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http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Windows/windows_81_rtm/win81%20startscreen-470-75.jpg Introductionhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Microsoft/Windows%2010%20on%20Dell/Start-Tablet%20Mode-Continuum-420-90.JPG So Windows 10 is finally here. You've taken your free upgrade, poked around with the new flat design, Microsoft Edge, Cortana, and the whole shebang - yet something isn't sitting right. Whether you've run into issues with hardware, incompatible work apps, or just plain don't like the direction Microsoft went with Windows 10, you may want to consider rolling back to Windows 8 or 7. Thankfully, what may have been a bit of a pain in the past is now a fairly simple process. Because breaking up with Cortana can be hard to do, we've put together this quick guide to help you make it through the emotional turmoil. Some things to considerhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/windows_logo-420-90.jpg There are a couple of things you should know before starting the rollback process. The first is that you only have a month to decide whether you want to stick with Microsoft's latest or ditch it for more familiar digs. Once that month is up, you'll have to resort to recovery media that either came with your computer or that you created yourself. It's also unclear right now if users coming from Windows XP will be able to roll back. So far, Microsoft has been quiet on that front, only mentioning Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 as options. Before you starthttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20rollback/W10%20Roll%20Back/W10-Rollback-slide3-420-90.jpg Now, with the fine print out of the way, you'll want to ensure your data is safe and perform a quick check to make sure you can roll back. First, as with any major system-wide change, we'd recommend backing up your important files and pictures. Cloud storage offerings, like Dropbox and OneDrive, are your friends here. However, if you have any sensitive files to back up, we'd recommend doing so locally on an external hard drive. And because you're rolling back to a previous install, this process will obviously only work if you upgraded directly from Windows 7, 8, or 8.1. One thing you'll want to look for is a folder called "Windows.old" in your C directory. This contains the necessary files from your old Windows install, and the rollback won't work without it. It's go timehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20rollback/W10%20Roll%20Back/W10-Rollback-slide4%20copy-420-90.jpg After you've backed up your important files and checked that you can indeed roll back, the process is incredibly simple. To get started, click the start menu and navigate to the settings app. Once it's open, you'll click through to the section called "Update & Security." You'll be taken to the Windows Update page by default, but that isn't what we're concerned with. In the left pane, there will be an option called "recovery," and that's where we'll be doing our work. You should now see several recovery options, but the one that you'll want to go with is called "Go back to a previous version of Windows." Simply click the button to get started, and Windows will do its thing. A few odds and endshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20rollback/W10%20Roll%20Back/W10-Rollback-Slide1-420-90.jpg Before Windows dives into the process of rolling everything back, you'll be prompted to provide the reason you are rolling back. Consider doing Microsoft a solid and leaving some feedback here. And don't worry: you won't hurt their feelings. You'll then go through a couple of screens telling you to keep your PC plugged in and which files will be preserved in the transition. As a note, you might need your old password when this is finished, so be sure to consult your password stash for that. After you click through the screens, Windows will ask you one last time if you want to roll back. After clicking through, Windows will restart and begin the process. This may take a while depending on a number of things, so you may want to read a book or play some Angry Birds while you wait. Welcome back!http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20rollback/W10%20Roll%20Back/w10-rollback-slide2-420-90.jpg And with that, you should find yourself back to Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 once Windows finishes doing its thing. There's a chance that you could be missing some important files, but as long as you heeded our advice and backed things up, it should be easy to restore them. If for some reason something went wrong with the process and you find yourself in an unsavory place, you may have to resort to a clean install using the recovery media that came with your machine or a USB install disk. This can be a bit of a pain if you don't have one lying around, but our guide to creating a Windows 8 USB installer should be of some use. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566268293/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4883f326/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566268293/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4883f326/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566268293/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4883f326/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566268293/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4883f326/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566268293/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4883f326/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4883f326/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/mz-Nbsjc9Y4

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20USB%20install/W10%20USB%20Install/w10-usb-install-slide2-470-75.jpg Introductionhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Microsoft/Windows%2010%20on%20Dell/P1010930-420-90.JPG After many, many months of testing, Windows 10 is finally available. Microsoft's latest brings a number of welcome improvements to the table, and you may count yourself among the many that are planning to upgrade. From an easy upgrade in Windows update if you reserved your copy, to the included USB stick if you go for a retail purchase, Microsoft provides plenty of options for installing Windows 10. However, if you purchased a product key online, or simply lose your original installation media down the line and want to perform a clean install, you may want to create your own DVD drive or USB stick as a failsafe. This could come in handy if you're trying to install on a new machine without an OS currently on board, or if something goes horribly wrong with your current install. Thankfully, this isn't as difficult as it sounds, and we're going to give you a step-by-step guide to installing Windows 10 from your own USB stick or DVD. What you'll needhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20USB%20install/W10%20USB%20Install/w10-usb-install-slide4-420-90.jpg Perhaps the easiest option for create a backup install drive is via USB. If you plan on going this route, you'll need a USB flash drive that is at least 4GB in size. Keep in mind that anything currently on the drive will be erased in the process, so it's advisable to backup anything you may have saved on your drive of choice and start fresh. Alternatively, you can create a backup install disc with a DVD if your computer happens to have an optical drive on board. Either way you go, you'll need a third-party program to get the job done. We'd recommend Rufus for USB, or ImgBurn if you're using a DVD. Finally, you'll need your Windows 10 product key at the ready as well. You should be able to locate it in your confirmation email if you purchased online, in your Windows 10 box if you purchased at retail, or somewhere on your machine if you bought a PC with Windows 10 out of the box. If you still can't find it, we'd recommend downloading and running a tool called Belarc Advisor, which can show you your product key as well. Download the Windows 10 ISO filehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20USB%20install/W10%20USB%20Install/w10-usb-install-slide3-420-90.jpg The main file we're going to be working with here is the Windows 10 ISO. Without getting too technical, an ISO file is basically a snapshot of the Windows 10 install media as it would appear on a DVD or USB disk. This is where things get tricky. At the moment, Microsoft has restricted ISO downloads until after Windows 10 is launched. However, as a Windows Insider, I was able to download the necessary file from Microsoft at insider.windows.com before the restriction was in place. There are a number of places where you can snag the ISO files online if you look hard enough, but we'd recommend sticking with an official download from Microsoft. The company will likely provide a way to download ISO files with an official tool, just as it did with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 for people who were installing with only a product key. Creating your install diskhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20USB%20install/W10%20USB%20Install/w10-usb-install-slide6-420-90.jpg After you've downloaded your ISO file and either Rufus or ImgBurn, it's time to create your install disk. For USB, insert your flash drive into a port on your computer and simply load up Rufus. From the main screen, make sure that your flash drive is selected under "device." From there, click the disk icon next to "create a bootable disk using," and select your ISO. You can then click start, and the process should take about 10 minutes or so. To create a DVD with ImgBurn, simply load up the program with your disc in the optical drive. From there, select "write image file to disc," then make sure your DVD drive is selected as the destination. Under the "source" header, select your ISO file and then click the start icon. Keep in mind that this process may take a while to complete. Down to the nitty grittyhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20USB%20install/W10%20USB%20Install/w10-usb-install-hero-slide1-420-90.jpg From here, things are fairly straightforward if you've installed from USB or DVD in the past. The first thing you'll want to do is restart your computer with the USB drive or DVD inserted. When your manufacturer logo comes on the screen, tap F12 or F2 (this varies by manufacturer) to jump into the boot menu. This is where you'll tell the computer to go ahead and boot from your install disk, rather than loading Windows as it normally does. When the boot menu pops up, simply select whether you'd like to boot from USB or DVD, then hit enter. From here, the Windows 10 installer should load up, and you'll be well on your way to that fresh install. Almost there!http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20USB%20install/W10%20USB%20Install/w10-usb-install-slide5-420-90.jpg Now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but there are a few more important steps to go through. Once the Windows 10 installer loads up, you'll select your language settings and click next and then "Install Now." After you agree to the licensing agreement, you'll be greeted with a screen where you can either upgrade or do a custom install. If you want to carry everything over from your current Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 install, click upgrade and follow the steps. If you're on a newly built computer or want a clean install, click custom. The next screen will show your partitions. If you're on a freshly built computer without an installed operating system, just click the "unallocated space" partition and click next. If you're just going for a clean install on your current computer, you'll want to delete your old partitions, click on "unallocated space" and then click next. The final stretchhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20USB%20install/W10%20USB%20Install/w10-usb-install-slide7-420-90.jpg From here forward, everything is gravy. Windows will begin copying files over, and may restart several times. You'll then be guided through several screens where you can customize your settings, set up an account, and sign in with your Microsoft Account. After being guided through the setup process and letting Windows do its thing, you should be taken right to your fresh and clean desktop. Keep in mind that you may be prompted to enter your product key to activate Windows after everything is set up, but you should be good to go otherwise. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566283996/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/488311ed/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566283996/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/488311ed/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566283996/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/488311ed/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566283996/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/488311ed/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566283996/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/488311ed/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/488311ed/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/LgVurksjnho

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Microsoft/Windows%2010%20on%20Dell/Start-Tablet%20Mode-Continuum-470-75.JPGHP isn’t the only manufacturer offering free overnight shipping on Windows 10 laptops. If you order one of a select number of Dell laptops and desktops pre-loaded with Windows 10 before 3PM Pacific Standard Time, Dell will have the device on your doorstep by tomorrow. The offer includes a wide range of Inspiron laptops and Desktops, including Dell Inspiron 14 3000 non-touch, Inspiron 11 3000 2-in-1, and Inspiron 15 5000 touch and non-touch laptops. What else? Unfortunately, the Dell XPS 13 and XPS 15 are not included as part of the offer. We ranked the Dell XPS 13 as one of the Best Laptops on the market today. HP’s offer includes its highly-rated HP Spectre x360, and the manufacturer has given its customers an additional two hours to place orders in order to receive the units by tomorrow. Read our Windows 10 review http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566281443/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48826ae3/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566281443/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48826ae3/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566281443/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48826ae3/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566281443/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48826ae3/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566281443/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48826ae3/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/48826ae3/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/URHHIPYgX7M

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/laptops/HP/HP%20Spectre%20x360/review/HP%20Spectre%20x360-14-470-75.jpgIf you’re dying to get your hands on a Windows 10 PC, HP has got you covered. The manufacturer has a limited-time offer on tap that allows you to purchase a laptop or desktop with Windows 10 pre-installed so that it arrives tomorrow, July 29. Anyone who orders one of the select Windows 10 devices before 5PM Pacific Standard Time will receive their device tomorrow, with no delivery charge added. Versions of the HP Envy x360, the HP Spectre x360 and 15-inch HP Notebooks will be delivered by tomorrow. If you’re into desktops, two versions of the HP Pavilion Desktop and the 22-inch HP All-in-One are also available for July 29 delivery, free of charge. What’s next for HP and Windows 10? HP machines built after 2012 will be available for Windows 10 upgrade starting tomorrow. If you purchased your device prior to 2012, HP recommends you upgrade if you’re intent on experiencing Windows 10. All HP consumer laptops produced by the end of August will be pre-loaded with Windows 10. Business users hoping to upgrade HP devices to Windows 10 Enterprise will likely be capable of doing so beginning in mid-August, HP said, although it could not confirm an actual date. The enterprise space should be capable of upgrading all HP laptops made after 2012 to Windows 10 starting in October. Read our Windows 10 review http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566235225/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fb0/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566235225/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fb0/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566235225/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fb0/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566235225/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fb0/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566235225/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fb0/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/48824fb0/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/KMNiVehuopc

