our lives being made easier with bots, intelligent agents that live within apps and services. But, would that life be much better, or less connected than it already is – or
What’s ahead for Windows 10: Needed upgrades, forced updates
Windows 10 was the biggest news story out of Microsoft in 2015, and looking forward to the coming year, it’s slated to continue as one of the pillars of the company’s business. Here’s what to expect. Windows 10 was the biggest news story out of Microsoft in
Computerworld UK Daily Digest – 13 January 2016: What is devops? – Microsoft ends Windows 8 support – Dell UK enterprise chief emboldened by EMC deal
Welcome to today’s ComputerworldUK Daily Digest. We explore devops and ask, what is it?! Also, why your business should upgrade to Windows 10 and what 2016 has instore for Dell. Plus: what publishers should do about adblocking. What is devops? The ultimate definition We explore what