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Yes, as of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Ask, and you shall receive.

The author wrongly assumed that Microsoft's phone business is the manufacture and selling of cell phones. Microsoft's phone business is in patents, and it brings in far more money from patents that it does phones.

Reports range from 2 to 6 billions dollars every year in profits just from Android.

https://www.howtogeek.com/1837...
https://fossbytes.com/microsof...

Samsung alone pays Microsoft 1 billion per year

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1...

Making handsets is simply a convenient way to stay in the patent creation business.

Fret no more. External hard drives are supported by chromebooks.

Macs already have this - they added tabs to Finder in OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) which came out in 2013.

And now it's virtually everywhere:

https://www.howtogeek.com/2751...

Yes. And since Linux forever, now Windows, watch Mac do it and claim it's something new and innovative.

You're too late.

https://www.howtogeek.com/2751...

Don't Linux distros already have tabs in their file explorers? Ah, but of course, Windows users aren't likely to know that, so i guess it's something new to them.

Yes, but as usual, MS didn't copy Linux. They waited until Apple had it:

https://www.howtogeek.com/2751...

Very little functionality exists on these Chromebooks (making them dumb).

The amount of functionality included in bundled apps isn't what makes a device smart or dumb. It's the extensibility.

They are nothing more than the modern equivalent of a VT100.

That's completely false. You clearly have never owned a VT100. My first glass terminal (that I owned) was a VT100-AA. It didn't have the ability to run any kind of code locally aside from what is in ROM. The only settings were for tab stops and communications parameters.

Not only does Chromium on ChromeOS have a[n admittedly limited] built in shell, but you can add app-like functionality to it. For example, there is a GUI SSH client addon. And if you enable developer mode then you can tamper with the system, whether installing busybox or a full Linux environment via Crouton. This is not a complete reinstallation, but a chrooted Linux install using the existing kernel.

Yes, ComCast, I have to use you as the only local choice for decent internet speed.
Yes, your DOCSIS modem does have built-in Wireless that you would like to use as a local hotspot for anybody.
No, Hell No.
I'm paying for bandwidth, and sharing it with whoever is in range is NOT in my best interest.
And Yes, I do know how to disable your wireless, and did so the day it was installed.

The summary is a bit unfair in listing a subset of the new features.

Plenty of articles popped last month on the subject.

I'm upgrading, but then again, I'm not a paranoid, delusional basement dweller who thinks they should stick with one OS (for the record, I run everything from Linux to Windows and a few things in between, like Apple's stuff - whatever is appropriate for the hardware).

Also, as somebody who has run 2nd generation SSDs for 8+ years without powering them down, I'm not to worried about Microsoft "needlessly shortening my SSD life" with an update, LOL. I don't have an urgent need to hyperbolize everything or insist people stop liking what I don't like.

You have to put your Chromebook into developer mode

And there's the deal breaker. The Chromebook firmware, when put into developer mode, practically invites anyone who turns it on to wipe the whole thing. At power on, it displays "OS verification is OFF -- Press Space to re-enable" (screenshot), but the owner's roommate doesn't know that she can push Ctrl+D to proceed with booting. Instead, she'll probably press Space, see a message to the effect "Reenabling OS verification will erase everything. Press Enter to continue" and do what it says.

I can handle the command line stuff. I can't handle the constant threat of loss of work that isn't committed yet and the use of the machine until I can return home to install media.

And Windows 10 is still a pile of shit with lipstick on it.

https://www.howtogeek.com/2989...

Yes enterprise customers shouldn't be affected by such stuff however this sort of stuff indicates that Win 10 isn't enterprise ready yet.

The whole nvidia thing is a moot point; you don't even need to get that far to see the ads. Here's a collection of ads that have been found on Windows 10:

Ad to install Microsoft's shopping extension:
https://www.cnet.com/news/wind...

Ad to buy tomb raider from Windows store:
https://www.howtogeek.com/2432...
(Side note: This is why Microsoft no longer allows you to disable the lock screen on desktop systems. Yes, you can turn the lock screen ads off, but Microsoft wants you to get used to seeing it there meanwhile.)

Ad to browse bing for rewards points:
http://core0.staticworld.net/i...

Ad to install Office:
http://images.techhive.com/ima...

Ads to buy Solitaire:
http://images.techhive.com/ima...
(Side note: Windows 10 now includes lots of freemium and trialware apps in general, like Candy Crush, which is another form of advertising. Also, didn't solitaire used to be totally free?)

