Microsoft Officially Launches Windows 11—And Other Small Business Tech News This Week
(Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 —Microsoft launched Windows 11 this past week, and here is what you need to know about the new OS […]
Read MoreWindows 11’s new feature could be good news for your laptop battery
Windows 11 Pro has just given the Task Manager a smart new feature to tame apps which are being resource hogs, something that could help, well, everyone of course, but especially laptop users thanks to ensuing battery life benefits. Note that this change is just in preview right now, with the new Build 22557 deployed […]
Read MoreA Chromebook, but with Windows 11 SE
- Deanne Drexler
- February 12, 2022
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- Windows
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop SE is an excellent laptop for students in a system that sees value in the Redmond firm’s ecosystem, thanks to the new Windows 11 SE OS. I know; that’s a pretty loaded statement. The key thing is that Microsoft has to sell schools on Windows, and the unique value propositions that the […]
Read MoreWindows 11 SE laptops arrive to take on Chromebooks in schools
- Deanne Drexler
- January 23, 2022
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- Chromebooks
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- Windows
Microsoft’s Chrome OS competitor, Windows 11 SE, is making its way onto a handful of laptops. After detailing Windows 11 SE in November, Microsoft’s OEM partners are now starting to make devices available globally for schools and students. Acer, Asus, Dell, Dynabook, Lenovo, HP, and JP.IK have all created Windows 11 SE laptops, with devices […]
Read MoreIs Windows Defender good enough for my new laptop?
- Deanne Drexler
- January 6, 2022
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You’ve just unwrapped your presents on Christmas morning, and lo and behold, there’s a brand-new Windows laptop in the box. As you set it up, you recall that you’ve heard a lot about the threats of malware and viruses, and you wonder if you need to buy third-party antivirus software for your shiny new machine. […]
Read MoreHow to set up that new Windows 11 laptop you received this holiday
Source: Windows Central If you have a new Windows 11 laptop (or desktop), after getting in out of the box, you need to do some setup and tweaking to make it personal and get the most out of it. On Windows 11, setting up a new laptop is a straightforward process, and it only takes […]
Read MoreLilbits: New Android and Windows 11 features, Pocket PC handheld, and the Honor 60 smartphone
- Deanne Drexler
- December 4, 2021
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It can be easy to forget that you granted an app permission to track your location or access your local storage if it’s an app you use infrequently. So Google introduced a feature with Android 12 that will automatically revoke permissions for apps you haven’t launched in a while. You can always grant permissions again […]
Read MoreWatch: M1 Pro MacBook Pro Crushes Windows Laptop in 16GB RAM Test [VIDEO]
Image: Max Tech on YouTube Apple’s new 14″ and 16″ MacBook Pro models are powered by next-generation M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. The notebooks are configurable with up to 64GB of Unified Memory — Apple’s fancy-pants term for a pool of RAM shared by both the CPU and GPU. However, won’t memory that has […]
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