Windows Weekly 623

This Week's Stories

• Modern OS: It's the future of Windows, vaguely. In a boring blog post about new PCs, Microsoft suddenly---if vaguely---starts discussing something called Modern OS. And it is not Windows 10. Or is it?
• Related: PCs continue evolving despite the down market, and I like what they've become. Plus, Lenovo, the world's biggest PC maker, is somehow experiencing big PC sales growth.
• Dell tips something called Windows 10 Home Ultra. This is almost certainly the new name for Windows 10 Home Advanced, which Thurrott.com revealed a year ago. But Microsoft says "Ultra" does not exist.
• Windows 10 version 1903 ekes out into the world, slowly.
• Much ado about nothing with new Microsoft Edge, again
• Microsoft celebrates 10 years of Bing. Which was not its first search engine. Or 2nd or 3rd either. When did Bing finally turn a profit? 2015
• Microsoft is making a Pro IntelliMouse for some reason.
• There's a purple Xbox One S on the way!
• New messaging experience comes to Xbox app
• Related: PS Now is the biggest game streaming service today

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Configure Paste Options in OneNote for Windows 10
• App pick of the week: Use your iPhone camera to turn a photo of table data into a spreadsheet
• Enterprise pick of the week: Admins deploying 1903: Check this box
• Codename pick of the week: Kumo
• Beer pick of the week: Edmund's Oast Brewing Company Fountain Drink

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Links

• Microsoft Announces Modern OS
• Microsoft's 'Modern OS' vision: A foreshadowing of 'Lite' or more of the same?
• I Love What’s Happening to the PC (Premium)
• Lenovo Surges on Healthy PC Sales
• Windows 10 Home Ultra Explained. Again. (Updated)
• Microsoft looks ready to add another Windows 10 Edition to its list
• Usage Data Confirms Slow Rollout of Windows 10 Version 1903
• Google Now Forces Microsoft Edge Preview Users to Use Chrome for the Modern YouTube Experience
• Microsoft Celebrates 10 Years of Bing
• Microsoft's Bing search business finally is profitable
• Microsoft is Making a Pro IntelliMouse Too
• Microsoft’s Purple Xbox One S Fortnite Console Leaks
• Xbox App Gets New Messaging Experience
• PlayStation Now is the Biggest Game Streaming Service Today
• Tip: Configure Paste Options in OneNote for Windows 10
• Microsoft brings ability to turn photos of table data into Excel spreadsheets to iOS
• Systems administrators: You need to know about this Windows 10 1903 patching change
• Kiev and Kumo: The long and winding road to Live Search's rebrand
• Beer pick of the week: Edmund's Oast Brewing Company Fountain Drink