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Microsoft to enable Windows settings backup by default for orgs (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-07 | get Microsoft Windows Backup Tool → | tags: backup, default, devices

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Microsoft testing new Cloud Rebuild Windows 11 recovery feature (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-07 | get Windows 11 Recovery Kit → | tags: cloud, cloud rebuild, microsoft

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Full Writeup of the Windows GDID (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-06 | get Windows GDI Developer's Guide → | tags: account, device, gdid

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How to make Zorin OS look like Windows 11 - for free (zdnet.com)

2026-07-06 | by Jack Wallen | get Zorin OS Windows 11 Theme → | tags: panel, version, windows

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Samsung’s AI Windfall Is Splitting Its Own Workforce in Two (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-06 | get Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch → | tags: bonuses, bonuses chip, chip

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Want to convince a Windows user to try Linux? Here's how I do it (zdnet.com)

2026-07-06 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Mint Cinnamon → | tags: linux, operating, switch

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Microsoft has a hidden Windows 11 edition that supports 6TB of RAM and 256 CPU cores (techspot.com)

2026-07-06 | tags: data scientists, designed professionals, download

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Steam Machine interview full transcript: Valve engineers discuss $1,049 pricing, compact design, component shortages, and Windows support (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Andrew E. Freedman | get Steam Controller Wireless → | tags: just, machine, right

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One of Windows' most hated features just helped catch a 19-year-old hacker (techspot.com)

2026-07-06 | get Windows Security Software → | tags: american, american estonian, april

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Windows 11 Identifier Code Used to Arrest 19-Year-Old Over Alleged Ransomware Spree (slashdot.org)

2026-07-05 | by Posted | get Windows 11 Insider USB → | tags: arrest, criminal, hardware

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Run Windows 2000 on a DEC Alpha with a new es40 fork (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: alpha, axpbox, firmware

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Windows 11 identifier code used to track Scattered Spider perp after Microsoft shared info with FBI — 19-year-old US-Estonian hacker arrested over alleged ties to infamous extortion group (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Hassam Nasir | get Microsoft Windows 11 Digital License → | tags: device, gdid, hardware

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Historic Photos of NASA's Cavernous Wind Tunnels (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-04 | by Alan Taylor | get NASA Wind Tunnel Model → | tags: center, century, nasa

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Windows CE Dreamcast Community Edition (wince-dc) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-04 | get Dreamcast USB Ethernet Adapter → | tags: build, cmake, disc

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Windows guru uses 19th-century Stirling Engine tech for auxiliary cooling on AMD Threadripper 3970X system — waste heat energy spins the $40 engine's flywheel (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-04 | by Mark Tyson | get Stirling Engine Desktop Model → | tags: chipset, engine, heat

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Dude, Where’s My Founder? Ashton Kutcher Leaves VC Firm and Shows Which Way the Wind Is Blowing (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-02 | get Venture Capital Investment Book → | tags: ashton kutcher, vc firm, infrastructure

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Microsoft's new Azure Linux 4.0 is here, and it could replace Windows Server in the enterprise (zdnet.com)

2026-07-02 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Azure Linux 4.0 Server → | tags: azure linux, microsoft, fedora

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Android’s Linux Terminal no longer restricts you to a single font and window in QPR1 Beta 6 (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-02 | get Termux: Terminal Emulator → | tags: android authority, android 17 qpr1 beta 6, linux terminal

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Rufus improves Windows installs, adds RISC-V and UEFI:NTFS fixes (techspot.com)

2026-07-02 | get Rufus Bootable USB Creator → | tags: rufus, windows, uefi

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Former Microsoft dev built a 2.5KB Notepad clone with zero AI features (techspot.com)

2026-07-02 | get Notepad Text Editor → | tags: microsoft, windows, notepad

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Microsoft fixes bug that removed Copilot buttons in Outlook (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-02 | get Microsoft Outlook Copilot Add-in → | tags: microsoft, outlook, copilot

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Android 17 QPR1 Beta 6 makes desktop windowing feel more like a real PC (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-02 | get Samsung DeX Station → | tags: android 17, qpr1 beta 6, desktop windowing

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Chip Off the Old Block (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | by Scott Alexander | get Smartphone Repair Toolkit → | tags: song of hiawatha, mudjekeewis, west-wind

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One KW wind turbine without civil engineering (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | by Fabien Brun | get Small Wind Turbine Kit → | tags: wind turbine, wind to watt, fabien brun

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Report: MacBook price hikes expected to contribute to 13.6% drop in global laptop shipments (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-01 | by Marcus Mendes | get MacBook Pro Sleeve → | tags: macbook, apple silicon, trendforce

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The bifurcated laptop landscape of Computex 2026 – MacBook Neo competitors with 8GB of RAM, and expensive Nvidia laptops promising an agentic-focused future of Windows on Arm (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-01 | by Matt Safford | get ASUS ROG Flow Z13 → | tags: macbook neo, nvidia, windows on arm

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Do you still need third-party antivirus on your Windows PC? (zdnet.com)

2026-07-01 | by Ed Bott | get Bitdefender Antivirus Plus → | tags: microsoft defender, windows 11, endpoint security

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New PC purchases see sharpest drop in nearly three years as memory and storage prices bite — shipments fall by 7%, analysts forecast 14% contraction that will hit budget laptops hard (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-01 | by Jowi Morales | get Kingston 16GB DDR4 RAM → | tags: pc shipments, memory chips, apple macbook neo

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Microsoft fixes GIF functionality in the Windows Emoji Panel (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-01 | get Microsoft Windows Emoji Keyboard → | tags: microsoft, windows emoji panel, tenor

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Can't Find Hibernate in Windows? Here's How to Locate It (cnet.com)

2026-06-30 | by See Full Bio | get Hibernate Mode Switch Button → | tags: windows 11, hibernate, ssd