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/TRBC/reserve-470-75.jpgSome lucky PC owners have already started to get Windows 10 ahead of its official release in less than 24 hours time. Various users tipped off Windows Central to the fact that the updated OS had arrived on their machines ahead of the official July 29 release and speculation is that Microsoft has made the move to take the strain off come the actual release. If you're one of the chosen ones, a new folder will appear on your operating system partition ($windows. bt) and you can start to get to grips with Microsoft's revolutionary new OS as soon as it launches. Once we do hit release day, Microsoft plans to deliver Windows 10 to users in waves that will start off with Windows Insiders before users that reserved it through their copy of either Windows 7 or 8.1. Remember to reserveTo make sure you get Windows 10 when it launches remember that you must reserve a free upgrade by clicking the small Windows icon on the task bar. Then simply choose to reserve your free upgrade in the app window, choose whether you want an email confirmation and then you're all set. You can check out all the latest on the brand new OS by heading over to our Windows 10 live blog. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566235224/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fba/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566235224/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fba/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566235224/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fba/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566235224/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fba/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566235224/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/48824fba/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/48824fba/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/xJ2NpXR8bxU

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-hero-slide1-470-75.jpg Introductionhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Microsoft/Windows%2010/hands%20on/10074/10074%20(6)-420-90.jpg One of the beautiful things about owning a Mac is that, as a user, you can get the best of both worlds. Along with enjoying excellent hardware and the OS X ecosystem, Mac users can also run Windows either as full install or inside of a virtual machine. This has its obvious advantages, especially if you work for a company that uses software that's only available for Windows. The process of getting Windows on your machine is far from straightforward, however, and that's why we've put together this guide to help you down the path of dual-booting goodness. Choose virtual machine or dual-boot http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide4-420-90.jpg Before you get started, there's one important thing to take into consideration: do you dual-boot or run Windows as a virtual machine? Each has its advantages and drawbacks, so it depends on how you intend to use it. A virtual machine is a fantastic solution for many, as Windows 10 will remain accessible right on your OS X desktop, making it easy to jump back and forth to Windows as you need it. Unfortunately, this comes at a slight performance hit. And while you can get free virtualization software, you'll get better performance out of paid options. Dual-booting Windows and OS X, on the other hand, is fantastic if you need to take full advantage of your Mac's hardware performance. The downside is that you will have to restart your computer to switch between using OS X and Windows, which can be tedious. Dual-booting: what you'll needhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide3-420-90.jpg If you've decided that you want to go with a full install and dual-boot Windows 10 with OS X, you're going to need to employ the services of a USB flash drive. You'll want to make sure you have one with at least 4GB of space, which shouldn't be much of a problem nowadays. The second thing you'll need is a Windows 10 ISO file, which is basically a snapshot of how the operating system would be compiled on an installation disc. Ahead of Windows 10's launch, Microsoft has temporarily suspended the release of ISO files. However, they should become available again shortly after release either as a download if you bought Windows 10, or through the Windows Insider program. Going to Boot Camphttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide2-420-90.jpg Thankfully, Apple has recognized the need for access to Windows on its machines, and developed a handy tool called Boot Camp to assist in the process. To get started with Bootcamp, make sure you've downloaded the Windows 10 ISO and inserted your blank USB drive into your Mac. From there, run "Bootcamp Assistant" by either searching for it in either Spotlight search or Launchpad. As Bootcamp Assistant warns when you first open it, now may be a good time to make sure you've backed up your Mac in case something goes wrong. We'd recommend performing a Time Machine backup to an external drive and placing any important files in a cloud storage account. Installing via Boot Camphttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide5-420-90.jpg Once you've loaded up Bootcamp Assistant and clicked through its description page, you'll be greeted with options to create a Windows 7 or later install disk, download the latest Windows support software from Apple, and to create a Windows partition on your hard drive. You'll want to make sure all three check boxes are ticked and then click through to the next step. On the following screen, Boot Camp Assistant should already have your ISO loaded up. If you don't see it, click "choose" and find your ISO. You'll also be able to select your destination disk, which you'll want to set as your USB drive. Click continue, and Boot Camp will create your USB install disk. This may take a while, so feel free to read a book. Divvy up the hard drivehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide6-420-90.jpg Once Boot Camp has finished creating your USB install disk, it will show you a screen where you must create a partition for Windows. This will basically be a separate section of your hard drive where your Windows 10 install will live. Use the slider to choose how much space you want to dedicate to your Windows 10 install, then click the "install" button. Keep in mind that the minimum space Boot Camp will allow you to partition is 20GB. If you plan on installing a lot of programs in Windows, you may want this to be much bigger. It's Windows timehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide7-420-90.jpg After creating the Windows partition and clicking "install," your Mac will restart and automatically boot into the Windows 10 setup. From here, things are pretty straight forward. One step you'll want to pay attention to, however, is when you choose the partition on which you will install Windows 10. It's extremely important that you select the partition labeled "BootCamp," as choosing any other partition could wipe out your OS X install and recovery. It's also important to note that you may have to click the "format" button once you've selected the partition to continue with the installation. Once you've selected the correct partition, it's simply a matter of letting Windows setup do its thing and clicking through the settings customizations. Toward the end of the Windows 10 setup process, your Mac will once again open up the Boot Camp installer. The installer will run through several steps to install the correct drivers for your Mac's hardware to work, so be sure to let it finish. A few things to notehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide12-420-90.jpg After setup is complete, your Mac will be set to boot into Windows 10 by default from here on out. In order to choose which operating system you'd like to load up, you can hold down the option key after restarting and a black screen will pop up where you can choose to load Windows 10 or OS X. If you only use Windows 10 occasionally, however, you may want to change this setting. The good news is that it's a fairly simple process. If you have Windows 10 loaded up, run Boot Camp assistant from the taskbar. In the window that pops up, you can now select which OS you'd like to boot into by default. Simply select Mac OS X and then click "ok." So you'd rather go virtualhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide10-420-90.jpg If installing Windows 10 as a virtual machine is your chosen path, things are far simpler. You'll still need a Windows 10 ISO file, just like a Boot Camp installation. However, you'll also need some extra software. You have a couple of options for software here. There is the free Virtual Box program, but we also recommend looking into paid options. For this guide, we're going to use a program called Parallels. Getting virtual with Parallelshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide9-420-90.jpg Once you've downloaded and installed Parallels and your ISO file, it's time to get started. Load up Parallels and click the option to install Windows from a DVD or image file. Parallels should automatically find any ISO files on your computer, so select the one you want and click "continue." After clicking through a few screens where you can tell Parallels where to install Windows 10 and how you plan to use it, the Windows 10 installation process should start inside of the Parallels window. The process here is exactly the same as installing via dual-boot, except it's taking place right on your OS X desktop. Running in Parallelhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Windows%2010%20Mac/W10%20Mac%20Install/w10-mac-slide11-420-90.jpg After Windows 10 copies the necessary files and restarts a couple of times, you'll find yourself running through the familiar steps to customize and set up the operating system in your virtual machine. Overall, the process is fairly simple and straightforward. Once everything is set up, you'll now have access to Windows 10 right inside of OS X without the need to restart and jump back and forth between operating systems. You'll even see Windows folders in your application launcher, allowing you to load up your virtual machine and go to those files in Windows with just one click. Case closed!http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/laptops/Apple/New%20MacBook%20(2015)/TR%20Reacts/MacBook%20port-420-90.jpg If you've made it this far, you should now be enjoying the best of both worlds. Feel free to poke around with Microsoft's latest and greatest while still enjoying the excellent hardware and software of a Mac. And if you decide Windows 10 isn't for you, rolling back to just OS X is easy. If you chose to dual-boot, you can simply load up Boot Camp assistant again and tell it to uninstall your Windows installation. It will then delete your Windows partition and give all of the space back to OS X. 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http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/TRBCNews/windows-10-launch-site-470-75.jpgMicrosoft's excitement over Windows 10 is currently reaching fever pitch and to celebrate, it has opened up the virtual doors to its new launch site. The new Windows 10 launch site explains that the new OS will be out on tomorrow, July 29 and gives you a list of 10 reasons why you need to load up your PC with the new software. Microsoft's list of 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 10 are as follows: Familiarity in Windows 10Do personal things with Cortana on Windows 10Do unexpected things with Microsoft EdgeGame Epically on Windows 10Do multiple things at once with Windows 10Security in Windows 10Say "Hello" to Windows Hello on Windows 10A look at the great built-in apps in Windows 10Continuum on Windows 10Coming July 28th20 new featuresElsewhere on the launch site there's a huge map where tweets from Windows 10 fans using the #UpgradeYourWorld hashtag will show up from anyone in one of the 190 countries in which it is being released. There's even a Windows 10 Quick Guide to assist new users getting to grips with the OS for the first time. Even though some features will be lost when you upgrade, there are 20 smart new and improved features that come as part of the package and it's likely this will persuade users to grab Windows 10 with both hands. For all the latest news, head over to our Windows 10 live blog http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566229241/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4881d8e6/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566229241/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4881d8e6/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566229241/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4881d8e6/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566229241/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4881d8e6/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566229241/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4881d8e6/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4881d8e6/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/dm9eFd-Spug

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Microsoft/Windows%2010%20on%20Dell/P1010929-470-75.JPGThis is it, chaps: the biggest day(s) of the year for Microsoft and its fans. Windows 10 is set to launch in just a few hours. We expect to hear announcements from not only Redmond campus, but also from the firm's countless partners, as the new operating system rolls out through Microsoft's free upgrade program. We expect to receive announcements regarding the new desktop, laptop and tablet hardware that will be prepared to run Windows 10 out of the box. Plus, Microsoft is holding Windows 10 fan events all over the world at its flagship retail stores to ring in the new software right, and we'll be there. Until then, and before the updates start rolling in, we have some key articles that you should give a good read to get yourself both informed and hyped for the future of Windows. Our hub on all things Windows 10 is a good place to start. And if you're looking for something with a little more insight into how the whole thing works – and how well it works – be sure to read our ongoing (currently hands on) Windows 10 review. Once you're done with those, come on back – there's sure to be some juicy Windows 10 news by then. Note that the updates are done in reverse chronology. 1150 Lenovo confirmed that it has begun shipping "a wide slection of products" preloaded with Windows 10, which means you will be able to purchase them at launch. In addition, the Chinese company worked with Microsoft to make the upgrade process simpler for people with Qualified Lenovo PC running Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1. Windows 10 users will have access to exclusive Lenovo apps including Lenovo Companion 3.0, Lenovo Settings, Lenovo REACHit and Cortana natural language and contextual search tool. 1030 IT Pro community website, Spiceworks, has seen penetration rates among its six-million-strong professional user base reach 3% (as of June 30th) up from 1.5% in April this year. Spiceworks' recent Windows 10 report found that 73% of IT pros across North America and Europe plan to upgrade to Windows 10 within the first two years, which bodes well for Microsoft. http://cdn4.mos.techradar.futurecdn.net//art/software/Microsoft/Windows%2010%20Hide%20Update-420-100.jpg 1020 Check out all the recent surveys we've carried out ahead of the launch of Windows 10. Two-thirds of our readers plan to upgrade to Windows 10 in 2015TechRadar readers are jumping on Windows 10 bandwagonTechRadar survey shows you don't want Windows 10 unless it's cheapAnd there's still time to vote in our currently running survey: Do you plan to buy a new computer (laptop, desktop, tablet) to run Windows 10?0900 Morning everyone. It's nearly 2100 on Chatham Island on the other side of the world, near New Zealand as they're just about to reach the 29th. The estimated two million eligible PCs in New Zealand are likely to be the first one to receive Windows 10 for free. Ahead of everyone else. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566270107/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487e7c05/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566270107/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487e7c05/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566270107/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487e7c05/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566270107/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487e7c05/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566270107/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487e7c05/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/487e7c05/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/4uZoEGDlWDo

