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Arif Bacchus

Arif is a freelance technology writer for OnMSFT and Digital Trends. He has over five years of experience covering all things Microsoft, including Surface, Windows 10, Xbox, Microsoft 365, and more. He also writes how-to guides, op-eds, reviews, and loves to play with the latest tech --- Microsoft or not.

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US Supreme Court dismisses Microsoft email privacy lawsuit

For the past few years, Microsoft has been in a lengthy battle with the US Government over emails held on…

Arif Bacchus · April 17, 2018 · 2 min read

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Intel’s Accelerated Memory Scanning will use GPUs to make virus scans more efficient on Windows PCs

Virus scanning, especially with third-party programs, is a processor-intensive task and can sometimes take a toll on the proficiency on…

Arif Bacchus · April 17, 2018 · 2 min read

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Microsoft announces new Windows Community Standup on April 18

Microsoft has announced a new Windows Community Standup for 10 AM PST on April 18, which is tomorrow. The webcast…

Arif Bacchus · April 17, 2018 · 1 min read

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Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Redstone 4 Insider Build 17134 to the Fast Ring

As we suggested last week, Microsoft has finally pushed out a new Redstone 4 build to Windows Insiders in the…

Arif Bacchus · April 16, 2018 · 2 min read

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Microsoft working on new tool to help Windows Insiders stuck on older preview builds

A routine part of being a Windows Insider is installing new builds to try out the latest and greatest Windows…

Arif Bacchus · April 16, 2018 · 2 min read

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Get the Microsoft Classic Intellimouse on Amazon today for $25

If you’re after a no-nonsense mouse for your PC, then the Microsoft Classic Intellimouse is for you. The mouse is…

Arif Bacchus · April 16, 2018 · 1 min read

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Save up to $200 on select Surface devices at the Microsoft Store today

If you've been holding off on buying a new Surface device, you might want to head down to your local…

Arif Bacchus · April 16, 2018 · 2 min read

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Jump lists support comes to the Twitter PWA on Windows 10

After getting support for the Windows 10 Share Dialog just a few days ago, yet another update has come to…

Arif Bacchus · April 16, 2018 · 2 min read

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Dona Sarkar digs into the stats: who are the Windows Insiders?

Dona Sarkar took to her Twitter account this week to highlight some interesting data from the Windows Insider program. The…

Arif Bacchus · April 13, 2018 · 2 min read

Halo video game stickers come to SwiftKey on Android

Last month, Swiftkey got its first significant update, adding in a new Toolbar and support for new stickers. As the…

Arif Bacchus · April 13, 2018 · 1 min read