This Week on Windows: New Windows 10 PCs, Forza Horizon 3, and more

2017-04-21 KENNETH 0

This Week on Windows: New Windows 10 PCs, Forza Horizon 3, and more We hope you enjoyed today’s episode of This Week on Windows! Head over here to see our series, “A Week with Microsoft Edge,” all about the browser designed for Windows 10. Check out five ways to get started with the Paint 3D app, learn more about the new creativity apps for Surface Dial, download the Netflix app from the Windows Store to get ready for Bill Nye Saves the World on April 21 – or, keep reading to catch up on all of this week’s news. In case you missed it: <!– !function(a,b){"use strict";function c(){if(!e){e=!0;var a,c,d,f,g=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),h=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11./),i=b.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(c=0;c<i.length;c++){if(d=i,!d.getAttribute("data-secret"))f=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),d.src+="#?secret="+f,d.setAttribute("data-secret",f);if(g||h)a=d.cloneNode(!0),a.removeAttribute("security"),d.parentNode.replaceChild(a,d)}}}var d=!1,e=!1;if(b.querySelector)if(a.addEventListener)d=!0;if(a.wp=a.wp||{},!a.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(a.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(c){var d=c.data;if(d.secret||d.message||d.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(d.secret)){var e,f,g,h,i,j=b.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+d.secret+'"]'),k=b.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+d.secret+'"]');for(e=0;e<k.length;e++)k[e].style.display="none";for(e=0;e1e3)g=1e3;else if(~~g<!]]> <!– !function(a,b){"use strict";function c(){if(!e){e=!0;var a,c,d,f,g=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),h=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11./),i=b.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(c=0;c<i.length;c++){if(d=i,!d.getAttribute("data-secret"))f=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),d.src+="#?secret="+f,d.setAttribute("data-secret",f);if(g||h)a=d.cloneNode(!0),a.removeAttribute("security"),d.parentNode.replaceChild(a,d)}}}var d=!1,e=!1;if(b.querySelector)if(a.addEventListener)d=!0;if(a.wp=a.wp||{},!a.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(a.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(c){var d=c.data;if(d.secret||d.message||d.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(d.secret)){var e,f,g,h,i,j=b.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+d.secret+'"]'),k=b.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+d.secret+'"]');for(e=0;e<k.length;e++)k[e].style.display="none";for(e=0;e1e3)g=1e3;else if(~~g<!]]> HP announces new Pavilion convertible PCs powered by Windows 10 at Coachella HP revealed a new lineup of Pavilion laptops [ more… ]

Improved JavaScript performance, WebAssembly, and Shared Memory in Microsoft Edge

2017-04-21 KENNETH 0

Improved JavaScript performance, WebAssembly, and Shared Memory in Microsoft Edge JavaScript performance is an evergreen topic on the web. With each new release of Microsoft Edge, we look at user feedback and telemetry data to identify opportunities to improve the Chakra JavaScript engine and enable better performance on real sites. In this post, we’ll walk you through some new features coming to Chakra with the Windows 10 Creators Update that improve the day-to-day browsing experience in Microsoft Edge, as well as some new experimental features for developers: WebAssembly, and Shared Memory and Atomics. Under the hood: JavaScript performance improvements Saving memory by re-deferring functions Back in the days of Internet Explorer, Chakra introduced the ability to defer-parse functions, and more recently extended the capability to defer-parse event-handlers. For eligible functions, Chakra performs a lightweight pre-parsing phase where the engine checks [ more… ]

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Just released – Windows developer evaluation virtual machines – April 2017 build

2017-04-21 KENNETH 0

Just released – Windows developer evaluation virtual machines – April 2017 build We’re releasing the April 2017 edition of our evaluation Windows developer virtual machines (VM) on Windows Dev Center. The VMs come in Hyper-V, Parallels, VirtualBox and VMWare flavors. The evaluation version will expire on 07/07/17. Evaluation VM contain: Windows 10 Creators Update – Enterprise Evaluation, Version 1703 Visual Studio 2017 with the Universal Windows Platform (15063 SDK) and Azure workflows enabled Windows UWP samples (March 2017 Update) Windows Subsystem for Linux If you want a non-evaluation version of the VM, we have those as well. They do require a Windows 10 Pro license, which you can get from the Microsoft Store. If you have feedback on the VMs, please provide it over at the Windows Developer Feedback UserVoice site. Source: Just released – Windows developer evaluation virtual machines – April 2017 [ more… ]