The final Windows 7 and 8 patch is here, adding secure boot to Windows 7 (kind of)
UEFI Class 3 systems will need a workaround due to video driver issues
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Official support for both Windows 7 and 8 ends in January, Microsoft Edge also losing support
Over 13 percent of Windows users will be affected by the discontinuations
"Dormant Color" malware infects millions of PCs with malicious Chrome extensions
What just happened? Researchers with Guardio Security uncovered a "vast campaign" of malicious data-collecting browser extensions. The analysts dubbed it "Dormant Colors" because of the malware's focus on color and style themes --- Action Colors, Power Colors, Super Colors, and so on. Dormant Colors consists of 30 different extensions that millions of users have downloaded.
Browser-based spell check from Google and Microsoft can lead to stolen personal data
Enhanced spell check and MS Editor lead to concerns far beyond bad spelling
Microsoft Edge now allows importing Chrome data without installing the Chrome browser
By logging in to your Google account during Edge's First Run Experience, you can now import all your Chrome data without installing Google Chrome on your PC. More information in the release notes.
Edge browser now compresses disk cache for improved performance
Microsoft Edge on Windows now automatically compresses disk cache for improved performance and a reduced disk footprint. For more details check out the release notes.
Intel acknowledges Chrome and Edge issues on Alder Lake processors, offers fixes
Company suggests a clean iGPU driver install
Web search bar appears in the latest Windows 11 preview
A useful widget or another advertisement for Edge?
Microsoft Edge is getting a free built-in VPN, powered by Cloudflare
Taking a page out of Opera's book
Mozilla and Vivaldi not appeased by Windows 11 default browser changes
Vivaldi argues only "technically competent" users will install the update
Edge replaces Safari as the second most popular desktop browser
It's still a very long way off catching Chrome
Windows 11 update allows users to switch browser with the click of a button
The Redmond company can listen to its users after all
Safari may soon lose its place as the second most-used web browser, in the desktop anyway
Edge could soon pass Safari as the second most-popular desktop browser
Version 100 of Chrome, Edge, and Firefox may break some websites
Developers have been preparing for this moment for months
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Experimental VRR scrolling spotted in Microsoft Edge Canary
Variable Refresh Rate isn't just for games anymore
Microsoft is adding a Games panel to Edge and some people aren't happy about it
Will this really make Edge more appealing?
Microsoft tells people trying to download 'so 2008' Chrome that Edge is better
Microsoft continues to endear itself to the public
Users rage against Microsoft for integrating 'buy now, pay later' app into Edge
Microsoft keeps undoing all the good work it's put into Edge
Xbox Cloud Gaming's Clarity Boost promises to enhance visual quality of streamed games
For now, it's only available on the Microsoft Edge Canary browser
Microsoft Edge is getting price change alerts, easy password changes, and an 'efficiency mode'
Just in time for the holiday season
Microsoft blocks tool that redirects Edge links in Windows 11, but there are alternative solutions
Microsoft doesn't care that you want to use other browsers
Chromium-based Edge web browser arrives on Xbox One and Xbox Series X
Browse with a controller or a mouse
Mozilla silently bypassed Microsoft's default apps protections in Windows
You can now easily make Firefox your default browser, just like Edge