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/Features%202/computing%20how%20tos/how%20to%20fix%20Mac%20desktop%20icons/desktop-icons-470-75.JPG It might be the case that the icons on your Mac aren't showing up properly, something that's easily fixable with a quick Terminal command. QuestionAfter updating to iWork 13, I've noticed that document icons for Pages and Numbers don't show the new icon previews, even when that option is selected and older Pages and Numbers docs show previews. Is there any way to alter these apps to show previews in the icons? AnswerAs you use your Mac and install multiple versions of applications onto the system, there can come a day where the icon association that the operating system stores for use with applications gets corrupted or is incorrect and out of date. Fortunately, this is a fairly easy fix, and it only requires moderate mucking about in Terminal (or if you prefer, a dedicated application like Cocktail or TinkerTool). We'll use the Terminal to make the fix, since it's fairly easy and requires no additional downloads or software that you'll probably only use infrequently. To fix the problem, open the Terminal application (located inside the /Applications/Utilities folder), then type in one of these commands, followed by the Return key. If you are on OS X 10.5 or later, then execute this command (all in one string): /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/Features%202/computing%20how%20tos/how%20to%20fix%20Mac%20desktop%20icons/terminal-420-90.JPG If you are on OS X 10.4 or below, execute this command (all in one string) instead: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user When you press Return, the command may take a few minutes to execute. Don't close the Terminal window until you're returned to the Terminal (with a flashing insertion point). Once returned and you see the flashing insertion point, then you can exit the Terminal application. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566239275/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f958c/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566239275/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f958c/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566239275/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f958c/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566239275/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f958c/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566239275/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f958c/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/487f958c/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/oK8jL4VjG6o

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/mobile_phones/iPhone/iPhone_voicemail_call2-470-75.jpg Ever wanted to know how to save and export voicemail from your iPhone (or your phone's iTunes backup on your Mac?). We show you how, along with how to save them as usable sound files. QuestionI have voicemails on my iPhone that I want to save and copy to my Mac laptop. Is that possible? Is there a way to share or forward voicemail from an iPhone? AnswerVoicemails, whether on your Mac as an iOS backup from your iPhone, or on the actual phone itself, can be saved and exported using an application called iExplorer. This application costs $34.99 USD (a free trial is available), and you can get it from the Macroplant website. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/Features%202/computing%20how%20tos/how%20to%20save%20and%20export%20voice%20mail%20on%20OS%20X/voicemail-420-90.JPG Once you've downloaded and installed iExplorer, follow these steps to get your voicemails from either an iOS backup or from the actual device itself: 1. Open the iExplorer application. 2. Connect your iPhone to the Mac . 3. Click on the Device Overview screen once it appears. 4. Navigate to [your phone] > Voicemail (or navigate to Backups > Voicemail if you want to browse voicemails included in the backups on your Mac instead). 5. Select a voicemail and click the play button to listen to it. 6. Click Export Selected Voicemails, or Export All to export the voicemails from the device or the backup to your Mac for safekeeping. iExplorer exports all voicemail data in the .amr format. This export process is 100% lossless, so you can listen to the voicemail files using QuickTime, iTunes, and other popular audio players. NOTE: If your Backups data is loading blank, make sure that you have iTunes set to back up to your computer on the Summary tab for your device and that the Encrypt box is unchecked. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566239274/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f957e/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566239274/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f957e/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566239274/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f957e/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566239274/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f957e/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566239274/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f957e/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/487f957e/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/CdFOQu1t6V4

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Microsoft/Windows%2010%20on%20Dell/Snap-470-75.JPGWindows 10 launches in just over 24 hours and we're calling on you, our readers, to participate in a marathon Q&A session to help us all understand Microsoft's latest operating system better. Send your questions, comments and even answers to other readers' questions in the Disqus thread below. A winner will be picked from the list of published participants and will receive an 8TB Seagate Backup Plus external hard disk drive worth £200. Note that you have to reside in the UK (and be aged 18 or above) to participate in the draw but anyone can ask questions about Windows 10 and hopefully get answers to their queries. You will need to have a Disqus commenting account. You can login either by Facebook, Twitter or Google without having to create a new one. The winning comment will be randomly selected from the Disqus thread on August 1 but the competition proper ends on 31/07/2015 at 23:59. You will be able to comment on the thread but your entries won't be counted. You can read our hands-on of Windows 10 and our ongoing coverage of Windows 10. For the next 72 hours though, you can check out our Windows 10 live blog. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566212360/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f30eb/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566212360/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f30eb/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566212360/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f30eb/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566212360/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f30eb/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566212360/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487f30eb/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/487f30eb/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/4Ua1Kn_8Kw8

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/headphones/Sennheiser/Momentum%20Wireless/review/Sennheiser%20Momentum%20Wireless-hero-470-75.jpgHow to digitise your vinylshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/headphones/Sennheiser/Momentum%20Wireless/review/Sennheiser%20Momentum%20Wireless-hero-420-90.jpg Whether you believe vinyl sounds 'better' or just prefer to own something tangible, there's no questioning the convenience of digital audio. While most major record companies offer free digital downloads with new vinyl purchases, that doesn't account for the many smaller labels that don't, nor does it account for the millions of vinyl records sold before the advent of digital. Thankfully it's very easy to convert your vinyl or audio cassettes to a digital format at home, but it can be slightly time consuming. The variety and extent of the options can be intimidating as well, but it doesn't have to be hard. The good news is that if you already listen to vinyl or cassettes at home you probably won't need to purchase any new hardware to get started (though if that's what you want, there's plenty of options over page). The amount of money or time you spend should match up with how you intend to use your digital files: are they backups, or do you want to chuck them on your phone? If the former, then unless you're ripping incredibly rare vinyl then it's probably not worth it. Wildly popular music (say, The Rolling Stones or Beyonce) will always be accessible, somewhere, unless there's a global catastrophe. If the latter, then it's worth considering whether you're fussy about fidelity. Most people aren't, as common MP3s are of significantly lower quality than CDs and few people notice a difference. If you are, then you've probably already invested in great turntables, pre-amps and speakers – which is generally all you'll need to digitise your collection. Hooking it uphttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Digitising%20your%20vinyls/Hooking%20it%20up-420-90.jpg If you've got a vinyl collection, chances are you have a turntable. If you're running your turntable through a stereo system already, then it's simply a matter of connecting an RCA cable (equipped with an RCA-to-3.5mm cord) between your stereo and your computer. Your computer should have a 3.5mm line-in socket, but if it doesn't you can usually use the headphone jack. If you're not running your turntable through a stereo system at present then you may need a phono preamp. Some phono preamps come with USB capability, which means you'll be running your RCA into the preamp, and then a USB cord between the preamp and your computer. Before you rush out and buy one, it's worth checking if your turntable has one built-in: most modern mid to high range models do. Separate preamps range in price dramatically, with the more you spend generally correlating with quality of sound, but unless you're a stickler for fidelity you'll probably be safe forking out for a mid-range one. Basically: if you want perfect playback, go a pre-amp. If you're not fussed, don't worry. It's worth noting that the above applies to cassettes as well: if you've got a stereo system with a built in cassette player then you'll not have to worry about a preamp. If you've got a separate tape rack, you'll need to check whether your model has one built in. Finally, if you've got a modern turntable with a USB line-out, then you won't need to worry about RCA cables: just make the obvious connections between your device and computer. Converting analog to digitalhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Digitising%20your%20vinyls/Converting%20analog%20to%20digital-420-90.jpg Now that you've managed to connect your turntable to a computer, you'll need software to record the music. The good news is that it costs nothing: Audacity is a free, open source audio recorder perfect for the task, though if you own a Mac and a copy of Garageband, that will work as well. Let's proceed as if you're using Audacity though, because it's available on PC, Mac and Linux and will work on virtually every modern iteration of those operating systems. Setting it uphttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Digitising%20your%20vinyls/Setting%20up%20Audacity-420-90.jpg Your first step should be to set your device's preference to 'stereo' rather than 'mono'. Click Edit > Preferences, select devices and change the 'channels' section accordingly – it might have defaulted to that setting. If you're using an RCA cable with a 3.5mm plug attached, then you'll need to select 'Microsoft Sound Mapper' as your input in the dropdown menu. Next, select Stereo on the menu to the right. If you're using a USB turntable or tape recorder, you'll need to select the applicable USB selection instead of Sound Mapper – these vary in name, but it's usually clear what you're after. You'll want to keep volume levels in mind. Keep an eye on your waveform: you'll probably want to make any adjustments during a test record. You can tweak the volume in the Audio Track panel (you'll see a plus and minus sign above the L and R slider). Recording your audiohttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Digitising%20your%20vinyls/Recording%20your%20audio-420-90.jpg Now, hit Transport > 'Software Playthrough' to make sure you can hear the audio through your computer speakers, press record in Audacity and then start playing your vinyl. You'll know it's working if a waveform starts appearing in the Audio Track section of Audacity. Now, you just wait. You can either record each track on the vinyl separately and add metadata as you go, or record a whole side and chop them up later. Regarding the latter, it's as easy as you'd expect. If you're really efficient you'll take timestamps of the beginning and end of each track to make it easier separating them (we'd do this with, um, a pen and paper). The easiest way to separate your tracks is to select the time region of said track (drag the cursor over the waveform), copy, and then paste into a new file (File > New). This is better as it means you'll inevitably remove any unwanted silence at the beginning or end of your tracks. It's best to get on top of metadata as you go. Meta data is the information you see when you load an mp3 or other audio file in iTunes or any other media player. Simply go to File>Edit Metadata and enter whichever details you like, though Artist Name, Track Title and Album Title should be the bare minimum. Exporting your fileshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Digitising%20your%20vinyls/Exporting%20your%20files-420-90.jpg Now you'll need to export your files as playable music files. If you've recorded a whole side without separating the tracks, you'll want to do this first. If you've separated tracks as you go, then you'll need to export each of these. Audacity offers a vast array of options ranging lossless FLAC files, through to MP3. You'll be prompted to fill in the metadata, so if you haven't done that yet, do it now. If you're exporting an MP3, you may be prompted for a specific plug-in file. If you haven't got it, hit 'download' and Audacity will plug it in for you. Now you'll be able to load the files up in the music player of your choice. Chuck them in individual folders and add to your library, and you should be ready to go. If you've got hundreds of records to digitise, it's best to start up a workflow. I usually set something to rip and then separate files and add metadata later, ie, when the next record is ripping. Well done: you can now listen to your rare 1968 Velvet Underground bootleg on your smartphone! Cassetteshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Digitising%20your%20vinyls/Cassettes-420-90.jpg Ripping cassettes using Audacity is no different to vinyl, though the quality of cassette players tend to differ more dramatically, and cassettes themselves tend to deteriorate much quicker. Overall, when converting tapes you should play close attention to volume levels, and be wary that cranking up a cassette player will tend to introduce a bit more hiss into the equation (this sound is inherent to cassettes, especially if your player isn't amazing). This can result in quieter rips, but you can increase the master volume in Audacity -- just make sure you don't mix it into the red. Sound Qualityhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Digitising%20your%20vinyls/Sound%20Quality-420-90.jpg While it may not be obvious, the type of soundcard you have in your PC is a big determining factor for sound quality. The good news is that if you own a decent preamp, it'll probably have a decent one built in (but check!). If you don't, your rips will sound better if you get an external soundcard. Basically, If you can fork out for a soundcard capable of playing back audio at 96KHz/24bit or 192KHz/24 bit, then you're laughing. For reference, the latter is considered 'high resolution audio', and is pretty much the best quality you'll get. Another more simple tip is something much cheaper: make sure your vinyl is clean! Removing dust and dirt will improve playback immeasurably, and is an important step in the ripping process. That is, unless you really love the sound of vinyl popping (some people do, you know). Finally – and this is probably the most expensive option – if you're using an el cheapo turntable then you'll want to upgrade. That cheap setup you bought isn't going to cut it if you're after the best possible sound quality. The problem is, prices vary from dirt cheap to a top of the line turntable. A good rule of thumb is that units with a lot of plastic are easily affected by environmental sounds or movements (ie, you stomping around the room). It's worth asking about needles as well, as cheaper needles can degrade your records quickly. File Formatshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Digitising%20your%20vinyls/File%20formats-420-90.jpg If you've bothered to take these steps in order to improve the quality of your rips, then you'll need to save them in file formats that can handle it. FLACs are the go-to file format for high quality lossless audio, but not all media players support it. It's worth searching for something that does though (VLC media player comes immediately to mind, or try Poweramp if you want to listen on an Android device), as there's no point spending all that time and energy on great rips if you're just going to compress them down to lowly MP3 files. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566262795/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487d600c/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566262795/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487d600c/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566262795/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487d600c/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566262795/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487d600c/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566262795/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487d600c/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/487d600c/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/7S10GwX_mmU

