Yesterday we noted Apple's somewhat draconian instructions for changing the default Web browser and e-mail client in Mac OS X, which involve changing the settings from within Safari and Mail.app ...

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Microsoft has updated Copilot on Windows to open web links in an in-app side pane, bypassing users' default browser settings without offering an opt-out.

When Apple released iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, it made a change that enables third-party browsers to be used as default apps, meaning users who don't get on with Apple's native Safari browser can choose an ...

The beauty of the Windows 11/10 operating system is that you’re spoiled for choice regarding app selection. For every action, protocol, or file type, you have many apps that can handle it. Windows 10 ...

One of the interesting facets in the "evolution" of Windows over the decade or so is the way Microsoft suddenly pretends not to be aware of common institutional knowledge. Microsoft, for example, had ...