8 Places Windows XP Is Hiding in Windows 11

Did You Know?: Starfish have no blood and instead use sea water filtered by their bodies to move nutrients around. [Read in Browser]( [How-To Geek]() November 30, 2022 Did You Know? Starfish have no blood and instead use sea water filtered by their bodies to move nutrients around. 🔎 The Tiny Computers Happy Wednesday! There’s some exciting news if you like small computers. [Zotac has a new series of compact PCs with 12th-gen Intel Core CPUs](, and for home server projects, FriendlyElec released [a new ARM PC with two Ethernet ports](. In safety-related news, [Eufy security cameras have a significant privacy problem](, and Chrome on iPhone and iPad has [a new way to activate Incognito Mode](. – Corbin TODAY'S TOP STORY [8 Places Windows XP Is Hiding in Windows 11]( [8 Places Windows XP Is Hiding in Windows 11]( Microsoft Windows has changed a lot in the past 20 years, but there are many areas where it hasn’t. 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