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Microsoft/Windows%2010%20on%20Dell/Start-Tablet%20Mode-Continuum-470-75.JPGA hidden Windows 10 feature allows users to hide and ignore mandatory Windows 10 updates, a feature that could have come in handy for Windows Insiders this weekend plagued with a glitchy Nvidia driver update. The feature, labeled in a package called KB3073930, allows users to block specific Windows updates. Over the weekend, days before the launch of Windows 10, an Nvidia driver update was rolled out to Windows Insiders running Build 10240. The mandatory update, a decision made by Microsoft to deliver new features and security patches to users in a timely fashion as Windows is transformed into a service, caused constant Windows Explorer crashes among other graphics issues. However, Microsoft has a hidden workaround through KB3073930 to block unwanted features, driver updates or patches from being installed through Windows Update. Nvidia's update glitchThe Nvidia driver update was delivered via Windows Update to Insiders running PCs and notebooks with Nvidia graphics. Windows Update didn't provide any details on new features, but Forbes reported that the update "broke multi-monitor setups, caused glitching graphics and disabled SLI setups (and still continues to do so at the time of writing)." Unlike prior versions of Windows, Windows 10 automatically downloads and installs any updates available to the system. This means that, technically, there is no way for users to stop or not install an update. Windows 10 Enterprise will allow more flexibility for how updates are handled. How to block unwanted Windows 10 updatesHowever, in the Insider program, KB3073930 can stop specified updated from installing. . To block or hide the updates available through Windows Updates, users are expected to download the software package called wushowhide.diagcab from Microsoft. After the software is installed, users can go through the setup to select which updates to block or hide. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Microsoft/Windows%2010%20Hide%20Update-420-90.jpg KB3073930 is labeled for use with the Insider Preview Build, but as the latest Build 10240 is expected to be available to consumers on July 29, this workaround may continue to work. Uninstalling incompatible driversIf you installed a driver, like the one from Nvidia, that is causing your system to freak out, you can also uninstall the drivers. Microsoft says you can right-click on the lower left corner of the desktop, and you can select Device Manager from the menu. I right-clicked on the Windows logo. Next, you can uninstall or delete the faulty driver. If it's a faulty Windows update, and not a driver, that is causing problems, you can type View Installed Updates in the search box or Cortana box. Then, click on View Installed Updates – Control Panel from the results and choose the update to uninstall. Read our coverage of Windows 10 http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566189411/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487cefb3/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566189411/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487cefb3/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566189411/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487cefb3/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566189411/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487cefb3/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566189411/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487cefb3/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/487cefb3/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/mpFXSz8Eik4

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/MacLifeWebContent/HowToSharePrinter/printer-hero-470-75.jpgJust because you have multiple Macs doesn't mean you need multiple printers, nor does it mean you need to rely on only one computer to handle print jobs. OS X includes a very nice network printer system that lets you easily share printers between all of the Macs on your network. In this Mac tip, we'll show you how it's done. Start by logging into the Mac with the attached printer, then follow these steps: 1. Open System Preferences (Apple Menu > System Preferences). 2. Open the Sharing preference pane. 3. Enable the option for Printer Sharing. 4. Check the box beside of each of the printers in the Printers list that you wish to share over the network. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/MacLifeWebContent/HowToSharePrinter/Printer_1_original-420-90.jpg That's it! Once you've enabled these settings, your connected printers will now be available for sharing over the network with all of the other Macs. However, you still need to set up the shared printer on your other Macs in order to use it by performing these steps: 1. Open System Preferences (Apple Menu > System Preferences). 2. Open the Printers & Scanners preference pane. 3. Click + to add a new printer. 4. In the Add dialog that appears, select the printer displayed from the network scan to add, then click Add. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/MacLifeWebContent/HowToSharePrinter/Printer_2_original-420-90.jpg Once you've done this, you're now ready to print over the network to the connected printer. There's no trick necessary: when you try to print, the job will automatically transfer over the network to the computer containing the printer, then the print job will be executed and printed. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566251250/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487c30ef/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566251250/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487c30ef/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566251250/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487c30ef/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566251250/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487c30ef/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566251250/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/487c30ef/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/487c30ef/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/DEUtYKckzK4

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Apple/Apple%20Music/apple-music-hero-470-75.jpgApple has had a close and successful affiliation with the music industry since it released the iPod in 2001, so you would think it's entry into the streaming market would have the competition on edge. But surprisingly, this doesn't seem to be the case. In the eyes of Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews at least, Apple Music hasn't had any discernible impact on the music streaming market since its launch a month ago. At Pandora's recent earnings conference call, McAndrews said "Going forward, we feel really good about our trajectory and competitive position… there could be some listeners who experiment with the [Apple Music] service and there could be some short-term impact, but … we aren't seeing any meaningful listener impact at this time and we don't expect any long-term meaningful impact either." Internet radio streaming?All the reports of Apple Music's bugs, ranging from annoying interface glitches to complete music library losses, suggest that the service's teething process will be anything but straight forward, but there are still some magical elements in there and McAndrews wasn't writing off Apple Music because of its technical limitations. Pandora and Spotify have both seen success in the music streaming market because, although they both offer paid and free tiers of subscription music streaming, the actual function that each perform is fundamentally different. Part of the reason there is some credence to McAndrews perspective is because Apple Music is more closely aligned with Spotify than it is to Pandora's algorithmic playlist radio service. The US financial services firm Morgan Stanley backed up McAndrews perspective when it estimated that any impact Apple Music may have on Pandora's total listening hours would be fully recovered by the fourth quarter of this financial year. Check out how Apple thinks its Music service is going in the Apple Q3 http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566140873/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4875f695/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566140873/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4875f695/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566140873/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4875f695/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566140873/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4875f695/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566140873/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4875f695/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4875f695/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/2SZk43-HzS0

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/games_consoles/Nintendo/Nintendo%20QOL%20Patent-470-75.jpgJust when you thought to yourself, "You know what? There's almost nothing Nintendo can make at this point that'd surprise me," it comes out with something so far-fetched that you begin to question your own sanity. Today that came in the form of a patent for a quality of life product Nintendo teased a few months ago that will sit on your nightstand and collect "physiological information and/or health information relating to the health or the body of the user, obtained from said physiological information." According to the documents filed with the World International Patent Organization, it will collect this data using a combination of a microphone, a camera(!) and a sensor before giving you an overall score. (And you thought the Kinect was scary…) Strange, right? It gets even stranger. The device would also have a built-in projector that it would use to give you feedback on how you slept. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/games_consoles/Nintendo/Nintendo%20QOL%20Patent%202-420-90.jpg Here's the exact language found in the patent: "This display system is provided with a sensor, a projector and a control means. The sensor detects user information for calculating a state relating to sleep of a user. The user information is, for instance, biological information, such as pulse rate. The projector displays, by means of projection, a predetermined image. For instance, the projector displays, by means of projection, an image on a ceiling by projecting the image upward. The control means controls the projector corresponding to the sleep-related state calculated on the basis of the user information." A projector, admittedly, could be cool if it had some way to sync up to a New Nintendo 3DS or even the Nintendo NX, the next-generation Nintendo system Satoru Iwata unveiled at an investor meeting before E3. So far in 2015 the company announced the Nintendo NX, partnered with DeNA to launch a series of mobile games, and is now developing a sleep monitor that has a projector and uses what looks like the Wii Balance Board to track how healthy you are. We're living in some strange times. Source: NeoGAF These are the best Nintendo 3DS games!

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20for%20enterprise/enterprise-470-75.jpgIntroduction and beyond passwordsThe Pro and Enterprise versions of Windows 10 come with security and management improvements that will be appealing to enterprises, but the new approach to licences and keeping Windows 10 current is a major shift. For consumers and small businesses, the way Windows 10 gets security updates and new features without ever having to upgrade to a new version of Windows is ideal. Larger businesses may need more control, especially for devices that have critical functions, so with Windows 10 enterprises get a choice of how to keep Windows up to date which also includes the choice of how you want to pay for it. Windows Enterprise is the only edition that includes the option of the Long Term Servicing Branch (LTSB) – a version of Windows that won't get changes other than security updates and will be supported for five years. If you want to stay on the same LTSB version, you don't need to have Software Assurance, but if you do buy SA then you will be able to get a new LTSB version every two or three years – and you get ten years of support for each version. Also check out: Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise: key differences explainedFor most PCs in the office, Windows Enterprise with the Current Branch for business that gets regular feature updates the way Windows 10 Home and Pro do (just some months after they've been released to Windows Insiders and consumers) is the right choice. To get that, you'll need both a Windows Enterprise volume licence and Software Assurance – without SA, the Current Branch of Enterprise edition won't stay current and if you want to get the new features that come with Windows as a Service, you'll have to buy a new licence to update. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20for%20enterprise/account-420-90.jpg Beyond passwordsWindows 8 pushed the idea of logging into Windows with a cloud account that could link multiple devices, but many enterprises were uncomfortable with that being a consumer Microsoft account. For Windows 10, as well as local and domain accounts, users can log in with Azure Active Directory accounts. And if they log in with both an Azure AD and an AD domain account, they'll get the single sign-on to services like Office 365 and Windows Store without having to type in their password every time. The new FIDO-compliant credentials in Windows 10 should be a lot more secure than passwords – they're a key pair or a certificate that you can provision from Active Directory or Azure Active Directory, stored securely on the PC that users unlock with a PIN or, better yet, with biometrics like fingerprints or face and iris logon using Windows Hello. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20for%20enterprise/azure%20ad-420-90.jpg They can also use a phone as a mobile credential for two-factor authentication – just having the phone nearby on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth makes it work like a smartcard, without the expense of a physical smartcard. The user access tokens that are generated once users authenticate using their credentials are also protected; the logon process in Windows Enterprise runs in a Hyper-V container so hackers can't extract them to impersonate your users on other systems. MDM and volume licencesBuilt-in MDMGroup Policy is the traditional way of managing PCs in the enterprise, but with the shift to BYOD, apps rather than desktop programs, and cloud services, controlling the settings on a PC is less important than managing what users have access to. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20for%20enterprise/mdm-420-90.jpg The phone-style Mobile Device Management that's built into Windows 10 is cheaper and simpler to manage, and less annoying for users. Instead of controlling specific Windows features, it lets you check that a device has all the necessary security updates, including anti-virus protection, and it allows you to control the Windows Store, limit which apps can connect over VPN, put confidential company information in encrypted containers and prevent it from being copied to unmanaged apps – and manage multiple users on a device. And unlike Group Policy, MDM lets you remote wipe a device. You need to use an MDM service like Windows Intune, but you can manage PCs from the cloud wherever they are – not just when they're on the office network. No more imaging?When you deploy PCs in an enterprise today, you wipe the operating system they come with and install your own image – it's a chance to customise the setup and pre-install software. It's a lengthy process, even with tools like the Microsoft Deployment Kit and System Centre Configuration Manager (you'll need the new version of SCCM or System Centre 2010 R2 Configuration Manager with the new service pack to deploy Windows 10; SCCM 207 will manage Windows 10 but not deploy it). Windows 10 has a new in-place upgrade system that can keep existing apps, data and configuration, and Microsoft is promising new tools that will let enterprises configure Windows 10 systems during that upgrade – adding apps, certificates, language packs, Wi-Fi, VPN and email profiles and enforcing security policies – rather than doing the usual wipe and reload process. You can even set up MDM on devices at the same time. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20for%20enterprise/company%20store-420-90.jpg Volume licences in the Windows StoreWindows 10 comes with plenty of universal apps – including the touch-friendly version of Office – that need to be updated from the Windows Store. But enterprises want more control over the Store, and Windows 10 gives them a range of options. If you want to assign apps to specific users and send them a link they can install from – or put those apps in a private company portal that uses APIs to pull the app details from the Store – you can do that through a new web-based Store portal, using an Azure AD account. Or you can create a private area in the public Windows Store for apps you've got volume licences for, or for your own apps that you upload to the Store. If you don't want to send users to the Store to install their own apps, you can also install, update and uninstall Store apps on user devices through System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft Intune and other MDM tools, including managing and reassigning app licences, and adding apps to custom Windows images so you can install them on PCs that aren't connected. 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http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/Features%202/computing%20how%20tos/How%20to%20fix%20a%20macs%20broken%20find%20function/finder-470-75.JPGWe're taking a look at the Find and Spotlight functions in Mac OS X, which can be essential for locating files on your computer. But what do you do when that function just stops working? We'll show you how to get it running again. QuestionI recently moved all my content to a new Mac running OS X Yosemite, and everything is working great except that the Finder won't actually find anything! When I hit Command + F and run a search, most files aren't showing up, even ones that I can actually see and know should be there. How do I fix this? AnswerWhen the Find command stops working properly, usually it means that the contents of your Mac need to be re-indexed. Fortunately, it's a pretty easy process. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/Features%202/computing%20how%20tos/How%20to%20fix%20a%20macs%20broken%20find%20function/spotlight-420-90.JPG Start by opening your System Preferences, then select Spotlight. Click on the privacy tab. Here you'll see any private locations that aren't going to be searched when you use the Find command or run a Spotlight search. Though it might seem counterintuitive, drag the icon for your hard drive(s) onto the list — or, if you'd prefer, just drag over any specific folders that you think aren't being searched. Once you've done that, click the folders or hard drives you just added, then hit the minus button to remove them from the list, which will cause their contents to be re-added to the search index. The reindexing process can potentially take a long time (several hours) depending on how many files you have, but once it's done, your searching capabilities should be restored. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566027799/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/486692de/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566027799/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/486692de/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566027799/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/486692de/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566027799/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/486692de/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566027799/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/486692de/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/486692de/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/xexi-44qRsQ

