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Find out how Z by HP helps creative pros up their game Jody MacDonald working with Z by HP Jody MacDonald has had many challenging assignments, but for the award-winning photographer, a six-week trek testing an all-weather camera through the Sahara Desert stood out. During the day, the heat was unbearable, the nights freezing. She slept on top of iron ore, on the world’s longest train. She encountered huge sandstorms. With extreme weather conditions like this, her gear gets banged around a lot as it travels on the backs of donkeys, pickup trucks and small aircraft. She needs powerful, physically durable equipment. In 2018, she became a Z by HP ambassador as she tried out a new HP ZBook x2, replacing her MacBook Pro. With it, she’s experienced a level of detail and ease of use in the editing process [ more… ]

Windows 10 Tip: More choices for updates Editor’s note: We’re back with the summer batch of weekly Windows 10 tips posts, which highlight some of the many helpful features that come with the Windows 10 May 2019 Update. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to make your daily life easier with a streamlined update process, as well as clean and simple experiences for your desktop.  Thanks to the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, you’ll see fewer interruptions when Windows updates.   Now you have the option to let Windows Update adjust active hours based on your device-specific usage patterns.  We know that sometimes, updates can come at inconvenient times. So, now you’ll be able to pause both feature and monthly updates for up to 35 days (seven days at a time, up to five times).   And when there’s an update requiring you to restart your device, you’ll see a new notification: a colored dot [ more… ]

Participate in the Developer Economics Survey The Developer Economics Q2 2019 survey is here in its 17th edition to shed light on the future of the software industry. Every year more than 40,000 developers around the world participate in this survey, so this is a chance to be part of something big, voice your thoughts, and make your own contribution to the developer community. Is this survey for me? The survey is for all developers, whether you’re a professional, a hobbyist, or a student; building front-end, back-end, or full stack; working on desktop, web, gaming, cloud, mobile, IoT, AR/VR, machine learning, or data science. What questions am I likely to be asked? The survey asks questions about the status and the future of the software industry. What’s going up and what’s going down in the software industry? Which are your favorite [ more… ]

Debug the DOM in Visual Studio Code using Elements for Microsoft Edge Over the past few months, we’ve been working closely with web developers to understand how to simplify your workflows by building on our new Chromium-powered DevTools foundation for the next version of Microsoft Edge. One consistent theme we heard in these conversations is that you want to spend more time working with code in your favorite editor. Given you can already debug Edge from VS Code, the next logical step is to integrate the most-used browser tool, Elements, into VS Code, as well. You can try this out today in our new preview VS Code extension, Elements for Microsoft Edge. This extension is an initial preview meant to better understand the issues you have manipulating and debugging HTML and CSS across browser tools and your editor. To get [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18936 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18936 (20H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. IMPORTANT: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, these builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If you take this flight, you won’t be able to switch Slow or Release Preview rings without doing a clean-install on your PC. If you wish to remain on 19H1, please change your ring settings via Settings > Update & Security > Windows Insider Program *before* taking this flight. See this blog post for details. If you want 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 [ more… ]