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The latest evolution of the Windows 11 Start menu signals a dramatic shift not just in UI design, but also in Microsoft's broader commitment to infusing artificial intelligence deeply across its flagship operating system. As of this month, Windows Insiders—particularly those exploring the...

Microsoft has unveiled a significant overhaul of the Windows 11 Start menu, introducing a larger layout and integrating advanced AI features to enhance user experience and productivity. These updates aim to provide a more personalized and efficient interface, catering to the diverse needs of...

The Wine project’s debut release of Mono under its stewardship signals a surprising turn in the journey of free and open source .NET technology, breathing new life into a project many had quietly filed away as a relic of the last software era. To understand why this event matters, both for Linux...

Microsoft is stepping up its AI game by supercharging Copilot with deep research tools designed to unearth insights from vast troves of data. This evolution marks another step in Microsoft’s journey to integrate advanced artificial intelligence into its suite of productivity applications—a move...

The world of Windows applications just got another intriguing twist. Perplexity – best known for pushing the boundaries on advanced AI tools – has taken a giant leap by introducing its native Windows application. This new offering, which is reportedly free, brings advanced functionalities...

Microsoft is taking a bold step into the realm of efficient, on-device artificial intelligence with its latest addition to the Phi family: the Phi-4-multimodal AI model. This new model, designed to process speech, vision, and text simultaneously, promises to revolutionize how developers build...

Microsoft Research is once again raising the bar in artificial intelligence innovation. Their recent breakthrough—the Belief State Transformer—introduces a novel twist on transformer architectures and promises to improve the way models plan, evaluate, and generate text. This fresh approach not...

In an era where real-time connectivity and seamless digital interactions are paramount, Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service is stepping up its game. The introduction of the GPT-4o-Mini-Realtime-Preview and GPT-4o-Mini-Audio-Preview models is set to revolutionize how businesses and developers across...

In the continually evolving landscape of Windows applications, there is always room for innovation, particularly when it comes to user efficiency. Recently, a new app called CtrlHelp has emerged as a notable contender for integration into Windows 11. This application serves a singular, yet...

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Today we are excited to announce improved font rendering in the latest Canary builds of Microsoft Edge on Windows. We have improved the contrast enhancement and gamma correction to match the quality and clarity of other native Windows applications. Font rendering will also now respect user...

We are excited the share with you that Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK) 2.1 has added support for model evaluation on UWP applications. This means you can harness the power of deep learning in your Windows apps delivered via the Windows Store! Read on to find out how can infuse your apps with...

Hello everyone! I have a bit of a unique issue. I have a rather large library of media files of many different types. JPEG, GIFF, MP3, ACC, AVI, MPEG, MP4 ect... Most of the files have an incorrect extension, or no extension at all. This is entirely my fault as my fix for not enabling...

Friend of the Gallery, Abhijit Jana, recently posted a couple tips for those of you Kinect v2 Dev's moving to Windows 10. Running Kinect for Windows applications on Windows 10 – Things you should verify Running a Kinect v2 device and a Kinect for Windows application on Windows 10 is not...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (February 12, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in the .NET Framework. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if a user views a specially...

Hello I've never really used BartPE until now, and would like to know whether some tool is available to create a bootable live image of Windows7 with enough drivers to support basic VGA and most common Ethernet/wifi chips that I could use to build a bootable USB keydrive. I need this as an...

Link Removed How does one go about making a metro style tile or icon for applications? As things stand right now the Metro UI looks like an absolute ghetto mess as soon as you get any number of standard applications installed. There is a handful of nice looking tiles, and then a vast number...

Fixes an issue that occurs when the HttpWebRequest.Abort method is called in a .NET Framework 3.5-based application. The request to a service that uses the SSL protocol waits for a long time. More...

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We invited the Internet Explorer team to walk us through some of the new features and highlights of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. You can find more preview videos here. Jane Kim, Senior Program Manager for Internet Explorer, shows how people can pin sites they use often on their taskbar and...