Microsoft

News and views about Microsoft's latest developments including Windows, Office, Xbox, Surface, and more.

Gaming Microsoft

Did Microsoft secretly reveal Scorpio's release date in these new teaser trailers?

And troll Sony?

By Rob Thubron, June 8, 2017, 10:30 AM 3 comments

Microsoft Software

Microsoft building new edition of Windows 10 for power PCs, workstations

Expanded hardware support, workstation mode, the Resilient file system, and faster file sharing

By Jose Vilches, June 5, 2017, 10:45 AM 6 comments

Microsoft The Web

Bing now lets you image search within images

By Shawn Knight, June 1, 2017, 6:15 PM

Microsoft Software

Microsoft redesigns Skype to look a lot like Snapchat

By Shawn Knight, June 1, 2017, 11:50 AM 3 comments

Hardware Microsoft

Qualcomm and Microsoft announce plans for 'always-connected,' Snapdragon 835-powered PCs

With 50 percent longer battery life and gigabit LTE

By Rob Thubron, May 31, 2017, 8:00 AM 18 comments

Security Microsoft

Bug in Windows 7 and 8.1 allows maliciously coded websites to crash the OS

NTFS reserved file can be used like c:\con\con was in Windows 9x

By Cal Jeffrey, May 26, 2017, 1:00 PM 6 comments

Microsoft Gaming

Xbox Game Pass launches for Gold members today

Download as many games as you want limited only by the size of your hard drive

By Cal Jeffrey, May 24, 2017, 12:45 PM 10 comments

Microsoft

Microsoft unveils all-new Surface Pro with major battery life improvements

By Shawn Knight, May 23, 2017, 2:15 PM 9 comments

Gaming Microsoft

Microsoft: developers decide if Scorpio games have frame rate parity with Xbox One titles

Both consoles might have the same fps when it comes to multiplayer

By Rob Thubron, May 22, 2017, 7:30 AM 11 comments

Microsoft Software

Windows 10 S is not capable of running Linux distros

Just because it is in the Windows Store does not mean it will run in Windows 10 S

By Cal Jeffrey, May 19, 2017, 2:15 PM 16 comments

Mobile Microsoft

Microsoft's Surface Pro 5 leaks online with minimal design changes

By Shawn Knight, May 19, 2017, 11:15 AM 6 comments

Gaming Microsoft

Microsoft and Unity team up to offer $100,000 to the best AR design idea

The deadline for idea submissions isJune 10, with finalists to be named on June 16

By Cal Jeffrey, May 18, 2017, 5:30 PM

Gaming Microsoft

Microsoft discounts most of its 360 games in massive backward compatible super sale

By Shawn Knight, May 17, 2017, 6:00 PM 4 comments

Security Microsoft

Microsoft slams NSA for enabling recent Ransomware attack

Is the NSA to blame for the WannaCry ransomware attack?

By William Gayde, May 15, 2017, 2:00 PM 35 comments

Microsoft Security

Microsoft patches Windows XP against 'WannaCrypt' malware, despite official support ending in 2014

Get this emergency patch for Windows XP, 8, and Server 2003

By Jose Vilches, May 15, 2017, 12:08 PM 18 comments

Apple Microsoft

iTunes will arrive on the Windows Store this year

Good news for iTunes users considering a Surface Laptop

By Rob Thubron, May 12, 2017, 6:15 AM 9 comments

Microsoft

Microsoft's first VR development kits are available for preorder

Acer promises VR bundle for $399 'this holiday'

By Jose Vilches, May 11, 2017, 5:00 PM

Microsoft Software

Ubuntu, SUSE, and Fedora are coming to the Windows Store

Cool ... I guess

By Cal Jeffrey, May 11, 2017, 3:15 PM 5 comments

Microsoft

Microsoft announces Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

By Shawn Knight, May 11, 2017, 2:00 PM 12 comments

Microsoft Software

Microsoft releases public preview of its Cortana Skills Kit

Skills from Domino's Pizza, Dark Sky, iHeartRadio, OpenTable, and more already available

By Jose Vilches, May 10, 2017, 6:00 PM

Microsoft Software

Bug in Microsoft Edge causes PDFs to print incorrectly

What the heck just happened?

By Cal Jeffrey, May 10, 2017, 1:30 PM 11 comments

Microsoft

Windows 10 is now installed on 500 million active devices

By Shawn Knight, May 10, 2017, 12:00 PM 6 comments

Security Microsoft

Microsoft patches "crazy bad" remote attack vulnerability found in Windows Defender

The company responded quickly to the potentially dangerous exploit

By Rob Thubron, May 9, 2017, 10:00 AM 4 comments

Electronics Microsoft

Harman Kardon teases Cortana-powered Invoke speaker

By Shawn Knight, May 8, 2017, 12:00 PM

Wearable Tech Microsoft

Taking the leap from 2D to 3D

Notes from my first year on the HoloLens design team

By Hae Jin Lee, May 8, 2017, 7:30 AM 3 comments