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/UTS%20Data%20Arena/UTS%20image%201-470-75.jpg This week, the University of Technology Sydney released a new multimedia room called the Data Arena, to help researchers look at data in ways that haven't been possible before. Imagine standing in a perfectly circular ten-meter-wide room surrounded on all sides by four-meter-high projector screen walls with a closable screen-door, creating a seamless 360º viewing platform. Then add in 6 stereoscopic 3D projectors powered by a rig running 9 top of the line Nvidia graphics cards and a sixteen speaker surround sound system and you might get a hint of what this 20K display looks like in real life. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/UTS%20Data%20Arena/TextilesUTSdata-420-90.jpgNot a lonely VR experienceSprinkle on top a set of remotes that look like miniature molecular models and allow up to 20 people interact with the display at once and this Data Arena is as close as the real world gets to Minority Report or the Holodeck from Star Trek. The man behind the Data Arena's curtin, Ben Simons, was a former head of visual effects at Dr. D Studio's who worked on animated films like Happy Feet and Mad Max: Fury Road, so the fact that the Data Arena looks like a futuristic film set is at least partially understandable. But despite how impressive this multimedia cocoon is, what is most interesting about the Data Arena is the open source software UTS built to run it. The life of numbershttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/UTS%20Data%20Arena/Sydney%20Water%20cast%20iron%20pipes-420-90.jpg This software has been specifically designed to turn copious amounts of spreadsheet data -- something that the scientific community has no shortage of – into larger than life interactive visual displays. To demonstrate UTS has already let some of its researchers at it, including Cynthia Whitchurch, an associate professor of microbiology at UTS who studies the migration of mycobacteria. Whitchurch and other UTS researchers have been able to use the software to visualise the movement of bacteria across a flat surface, stating in a launch interview that, "The Data Arena has been able to provide us with a powerful visual tool that allows us to interact with our data in a way that we haven't yet been able to do." The screen is the showpiece for the open source application that the university intends to make available to researchers around the world through GitHub. This will allow users to run their own research through the 3D modelling software virtually on any computer. The limitations of the computer running the virtual machine software will however, often only run a scaled back model of the data, meaning the Data Arena has a place as a more powerful tool for researchers to fully explore the parameters of the complete data models in real time. " width="420">YouTube : http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565944610/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/485bb627/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565944610/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/485bb627/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565944610/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/485bb627/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565944610/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/485bb627/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565944610/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/485bb627/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/485bb627/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/FbL7m_dYsEw

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/Watches/Apple%20Watch/review/Apple%20Watch-15-470-75.jpgApple and IBM unveiled 10 enterprise iOS apps for the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch covering various industries and areas of business to improve workflow. The apps help employees and managers keep track of shift times, manage travel planning and tracking, service mortgage loans and connect with clients, diagnose issues in the field, inspect assets and document unsafe working conditions in factories. IBM and Apple claim these apps will reduce or eliminate paperwork, save data entry time and streamline workflows. These new apps join the existing 22 enterprise-ready MobileFirst apps designed by the Apple and IBM partnership formed more than a year ago. IBM promised to build a total of 100 new apps as part of this venture. The MobileFirst collaborationAt the time, the partnership between IBM and Apple was unprecedented. The partners had once competed against each other in the early days of the personal PC market. That battle ended in 2005 when IBM sold off its ThinkPad and PC business to Lenovo, and for the first time ever in May 2015, IBM employees can choose an Apple MacBook Pro or Air as a work issued laptop. "Our collaboration combines IBM's industry expertise and unmatched position in enterprise computing, with Apple's legendary user experience and excellence in product design to lift the performance of a new generation of business professionals," said Bridget van Kralingen, Senior Vice President, IBM Global Business Services, in a statement. For Apple, the partnership helps Apple push its devices into the enterprise space. IBM benefits by being able to promote its cloud offerings, analytics and business services with the deal. Rivals Samsung and BlackBerry also have formed a partnership to bring the latter's security software to the former's smartphones in a play for the enterprise. Time trackingThere are two apps for managing shifts and schedules. The Shift Sync app is designed for employees to view schedules, accept deadlines and submit vacation requests. The second Shift Track app is made for managers, providing analytics for scheduling. Managers can use the Shift Track app to approve time off requests and make changes to shifts and hours. The manager-made Shift Track app is an iPad-only app, while employees can view scheduling details on their iPhone or Apple Watch. TravelThanks to Travel Plan and Travel Track, planning and tracking business travel is more manageable. The iPhone Travel Plan app uses analytics to scan calendar events, suggest trips and provide personal travel recommendations. While on your trip, the Travel Track app for iPhone and Apple Watch lets you see your itinerary and connect everyone in your travel group by scanning your party's calendars and reservations. Loan servicingMortgage officers can use the Loan Advise app on their iPads to collect client information. Once loans are in progress, the Loan Track app for iPhone lets mortgage officers view loan statuses. The app can also send out updates to borrowers via email, instant message or text. Inspection and serviceThe iPhone Asset Inspect app lets field technicians more efficiently diagnose problems. The app uses predictive analytics to show technicians potential problems with machines in the field, and the app can be used to pull up manuals, specifications and work history. The Expert Resolve app works in a similar way to the Asset Inspect app. Designed for field service professionals, the app uses analytics to pinpoint and identify common issues and display historical data. The app is designed for the iPad only. The Field Inspect iPad app is designed for government inspectors. The app allows inspectors to go completely paperless. After inspection, the report can be submitted digitally to the appropriate government agency. Safety firstFor factory forepersons, the Safe Site app for iPhone helps to document and alert others of unsafe conditions. The app taps into the iPhone's built-in hardware, and forepersons can use the microphone and camera to capture and broadcast unsafe incidents instantly. iBeacon technology is also leveraged to alert forepersons if they're approaching an identified hazard. Read our report on the future of enterprise mobility http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565896875/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4850cbbb/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565896875/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4850cbbb/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565896875/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4850cbbb/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565896875/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4850cbbb/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565896875/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4850cbbb/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4850cbbb/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/sLBgw2h8SbM

