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The Windows 8 Store to Shut its Doors to New Apps

Microsoft sent out emails to its registered developers with what marks the beginning of the end of the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Store.

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Hands on with Windows 10 Build 14971 – Office Hub, ePub Reader in Edge, and Removed Features

Hello again, we have another build and, thus, another hands on! This build includes a brand new Office Hub, which is, curiously, a Win32 app. We also have a native ePub reader built right into Microsoft Edge with new options in Edge to have a good reading experience. Watch the video to see everything newContinue reading “Hands on with Windows 10 Build 14971 – Office Hub, ePub Reader in Edge, and Removed Features”

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No, Xbox Insider Program is not Completely Open to Anybody

Major Nelson announced that the Xbox Insider Program (previously Xbox Preview Program) will be open to anybody, but if you didn’t read between the lines, you might think you are getting more than you actually are.

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Sideloads OneDrive Windows 8 App; Gets Unreleased Windows 10 UWP App – Here’s Why!

A Reddit user, mcdenis, decided to sideload the Windows 8’s metro-style OneDrive app onto his Windows 10 machine. Unexpectedly, the next day, he noticed that he was running the unreleased Windows 10’s Universal version of the OneDrive app. Why did this happen? Let’s find out!

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XP Still Not Completely Dead to Microsoft

Today I fired up an old XP box just out of curiosity to see the security status of XP anno June 2014, and lo and behold I have one Security update which in this case is the Malicious Software Removal for June 2014. Then I thought while we are at it, lets see theContinue reading “XP Still Not Completely Dead to Microsoft”

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Win8.1RTM Users: Don’t install that last Updates for XBox Music & Video

Two days ago there was an update for both the XBox Music and Video, but there is a problem with these updates. I first got wind of the issues with these apps from Tom Warren of the Verge that his Music App install was botched, that this may be one of the reason why MSContinue reading “Win8.1RTM Users: Don’t install that last Updates for XBox Music & Video”