Ads in the share tool:
https://betanews.com/wp-conten...
(In that screenshot, most of these apps aren't installed, thus these are ads to install these apps.)

Ads in the ink workspace:
http://cdn.windowsreport.com/w...

Ad telling you to stop using firefox:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/l6JL...

Ad telling you to stop using chrome:
http://www.laptopmag.com/image...

Another ad telling you to switch to edge for bing rewards:
https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-c...

Ad telling you to subscribe to onedrive:
http://images.techhive.com/ima...

Ad to buy apps on the start menu:
https://davescomputertips.com/...

So TFA is correct, windows 10 IS an ad platform.

The whole nvidia thing is a moot point; you don't even need to get that far to see the ads. Here's a collection of ads that have been found on Windows 10:

Ad to install Microsoft's shopping extension:
https://www.cnet.com/news/wind...

Ad to buy tomb raider from Windows store:
https://www.howtogeek.com/2432...
(Side note: This is why Microsoft no longer allows you to disable the lock screen on desktop systems. Yes, you can turn the lock screen ads off, but Microsoft wants you to get used to seeing it there meanwhile.)

Ad to browse bing for rewards points:
http://core0.staticworld.net/i...

Ad to install Office:
http://images.techhive.com/ima...

Ads to buy Solitaire:
http://images.techhive.com/ima...
(Side note: Windows 10 now includes lots of freemium and trialware apps in general, like Candy Crush, which is another form of advertising. Also, didn't solitaire used to be totally free?)

Ads in the share tool:
https://betanews.com/wp-conten...
(In that screenshot, most of these apps aren't installed, thus these are ads to install these apps.)

Ads in the ink workspace:
http://cdn.windowsreport.com/w...

Ad telling you to stop using firefox:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/l6JL...

Ad telling you to stop using chrome:
http://www.laptopmag.com/image...

Another ad telling you to switch to edge for bing rewards:
https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-c...

Ad telling you to subscribe to onedrive:
http://images.techhive.com/ima...

Ad to buy apps on the start menu:
https://davescomputertips.com/...

So TFA is correct, windows 10 IS an ad platform.

There are lots of options to get the Win7 version running on Win10. Of course it's fucking ridiculous that you should have to do this: pay attention everyone, Microsoft specifically broke backwards compatibility so they could charge for the "new" versions of these games. Sure, you may not care, but wait until they start doing this for productivity software...

"Anonymous Coward said: "After seeing how GNOME 3, systemd and PulseAudio have destroyed Linux's usability for me"

What stopped you uninstalling PulseAudio or using one of the other Linux Desktop Environments. Video demo of XFCE vs MATE vs KDE.

Google Play is "free as in beer".

The article "The hidden costs of building an Android device" by Charles Arthur and Samuel Gibbs states that as of three years ago, the compliance testing to qualify for a Google Play license cost tens of thousands of dollars, or on the order of $1 per device. Even though the article states that the amount is payable to approved "third party testing facilities," not directly to Google, the article does not mention how much Google charges said facilities to become approved.

The article "Why Microsoft Makes $5 to $15 From Every Android Device Sold" by Chris Hoffman states that as of three years ago, Microsoft was collecting several dollars in patent royalties for each Android device for the use of patented processes, such as those essential to the FAT file system.

What has changed in the past three years, other than the replacement of a license for the VFAT patent(s) with one for the exFAT patent(s) after the expiry of the former and enshrinement of the latter in the SDXC specification?

An Introduction to the Z File System (ZFS) for Linux.

Quote: "ZFS is capable of many different RAID levels, all while delivering performance thatâ(TM)s comparable to that of hardware RAID controllers."

That sounds good to me. I want to avoid hardware RAID because, when hardware RAID controllers fail, they are often difficult to replace.

Version 1511 (build 10.0.10586) works great. Turn off all the updates and Windows Defender and Windows 10 flys! https://www.howtogeek.com/howt... https://www.howtogeek.com/2244...

Version 1511 (build 10.0.10586) works great. Turn off all the updates and Windows Defender and Windows 10 flys! https://www.howtogeek.com/howt... https://www.howtogeek.com/2244...

Wasn't there are article about how the majority, I believe has high as 75% of the Windows Store apps were considered malware?
https://www.howtogeek.com/1949...