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Windows/Missing%20from%20Windows%2010/media%20center-470-75.jpgIntroductionhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Missing%20from%20Windows%2010/windows%2010%20compat-420-90.jpg Usually, a new version of an operating system changes existing features and adds new ones, but sometimes the changes mean that old features aren't available any more. The full-screen Start screen of Windows 8.1 isn't the only casualty – and you can make the new Start menu bigger, although you can't bring back the full-screen list of installed apps, just the big view of pinned tiles. Software and hardware compatibility is good with Windows 10; elderly applications should still work. As usual, you're going to need new versions of security and anti-virus software, and probably of most system-level tools (although handy utilities like ClipMate and WinDirStat continue to work without any problems). The Windows 10 advert you'll have seen on your PC that lets you reserve your free upgrade also performs a compatibility check, so it will warn you of any software or peripherals that won't work with Windows 10. For example USB floppy drives will need a new driver (there's one on Windows Update that works with most models). Read on to find out precisely which key features will be goners if you upgrade to Windows 10. 20 smart new and improved features in Windows 10Updates and gadgetshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Missing%20from%20Windows%2010/gadgets-420-90.jpg There are features that are part of Windows itself that won't be available after you upgrade to Windows 10. If you're getting Windows 10 Home, you lose the option to turn off Windows updates in Windows Update. That's a good thing because not installing updates makes you very vulnerable to malware and other attacks, but you'll have to get used to the restarts that come with updates. At least you can now schedule the times those happen. Windows 7 desktop gadgets – which were actually a Windows XP feature – no longer work in Windows 10 and any you have set up will be uninstalled; they didn't work in Windows 8.1 either. Many of them are replaced by the live tiles of apps with similar features – pin those to the Start menu and if you just want a quick glimpse of information like the weather report, you can see it without opening the app. Most games are gonehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Missing%20from%20Windows%2010/store%20solitaire-420-90.jpg Just like Windows 8.1, Windows 10 removes some of the familiar Windows desktop games. Solitaire will return as a default install with the new OS, but Spider, FreeCell, Hearts and even Minesweeper will be uninstalled when you upgrade to Windows 10. That said, you can always grab the missing games from the Windows Store, complete with some nifty extra options like daily puzzles – but if you want to play those daily challenges, you have to either sit through 30 seconds of adverts for each game, or pay for the premium version. And because the apps have splash screens and options, it takes longer to get to the point where you're actually playing a game than it did with the plain old desktop versions. Media Center: Finally gone for goodhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Missing%20from%20Windows%2010/media%20center-420-90.jpg Media Center was an idea that never really took off – it was a way of watching TV with a TV tuner card on a big screen that didn't work with all satellite and cable services, with full screen apps that only a handful of entertainment services ever produced, that hadn't really been updated since Windows Vista. It was clearly headed for the chopping block. Being able to stream from your PC to a special Media Center Extender box (or an Xbox 360) has been replaced by using Miracast, or Chromecast, or just by the TV features on Xbox One. It had a temporary reprieve for Windows 8, but Microsoft has confirmed that Media Center is gone for good. "Due to decreased usage, Windows Media Center will not be part of Windows 10," Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc confirmed on the Windows blog. Whether you upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8, Media Center will be uninstalled when you switch to Windows 10. But Media Center wasn't just useful for watching TV; it also let you watch DVDs. The Windows 10 specification says rather boldly that "watching DVDs requires separate playback software". That's not a problem for new PCs – if you buy a PC with a DVD drive, it will routinely come with DVD software like Cyberlink's PowerDVD. For people upgrading from a version of Windows 7 or 8 with Media Center, Microsoft has suggested that it will have a DVD player option available, but there are no details yet. XP Mode is no morehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Missing%20from%20Windows%2010/xpmode-420-90.jpg Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate included a tool called XP Mode for running older programs that couldn't run on Windows 7 – it was a copy of Windows Virtual PC and a copy of Windows XP packaged up to run in it. XP Mode wasn't included with Windows 8 and it's not part of Windows 10 either. It was intended to be a tool for businesses rather than home users, because Virtual PC wasn't particularly good at multimedia. And after six years, with Windows XP no longer getting security updates or even anti-virus signatures for Windows Defender, and Virtual PC no longer available from Microsoft, it's not surprising XP mode isn't in Windows 10. If you have an XP program you can't do without, virtualisation software like Virtual Box will let you run it, but you're going to have security vulnerabilities. Only one OneDrivehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Missing%20from%20Windows%2010/onedrive-420-90.jpg There have been several ways of using OneDrive with Windows over the years. For Windows 8 and 8.1 it's built in, but for Windows 7 you had to download Windows Live Essentials to get the OneDrive application. The new OneDrive client is built into Windows 10 and not only does it replace the version in Windows 8.1, it also removes and replaces the Windows Live Essentials version. When you upgrade from Windows 8.1, you will have to tell OneDrive which folders and files you want to sync so you can see and use them offline. Any folders and files you don't sync won't be visible offline, unlike in Windows 8.1 where you could navigate the entire folder structure offline (so you could create new files in folders you hadn't synced), see filenames and image thumbnails offline, and even search for files – though you couldn't open them. Microsoft promises a way to do something similar in Windows 10, but not until later in the year. Metro mode and immersive IEhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Missing%20from%20Windows%2010/metro%20immersive-420-90.jpg Although Windows Store apps still run in Windows 10 and you can still use IE if you want, you can't keep the Windows 8.1 versions of apps like Mail and Photos, which have been replaced by universal Store apps with different interfaces and different features. The 'immersive' touch-friendly version of IE is also gone – the new Edge browser replaces it, and although it's easier to use with touch than IE it doesn't have the same touch-first interface and it won't get features like showing you what tabs you have open on other devices until later in the year. But what's really gone is the separate Metro mode, where Store apps opened in their own windows and you could only have three of them visible on-screen at once (or two plus the desktop). If you liked being able to separate apps neatly like that, and you liked being able to drag them into place with your finger, the new tablet mode is the closest you'll get – but to use it you have to lose the taskbar in favour of the simplified tablet mode taskbar with no pinned apps, and you only get two apps at once. 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http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/cloud_services/Perzo/perzo-safelock-470-75.JPGHow to make yourself hack-proofhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/cloud_services/Perzo/perzo-safelock-420-90.JPG That's it. You've finally heard enough hacking horror stories – even been involved in one yourself – to finally commit to actually doing something to protect yourself against them. We're not gonna lie – you're probably going to be a little inconvenienced. And yes, you'll have to stop opening every email attachment that drops into your inbox, not download any app that takes your fancy and stop oversharing on social media. Still, it's absolutely worth it to take the time. Just ask anyone who has ever lost their entire video and photo collection, had their credit card information jacked or been the victim of an online scam – you'll bet they wished they had taken some reasonable steps. So, without further ado, we'll look at our top five techniques for avoiding the worst. 1. Security softwarehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Internet%20Security/Security%20Software-420-90.jpg It's fair to say that Windows has become a lot better at protecting your stuff. Microsoft has made significant strides when it comes to security, and Apple has improved as well. But that's not to say the that the default tools you get are good – but it's getting close to "acceptable." Still, if you want to be best protected, you do really need to install extra software on your system. That extra software starts with an anti-malware solution – possibly as part of a packaged suite. Check out this guide to the best anti-virus software of 2015. Windows 7 does not come with anti-virus at all, so installation is a must. You can get Microsoft Security Essentials for free – but you're actually better off with one of the third party tools available. Anti-virus test results have shown that Security Essentials is still a ways off the best anti-virus tools available. In Windows 8, Microsoft folded Security Essentials into the base package (it's part of Windows Defender), but it's still using the same engine, so it's still best to install a third-party tool. 2. VPNshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Internet%20Security/VPNs-420-90.jpg If you're like most people, you probably know VPNs as the services that let you spoof your internet address to foil geoblocking. And they are pretty good at that: they let you watch the US versions of Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu or the UK's BBC iPlayer in spite of those companies not really wanting you to. But they have a very important security function as well. Several, in fact. With a VPN, the only site you make a connection to is the VPN provider, and that connection is protected by heavy encryption. The VPN provider then relays your connection to the end sites you want to visit. This has a number of beneficial effects: 1. Your ISP (and by extension, the government) has no way of tracking which web sites you visit, barring a subpoena of the VPN providers records – and it's likely that a) the VPN provider is outside their jurisdiction and doesn't keep records anyway. The only connection that your ISP and anybody else monitoring your internet link can see is the one between you and the VPN provider. All other connections are obscured. 2. Web sites you visit have no way of tracking your IP address or figuring out who you are unless you explicitly tell them. All your connections appear to come from the VPN provider and cannot be traced back to you, thus making you completely anonymous. This is how VPNs bypass geo-blocking – they make your IP address appear to be one in the authorised country. It also prevents tracking on other internet services like BitTorrent: if you download something from BitTorrent while connected to a VPN, there's no easy way that the download can be traced back to you. 3. Your data cannot be intercepted and read locally. This is an important one that people often forget. The data link ("tunnel") between you and the VPN provider is encrypted, so nobody can intercept and read your data en-route. That doesn't just defeat most government spying: it's critically important if you use public WiFi hotspots. VPNs: WiFihttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBC/Abstract/Cyber%20lock/iStock_000020317880Small-Henrik5000-420-90.jpg Thanks to the way that WiFi works, it's very easy for someone on the same WiFi network as you to intercept and read the data you're sending over the internet, grabbing your emails, IMs and any other unencrypted data. Normally, WiFi data is encrypted so that somebody outside the network can't listen in, but if someone is on the same WiFi network as you (as is the case in a public hotspot), they have that decryption key and can listen in. A VPN encrypts all your traffic, so that anybody listening in gets nothing but jibberish. VPNs: Setting one uphttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Internet%20Security/Setting%20one%20up-420-90.jpg Setting up a VPN is easier than ever. There are a host of VPN providers operating around the world: Tor, Hide My Ass, and ExpressVPN are among dozens – hundreds – of VPN services operating worldwide. Most charge between US$5 and US$10 per month, and may or may not have data volume restrictions. Nearly all of those providers supply an app you can install and run on a PC that connects you to their VPN. Many also provide mobile apps so you can extend that security to your iOS and Android phone as well (yep, mobiles need VPN security too). More sophisticated users can potentially set up their routers to push all data on a home network through the VPN, though that is a more technical task. 3. Password managershttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBC/Security/passwords-420-90.jpg Do you need to have roughly a million passwords for all the sites you visit and apps you use? It's 2015: of course you do. And is each one a unique combination of random letters and numbers? Pretty unlikely – you're only human after all. The truth is that most passwords used by regular people can be cracked in a matter of minutes using a "dictionary attack" – simply trying out a bunch of common words and phrases with an automated tool. A random alphanumeric password (something like "s7Hnd3Fa4") will fool this, but we humans are not good at remembering those. Maybe we can remember one or two, but a different one for every site? Nope. Which is why a password manager is an absolute must. It remembers passwords for you, letting you use a unique combination of letters and numbers for each site and WiFi network. You only have to remember a master password to access all of them. 3. Password managers: LastPasshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Internet%20Security/LastPass-420-90.jpg When it comes to password managers, we just love LastPass, a cloud based tool that's free for PC platforms but does require a Premium subscription for US$12 per year for access on mobiles. It's available for Windows, Mac, Linux and all the major mobile platforms. Because it's cloud-based, it lets you share your passwords across your devices. While the company recently experienced a hacking of their servers, all encrypted information (other than possibly a users master passwords) were protected, demonstrating how secure and reliable the service truly is. Installing LastPass will add a widget to your browsers and (optionally) import all the passwords stored in your browser password caches. From then on, any time you visit a site with a password a LastPass icon will appear in the username/password fields and you can click on it to choose which password you will use. In addition to remembering your passwords and sharing them across multiple platforms, LastPass has several features that you really should be using. The first is the password generator. When you create an account on a web site, a little icon will appear in the password field. Click on it to bring up the password generator (you can also access this via the LastPass widget). This will generate a secure and unique password for the site which LastPass will remember for you. The second thing you should do is set up two-factor authentication. Click on the LastPass widget and go to My Secure Vault – this is a web page where you can view and edit all your saved passwords. Then click on Settings, then Multifactor Options. It's here that you can add an extra level of authentication for LastPass. We really like using it with Google Authenticator for mobiles – whenever someone tries to log into LastPass, your mobile will get an authentication message that you have to confirm before proceeding. LastPass may seem like a bit of an inconvenience at first, but you'll get used to it very quickly – and likely appreciate its capacity to share your passwords across devices. 4. Mobile securityhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/mobile_phones/iPhone/iPhone%206/Hands%20on/iPhone%206%20review%20(6)-420-90.JPG It's not just your PC that needs some security lovin'. Mobiles are often just as vulnerable as PCs. In addition to being subject to viruses the same way PCs are, mobiles can have dodgy tracking and identity stealing apps installed, and can be easily lost or stolen, giving whoever gets them access to all your stuff. 4. Mobile security: Androidhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Internet%20Security/Android-420-90.jpg An anti-virus security app for your Android mobile is a good start. There are a bunch of them available for free, including solutions from Trend Micro, AVG, BitDefender, Avast, McAfee, Norton (Symantec), Kaspersky, Lookout and ESET. All of those offer good solutions, including anti-virus and anti-theft. But it also comes with an app locker that will require your phone pin before selected apps will start, and an app permission analyser that checks your existing installed apps for shaky privacy practices. It doesn't just rely on Google permissions (you know, that list of access permissions that pops up when you install a new app, which you never actually check and just approve automatically) – it checks the app against a cloud database. Avast is another favourite if you're not a fan of BitDefender. In addition to the anti-malware and theft and recovery tools, it includes a backup solution as well as a firewall – though the latter is available only on rooted phones. Installing an anti-virus solution is a good start, but it's not the final solution for Android. Some other things you should look at include: - Lock your lock screen. Head to Settings->Security and tap on Screen Lock. Choose the Pin, Pattern or Password lock options (or Fingerprint if you have it). We particularly like Pattern for the convenience. - Encrypt your mobile. In the security settings, tap on the Encryption option and follow the prompts. It will take a while, but when it's done nobody will be able to access data on the device without going through the unlock process. - Use secure messaging apps. TextSecure and RedPhone (both from Open Whisper Systems, and available on Google Play) are phenomenal tools for secure text and voice communications between Android users. They provide end-to-end encryption of your communications, with nobody but you and the recipient being able to read or listen in – unlike regular SMS and voice, which are easily intercepted. WhatsApp recently began using the TextSecure protocol on Android, so that's pretty great for private conversations as well (it doesn't offer it for iOS devices, however). 4. Mobile security: iOShttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/mobile_phones/iPhone/iPhone%206/Press/iPhone6-Press-03-420-90.jpg iOS users have fewer security tools available to them, but it's fair to say that they have less to worry about. The closed nature of the Apple ecosystem has been pretty effective at keeping viruses out. Still, there are some things worth looking at. While Apple provides its own backup and location tools with iCloud, you're better off using Lookout, available on the iTunes App store. It provides lost and stolen phone tracking and locking, local backup and a system advisor and process scanner that checks currently running apps for anything malicious. One other important thing to do is enable the Passcode lock screen. If you have an iPhone 5s, you can also enable Touch ID, a fingerprint scanner. Head to Settings->Passcode and Touch ID and enable them. 5. Downloadshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/desktop_pcs_and_macs/virus_computer_composite-420-90.jpg If you've been using computers for more than, say, five minutes, you've probably downloaded some shady stuff – and paid for it with a nasty virus infection or rootkit. Any executable file you download can potentially be bundled with a virus. So you need to be a little vigilant about what you download. 5. Downloads: App storeshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Internet%20Security/App%20Stores-420-90.jpg One of the great things about mobiles is that they come by default with curated app stores. Apps on Google Play and iTunes App Store are pre-checked for viruses and are generally safe to download. There have been a few nasties that have slipped through on Google Play in the past, but nothing for some time. Sure, some apps with awful privacy may be on there, but they're not actually viruses. If you're on a mobile, you should pretty much stick to always downloading from the App Store and Google Play. On iOS devices you have no choice (sans jailbreaking), but even on Android it's generally a good idea to have the "unknown sources" option in the security settings unchecked. On Windows, unfortunately, we generally don't have that option. There is the Windows Store, but right now it only provides a very limited array of Modern UI (Windows 8) apps. When Windows 10 comes out, that policy is set to change and hopefully we'll be able to get a full array of Desktop apps as well – but we'll have to wait and see. For games, there's also Steam. 5. Downloads: Get apps from the sourcehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Internet%20Security/Get%20apps%20from%20source-420-90.jpg When downloading PC apps, you should always endeavour to get them from the software maker's own web site, and not from a third party download site. Some third party download sites do make an effort to scan for viruses, but not all sites can be trusted. 5. Downloads: Scan before openinghttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBC/Software/Antivirus%20Software%202015%20roundup/Free%20Antivirus%202015/AVGFree-420-90.jpg When you download an app, you should give it a quick virus scan before opening it. Most anti-virus solutions add a right click context menu item to Windows Explorer/File Explorer with an option to scan a file for viruses. While in theory the AV tool should automatically scan any downloaded files, give it a run anyway. 