Read on for a recap of smaller Linux app releases in October 2025, including updates to BleachBit, Bazaar, Calibre, DigiKam, Resources and more!

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In this post, I will talk about Windows 11/10 Fresh Start, Reset, Refresh, Clean install & In-place upgrade options so that you know when to use which option: Windows Reset will remove everything. If ...

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A new Microsoft update patches a bug affecting Windows recovery. The bug prevented the use of USB mice and keyboards in WinRE. The new patch is available through Windows Update. Microsoft has fixed a ...

Microsoft is once again emphasizing that passwords are a thing of the past, while passkeys represent the future of secure, ...

Veteran technology journalist Ed Bott has “seen things,” after more than 30 years of covering Microsoft and the PC industry, and he recognizes a pattern in the company’s latest AI features for Windows ...

Firm Wins “Payment Platform of the Year” at Ibadan Tech Awards 2025 By Juliet Umeh 1app Technologies, one of Nigeria’s leading financial technology companies, has been named Payment Platform of the ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Download With the Installation Assistant If Windows 11 isn't appearing as an update on your PC, you can still install it through Microsoft’s Windows 11 Installation Assistant. Browse to the Download ...

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