Microsoft is continuing to push quietly into new frontiers on the accessibility front. Their most recent effort? The release of four free "Eyes First" games that people who have speech and mobility-related disabilities can play using nothing but eye movements. The new quartet of Windows 10 games, Maze, Double Up, Match Two, and a Tile Slide puzzle … [Read more...] about Microsoft Now Testing Games Playable With Eye Movements
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Apple iCloud App Now Available On Windows 10
Great news for inter-operability. Apple has brought its new iCloud app to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 devices. Even better, the app is designed such that it's deeply integrated with Windows 10, even allowing you to access iCloud files from inside other Windows apps. The version available on the Microsoft Store is identical to the desktop … [Read more...] about Apple iCloud App Now Available On Windows 10
Windows Possibly Removing Option To Use Outdated Wifi Connections
If you haven't already installed the 1903 Windows 10 update released in May, be advised. When you install it, you'll start seeing warning popup boxes any time you connect to a WiFi network that is using TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) or WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) to encrypt and secure those connections. The particulars of the message … [Read more...] about Windows Possibly Removing Option To Use Outdated Wifi Connections
Password Policies Getting Update From Microsoft
Industry experts have been predicting the death of the humble password for decades. To date, those predictions have amounted to nothing. Passwords are still with us, and still serve as the cornerstone of security, even as other measures have arisen alongside them to help better secure your all-important data. Even though passwords … [Read more...] about Password Policies Getting Update From Microsoft
Windows Update May Fail With External Storage Devices
Microsoft recently issued an important support document that your IT staff needs to be aware of. In part, their notice reads as follows: "Inappropriate drive reassignment can occur on eligible computers that have an external USB device or SD memory card attached during the installation of the May 2019 update. For this reason, these … [Read more...] about Windows Update May Fail With External Storage Devices
Microsoft Is Keeping Paint Program For Now
Back in July 2017, Microsoft created a bit of an uproar when they released a build of Windows 10 that promoted their new Paint 3D app. Paired with the new arrival was an announcement that the classic Windows Paint program would be deprecated and ultimately removed from the OS in subsequent versions. Paint has been part of the Windows … [Read more...] about Microsoft Is Keeping Paint Program For Now
