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Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update Revealed
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 We were recently invited to an exclusive tech briefing on the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, where Andres Sirel, Windows & Devices Group Lead, demonstrated new features like Windows Ink, as well as improvements in Windows Hello, Microsoft Edge, Windows Notes.
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Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 NVIDIA OpenGL Performance
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"With having a clean Windows 10 installation around for the
benchmarking of Ubuntu Bash on Windows 10 and Windows vs. Linux Vulkan
benchmarking, I also took the opportunity to run a number of OpenGL
benchmarks on both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 Linux with the same
hardware and set of graphics cards. In this article are benchmarks of
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 with various NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900 series
graphics cards."
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Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Review: The Windows 10 Mobile Flagship
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Forget almost everything you’ve read about the Microsoft Lumia 950 XL up to this point. We know that’s a bold statement, but bear with us here. Save for the phone’s specifications, if there’s one thing we’ve learned evaluating the 950 XL over the last few weeks it’s that virtually everything from the OS to the camera app has been changed or updated very recently, and it has affected battery life, responsiveness, and browsing, among many other things. Information published about the Lumia 950 XL that's any more than a couple of weeks old is simply outdated.
It seems that Microsoft was tweaking a large number of elements and features in preparation for Windows 10 Mobile’s “official” release on a wide range of devices. Sure, Windows 10 came pre-installed on the Lumia 950 series, but there have been major changes over the phones’ relatively short lifespan. In any case, we’ve been using the Lumia 950 XL as our daily driver for a few weeks now and think we’ve gotten a very good feel for the phone and how it compares to previous-gen devices and the competition...
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The Performance Of Ubuntu Software Running On Windows 10
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"At the end of March was the surprising news about Microsoft
bringing Bash and Ubuntu's user-space to Windows 10 via a new "Linux
subsystem" for natively dealing with Linux ELF binaries atop Windows.
Since last week the latest Windows Insider update now ships with said
support for being able to run Bash and other Ubuntu user-space programs
on Windows 10. I've been benchmarking the performance of Ubuntu/Linux
software on Windows 10 and have some results to share comparing it to a
clean Ubuntu installation."
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How Ubuntu 16.04 Is Performing
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"As it's been a month since our last large Linux distribution
comparison (a 10-way Linux distribution battle), here are some fresh
benchmarks of six Linux distributions to see how their out-of-the-box
performance compares. From a Core i7 Broadwell system, the updated
versions of Clear Linux, Fedora 23, CentOS 7, openSUSE 42.1, Ubuntu
15.10, and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS were compared."
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Windows 10 Media Treasure Hunt.
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On the 3rd of February, Microsoft Malaysia organised a treasure hunt for the Malaysian media. It was a way to familiarise the participants with the Surface Pro 4 and Lumia 950, as well as a great way to start 2016 with a bang!
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Ubuntu 6.06 To Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Performance Benchmarks
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"As I'm in the process of retiring an old AMD Opteron
dual-socket system, prior to decommissioning it, I figured it would be
fun to go back and re-benchmark all of the Ubuntu LTS releases going all
the way back to the legendary 6.06 Dapper Drake release. So here are
some fresh benchmarks of this AMD Shanghai system with eight cores and
16GB of RAM when re-benchmarking the releases from Ubuntu 6.06 through
the latest Ubuntu 16.04 LTS development state."
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Windows 10 Mobile Wish List
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I was a big fan of Windows Phone 8 when it was released, but with Microsoft neglecting their smartphone platform for the better part of a year, the OS has slipped far behind Android 5.0 and iOS 8. What follows in this article is a list of changes, improvements and new features I hope Microsoft will include when Windows 10 Mobile lands later this year.
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Sony's warning to VAIO users not to upgrade to Windows 10
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In this update, we added a new table on Sony features and apps that have issues with Windows 10, and another table on third-party apps that have issues with Windows 10 on Sony VAIO PCs. Be sure to check them out BEFORE upgrading to Windows 10!
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Here's How To Keep Microsoft's Nose Out Of Your Personal Data In Windows 10
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Amid the privacy concerns and arguably invasive nature of Microsoft's Windows 10 regarding user information, it's no surprise that details on how to minimize data leaks as much as possible have been requested. To this end, we've put together a quick guide to help out.
If you are using Windows 10, or plan to upgrade soon, it's worth bearing in mind a number of privacy related options that are available, even during the installation/upgrade. If you are already running the OS and forgot to turn them off during installation (or didn't even see them), they can be accessed by...
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Running The AMD Radeon R9 Fury With AMD's New Open-Source Linux
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"Now that Linux 4.2 is set to be released today, out on the
horizon we have to look forward to Linux 4.3 kernel. Set to be merged
into Linux 4.3 will be in the initial open-source AMD driver code for
supporting the Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards. This open-source Fury
support is the focus of our testing today with it being the first time
powering up this Fiji GPU outside of Catalyst."
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Top 10 Hidden Windows 10 Features
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Many of Windows 10’s key features have been talked about at length, but the operating system actually comes with a lot of great features that aren’t as immediately obvious to everyday users and even enthusiasts. These features don’t get the attention that they should, so without further ado, let’s get on with the top 10 hidden features of Windows 10.
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Preparing System Image for Windows 10 Upgrade
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Microsoft has generously offered Windows 10 as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, and so far the response has been very positive. In this article Benchmark Reviews details the steps needed to successfully complete a full backup of Windows 7 or Windows 8 to a System Image, prior to upgrading to Windows 10. This process preserves everything on the drive, and may be used to restore back to your previous installation without losing any data or applications. This guide may also be used to create a Windows 10 backup System Image, or for creating a hard disk image that can be restored onto an SSD.
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A Linux User's Review Of Microsoft Windows 10
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"When I first started to talk to Michael about working with him
this summer, one of the things we agreed on is that I would do a review
of Windows 10. While I vastly prefer Linux as my day-to-day operating
system, I do use Windows for gaming, and I also support Windows clients
as part of my job at my University."
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