Windows Software Archive
20 Mar 2015
How to Boost Your Home WiFi With Multiple Repeaters and Access Points
How to Boost Your Home WiFi With Multiple Repeaters and Access Points Large homes and older homes with thick walls can be a particular challenge for WiFi coverage, but one strategy is to use multiple hard-wired access points and wireless repeaters to spread the signal. Start by downloading a free analyzer app for your phone
20 Mar 2015
How to Encrypt a Windows 8 PC Drive
How to Encrypt a Windows 8 PC Drive Windows 8.1 Pro includes built-in drive encryption tools. These tools work even if you don’t have a TPM chip. TPM, or Trusted Platform Module, is encryption-ready hardware. You’ll need a spare USB thumb drive, though. Encryption tools are hidden away in the depths of the machine, so
18 Mar 2015
Battery power alone used to track Android phones
Battery power alone used to track Android phones The phone you carry around all day has a myriad of different sensors that measure everything from location to barometric pressure. Apps usually have to adhere to the permission control system built into platforms like iOS and Android to get that information, but a team of researchers
18 Mar 2015
Spartan To Replace Internet Explorer In Windows 10
Spartan To Replace Internet Explorer In Windows 10 The writing has been on the wall for a while now, and we pretty much have an unofficial confirmation. Internet Explorer will be replaced with Spartan in Windows 10. Having said that, Redmond still is trying to find a better name for their new web browser —
18 Mar 2015
Windows 10 full unveil set for January 21, will showcase new unified mobile version
Windows 10 full unveil set for January 21, will showcase new unified mobile version On January 21, 2015, Microsoft is going to do its level best to convince us that Windows 8 never really happened. The company’s official Windows 10 unveil is set for that date, and the rumor mill suggests Microsoft will do far
18 Mar 2015
DisARMed: Microsoft kills Windows RT, future ARM support doubtful
DisARMed: Microsoft kills Windows RT, future ARM support doubtful One of the most striking reversals over the past three years has beenMicrosoft’s embrace and subsequent backpedal from the ARM ecosystem. In 2012, when Microsoft first demonstrated Windows on ARM (later named Windows RT), the technology world was in broad agreement that this bold move to
18 Mar 2015
Windows 10 preview: A glimpse of our desktop future
Windows 10 preview: A glimpse of our desktop future The Windows 10 technical preview program started off cautiously. The first few builds could almost have been mistaken for Windows 8.2 — which is to say that they featured some solid changes that helped address the obvious shortcomings of Windows 8 and 8.1, but not much
17 Mar 2015
Windows 10: Microsoft raises the stakes for mobile Windows
Windows 10: Microsoft raises the stakes for mobile Windows In the two-plus-hour Microsoft press event revealing the details of Windows 10, none of us on the ET staff can recall hearing the words Android or iPhone, or any mention of how Windows would be improving its interoperability with them. Instead, Microsoft hammered away at how
17 Mar 2015
Google courts Firefox users with new dump-Yahoo appeal
Google courts Firefox users with new dump-Yahoo appeal Google continues to implore Firefox users to drop Yahoo as the browser’s default search provider. Credit: Screenshot/Google Google ups the ante in the browser wars by embedding a switch plea in Mozilla browser’s search results Google has upped the ante in its appeal to Firefox users to
17 Mar 2015
Microsoft launches Office 2016 developer preview, with focus on business
Microsoft launches Office 2016 developer preview, with focus on business Microsoft emphasizes enterprise features in its first public look at Office 2016, available now to Office 365 Business subscribers Microsoft is going heavy on enterprise features in its first public peek at Office 2016, which is available now to Office 365 Business subscribers. Developers and