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‘State of Decay 2’ soundtrack now available on vinyl “State of Decay 2‘s” 4 million players have been enjoying the game’s soundtrack by BAFTA award-winning and Billboard/MTV VMA-nominated Danish composer Jesper Kyd, which is available on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon. Starting Dec. 18, fans can now purchase the State of Decay 2 Special Edition – Double Vinyl for $39.99. The double vinyl includes 10 previously unreleased tracks in addition to the atmospheric guitar and analog synth score heard in the game. To celebrate the release, Xbox Wire caught up with Kyd to ask him some questions from the “State of Decay 2” player community. Head on over to read the interview. The post ‘State of Decay 2’ soundtrack now available on vinyl appeared first on Windows Blog. Source: ‘State of Decay 2’ soundtrack now available on vinyl

Introducing Project Mu The Microsoft Devices Team is excited to announce Project Mu, the open-source release of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) core leveraged by Microsoft products including both Surface and the latest releases of Hyper-V. UEFI is system software that initializes hardware during the boot process and provides services for the operating system to load. Project Mu contributes numerous UEFI features targeted at modern Windows based PCs. It also demonstrates a code structure and development process for efficiently building scalable and serviceable firmware. These enhancements allow Project Mu devices to support Firmware as a Service (FaaS). Similar to Windows as a Service, Firmware as a Service optimizes UEFI and other system firmware for timely quality patches that keep firmware up to date and enables efficient development of post-launch features.  Bringing Firmware-as-a-Service to Open Source When first enabling FaaS on Surface, we learned that [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18305 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18305 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If this makes you uncomfortable, you may want to consider switching to the Slow ring. Slow ring builds will continue to be higher quality. If you are. looking for a complete look at what build is in which Insider ring – head on over to Flight Hub. You can also check out the rest of our documentation here including a complete list of new features and updates that have gone out as part of Insider flights for the current development cycle (which currently is 19H1). Note: This will be our last [ more… ]

Driver quality in the Windows ecosystem Ensuring Windows 10 works great with all the devices and accessories our customers use is a top priority for our team. There are millions of configurations of hardware and driver combinations in the Windows ecosystem, allowing for great customer choice and unlocking opportunity for partners. We work closely with this broad mix of partners to test new drivers, monitor health characteristics over time, and make Windows and our ecosystem more resilient architecturally. Our goal is to ensure that all the updates and drivers we deliver to non-Insider populations are validated and at production quality (including monthly optional releases) before pushing drivers broadly to all. Within such complexity, this still means that some combinations and configurations in the real world will require Microsoft or our partners to make adjustments. In this blog, part of our [ more… ]