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Microsoft’s new Windows Package Manager is already better than the Windows Store

The Verge

Microsoft surprised Windows users with a new package manager yesterday. It’s a command line tool that allows developers, power users, and really any Windows user to install their favorite apps from a simple command. That’s changed in the years since Windows 10’s debut, but the Store still feels like abandonware.

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Microsoft transforms the Windows Subsystem for Linux into a Windows 11 app

The Verge

Microsoft has transformed the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) into an app that you can simply download and install from the Microsoft Store on Windows 11. Microsoft enabled Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 for developers last year, and features like this will be available immediately in the Microsoft Store in the future.

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Research shows Windows updates can take eight hours to complete

Computerworld Vertical IT

Windows devices that aren’t connected to the Internet for up to eight hours at a time are "very unlikely" to successfully update fully and properly, a recent Microsoft investigation revealed. To read this article in full, please click here

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Microsoft’s new Android antivirus app is now available in preview

The Verge

The software giant revealed that Windows Defender was making its way to both iOS and Android earlier this year , but didn’t fully detail what to expect. Scans are instantly performed detect malware and potentially unwanted applications (PUA),” explains Kanishka Srivastava , a senior program manager at Microsoft. “If

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PCI DSS version 4.0: Is your payment card data security program ready?

CIO Business Intelligence

Kris Philipsen, managing director of Cyber Security Consulting at Verizon, notes there is a lot to take into account, as PCI DSS v4.0 Fortunately, compliance is not simply window dressing or an added complexity in the already challenging task of safeguarding payment card data and digital payments.

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How to speed up your computer

Galido

SlimCleaner lets you delete the log files, temporary data or search history of Windows. It also deletes files left by the disc burning tool in Windows, and applications such as Paint, WordPad, iTunes, VLC and many others. Comodo Programs Manager. Comodo Programs Manager. SlimCleaner. SlimCleaner. AppCleaner.

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A ‘carbon aware’ update for the Xbox is drawing political attention

GeekWire

” Xbox is now the first gaming console to offer carbon aware game downloads and updates. As part of Microsoft’s ongoing sustainability program, the Jan. 11 “carbon aware” update adds some of the same features that were introduced last year for Windows 11.

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