The Verge

MAY 27, 2020

Microsoft is releasing its Windows 10 May 2020 Update today. It’s the latest “major” update to Windows 10, and its big features include the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 and Cortana updates. This Linux integration in Windows 10 will greatly improve the performance of Microsoft’s Linux subsystem in Windows.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

Nvidia is releasing a new driver update today that will support Microsoft’s DirectX 12 Ultimate and the latest GPU scheduling feature of the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. Windows 10’s new graphics setting. driver adds support for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update and a new feature called hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 8, 2022

The UK-based accounting and tax consulting firm was one of few accountants in the UK that weathered the 2020 tax season without a hitch, thanks to its early bet on SaaS, Microsoft Azure, and software-defined networking. So, Swift signed on before the official launch of Microsoft’s Windows 365 Cloud PC roughly one year ago. “It

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Microsoft is extending the warranty on its Xbox Elite 2 controller following complaints over hardware issues. Windows Central reports that the Elite 2 was recently added to a list of controllers suffering from “drifting joysticks” in a lawsuit seeking class action status. Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Microsoft recently rolled out a new Home experience for its Xbox app on Windows PC. If it does ship in 2025, it’s likely to be the uncontested game of the year, and a massive driver of both software and hardware sales. That includes increased sophistication around hardware purchases, such as tricked-out gaming PCs.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

It’s really great, but the limitations are becoming grating The new 2020 edition of the iPad, now in its eighth generation, continues to be an iPad. iPad hardware. It does make the iPad feel a little out of step with the rest of the gadgets and tablets you’ll see in 2020, where bezels are the exception rather than the rule.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Game hardware and laptops both started promising new generations It doesn’t feel right to praise much of anything in 2020, but here goes: the gadgets were good. The new Macs and the new gaming hardware we got in 2020 really have kicked off noticeably different and better eras in computing.

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The Verge

JUNE 14, 2021

Gaming peripheral company Turtle Beach announced at E3 2021 that it’s getting into a new product category: flight sim hardware. And, for a first effort in this competitive space, it seems like a very comprehensive offering and a decent value if you’re into playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

Chromebooks can cover a wide variety of computing needs now, and a good Chromebook can be more useful than a mediocre Windows laptop. Other picks for the best Chromebooks of 2020 include the Google Pixelbook Go, the Google Pixelbook, and the HP Chromebook x360. The Best Chromebooks in 2020. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge.

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Venture Beat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

At Ignite 2020, Microsoft detailed new Surface Hub 2S hardware, as well as software upgrades headed to existing Surface Hub devices. Read More.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

They’re about comparison shopping it up against other MacBooks and even other Windows laptops. Other than swapping out the keyboard and thereby adding a millimeter of thickness and a few grams of weight, this 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro is identical to the last few dating back to 2016. That means the 13.3-inch That means the 13.3-inch

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GeekWire

JANUARY 4, 2022

But beneath the environmentally friendly hardware there’s another innovation: Microsoft’s Pluton security processor. Pluton takes security technologies that otherwise exist in a separate hardware component in Windows PCs and integrates them directly into the central processing unit.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

By the federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP) count in October 2020, 3.2 percent of computer users still are on Windows 7 — even though Microsoft no longer supports it for free. Desktop Linux can run on your Windows 7 (and older) laptops and desktops. You can run many native Windows programs on Linux using Wine.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 12, 2020

— Panos Panay (@panos_panay) August 12, 2020. Other hardware makers including Samsung and Dell also sell their own foldable devices that could represent the next evolution in personal electronics. — Hiroshi Lockheimer (@lockheimer) August 10, 2020. Pumped for you to check it out.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So in that vein, this year’s Mac apps list is going to focus on some of the software that has already been optimized for this new era of Apple hardware. This is especially true for apps that are designed to run natively on them and take full advantage of Apple’s latest technologies.

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GeekWire

APRIL 1, 2025

(GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) A wall-sized collage of newspaper and magazine clippings recalls the media frenzy surrounding the launch of Windows 95 including a BusinessWeek cover story explaining, How it will change computing. A Windows XP countdown clock and other Microsoft artifacts. How do you archive the cloud, or AI?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2020

You’ll have to wait a bit longer for Panic’s odd little handheld: In an update published today , the company announced that Playdate will slip from its original 2020 window and now ship in early 2021. The hardware for the Playdate is finalized and approved by the FCC, meaning it can head into production next month. Image: Panic.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

Not only does the 2020 Envy x360 look as nice and perform as well as last year’s Spectre x360 (which starts at $1,099), but using it also feels quite similar to using HP’s $1,500 Elite Dragonfly, one of the best business notebooks on the market. This model, which starts at $699, really blurs the latter line.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Bill Gates appears on a monitor in Seattle during a virtual discussion as part of the 2020 GeekWire Summit on Thursday. The first week at the 2020 GeekWire Summit made news, and we’ve got many more insights ahead from leaders in tech, science, business and healthcare. GeekWire Photo / Holly Grambihler). Day 2: Thursday, Oct.

