Microsoft does everything in its power to keep Windows users under its control. Because Windows is proprietary software, neither users nor independent experts can study the system's source code, copy ...

Microsoft ends support for its older OS this month, but there are three ways to extend critical security updates and remain on Windows 10 for another year, two of which are free.

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Discover how you can fix the "Steam needs to be online to update" error on Windows PCs with the potential remedies covered in this article. Does your Steam software throw up the "needs to be online to ...