Blog Microsoft And HP Partnering For Better Laptop Battery Health October 16, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you own a newer HP laptop? If so, do you make use of the HP Battery Health Manager? If you don’t know what that is, then the answer to the second question is probably no, but you’re about to find out what it is. Windows has partnered with HP, and has released an update […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News
Blog Update Windows Display Drivers Soon For Security Fix October 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’ve got an NVIDIA graphics card in your PC, and odds are pretty good that you do, be aware that the company recently released a security update. It patches a number of high severity vulnerabilities in the Windows GPU display driver that could allow a hacker to gain complete control over your system via […] Read more » Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Solid State Drives Get Health Monitoring In Windows 10 Update October 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you have a solid state drive (SSD) inside your PC? An increasing percentage of newer models are including them, taking advantage of their better speeds, relative to HDDs. Unfortunately, a recent Microsoft Windows 10 update wasn’t very kind to SSD owners, and caused SSDs to defrag much more frequently than is recommended, which had […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Microsoft Considering Adding Meet Now Button For Online Meetings October 3, 2020 by Vertical Axion The Coronavirus pandemic has changed a number of things about how the world works. One of the bigger and more noticeable changes is, of course, the fact that so many people are working from home these days. They’re relying on video conferencing software in lieu of face to face meetings. This year, Google and Microsoft […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Chrome Update Will Block Resource Intensive Ads September 21, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you a regular Chrome user? If so, you’ve got yet another reason to love the most popular browser in the world. Recently, Google announced the pending rollout of another new feature designed to minimize the use of your CPU’s resources. The coming update will evaluate the resource load requirements of web-based ads on every […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Technology News Windows
Blog Microsoft Adds Lists To Their Teams Communication Platform September 19, 2020 by Vertical Axion One of the more common complaints people have about mobile devices is the fact that it’s still harder than it should be to do certain kinds of work. Manipulating spreadsheets on a mobile device, for example, can be a lesson in frustration. If that’s something you’ve experienced firsthand, and if you’re a Microsoft 365 user […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News
Blog Latest Windows 10 Update Fixes SSD Defrag Issue September 18, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you have a solid- state drive (SSD)? If so, you’re probably aware that recent builds of Windows 10 have introduced an unexpected issue. It causes the automatic maintenance feature of the OS to kick in and defragment SSDs much more frequently than they should be, which greatly reduces their useful lives. The way the […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Hackers Used Windows Theme Packs To Hack Passwords September 16, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you a fan of customizing your Windows experience via themes? If so, you’re not alone. While it’s true that themes aren’t used by a majority of Windows users, they’re still highly popular. If you’re creating your own themes, you don’t have anything to worry about. The danger lies in downloading theme packs from others, […] Read more » Data Breach Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog New Features Have Been Added to Office 365 September 10, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’re an Office 365 user, you’ll be pleased to know that that Word for the web now has two cool new features: Transcribe and support for voice commands. Currently, the transcription capabilities are somewhat limited, but are still robust enough to be genuinely useful. At present, it only supports transcribing audio into US English. […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Technology News
Blog Microsoft Takes Another Step Against Malware September 2, 2020 by Vertical Axion Ever since Microsoft released Windows Vista, the Redmond giant has made it possible for users to disable Microsoft Defender by way of the Registry. Unfortunately, by granting that ability, it gave well-designed malware strains the ability to do the same. That is now changing. As the company explains in a recent blog post: “DisableAntiSpyware is […] Read more » Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
