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Microsoft has quietly drawn a line under a long-running promise to Windows on ARM users: x64 emulation will be supported as a general feature only on Windows 11 on ARM, not on Windows 10, a change that reshapes the upgrade, compatibility, and developer calculus for ARM-powered Windows machines...

Windows has stopped pretending to be merely an operating system that quietly evolves; with Windows 11 Microsoft has made a series of deliberate architectural and policy choices that break long-standing continuity with the past—and those choices are already reshaping the desktop landscape...

Microsoft has begun rolling out an Insider-stage update to the Xbox PC app that finally lets eligible Arm‑based Windows 11 PCs download and run selected PC titles locally instead of being restricted to cloud streaming — a practical, incremental shift that ties new Xbox app behavior to deeper...

Epic Games’ Easy Anti‑Cheat (EAC) is finally landing on ARM platforms — a technical and ecosystem milestone that removes one of the largest obstacles keeping multiplayer PC games off Snapdragon‑powered Copilot+ laptops and Linux ARM devices. The company shipped updated Epic Online Services (EOS)...

Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) has finally been made compatible with Windows on Arm, removing a major technical barrier that has kept many multiplayer PC games—including Fortnite—off Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ laptops and other Snapdragon X Series machines; Epic delivered the compatibility through...

On November 6, 2024, Microsoft stirred excitement among Windows users with the release of Insider Preview Build 27744, particularly aimed at those leveraging Windows on ARM devices. As part of its ongoing commitment to make ARM a viable platform for various applications—especially gaming—the...

Enhancements to x86 Emulation The spotlight of this Insider build is a feature update to Prism, Microsoft's emulation technology. This update equips the x86 emulator on Windows for ARM with several new x86 CPU instruction set extensions, including more advanced features like AVX, AVX2, BMI, FMA...

Hello, Windows enthusiasts! On November 6, 2024, Microsoft has rolled out the latest update for Windows 11 – the Insider Preview Build 27744, now available in the Canary Channel. As excitement brews among insiders, this build brings noteworthy enhancements, alongside a few known issues you...

We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 1.5. In this release, we finalized our work for localization, added in some new features, and started work on a bunch of new features and pages. What’s new: Full list of adjustments in the 1.5 release, head over to WTS’s Github...

This week on Channel 9, Nikola and returning guest host Petri discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed Link Removed, Link Removed, Link Removed, Lenovo ideapad MIIX 700 is a Skylake-powered, Surface-like, Windows 10 tablet [Brian Fagioli], Link Removed Link Removed Link...

This week on Channel 9, Jeremy and guest host Chris Kinsman discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed Link Removed [Terry Myerson] Link Removed Windows 10 developer tooling preview now available to Windows Insiders [Cliff Simpkins] Link Removed Link Removed [S. Somasegar]...

While I've not highlighted frameworks and such recently, when Brian Lagunas reached out to me about today's news I knew I had today's post. I've used Prism myself in a couple WPF LOB app's and found it pretty darn cool and useful. If you're building complex applications, with multiple team...

Here's a collection of interesting videos and links pertaining to the mass surveillance currently on-going. It all started when The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald exposed secret information indicating that the NSA was monitoring virtually all communication in the United States and in many countries...

This week on Channel 9, Dan is joined by guest host Scott Hanselman to discuss the week's top developer news, including: [watch] Silverlight Firestarter online event - See Link Removed [watch] P&P - Prism 4.0 Now Available (Link Removed | What's new) [watch] Facebook - Facebook Link Removed...