Laurent Giret
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Just like Windows 10, Windows Server used to receive bi-annual updates, but Microsoft will soon change that with the upcoming Windows Server 2022. Indeed, the company announced yesterday that it was dropping its Semi-Annual Channel for Windows Server, with the ... Read more
Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on Xbox Series X|S consoles, and the game is also free to play with Xbox Game Pass. Nearly a year after its launch on PC, developer Asobo Studios did a fine job at optimizing ... Read more
It’s been two months since AdDuplex last released some numbers about the Windows 10 userbase, but their July 2021 report is out today with interesting new data about 60,000 surveyed PCs. According to the analysis, 26.6% of these PCs are ... Read more
Microsoft Flight Simulator received critical acclaim when it was released back in August 2020 on PC, and it's finally launching tomorrow on Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Series S consoles. I’ve been testing the game on my Xbox Series X ... Read more
The first pictures of the successor to Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Duo have apparently leaked online, showing a device with a similar form factor but with a new triple camera setup on the back. The leaked pictures have been posted on ... Read more
Microsoft has kicked off its Ultimate Game Sale today with up to 80% savings on over 700 Xbox digital games. Discounted games include Call of Duty: Blacks Ops Cold War, FIFA 21 Ultimate Edition, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, or MLB ... Read more
Windows 11 won’t be using dark mode by default on commercial SKUs, Microsoft has confirmed this week. At the company’s Inspire conference earlier this week, a Microsoft employee announced that "we're going to ship all of the Windows 11 commercial ... Read more
Microsoft has just announced the release of a new Windows 11 Insider build for Insiders in the Dev channel, and the new bits are once again bringing a bit more polish to the brand new OS. After installing today’s build ... Read more
Microsoft has started rolling out the version 92 of its Edge browser to the Stable channel today, and this new major release brings some welcome new passwords features. First of all, a new password health dashboard will now tell you ... Read more
Microsoft announced yesterday an important update for its Microsoft Store for Business and Education, which currently allows organizations to distribute the apps they want in their own private store on Windows 10 PCs. First of all, the Microsoft Store for ... Read more
Microsoft Flight Simulator will be released on Xbox Series X|S consoles and Xbox Game Pass next week on July 27, and today the Xbox team unveiled the first series of new peripherals from licensed partners. Even though the game will ... Read more
Microsoft has released a new broadcast development kit for Teams that will make it easy for production studios to integrate Teams feeds right into their cloud production workflows. The open-source project will require an Azure virtual machine to pull the ... Read more
If Microsoft Edge browser now ships with Windows 10 and the first Windows 11 Insider builds that are now available for testers, the new Chromium-based web browser is now available to download from the Microsoft Store on Windows 11 as ... Read more
Windows 11 will be the first version of Windows to ship under the leadership of Chief Product Officer Panos Panay, and the first preview builds already show a very welcome attention to detail. If it takes some time to get ... Read more
Windows 11 will come with a built-in Microsoft Teams for consumers experience when it starts shipping later this year, and Microsoft has started rolling out this new app to Windows 11 testers today. This new built-in app uses Microsoft’s new ... Read more
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service is about to welcome more new titles before the end of the month, including the much-anticipated Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator. But as usual, the company will be spacing out its new Game ... Read more
Microsoft has released a first developer preview of its next-gen DirectStorage Xbox API for Windows. The new API will improve loading times in video games on Windows 11 PCs with NVMe SSDs, but the DirectX team has now clarified that ... Read more
Amazon has confirmed that its Android App Store will add support for the new Android App Bundle format that Google will start requiring for new Google Play App submissions next month (via GSM Arena). This has big implications for Windows ... Read more
Microsoft will be joining the dark side when Windows 11 becomes available this holiday season. The company has confirmed last week during an Inspire session about Windows 11 that the new OS will use dark mode by default on commercial ... Read more
Microsoft officially announced its new Windows 365 Cloud PC offering earlier this week at its annual Inspire conference, and the subscription service will be available for enterprise customers starting in August. Microsoft hasn’t confirmed the pricing details for all the ... Read more
It’s official, Windows 10 version 21H2 will be released alongside Windows 11 later this year, and Microsoft has just released the first 21H2 preview build for Release Preview Insiders. However, please note that this first 21H2 preview build is only ... Read more