I mean, sure they probably have improved their content since the days of this, but let us not forget how they let this slip not to long ago.

So what? The same could be said of Android's store or Apple's store and nobody gives a shit.

Wasn't there are article about how the majority, I believe has high as 75% of the Windows Store apps were considered malware?
https://www.howtogeek.com/1949...

I mean, sure they probably have improved their content since the days of this, but let us not forget how they let this slip not to long ago.

It sounds like you might have switched from an iPhone, if so de-regsiter your phone number and disable iMessage. Or if it's a new phone, perhaps the number was on an iPhone before.

Challenge failed and go fuck yourself, took me all of 2 minutes to Google to find yes Virginia thanks to Google's DRM there are OSes you cannot install on a Chromebook whereas I can install ANY X86 OS on a Windows laptop...sorry but you fail.

Before and after Firefox, I run the following .bat file:

[ ccleaner ]

What is your method of cleaning up before and after opening your browser? Tips appreciated.

--

taskkill /f /im iexplore.exe
taskkill /f /im firefox.exe
taskkill /f /im chrome.exe
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351
cd\
cd C:\Program Files\CCleaner
ccleaner /auto

exit

--

What do you mean? You can sideload onto Chromebooks which involves changing settings. It took me like 2 secs to google this.

http://www.howtogeek.com/25851...

Wow, a single trivial feature that is already implemented in countless utilities being added to an OS deserves a whole story? Must be a slow news day.

And here I thought that Bias lighting was the better way to go....

http://www.howtogeek.com/21346...

Yes! That!

How to Use Android’s Wi-Fi Assistant to Safely Connect to Public Wi-Fi Networks (and Save Data)

There is no need for a third party VPN app. Just use the Google managed VPN in Android. This can be used automatically when you use a public WiFi hotspot.

Manager: how do you measure leadership?
Tech: with a suitably designed test instrument.

It's flashable ROM. You can write it (or flash it) more than one time. Typical ROM chips could only be written (or burn) once but still, a ROM chip has to be writable at some point ;-)

http://www.howtogeek.com/16251...

"As someone who uses ConnectWise every damned day (it's seriously torture), and on a laptop running Win10Pro, I can state unequivocally that you're full of shit." I have those logs if you like... Dumbass... Unless you were there how praytell do you "Know" this that you Claim to? http://www.howtogeek.com/24358... And specifically... It was SCREENCONNECT that it uninstalled... http://forum.screenconnect.com... So, yeah... Yer a serious dumbass, who shoots from the hip a lot... I can tell. Sage, isn't actually uninstalled, I misspoke. Its trashed by an update. One that is still being rolled out.. Actually. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2... So do you actually research ANYTHING before you comment? Or are you just a blowhard asshat all the time? LoL... Also... Wintac, is $10,000 a copy. Not everyone can stay at the bleeding edge. So EVERY customer that used Wintac 2015, and got a Win10 install FORCED on them (sorry we could not get to all 10,000+ systems in the time MS gave us), were immediately unable to do business. Until ALL workstations were rolled back, and the server database replaced from backups. AND finally, https://www.bbb.org/boston/bus... As you can see, Wintac 2016 WAS NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME when it was released. So upgrading was NOT POSSIBLE. So, in closing, before you go off all elitist and half-cocked, DO YOUR RESEARCH DUMBASS! :-D

Unofficially, any Windows user can get Windows 10 LTSB if they want. Microsoft offers ISO images with Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB as part of its 90-day Enterprise evaluation program. You can download the ISO file-be sure to select "Windows 10 LTSB" instead of "Windows 10" when downloading-and install it on your own PC. It'll function normally for 90 days, after which it'll begin nagging you to activate Windows. But Windows 10 is perfectly functional even without activation, so you should be able to use it as long as you like without entering a product key. You'll just have to put up with nag screens.

Did you know there’s a version of Windows 10 that doesn’t get big feature updates, and doesn’t even have the Windows Store or Microsoft Edge browser? It’s called Windows 10 LTSB, short for Long Term Servicing Branch.

A few examples here: http://www.howtogeek.com/11351...

Sourceforge serves junkware http://www.howtogeek.com/21876...â(TM)t-download-software-from-sourceforge-if-you-can-help-it/ and malware https://slashdot.org/submissio... and https://slashdot.org/submissio...

