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1741.

George R.R. Martin Still Hasn’t Finished ‘Winds of Winter,’ but New Dunk and Egg Stories Are on His Mind (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-12 | get Dunking Eggs → | tags: anticipated, anticipated fantasy, author

1742.

Microsoft Pulls the Plug On Its Free, Two-Decade-Old Windows Deployment Toolkit (slashdot.org)

2026-01-12 | by Posted | get Windows Deployment Toolkit → | tags: knows, knows talking, mathematics

1743.

Why It Is Difficult To Resize Windows on MacOS 26 (slashdot.org)

2026-01-12 | by Posted | get Display → | tags: apple, corner, inside

1744.

How to remove Copilot AI from Windows 11 today (zdnet.com)

2026-01-12 | by Lance Whitney | get Autopilot → | tags: click, copilot, remove

1745.

Go-legacy-winxp: Compile Golang 1.24 code for Windows XP (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get GoWinXP → | tags: gopath, legacy, path

1746.

Windows 8 Desktop Environment for Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get Windows 8 → | tags: config, labwc, menu

1747.

This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, Linux and in the Browser (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-11 | by Kamila Szewczyk | get File → | tags: file, game, linux

1748.

The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-11 | get Window Resize → | tags: area, corner, corner radius

1749.

Power Your Work with AI Using Windows 11 Pro For $10 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-11 | get Microsoft Surface → | tags: minimize, minimize time, windows

1750.

Replace the Retiring Windows XP with Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-11 | get Linux → | tags: computer, linux, support

1751.

Windows Media Player’s ‘find album information’ functionality has been removed — you’ll have to find other software for playing and ripping CDs with relevant track information (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-11 | by Mark Tyson | get CD Ripper → | tags: hardware, legacy, media

1752.

I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-11 | get Linux → | tags: able, linux, require

1753.

Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Years with Windows 11 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-10 | by Solomon Thompson | get Windows 11 → | tags: applications, features, performance

1754.

Admins finally get the power to uninstall Microsoft Copilot on Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and EDU versions — devices must meet specific conditions to allow the removal of the AI app (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-10 | by Jowi Morales | get Microsoft Copilot → | tags: copilot, copilot app, microsoft

1755.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-10 | by Nathan Edwards | get Linux → | tags: cachy, gaming, install

1756.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great (theverge.com)

2026-01-10 | by Nathan Edwards | get Linux → | tags: cachy, gaming, install

1757.

Behold This Massive Airborne Wind Turbine Hovering Over China (futurism.com)

2026-01-10 | by Joe Wilkins | get Wind Turbine → | tags: altitude, china, chinese

1758.

Microsoft Windows Media Player Stops Serving Up CD Album Info (slashdot.org)

2026-01-09 | by Posted | get Windows Media Player → | tags: assumed, assumed line, function

1759.

7 new Windows laptops that delighted and surprised us at CES (zdnet.com)

2026-01-09 | by Cesar Cadenas | get Surface Laptop → | tags: core ultra, inch, intel

1760.

Is turning off Windows Security a bad idea in 2026? A PC expert's bottom line (zdnet.com)

2026-01-09 | by Cesar Cadenas | get Windows Security → | tags: disable, disable windows, permanently

1761.

7 Windows laptops that caught us by surprise at CES 2026 - including this trackpad beast (zdnet.com)

2026-01-09 | by Cesar Cadenas | get Surface Laptop → | tags: core, core ultra, inch

1762.

Finally, a 16-inch Windows laptop that I'd actually bring for work (even though it's for gamers) (zdnet.com)

2026-01-09 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: hardware, laptop, series

1763.

If Windows laptops in 2026 are going to be as powerful and lightweight as this, I'm excited (zdnet.com)

2026-01-09 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Laptop → | tags: inch, intel, laptops

1764.

Watch out! This fake Windows BSOD is a trap (zdnet.com)

2026-01-08 | by Lance Whitney | get Windows BSOD → | tags: bsod, campaign, code

1765.

I didn't expect a 16-inch Windows laptop to crack my top five - but this is a gem (zdnet.com)

2026-01-08 | by Jack Wallen | get Laptop → | tags: geekom, laptop, laptops

1766.

Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why (techspot.com)

2026-01-08 | get OneDrive → | tags: automatically migrated, backup feature, built

1767.

What new legal challenges mean for the future of US offshore wind (technologyreview.com)

2026-01-08 | by Casey Crownhart | get Offshore Wind Turbine → | tags: government, just, offshore

1768.

The Shine 2.0 is a compact wind turbine for your next camping trip (engadget.com)

2026-01-07 | get Wind Turbine → | tags: breeze, gets, power

1769.

Watch out for this fake Windows BSOD - it's actually malware (zdnet.com)

2026-01-07 | by Lance Whitney | get Windows BSOD → | tags: bsod, campaign, code

1770.

BillG the Manager (2021) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-07 | by Steven Sinofsky | get Smartwatch → | tags: microsoft, strategy, team