5. Downloads: Read the commentshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBCfeatures/Torrents/uTorrent2-420-90.jpg Okay, you're committed to getting an app from a peer to peer network. We can't stop you. But at least read the user comments on the BitTorrent site you're grabbing it from before downloading. 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http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/TRBC/Data%20centres/SAP/SAP_Locations_St._Leon-Rot_2012_002_t@900x598-470-75.jpg How data mining workshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBC/Data%20centres/SAP/SAP_Locations_St._Leon-Rot_2012_002_t@900x598-420-90.jpg Every time you shop, you leave a trail of it behind. Same, when you surf the web, put on your fitness tracker or apply for credit at your bank. In fact, if we could touch it, we'd be drowning it. The data we produce every single day, according to IBM, totals an unfathomable 2.5 quintillion bytes (that's '25' followed by 17 zeros). We're producing it so fast that its estimated 90% of data in the world right now was created in just the last two years. This 'Big Data' is a global resource worth billions of dollars and every business and government wants their hands on it – and for good reason. Data is the digital history of our everyday lives – our choices, our purchases, who we talk to, where we go and what we do. We've previously looked at the Internet of Things (IoT) and how 'pervasive computing' will radically alter the way we live. You can guarantee IoT will lead to an even greater explosion of data generation and capture – thanks to the boom in cloud storage, we're already putting away this stuff as fast as we can go. But data on its own is pretty useless – it's the information we extract from the data that can do everything from forewarn governments of possible terror threats, to predict what you'll likely buy next time at your local fruit-and-veg. The sheer volume of data available is well beyond human ability alone to decipher and needs computer processing to handle it – that's where the concept of 'data mining' comes in. Machine learninghttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Data%20Mining/Machine%20Learning-420-90.jpg Actually, 'data mining' is really the buzzword for a fascinating area of computing called 'machine learning', which itself is an offshoot of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Here, computers use special code functions or 'algorithms' to process the mountains of data and generate or 'learn' information from it. It's a booming area of pioneering research at the moment, which also incorporates mathematical techniques first discovered more than 250 years ago. In one regard, data mining has a bit of a shadow cast over it, with growing ethical concerns about privacy and how information mined from data is used. But it's not all 'terror plots and shopping carts' – data mining is heavily used by the sciences for everything from weather prediction to medical research, where it's been used to predict recurrence of breast cancer and find indicators for the onset of diabetes. Stanford University's Folding@Home disease research project is data mining on a global scale you can get involved in, searching for cures to cancer, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's. Essentially, machine learning is about finding patterns in data, learning 'rules' that allow us to make decisions and predictions, or finding links or 'associations' between factors in situations or applications. Get the free softwarehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Data%20Mining/Get%20the%20free%20program-420-90.jpg Now you might think machine learning is done in labs with banks of computers, mountains of cloud storage and expensive purpose-built software. You'd be right, but it's also something you can do at home – what's more, a decent amount of machine learning software is available free. Popular examples like 'Hadoop' or 'R' provide powerful frameworks for processing mountains of data, but they can be a little daunting to use, first-time out. And like Holden versus Ford or Android versus iOS, it's a field with passionate supporters of different software. One app commonly used for learning the basics is WEKA, developed by New Zealand's University of Waikato. Like Hadoop, it's built using the Java programming language, so you can run it on any Windows, Linux or Mac OS X computer. It's not perfect, but its graphical user interface (GUI) certainly helps. How machine learning workshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBC/Generic/Servers/Server%20E/iStock_000019659759Small-420-90.jpg Machine learning starts with what's called a 'dataset' representing a situation you want to learn – think of it as a spreadsheet. You have a series of measures or 'attributes' in columns, while each row represents an example or 'instance' of the thing or 'concept' you want to learn. For example, if we're looking for indicators of the onset of diabetes, those attributes could include a patient's body mass index (BMI), their blood-glucose levels and other medical factors. Each instance would contain one patient's set of attributes. In this situation, the dataset would also have a result or 'class' attribute, indicating if the patient developed diabetes or not. If another patient presents for diagnosis and we want to know if they're at risk of diabetes, machine learning can develop the rules to help predict that likelihood, based on dataset learning and that person's measured medical attributes. What do rules look like?http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Data%20Mining/What%20do%20rules%20look%20like-420-90.jpg One of the seriously cool tools we love at TechRadar is IFTTT (If This Then That) - a program that combines social network services to perform linked functions. As the name suggests, it works on the simple 'if-then' programming statement that 'if an event occurs, then go do something'. Basic rules in machine learning are along the same lines – if an event X occurs, the result is Y. Or it could be a series of events – if X, Y and Z occurs, the result is A, or A, B and C. These rules tell us something about the concept we want to learn. But just as important as what the rules tell us is how accurate they are. Rule accuracy reveals how much confidence we can have in the rules to give us the right result. Some rules are excellent – they get the right answer every time, others can be hopeless and some, in-between. There are also added complications – what's called 'overfitting', where a set of rules work perfectly on the dataset they were learned from, but perform poorly on any new examples or instances given to them. These are all things that machine learning – and the data scientists using it – must consider. Basic algorithmshttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Data%20Mining/Basic%20Algorithms-420-90.jpg There are dozens of different machine learning functions or 'algorithms', many of them quite complex. But there are two simple examples you can learn quickly called 'ZeroR' and 'OneR'. We'll use the WEKA app to show them, but also calculate them by-hand to see how they work. The WEKA package includes a number of example datasets, one being a very small 'weather.nominal' dataset, containing 14 instances of whether golf is played on a particular day, given a series of weather events at the time. There are five measures or 'attributes' – outlook, temperature, humidity, windy and play. This last one is the output or 'class' attribute, which says whether golf was played (yes) on that day or not (no). Zeroing inhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Data%20Mining/Zeroing%20in-420-90.jpg ZeroR is the world's simplest data mining algorithm – well, it's a bit rude to call it an 'algorithm' because it's so simple, but it provides the baseline accuracy level that any proper algorithm will hope to build on. It works like this: check out the weather data in the image above, look at that 'play' class attribute and count up the number of 'yes' and 'no' values. You should find nine 'yes' values and five 'no'. The proportion of 'yes' values is nine out of 14 instances. That means if we get another instance and we want to predict whether golf will be played or not, we can just say 'yes' and be right nine times out of 14 or 64.2% of the time. In other words, ZeroR simply chooses the most popular class attribute value. You can test this out in WEKA – make sure you have the Java Run-time Engine (JRE) installed on your PC, then download WEKA, install it and launch the app. Click on the 'Explorer' icon to launch the learning window. WEKA uses a modified CSV (comma-separated variable) format called ARFF and you'll find example datasets in the /program files/weka-3-x/data subfolder. In the Explorer window, click on the Open File button and choose the 'weather.nominal' dataset. Next, click on the Classify tab and 'ZeroR' should be already shown in the Classifier textbox next to the Choose button. Click on the radiobutton next to 'Use training set' under 'Test Options' on that left-side control panel and finally, press the Start button. Almost instantly, you'll get the results on the Classifier Output window. Scroll down and you'll see ZeroR defaults to choosing the 'yes' class value and later, 'Correctly Classified Instances' showing '9' and '64.2857%' next to it. Bottom-line, WEKA has just done the same thing we did before – it counted up the 'yes' and 'no' class values and chose the most common. One rule to rule them allhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Data%20Mining/One%20rule%20to%20rule%20them%20all-420-90.jpg ZeroR gives us a 64.2% base-level learning accuracy in this example, but it'd be nice to do a bit better than that. That's where the OneR algorithm comes in. It's called a 'classification rule learner', in that, given what it learns from a training dataset, it generates rules that allow us to determine or 'classify' the result of a future instance. If you look at the OneR table above, you can see how it works – each weather dataset attribute has a small number of possible values. For Outlook, they are 'sunny', 'overcast' and 'rainy'. For temperature, it's 'hot', 'mild' and 'cool' and so on. We create a separate list for each attribute value and then count how many times each value occurs in an instance by noting the number of 'yes' and 'no' results we get. For example, going through the 14 instances, you can see when five instances where the outlook is sunny, giving us two 'yes' and three 'no' results. Likewise, 'outlook = overcast' gets four 'yes' votes and zero 'no' results. We then do likewise for all of the other attributes. Next, we count up the errors – these are the smaller counts for each attribute value, so again, for 'outlook = sunny', the 'yes' count is only two; for 'outlook = overcast', the 'no' count is zero, for 'outlook = rainy', it's two and so on. The red boxes on the table show the most popular class values for each attribute value and it's from these that we make our first set of 'Outlook' rules: Outlook = sunny -> Play = no Outlook = overcast -> Play = yes Outlook = rainy -> Play = no Again, we do likewise for the other attributes. What we're doing is taking the most popular class value for each attribute value and assigning it to that attribute-value pair to make a rule, so for this example, outlook being 'sunny' leads to play being 'no' and so on. Next, we repeat this for each of the other three attributes. After that, we add up those 'error' counts for each attribute value, so Outlook is 2 + 0 + 2 totaling 4 out of 14 (4/14). For temperature, we get 5/14, 4/14 for Humidity and 5/14 for Windy. Now, we choose the attribute with the smallest error count. Since in this example we have two attributes with error count of 4 out of 14 (Outlook and Humidity), you can choose either - we've gone with the first one, the 'Outlook' attribute ruleset above. This now becomes our 'OneR' (one-rule) classification rule set. Using this rule on the training dataset, it correctly predicts 10 out of 14 instances or just under 71.5%. Remember, ZeroR gave us 64.2%, so OneR gains us greater accuracy, which is what we want. Using the new rulehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Data%20Mining/Using%20the%20new%20rule-420-90.jpg Let's say we're given a new instance – the outlook is rainy, temperature is mild, humidity is high and windy is false. What is 'play' – will golf be played or not? Our OneR rule says if the outlook is rainy, play is 'no', so that's our answer – for this instance, it's very likely (about 71.5%) there's no golf happening today. Run the OneR classification test in WEKA by clicking the Choose button and selecting 'OneR' from the 'Rules' list. Press the Start button and you'll see the same list of rules, the number of correctly classified instances at ten and a percentage of 71.4286. That's exactly what we calculated before. Tip of the iceberghttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/How%20tos/Data%20Mining/Tip%20of%20the%20iceberg-420-90.jpg Sure, we're not going to make millions or save the world by predicting which days golf will be played based on weather events, but if you're a meteorologist determining if current weather conditions could lead to a massive hailstorm, data mining techniques (admittedly more complex than we've seen here) can help with those answers. Machine learning is a boom area of computer research around the world, aiming to make sense of the 'death by data' overload of information surrounding us. 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http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/winamp-470-75.jpgIntroductionhttp://cdn0.mos.techradar.futurecdn.net//art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%2020%20features/windows%2010%2020%20things%20Hero-420-100.jpg Perhaps it is a testament to Microsoft's legacy that some popular applications that date from the late 1990s can still run on its latest OS, Windows 10. The operating system, which will launch on Wednesday 29 July, has already been tested (and been seen running) on some very, very old and very, very slow hardware. Many will describe such exercises as utterly futile, and those same people will likely question the point of this article. And that's fair enough, but there are also folks out there who might want to delve into past games or applications for whatever reason, nostalgia or otherwise… And in this slideshow, we are rounding up 10 ancient programs that still run on Microsoft's new operating system. All the testing of these pieces of software was carried out under the latest build of Windows 10 available at the time of writing (10166). We are obviously not responsible for anything that might happen to your computer should you try to replicate what we've done on our test machine. And with that in mind, click on and browse through our array of classic apps. Windows 10 features that will be missing on launch dayACDSee 2.42http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/acdsee-420-90.jpg About 16 years old Like most of the applications tested here, ACDSee was one of the staple pieces of software you would find on cover CDs (and later DVDs) on most if not all magazines. It is an ultra-fast image browser and organiser that was available as time-limited shareware and was later superseded by freeware rival Irfanview. ACDSee has thrived though and is currently in its 18th iteration. Surprisingly enough, the company is still around after 20 years and has expanded into other creative content verticals including video, technical illustration and image editing. PaintShop Pro 4.12http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/paintshoppro-420-90.jpg About 18 years old PaintShop Pro first came to market in 1990, 25 years ago, and almost immediately became a success in the shareware market as a cheap alternative to more expensive image editing software. Developed by JASC software, it introduced the Magic Wand tool to millions and had a nifty image browser as well that, unlike others, used a proprietary index to accelerate indexing. PaintShop Pro was acquired by Corel in 2004 as the market for software cooled down at the beginning of the last decade and is currently in its 17th iteration as Corel PaintShop Pro X7. Its main competitor is Adobe Photoshop Elements. Microsoft Office XPhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/officexp-420-90.jpg About 14 years old As its name implies, Office XP was launched roughly at the same time as Windows XP. By then, it had already cemented its position as the undisputable leader in the business office suite market. Microsoft changed the name from Office XP to Office 2002 (otherwise known as Office 10) – it was sandwiched between Office 2000 (launched in 1999) and Office 2003 (launched in 2003, strangely enough). The version we managed to download even contained Frontpage, which still works perfectly on Windows 10. WinZiphttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/winzip-420-90.jpg About 17 years old There was a time when the nascent worldwide web brought about a glut of multimedia content, often far too big for our internet connection to download without hiccups. This is where the likes of WinZip and WinRAR came in handy; while they did not do much to help compress multimedia files, they had a nifty feature that allowed a file to be split into manageable bits which meant that if you lost connectivity at any point, you could always download the remaining files rather than start all over again. WinZip's popularity dwindled with the rise of broadband and faster connections, and the fact that Microsoft added a compression feature to Windows. Like PSP, another iconic piece of shareware, WinZip was acquired by Corel and currently stands at version 19.5. Opera 4.0.2http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/opera4-420-90.jpg About 15 years old Many of us fondly remember Opera as the ultimate geek's browser. This is an application that was small enough, in its early days, to be run from a floppy disk drive (yes, the 3.5-inch, 1.44MB ones). It was amongst the first to introduce tabbing (known as multiple document interface) and its hotlist. Version 4.0 brought in a new cross-platform core and an integrated email client. The ubiquitous shareware somehow managed to survive all these years as an independent software developer and is currently on version 30. It owes much of its success to its early commitment to mobile browsing with Opera Mobile and Opera Mini. Netscape 6http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/netscape6-420-90.jpg About 14 years old There was a time when the only major competitor to Microsoft's Internet Explorer was Netscape, from Netscape Communications Corporation. The sixth version of that browser was the first to use the then-recently-announced open-source Mozilla platform (which would give us Firefox). The browser came with an instant messaging client, an email and news client, an address book and an HTML editor. The launch of Netscape 6 was marred by unforeseen issues, some of which were caused as Netscape was being acquired by AOL. Minor updates to version 6 helped improve general performance and stability. Winamp 2.62http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/winamp-420-90.jpg About 15 years old The rise of the MP3 audio format, and in the late 1990s, Napster, spawned a whole generation of audio players that made established players like Windows Media Player look old and clunky. Winamp was one of the new kids on the block and the fact that it was free and packed with a lot of features made it an instant hit with audiophiles. Other than the docking feature and the 10-band equaliser, it also allowed users to load their own skins to customise their player and create their own plugins (remember the cool visualisations?). Winamp was purchased by AOL (moving to Radionomy later) and is still going strong. The latest version, v5.666, was launched in 2013. StarOffice 6.0http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/staroffice-420-90.jpg About 13 years old Few applications have had more expectations pinned on them than StarOffice. When the German company that developed it was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999, many hoped that the office suite would grow into a worthy and capable rival to Microsoft Office. That hope grew even more when the source code of the suite was released in July 2000 as OpenOffice.org. But then, Sun got acquired by Oracle in 2010 and OpenOffice was transformed into a "purely community-based project". StarOffice originally included a personal information manager, an email client, an image editor, a web browser and even an HTML editor. iTunes 4.1http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/itunes4-420-90.jpg About 11 years old Windows users had to wait until version 4.1, a full two years after Apple launched iTunes, before they could use the iPod on their computers. The application worked perfectly well on our test computer and even asked us to upgrade to the latest version (currently 12.2.1). iTunes grew from being a simple media player into an e-commerce platform merged with a multimedia manager. You can now use iTunes as the ultimate repository of all things purchased from Apple. In hindsight, maybe Apple should change the name to iEverything. Microsoft GIF Animatorhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20old%20apps/microsoftgifanimator-420-90.jpg About 15 years old Towards the late 90s and early 2000s, Microsoft spread itself fairly thin, launching a number of applications including the likes of Microsoft Chat, Bob and a few others. GIF animator was one of them and as its name suggests, it did one thing (and one thing only); produce animated GIFs. Microsoft no longer allows users to download it, which is a shame really. Animations could be looped, spun, faded in and out and more. Why would Microsoft launch such an application? Well, why not, we guess… One final note: Other software we tried but couldn't get to run on Windows 10 included Adobe Acrobat 5.0, Project 95, Office 95, Fireworks 2.0, Dreamweaver 3.0, Netscape 1, and PaintShop Pro 3.11. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565753219/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/483e47f9/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565753219/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/483e47f9/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565753219/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/483e47f9/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565753219/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/483e47f9/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565753219/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/483e47f9/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/483e47f9/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/gDcKK62DCf4

