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New Microsoft Feedback portal coming; Add 5 more years of Ubuntu support; Smooth Scrolling for Excel

New Microsoft Feedback portal coming; Add 5 more years of Ubuntu support; Smooth Scrolling for Excel

October 08, 2021

Friday October 8.

This is how you can add five more years of life to your Ubuntu LTS install — www.neowin.net

In this brief guide, we look at how you can enable Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) updates and Livepatch on Ubuntu LTS installations free of charge. ESM adds five years of life to Ubuntu releases.

Microsoft Excel on Windows is getting Smooth Scrolling soon

Microsoft is making a seemingly small but useful change to the UI behavior in Excel on Windows to enable Smooth Scrolling. You will soon be able to scroll halfway through a row or a column.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says Intel won't consider UK for factory — www.neowin.net

Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger has ruled out the UK as the site for the firm's European factory. He said the company is considering 70 proposals from 10 countries inside the European Union.

Microsoft: Russia poses the greatest cybersecurity threat to governments

Microsoft has published its annual Digital Defense Report, highlighting that nation-state actors from Russia pose the biggest threat to foreign governments, such as the United States.

A new Feedback portal for Windows, Teams, and Microsoft Edge is coming later this year — www.neowin.net

Microsoft is reportedly preparing a new "Feedback portal" for its Microsoft 365 services. It will hit preview later this year and more products, such as Windows, will be added next year.

Apple iPad Air (2020) is 18% off down to just $489 today on Amazon

The 4th generation 64 GB Wi-Fi variant with an A14 Bionic processor is $110 off today on Amazon and available in a few colors at this price. This is also the first iPad Air with Apple Pencil support.