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Windows 7 users with a solid background color faced delayed login process — it took four months for Microsoft to fix
By Mark Tyson published
User thriftiness with system resources backfired, for a while.

Commodore OS Vision 3.0 Linux-based OS arrives to spruce up retro builds
By Ash Hill published
You can finally update your Commodore 64x with an up-to-date operating system ready to handle all of your modern retro computing needs.

Windows will now let you swear at it
By Jowi Morales published
Due to popular demand, Microsoft is introducing a profanity filter toggle to Windows 11 Voice Typing.

Microsoft launches Recall to Windows 11 general availability — Click to Do and Improved Search also coming
By Andrew E. Freedman published
It's been a long road, but the long-awaited — and maligned — AI feature is finally here.

2006 Nintendo Wii hacked to run Infected Systems' blog — uses open-source NetBSD
By Ash Hill published
Alex Haydock is running his blog on an old Nintendo Wii using NetBSD — an open-source Unix-like operating system. It's a publicly accessible blog and the experiment is "ongoing."

Microsoft, get your Game Pass out of my face! I'm turning off your notifications. Here’s how
By Avram Piltch published
Microsoft keeps hawking Game Pass and distracting me in the process.

How to run FreeDOS, an open-source version of DOS, on any PC
By Les Pounder published
MS-DOS may be out of fashion, but for those of us who enjoy retro PC gaming, there is nothing better than a DOS prompt, and with FreeDOS we get to relive those days again.

Ubuntu 25.04 launches with host of new features
By Les Pounder published
We go hands-on with the latest version of Ubuntu and see how it runs.
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