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20missing%20features/windows10missing-470-75.jpgIntroductionhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20versions/windows%20enterprise-420-90.jpg When you count all the different ways Windows 10 will be available, there are actually seven different editions: Windows 10 Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, Mobile and Mobile Enterprise, plus several versions designed for Internet of Things devices and embedded systems. The list of SKUs makes most sense when you divide it up by screen size, because that is what controls the user interface you see, as well as the features you get. Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise are for smartphones and tablets that have screens smaller than 8-inch; they have the Windows Phone-style screen, the Edge browser without Internet Explorer, and come with the Office for Windows 10 apps pre-installed. Windows 10 Home, Pro, Enteprise and Education are for desktop PCs, laptops, 2-in-1s, convertibles and larger tablets. Mostly, they're the equivalent of the similarly named Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 editions. In this article, we'll go through the exact details of each version… 20 smart new and improved features in Windows 10Windows 10 Home http://cdn0.mos.techradar.futurecdn.net//art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%2020%20features/windows%2010%2020%20things%20Hero-420-100.jpg The version of Windows 10 that you're most likely to get if you buy a new PC, Windows 10 Home, has the key features of Windows 10, from the new Start menu to the Edge browser, to the Windows Hello biometric login feature that uses your face or fingerprint instead of a password, to Cortana – the voice-controlled assistant from Windows Phone. Windows 10 Home includes game streaming from Xbox One, which lets you play games from your Xbox One on your PC instead. To keep home users more secure, updates come from Windows Update, and you don't get the option not to install critical and security updates. Windows 10 Home includes the Continuum feature for tablets. This is the tablet mode that simplifies the taskbar and the Start menu, and makes your apps full screen – you can split your screen between two apps, but this is much simpler than the way Windows 8.1 let you arrange windows on-screen. If you have the Home version of Windows 7 or 8.1, Windows 10 Home is what the free upgrade will get you. Windows 10 Prohttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20versions/pro%20features-420-90.jpg If you use your PC for business, Windows 10 Pro has extra features over Windows 10 Home – the most important of which is being able to join a domain, including Azure Active Directory for single sign-on to cloud services (and have group policy applied as part of that). You also get Hyper-V for virtualisation, BitLocker whole disk encryption, enterprise mode Internet Explorer, Remote Desktop, a version of the Windows Store for your own business, Enterprise Data Protection containers (a feature that comes later in the year) and assigned access (which locks a PC to running only one modern application, to use like a kiosk). Pro users can get updates from Windows Update for Business, which includes options for scheduling updates so they don't reboot PCs at important business times. There are ways of connecting Windows Home PCs to a server, but if you want the familiar business PC experience, Windows 10 Pro is what you need. It will be a free upgrade from the Pro versions of Windows 7 and 8.1 (which includes Windows 7 Ultimate as well as Professional, and Windows 8.1 Pro and Pro for Students), you'll be able to upgrade to it from Windows 10 Home, and some desktops and notebooks designed for business will come with Windows 10 Pro. Windows 10 Enterprisehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20versions/windows%2010%20skus-420-90.jpg Windows 10 Enterprise has all the business features of Pro, and adds a number of more powerful features designed for larger companies: Direct Access for connecting without a VPN, AppLocker for whitelisting apps, BranchCache for sharing downloads and updates with other PCs using a peer-to-peer connection, and group policy for controlling the Start Screen. There's also Credential Guard and Device Guard features for protecting Windows logon credentials and locking down which applications a PC can run, and the option of keeping a PC on the Long Term Servicing Branch where it gets only security updates (ideal for systems you need to have working reliably for years without being affected by new and changing Windows features). The free Windows 10 upgrade doesn't apply to Windows Enterprise; that's because you can only get it with a volume licence (and you have to already have a Windows Pro licence for each PC), and if you have a volume licence you already have the option of Software Assurance, which includes upgrades. Windows 10 Educationhttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20versions/windows%2010%20education-420-90.jpg Windows 10 Education is a new SKU, designed for large academic organisations like universities that want the security, management and connectivity features of Windows 10 Enterprise (it's common for students to need to join the domain to use official printers, for example). The feature list is almost identical to Windows 10 Enterprise but it doesn't have the Long Term Servicing Branch and instead of having to upgrade from Windows Pro, you can upgrade directly to Windows 10 Education from Windows 10 Home. That means educational establishments can easily make Windows 10 Education available to students bringing in their own PCs. Windows 10 Mobilehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20versions/windows%20mobile-420-90.jpg If you use Windows Phone or a small (8-inch or smaller) tablet with Windows 8.1, when you upgrade what you get is Windows 10 Mobile (a confusing name, given that Windows Mobile was the smartphone OS that Windows Phone replaced). It's also what will come on new devices. The idea is that a 5-inch or 6-inch phone and a 7-inch tablet aren't really very different devices, so having the same interface and – crucially – the same universal apps on both makes more sense (and gives Microsoft a better chance of getting apps for its platform). Windows Mobile has the key parts of Windows 10, including the Edge browser and the new touch-friendly version of Office – but it doesn't include IE. If you have the right hardware, you'll be able to plug your phone or tablet into a display and get the Continuum interface, with a bigger Start menu and the same interface you'd see for universal apps on a PC. Windows 10 Mobile Enterprisehttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20versions/long%20term%20servicing%20branch-420-90.jpg The version of Windows Mobile for larger businesses who have volume licences includes similar tools for managing updates to Windows 10 Enterprise, although we don't know if they're exactly the same as Windows Update for Business and the Long Term Servicing branch. Windows 10 IoThttp://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20versions/windows%2010%20iot-420-90.jpg If you have a Raspberry Pi 2 or an Intel Galileo or a range of other 'maker boards' you can get a free version of Windows 10 for them that can run universal apps. There are also Industry and Mobile versions of Windows 10 that OEMs can put on more traditional embedded devices like point of sale systems, cash tills, ATMs and other machinery. The Industry version is for x86 systems only and it can run a wide range of software; the Mobile version is for tablets and handhelds that might have x86 or ARM CPUs and they can run universal apps. 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