Laptops, tablets, and phones never seem to know exactly how many hours of power they have left. The estimate may jump from two hours to five hours before dropping back down to one hour. Even worse, the battery may suddenly die without warning.

Remember kids, this is only a problem for Apple.

I am actually considering making the switch. I bought a Surface Pro 4 to test out how well it works for me (the Black Friday sale made it a reasonable purchase). I turned on the Windows Subsystem for Linux, which provides a lightweight Linux environment within Windows.

For my work I need:

• X Windows
• Ability to SSH
• Remote desktop (both RDP and VNC)
• GNU and Intel compilers
• Mathematica
• Microsoft Office
• Ability to run virtual machines (e.g. Virtual Box)
• Ability to do regular backups, with versioning, without user intervention
• OpenVPN
• Easily connect to external monitor, keyboard, and ethernet

CPU performance is not critical because I have access to a cluster for the heavy computational loads. The Linux subsystem in some ways is more convenient because the slight differences between BSD and Linux can make moving code between OS X and Linux a little bit annoying. The cluster is Linux based--I considered making a *BSD based cluster but the scientific community has gravitated towards Linux.

So, based on my requirements either platform would work, though I probably would go with a Surface Book if I did switch. It comes down to cost and workflow efficiency.

Fire up a linux distro, run MonoDevelop or your favourite Mono IDE, run your (.NET) code, host your website on Apache, access your MySQL database from your Java code. Run Solitare, run an Active Directory server, run office. Oh and do it all for free!

Seriously? First Microsoft criticise open-source and linux, then they're trying to win the market back. I don't think it's a bad thing that they're doing this but you'd only develop on windows if you had to. Otherwise, why not develop natively.

Side note, long pressing the gear on the Google keyboard gives you the option to reduce its size and move it to the left or right so you can use it one handed on a larger phone. An extremely useful feature.

More here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/25343...

Note: checking your running services has gotten harder in Marshmallow. Here's a guide: http://www.howtogeek.com/25830...

http://www.howtogeek.com/24301...

encrypting game files for DRM is one thing but Steam workshop is really good.

> https://tunesgo.wondershare.co...

Part 1 applies only to Samsung tablet owners. With both Galaxy Note 7 phones and more recently the company's washing machines exploding, I imagine that a lot of people have crossed that company off their short list.

As for part 2, most appear to be launchers, one requires root, one is just a file manager with its own quasi-MDI controls, and the most promising (Multi Screen) unfortunately lacks any sort of APK or Play Store link.

> http://www.howtogeek.com/18934...

That's about Xposed, which requires root. Now that Nexus products have been discontinued, which is the go-to rootable 9 to 10 inch Android tablet?

> http://www.pcmag.com/news/3436...

Available exclusively for Nexus 9 and Nexus 10. All Nexus products have since been discontinued. Or is the feature worth tracking down a used tablet?

> since some years ago I haven't care anymore about local storage. The main reason being I carry my important contents in usb drives

And guess what tablets can't always mount. I had a Nexus 7 (2012) tablet and an OTG cable, and it failed to do anything when I plugged in a flash drive.

> It's already possible to do a lot of tasks with Android.

Is lightweight hobby software development among them?

All your devices will be calling out to see if your hidden ssid network is nearby all the time calling it by name so people can figure out where you live by what AP's your phone is looking for the next time you go to burger king

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto...

"When you hide your wireless SSID on the router side of things, what actually happens behind the scenes is that your laptop or mobile device is going to start pinging over the air to try and find your routerâ"no matter where you are. So youâ(TM)re sitting there at the neighborhood coffee shop, and your laptop or iPhone is telling anybody with a network scanner that youâ(TM)ve got a hidden network at your house or job."

And the other thing so basically that would keep me from using my home media server on any of my WiFi connected tablets and laptops right or print I've had a wifi connected wireless printer for several years now.

http://www.howtogeek.com/24996...

The previous X1 Carbons had an LED changeable strip similar to what Apple is doing.

Oh, please! The Lenovo strip was NOTHING like what Apple is doing.

Lenovo's non-improvement was just a slight modification of those retarded "status" strips on POS plastic Windows laptops, that simply used a Lexan strip with a Deadfront Grey mask covering screened-on "annunciators" for WiFi, HD access, etc. lit-up by fixed LEDs that would shine through the Deadfront Grey, with some sort of membrane switch layer. There was absolutely NO "Programmability" to it, since IT WASN'T A "real" (graphical, bitmapped) DISPLAY. No WONDER they removed that embarassment pronto!