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2020

These plans changed once it was clear Build would be held virtually due to the pandemic, and Microsoft also pushed back its Windows 10X dual-screen plans to far beyond 2020. pic.twitter.com/j0TmKtj6DG — Panos Panay (@panos_panay) July 1, 2020. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. I'm pretty pumped too, John.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2022

If a network analysis shows that an old instance of Windows XP still has nodes in a foreign country where the organization doesn’t even have operations, IT should shut the instance down. It’s no longer driven by hardware technology, which had a predictable life cycle to it. Where are your biggest downtime risks?

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GeekWire

JUNE 9, 2020

As a development manager, he worked on early versions of technologies including the Windows 1.0 .” After working at HP for five years, Vellon joined Microsoft in 1987, moving with Sally from the Bay Area to the Seattle region. software development kit and the C++ programming language.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Paul Hudson (@twostraws) November 17, 2020. The same interplay between hardware and software that has led to such huge successes on the iPhone and iPad has now come to the Mac. Apple’s software is designed to make the most of that hardware. Apple appears to be playing an entirely different game on an entirely different level.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Yet the company needed top hardware engineers to devote themselves to the project. Mike Angiulo, the former Microsoft executive who was secretly in charge of the project under then-Windows chief Steven Sinofsky at the time, solved this dilemma with a strategic recruit from another part of the company.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Panic has announced new plans for the debut of its retro-styled, Pacific Northwest-developed portable gaming device, the Playdate, after COVID-related shutdowns forced the company to abandon its original 2020 release date. — Playdate (@playdate) October 30, 2020. in May of last year. Read: [link].

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GeekWire

JUNE 26, 2020

Microsoft is shutting down its entire physical retail operation and instead will focus on its digital storefronts via Microsoft.com, as well as stores in Xbox and Windows. — Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 26, 2020. — Peter Kafka (@pkafka) June 26, 2020. — Microsoft Store (@MicrosoftStore) June 26, 2020.

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GeekWire

JULY 23, 2020

Revenue in Microsoft’s Surface hardware business jumped 28% to more than $1.7 — Panos Panay (@panos_panay) July 16, 2020. The company previously delayed the release of the larger dual-screen Surface Neo device , running Windows 10X. billion in the quarter ended June 30 , its biggest result ever outside the holidays.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 5, 2020

The two tech giants on Wednesday unveiled deeper integrations between their services and products, including the ability to use mobile apps on Windows 10 and xCloud gaming-related features. The apps can be pinned to the Windows 10 taskbar or Start menu, and users will be able to run multiple mobile apps side-by-side on a PC later this year.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2021

I hadn’t done a personal hardware refresh in a while; my laptop was a 2017-era MacBook Pro (with the much-disliked butterfly keyboard) and my tablet was a 2014-era iPad Air 2. Included in that order was a new 2020 13" MacBook Pro with the Apple-designed M1 CPU. Read on for more details. Speaking of software… Software.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

It’s taken Microsoft years to get the hardware and software right, but the company firmly believes now is the ideal time for something new. Work began on the Duo just after Microsoft had canceled the Surface Mini , an eight-inch tablet running Windows. Image: Windows Central. A small Surface was Panay’s dream for years. “It

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Arm has likely only increased in value since the SoftBank acquisition, with Microsoft making an ARM-based Surface and a version of Windows for Arm , and Apple planning to switch future Macs to Arm-based chips. Now Nvidia is valued at $300 billion [link] via @technology — Alistair Barr (@alistairmbarr) September 13, 2020.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The four generations of Xbox hardware, as of 2020. At the same time, however, Microsoft was making so much money on both Office and Windows that the expenses for creating the Xbox weren’t big enough to affect the company’s overall bottom line. Before 2020, it was typically held three times a year in Moscow, St.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A Google-commissioned study cited on the page says its manufacturer partners build hardware that uses 46 percent less energy than competing products. Many of the presented models are not quite new: the Acer Chromebook Spin 713 came out last year and the HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook is a slight update from its windows predecessor.

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 released in early December 2020, and — controversy surrounding its notoriously poor performance on consoles aside — it’s a fun, gorgeous game on PC, especially if you have Nvidia hardware that enables ray-traced graphics. The seller provides free shipping and allows for a 30-day return window. Image: Dell.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Announced on the eve of the AWS re:invent conference Monday night, Amazon EC2 Mac Instances represent an unexpected expansion beyond Linux and Windows for AWS. Amazon says it was motivated by a desire to meet the needs of the community of more than 28 million developers who offer apps through the Apple App Store.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2020

I’m reviewing two very different computers right now: the new 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro and the new 2020 Surface Go 2. That’s not to say operating systems like macOS or Windows 10 are un managed, of course, but they’ve historically tended to be a little more open. Linux, of course, is yet more open. I’m guilty of it!

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2020

Did Microsoft convince you that you wouldn’t need to next-gen hardware to play Xbox Series X games? aarongreenberg) July 23, 2020. Here’s the full list of games that Microsoft showcased today, sorted by the consoles that their title cards said they’d support: Xbox Series X / Windows PC. Xbox Series X / Xbox One / Windows PC.

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