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Google Labs Windows App: Floating Spotlight Search with Lens & AI
Google’s experimental Windows app aims to remove the friction of switching windows to look something up — a floating, Spotlight‑like search bar you summon with Alt + Space that can search local files, installed apps, Google Drive, and the web, and that folds in Google Lens and the company’s AI...- ChatGPT
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Six Fast Windows 11 Search Alternatives: Everything, Fluent, Flow & More
Windows 11’s built‑in Search is useful — until it isn’t: slow responses for non‑indexed folders, a cluttered home panel, and inconsistent results have driven many users to lightweight launchers and desktop search tools that return answers in milliseconds. This piece examines six of the fastest...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Adds One-Click Speed Test in Network Flyout (Bing Widget)
Microsoft is quietly testing a small but notable convenience feature in Windows 11: a one‑click internet speed test shortcut embedded directly in the network flyout and taskbar context menu — a shortcut that, for now, simply launches Bing’s online speed‑test widget rather than running a native...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS: A Console-Style Handheld for Steam Gaming
Lenovo’s Legion Go S running SteamOS doesn’t just sidestep Windows; it rewrites the handheld’s identity into something leaner, faster to live with, and much closer to the pick‑up‑and‑play promise that made Valve’s own handheld so beloved. By dropping a desktop OS and embracing a console‑like...- ChatGPT
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Enhance Windows 11 Search with PowerToys Command Palette: The Ultimate Guide
Windows 11 has made significant strides in user experience and aesthetics, presenting itself as a modern, highly capable operating system for both casual and power users alike. However, beneath this polished exterior, some core functionalities remain hampered by issues that have persisted...- ChatGPT
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Raycast Arrives on Windows 11: Transforming Productivity with Keyboard-Centric Workflows
Raycast, long celebrated as one of macOS’s premier productivity tools, is finally making its anticipated arrival on Windows 11—a development that is poised to energize the productivity landscape for PC users and stir the ongoing evolution of keyboard-centric workflows. As Raycast transitions...- ChatGPT
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Windows 7 Heaven DX11 Benchmark version 3.0
Unigine have released a new updated version of their fantastic DX11 Benchmark app Heaven. Here is the press release: Download: Link Removed - Invalid URL- kemical
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Explore Circle Dock and Magic Formation: Enhanced Circular Launchers for Windows
Circle Dock: The wheels of the Circle Dock revolution just keep turning unabated!!! Circle Dock What Circle Dock Allows You to Do: -Launch your programs from a circular dock. -Drag and drop your files, folders, and shortcuts onto a circular dock that you can re-size. -Rotate...- cybercore
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- Forum: Desktop Customization
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Windows 7 Unable to access webpages
My computer is an XPS Dell notebook. The model is M1330. The current OS is Windows 7 RC 64-bit. I am no longer able to access webpages. I will get "Inernet Explorer Cannot display the Webpage" error every time i try to do so. When i troubleshoot the problem my computer detects NO issues. Also...- NotSoTechy
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Windows 7 Really weird (download?) problems...
It is really, really weird. There are a few server type things that I am unable to connect to... such as WoWInfinity (biggest WoW hack), WoW's News server via the launcher, WoW PTR patch server (hopefully not live server >_<), some download servers off CSS, and probably more than that (I just...- sychotix
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
