Get up to $175 back for your pre-installed Windows 11 license — new portal provides legal forms, but warns buyers not to wipe storage first
Get up to $175 back for your pre-installed Windows 11 license — new portal provides legal forms, but warns buyers not to wipe storage first

The Refund4Freedom site was put together by the Italian Linux Society and the Free Software Foundation Europe to help address the unfairness of unwanted OS bundling.

Windows 11 update arrives with much-wanted features — and very-much unwanted bugs that mess up the mouse cursor and wallpaper
Windows 11 update arrives with much-wanted features — and very-much unwanted bugs that mess up the mouse cursor and wallpaper

Miss Microsoft’s old-style chunky white mouse pointer? A weird Windows 11 bug turns the cursor retro — and it’s messing with wallpapers too.

Microsoft just gave PowerToys a nifty new feature — and I think it’s high time some of these goodies came to Windows 11
Microsoft just gave PowerToys a nifty new feature — and I think it’s high time some of these goodies came to Windows 11

Microsoft is busy improving Windows 11, and there’s an obvious easy win it’s missing: porting over smart PowerToys features.

‘The version Microsoft will build should be known as Copilot OS’: Windows built around AI may not be happening, but leaked concept remains a grim portent for desktops
‘The version Microsoft will build should be known as Copilot OS’: Windows built around AI may not be happening, but leaked concept remains a grim portent for desktops

Remember Microsoft’s vision of Windows built around AI? That recent leak has been raked over — and fresh details of ‘Copilot OS’ make me more nervous about the future.

Microsoft’s latest move to pay people to use Edge looks desperate — and an odd new Bing app is worrying too
Microsoft’s latest move to pay people to use Edge looks desperate — and an odd new Bing app is worrying too

An app has been spotted that makes Bing your default search, and some users see it as another reason to leave Windows 11.

Microsoft blames RGB peripherals for crashing Windows 11 — RGB software is causing blue screens, crashes, and game freezes
Microsoft blames RGB peripherals for crashing Windows 11 — RGB software is causing blue screens, crashes, and game freezes

RGB software is reportedly wreaking havoc on Windows PCs. The drivers used by these applications can trip up anti-cheat software, causing your games or entire system to crash. For now, the only solution is to disable the driver until an official update.

An okay laptop with 16GB of RAM is better than a nice laptop with 8GB, and this $520 HP OmniBook proves it
An okay laptop with 16GB of RAM is better than a nice laptop with 8GB, and this $520 HP OmniBook proves it

Laptop prices are out of whack. $500 used to get you a tolerable laptop, and $900 got you a really good one. They often had similar CPU, RAM, and storage options because that stuff was comparatively cheap; the difference was often in build quality and screen rather than power. But RAMageddon has thrown everything off. […]