The Microsoft Lumia 950 XL was the most powerful smartphone to ship with Windows 10 Mobile when it was released in 2015. But it was also one of the last phones Microsoft ever shipped with the operating system. The Lumia 950 XL has had a interesting afterlife though – now that Windows 10 on ARM […]
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Hacker brings dual-display support to a Lumia 950 XL running Windows 10
Microsoft’s first new smartphone in years is the dual-screen Surface Duo which will ship with Android software. But while Microsoft has given up on developing Windows for smartphones, a small group of hackers have been keeping the dream alive by doing crazy things like porting the full Windows 10 desktop operating system to run on […]
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This app lets you run Windows 10 on a Raspberry Pi
Microsoft makes a version of Windows 10 that runs on devices with ARM processors. But for the most part, the only way to use it is to buy a device like the Asus NovaGo or Lenovo Yoga C630. Some folks have managed to get Windows 10 on ARM up and running on some old Windows […]
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No Flash plugin for Windows 8 on ARM: Another nail in the Flash coffin?
Adobe has stopped developing Flash Player for Google Android and BlackBerry Tablet OS. The new Google Chrome web browser for Android doesn’t support the current version of Flash. Apple has never supported Flash for the iPhone or iPad. And now it looks like Microsoft is following suit: Internet Explorer for Windows 8 on ARM won’t support […]
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Windows 8 for ARM, x86 to launch at the same time
Microsoft President Steven Sinofsky has announced that Windows 8 for devices with ARM-based processors is on track to launch at the same time as Windows 8 for computers with x86 and x64 chips. He’s also confirmed that Windows on ARM (WOA) will look and feel almost exactly like WIndows for x86 — but there will […]