Here, we have that "piece of a good idea" Lenovo had, but fully-realized and actually made FUNCTIONAL by Apple.

Many people have wanted "programmable keytops" for quite some time now (there has even a product or two). Well, this is Apple's "toe in the water" for that concept.

Next go-around, if the rumors are true, Apple will have E-Ink "keytops" on ALL the keys. THEN what will you bitch about? I'm sure it will be SOMETHING...

Oh, and anyone who has ANY thought that Apple is Keyboard-Hostile, needs only to look at two things:

1. The Keyboard Shortcuts list for OS X/macOS. Oh, and don't forget the other two lists linked off of that list!

2. The fact that OS X/macOS has, since the beginning, had a Keyboard Shortcuts EDITOR, which allows you to trigger ANY Menu-Command with a User-Defined Keybinding. You can define both System-Wide and Application-Specific Keyboard Shortcuts. And in more recent versions of OS X/macOS, the functionality of that Editor has been DRAMATICALLY increased; such that there is fairly-well unprecedented ability to define/redefine keybindings/key layouts.

Actually pretty damned nice, and something I have heard was just now added to Windows (in one form or another) in the most-recent version or two.

the publications department - but become much more problematic for field staff and managers (especially to start) because things aren't where they've grown to expect them to be

That's your confirmation bias talking. If you've spent any time supporting PC users, you've run into some that need a great deal of handholding. A couple months I had one ask me, "what's the Start menu?" when trying to get him to open the Control Panel - what's that prove?

But now that I know that you, personally, haven't had problems with your Macs... well that changes everything. Thanks so much.

Thanks for the hand waiving. Had to support a Mac where the OS has randomly decided to uninstall critical software because it's "not compatible", the way Windows 10 is wont to do, without asking?

Why?

The summary mentioned similar read speed so most likely the reason is the same as discussed here (random link).

http://www.howtogeek.com/165542/why-solid-state-drives-slow-down-as-you-fill-them-up/

Apple’s App Store policies state: “Apps that browse the web must use the iOS WebKit framework and WebKit Javascript.” Source: http://www.howtogeek.com/18428...

No, My Gentle Fool, there isn't. It is entirely possible that 1-2-3-4-5 could be _Everybody's_ Password.

You've missed my point entirely. "12345" is the fifth numeric password an attacker would try (after "1", "12", "123", and "1234"). It doesn't matter how securely you store it or how long each guess takes, if an attacker has a reasonably high chance of guessing it by a mere educated guess.

Sure, you could lock the account after X guesses - But then you've just given me a trivial way of locking out the legitimate account-holder as well - Arguably, a lot of kids just out to raise some hell rather than seriously wanting to compromise your accounts would prefer that (applied on as large a scale as possible) than actually guessing the right password. "Oh, look, we just locked the entire Microsoft staff out of their own network, ha-ha!"


Any Password, hashed in any number of many ways repeatedly, and yet each one with a unique Time Stamp embedded and invisible, should do the trick.

That accomplishes nothing more than slowing down any brute force attempts. It certainly doesn't somehow magically make one of the top few million passwords more secure. Or, looked at another way, let's say you use such a horrendously complex hash that each guess takes a whole second. You've just handed any potential attackers a trivial on/off switch to DOS'ing (no leading "D" required) your site, as your poor server farm tries to keep up with just a handful of bad login attempts per second.


Time Stamps supposedly assigned to certain Alpha Decay Chains stuck out like three sore thumbs upon later Analysis.

Would you care to provide a link on how timestamped audit trails have anything to do with brute-force password cracking? It sounds like you've mixed up two separate concepts here. Yes, you can make an RTPS virtually tamper-proof; that doesn't have much in common with proving my identity to Facebook from a previously untrusted computer.

one of the x million claimed users has W10 silently sleeping on a HD somewhere laying around on the floor waiting to be used at one point, when I get around....

Got more important stuff to do.

Ah - when I try again and plug on the disk, network cable is unplugged and there is somewhere a printout of this:

http://www.howtogeek.com/22386...

which I have to read in more detail...

Which is terrible, because these days even Acrobat Reader has a function to add your signature to a form and save it without jumping through analog hoops. Preview on Mac can do it as well.