Gregg Keizer
Senior Reporter
Gregg Keizer covers Windows, Office, Apple/enterprise, web browsers and web apps for Computerworld.
What's in the latest Chrome update? Big performance boost, tab search and tab actions, native app for new Macs
Chrome 87 boasts a big speed boost and a revamped UI for the browser's PDF viewer and a native version for new M1-powered Macs.
What's in the latest Firefox upgrade? Browse only over HTTPS
Firefox 83 adds an "HTTPS-Only Mode," a 15% speed boost and patches for 21 vulnerabilities.
Microsoft deviates from the norm, forcibly upgrades Windows 10 1903 with minor 1909 refresh
The latest 1903-to-1909 migration, a departure from the company's recent practices, may offer clues to how Microsoft plans to service Windows 10 next year.
Microsoft exhorts enterprises to quit text, voice multi-factor authentication passcodes
Microsoft Authenticator, the company's app-based authenticator, and Windows Hello, the umbrella label for Microsoft's biometrics technology, are better methods of authentication, a Microsoft exec says.
Microsoft readies Office for Big Sur, M1-based Macs
One day after Apple unveiled new computers that run on Apple-designed silicon, Microsoft issued a preview of Office for the Mac that will run natively on the new hardware.
Apple sets Big Sur release for Nov. 12
macOS 11 "Big Sur" is designed to support the company's own ARM-based silicon for the Mac, the system-on-a-chip (SoC) dubbed "M1 unveiled today.
Google's Chromium browser explained
Chrome is the most popular browser in the world, but there would be no Chrome without Chromium, the open-source project that underpins it. Here's what Chromium is, where you can download it, how it shapes your online experience, and —...
Windows by the numbers: Windows 10 rolls on past 70%
Windows 10 accounted for 72.2% of Windows-only machines in October, according to U.S. analytics vendor Net Applications. At that rate of growth, it will run three out of four PCs by the end of January.
Top web browsers 2020: Edge makes double digits
In October, Google's Chrome browser shed market share for the third month in a row. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Edge broke into double-digits — the largest ever gain for Edge in a single month
IT can now force Windows 10 feature upgrades past Microsoft blockers
Microsoft has now empowered IT admins to push a Windows 10 feature upgrade onto PCs, even if Microsoft attempts to block the hardware from getting the refresh.
Microsoft expands anti-IE tack, compels 1,000 sites to open in Edge
Beginning with the release of Edge 87 in November, Microsoft plans to push more than 1,000 websites away from Internet Explorer to the much newer Edge browser.
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