Microsoft’s Spartan Web browser for Windows 10 build 10049 is now available to download. More on Project Spartan, and details on where to download it from can be found right here.
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During an event in South Korea, Microsoft has given us our first glimpse of something that has the potential to be useful for all kinds of applications - a Windows 8.1 PC on a HDMI stick, like the one Intel announced back in January.
Broadly speaking, the Cloud is still a work in progress, but Microsoft, like Google, Apple and a number of other key companies offering their cloud-based services, has been working hard to improve its OneDrive offering. Today signals a big step in the evolution of the software giant’s cloud efforts, with Xbox Music integration permitting users to store and playback a variety of different music formats on multiple devices free of charge.
Microsoft continues to surprise us just when we start believing we've seen it all from the software giant. In a move that has literally left us bamboozled, but extremely optimistic for the company's future, Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, licensed or not, when it launches this summer. Read on for further information.
With Microsoft already confirming that Windows 10 will be going on sale this summer, the software giant has suggested that Xiaomi's frontrunner Mi 4 - powered by Android - will be able to run the mobile version of the Windows 10 OS very soon. Yes, you read that right, and if you're as surprised as the rest of us here, head over the jump for further information on Microsoft's plans.
Even before now, Windows 10 was shaping up as one heck of an improvement over Windows 8, which has divided opinion at every opportunity since first arriving in 2012. Today, however, the software giant has taken the wraps off one of its most exciting features yet in the form of Windows Hello, a biometric authentication system that will permit a user to sign in securely by facial recognition and fingerprint sensing.
Google Chromecast users can now use their TV remote to control content being played via the Big G's HDMI dongle. Head over the jump to read all about this much needed ability, which sure took its time to head out to users.
Earlier this week, we learned of an antiquated security flaw that has been lurking for over a decade, and could leave Apple and Google device subject to attack. With the former said to be working on a fix to release in the near future, it has now been revealed that the FREAK security flaw also affects those running Windows machines, adding many millions more devices and users to the list of the vulnerable.
Microsoft's reputation in the software game took a bit of a self-inflicted beating back when Windows 8 launched, and since then, the software giant has been busily reminding consumers of why its flagship OS has commanded such a huge market share over the past few decades. Windows 10 is shaping up promisingly, with the Xbox maker looking to integrate its multiple platforms, products and devices under a more unified, cohesive umbrella. The new Spartan browser, which will eventually replace Internet Explorer, is at the heart of these efforts, and as we've already learned, will harness the power of the digital voice assistant Cortana. Now, we get to see the fruits of this endeavor in action, and as you'll fathom from the clip below, Spartan looks a clean, fluid and functional experience even at its current beta standing.
