UniGetUI 2026.1.8 Update: Avalonia UI, Pinget Fallback, Flatpak & Fixes
UniGetUI 2026.1.8, the latest iteration of the popular Windows package manager GUI, arrived yesterday with a complete interface overhaul built on Avalonia, a new Pinget fallback for WinGet downloads,...
Dynamics 365 Agentic AI in Supply Chain: From Visibility to Governed Execution
At the 2026 Gartner Supply Chain Symposium in Orlando, Microsoft positioned Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management as the hub for a new generation of AI agents that don’t just report...
Why Steam Survey Shows Windows 10 Holding On: RTX 3060 & 8GB VRAM Factor
Valve's April 2026 Steam Hardware & Software Survey delivers a stark reality check for Microsoft: despite the October 14, 2025 end of mainstream support, nearly one in four Windows gamers...
Run 1980s and 1990s PC Games on Windows 11 with DOSBox Time-Machine Emulation
Windows 11 ships with a 64-bit architecture that flatly refuses to run 16-bit DOS software. That break eliminates native compatibility for thousands of games built for MS-DOS, introduced in 1981,...
Sainsbury’s 'Activate Windows' Watermark on Self-Checkout: Retail IT Exposed
On May 5, 2026, a shopper at a Sainsbury’s supermarket in the United Kingdom scanned their groceries, tapped through the payment screen, and was greeted not by a receipt prompt but by a stark,...
Azure Reserved VM cutoff July 1, 2026: Plan Windows migrations before 2028
Microsoft is pulling the plug on Reserved Instance purchases for a swath of aging virtual machine series. Starting July 1, 2026, you won’t be able to buy new one- or three-year Azure Reserved VM...
Microsoft’s AI Push Meets Trust Issues: Windows Prompts, GitHub Reliability, Copilot Limits
Microsoft’s grand AI ambitions collided with a trio of trust-eroding issues this week, exposing deep frustrations among Windows users and developers alike. The company—busy integrating Copilot...
Azure Reserved VM Instances Cutoff July 1, 2026: Migration Deadline for Legacy SKUs
Microsoft will stop selling new one-year Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances for fourteen older virtual-machine families on July 1, 2026, and will block renewals of existing reservations the...
April 2026 Windows Update Blocks psmounterex.sys Driver, Breaking Backup Mounting and VSS Snapshots
Microsoft’s latest monthly security update, released on April 14, 2026, has added the third-party kernel driver psmounterex.sys to the Microsoft Vulnerable Driver Blocklist, immediately preventing...
UniGetUI 2026.1.8 ships with Pinget WinGet fallback, Avalonia UI, and Flatpak support
UniGetUI 2026.1.8 rolled out on May 5, 2026, packing a portable WinGet stand-in, a ground-up UI rebuild with Avalonia, and experimental Flatpak management. The latest release of the open-source...
AppControl for Windows 11/10: A 72-Hour Visibility Tool Beyond Task Manager
Task Manager tells you what’s happening right now. AppControl tells you what’s been happening for the past three days. That’s the core pitch behind a new free utility from developer Jon...
Azure IaaS Security in 2026: Defense in Depth, Secure by Default, and Operations
Microsoft’s Azure engineering team published a landmark blog post on May 4, 2026, reframing how organizations must defend their cloud infrastructure. The message was blunt: yesterday’s...