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Microsoft Weekly + Native RAR in Windows 11 tested + Windows 95 released 28 years ago

Issue #276

Author

Steven Parker
August 27, 2023

I hope you had a great week, meanwhile here's a recap of our most recent news, as well as the Microsoft Weekly, we hope you take a look!

Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 and unsupported CPU, cloud goes to Ubisoft, File Explorer tests

In this episode of Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 causes blue screens and flags processors as unsupported; Bing annoys Chrome users; new File Explorer benchmarks; gaming news; and preview builds.

A quick look back at the launch and promotion of Windows 95 28 years ago today

The retail version of Microsoft's Windows 95 went on sale on August 24, 1995. It was accompanied by a promotion and marketing campaign that remains unprecedented for any PC operating system.

A quick look back at the introduction of the first Microsoft Kinect sensor (Project Natal)

In 2009, Microsoft showed off Project Natal for the first time during the E3 gaming trade show The motion capture sensor for its Xbox 360 would be renamed as Kinect for its official retail release.

Software updates

Weekend PC Game Deals: Platformers to bundle, RTS to keep, and more

This weekend's PC game deals include a bundle from Humble for 3D platformer fans, a giveaway for a Homeworld RTS from the Epic Games Store, free events for two co-op games, and more.

Up to 90% off in Deals with Gold and Spotlight Sale feat Forza Horizon 5, and more

In this week's Deals with Gold, you can save big on titles like Red Dead Redemption II, Forza Horizon 5, Warhammer, and more. Over on the Xbox 360, Duke Nukem Forever, and more are now 80% off.

Check out over 30 minutes of Soulframe, the upcoming fantasy game from the Warframe dev team

The gameplay footage shows a number of features from the upcoming free-to-play fantasy action-RPG Soulframe, which is the next major game from Warframe developers Digital Extremes.

From the Forums

Windows 11 gets native RAR support, here is how it compares to WinRAR and other apps

The next Windows 11 feature update will bring native RAR, 7Z, TAR, and other compressing formats support to File Explorer. Here is how it compares to dedicated apps like WinRAR and NanaZIP.

A person who leaked Starfield gameplay on the interwebs has been arrested on theft charges

Darin Harris, who leaked 45 minutes of Starfield gameplay earlier this week, was arrested on stolen property charges in Shelby County, Tennessee after he allegedly tried to sell copies of the game.

AMD launching FSR 3 in September, to work with Xbox as well but no mention of Sony's PS5

Patches to enable AMD's FSR 3 support will be added to Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum sometime in early September. It will be added to every DirectX 11 and 12 game sometime in early 2024.

This week's deals

Tech deals we posted this week

How to disable rounded address bar in Microsoft Edge?

Last year, Microsoft Edge received a new Chrome-like address bar with rounded corners. Those not happy with how it looks can use this simple guide to disable the rounded address bar in Edge.

A quick look back at the announcement of what would become Linux 32 years ago this week

On August 25, 1991, 21-year old programmer Linus Torvalds posted an announcement on a newsgroup that he was working on a new and free PC operating system. That OS would later be named Linux

Logging off

Have a good one!

Cheers, Steve.