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I started using tags in OneNote and I should have sooner

If your OneNote is starting to feel like a digital junk drawer, don’t wait as long as I did to make the switch. Start small: ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the ...

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the early 1990s is introduced to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme. Back in the day ...
TweakTown

GeForce Game Ready Driver 591.44 WHQL released, fixes the recent Windows 11 performance bug

TL;DR: GeForce Game Ready Driver 591.44 WHQL enhances gaming with DLSS 4 support for Battlefield 6: Winter Offensive and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, fixes Windows 11 performance drops, restores 32-bit ...
The Verge

Microsoft is turning Windows into an ‘agentic OS,’ starting with the taskbar

AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...
Game Rant

Escape from Tarkov Prepares 'Tricks' for Cheaters Ahead of 1.0 Release

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...
PCGamesN

Escape From Tarkov dev has "a few tricks up our sleeve" to stop cheaters and "undesirable elements" when 1.0 lands

Escape From Tarkov's big day approaches. One of the most popular and best FPS games for those thirsting for a hardcore, survival-based shooter, it has a chance to ascend to new heights with its debut ...
IGN

Escape From Tarkov Shares Preorder and Beta Rewards as It Nears 1.0 Launch

Today, November 5, marks 10 years to the day Battlestate Games unveiled its extraction shooter, Escape from Tarkov. And now, 10 days from its 1.0 release, the developer has revealed preorder and beta ...
Ars Technica

Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active exploitation

Two Windows vulnerabilities—one a zero-day that has been known to attackers since 2017 and the other a critical flaw that Microsoft initially tried and failed to patch recently—are under active ...
CNET

It's Easy to Get Free Extended Security Updates for Windows 10. Just Do This One Thing

The era of Windows 10 support ends on Oct. 14. After more than a decade, Microsoft is prioritizing updates for the most current OS, Windows 11, and stopping security updates for Windows 10. If ...
Consumer Reports

Windows 10 End of Life Is Coming. Here's What You Need to Do.

Time may be running out for your Windows 10 computer. After Oct. 14, Microsoft will stop providing free security updates for the operating system. First, you need to find out where you stand. The ...
IGN

Extraction Shooter Escape From Tarkov Finally Has a 1.0 Release Date, 8 Years After Initial Launch

Eight years after its initial launch, first-person extraction shooter Escape from Tarkov has a version 1.0 release date: November 15, 2025. That's over eight years after Escape from Tarkov first ...