Articles from September 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in September 2025
Windows 11 Insiders Get Task View on Xbox Button Long Press—Here’s How It Works
Microsoft has quietly begun remapping the Xbox button on Windows 11 controllers, adding a new middle-ground press that jumps straight to Task View. The change landed for Insiders on September 12,...
After 3 Years, Windows 11’s Gaming Features Are Still a Hardware Lottery — Here’s What You Actually Get
Three years after Microsoft pitched Windows 11 as the definitive gaming OS, the reality is a tale of two user bases: those with modern NVMe SSDs, HDR monitors, and DirectX 12 GPUs enjoy visible...
antiX 23: The 512MB Linux OS That Turns Your Windows 7 Laptop Into a Usable PC
More than a decade after their heyday, millions of Windows 7-era laptops sit in closets—too sluggish for Windows 10 or 11, and increasingly too weak for mainstream Linux distributions. But a niche...
Windows 11 Taskbar Customization Is Back: Windhawk Adds Vertical Layout, Resizing, and Transparency
Windows 11’s taskbar has been a sore spot for users who relied on the flexible, customizable bars of Windows 10 and earlier. Microsoft locked it to the bottom of the screen, removed the ability to...
Consumer Reports Demands Free Windows 10 Security Updates Beyond October 2025 — Here’s What It Means for You
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing free security patches for Windows 10. Consumer Reports is now pushing for that deadline to be meaningless for the millions of people who can’t or...
Firefox 143 finally lets you pin websites to the Windows taskbar as apps
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Microsoft’s Copilot Quietly Gets a Memory Setting and Google Drive Link—Here’s How to Take Control
Microsoft has begun rolling out a ‘Manage memory’ toggle inside Copilot and revealed early preparations for a Google Drive connector, according to testers and UI references first reported by...
Omnissa Overhauls Windows Management with New Agent, Paves Path for Intune Coexistence
Omnissa jettisoned the aging OMA‑DM protocol at its Omnissa ONE 2025 conference, introducing a next‑generation agent‑based architecture that lets IT teams run Workspace ONE alongside Microsoft...
Azure Ships One-Click Kubernetes: AKS Automatic Now Generally Available
Microsoft has flipped the switch on general availability for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Automatic, a fully managed cluster mode that ships with hardened security, autoscaling, and observability...
Microsoft and Equinor to Build Digital Backbone for Carbon Capture — What It Means for Cloud and IT
Microsoft struck a strategic agreement with Norwegian energy company Equinor last week, cementing a partnership that will see the pair develop CO2 transport and storage value chains together across...
Microsoft PC Manager Vulnerability Leaks Passwords — Patch Available
Microsoft has confirmed a troubling security flaw in PC Manager, its free system maintenance utility for Windows, that stores sensitive information in plain text, leaving credentials and other...
Edge for Android UI Spoofing Bug Can Trick You into Handing Over Passwords — Update Now
Microsoft has confirmed a UI spoofing vulnerability in Edge for Android that could let attackers trick you into giving up credentials or downloading malware, simply by visiting a malicious webpage....