I had to help a friend with his computer over the weekend. It seems his PC forgot he had Adobe Acrobat installed and instead it was opening PDF files in Google Chrome. I wasn’t quite sure how his ...

Developed 30 years ago by Adobe, the Portable Document Format, or PDF, is widely used around the globe for viewing and signing documents – everything from corporate annual reports and scientific ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Windows 11/10 almost forces users to use Microsoft Edge as the default application for everything, from browsing the internet to opening PDF files. The Chromium version of the Edge browser is ...

Let’s face it—default apps on Windows 11 often feel like they’re just there to get the job done, but not much more. Whether it’s the sluggish Photos app, the bare-bones Calculator, or the limited PDF ...

One of the enduring legacies of the ’90s browser wars has been an outsize attention to how Microsoft handles default app settings in Windows, especially browser settings. The company plans to make it ...