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Lilbits: MSI teases a handheld gaming PC, Kioxia retires the Plextor storage brand, and the beginning of the end for MS WordPad

CES 2024 officially kicks off next week, but some companies aren’t waiting until then to make big announcements. Today Dell unveiled its new line of XPS-branded thin and light laptops, Microsoft announced that Windows PC makers will begin including a dedicated Window Copilot button on their keyboards, and Qualcomm announced a new chip for higher-performance […]

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Lilbits: Microsoft kills of WordPad, Lenovo unveils a liquid-cooled gaming laptop, and AMD Ryzen 8050 mobile chip details leaked

Microsoft is pulling the plug on WordPad, the basic word processor that’s been included in Windows for more than two decades. The company has added the app to its list of deprecated features, saying it is “no longer being updated and will be removed in a future release of Windows.” In other recent tech news […]

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Windows Notepad, WordPad, and Paint could become optional (and removable)

Three applications that have been part of Windows for decades may soon become optional features… meaning you’ll be able to remove them if you don’t use them. The latest Windows 10 Insider Preview builds let users uninstall Microsoft Paint, Notepad, and WordPad. Microsoft hasn’t made any official announcements, but the folks at Windows Latest spotted […]

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Microsoft starts putting Win32 apps into the Windows Store (thanks to Project Centennial)

Microsoft has released tools that allow developers of desktop Windows programs to convert their software into Universal Windows Platform apps that can be distributed through the Windows Store. And it looks like the company is practicing what it preaches, because a handful of Microsoft utilities have started showing up in the Windows Store. What kind […]