Microsoft has a brilliant plan to conquer VR with its HoloLens platform
Virtual reality is finally getting to a point where both hardware and software innovations can offer us a spectacular experience. It’s not a Star Trek …
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Xbox One price drops to $299 days before E3 2016
Just days before E3 2016, Microsoft has dropped the price of the Xbox One down to $299. Although the console has dipped down to that …
Leaked image shows us the sleek new Surface that won’t save Windows Phone
It was clear at launch all the way back in 2010 that Microsoft’s revamped mobile platform wasn’t perfect, but it showed so much promise. The …
Report: Upgraded Xbox One with 4K, Oculus Rift support will launch in 2017
With less than a month to go until E3 2016, the rumor mill has begun to kick into high gear. On Wednesday, Kotaku published a …
Microsoft just turned Windows 10 into malware
For months now, Microsoft has done everything in its power to shove Windows 10 down your throat. The free update is mandatory at this point, and …
Microsoft completes disposal of Nokia’s remains with new round of layoffs and $950M hit
For many Microsoft employees, this is just another Wednesday morning like any other. But for close to 2,000 people it’s going to be a day …
Please, Microsoft, bring ‘Halo 5’ to PC
Exciting news, PC gamers: 343 Industries is bringing the Forge editing tool from Halo 5: Guardians to Windows 10. This is big news not just because …
Nokia is back, and this time it’s making the Android phones we’ve always wanted
It took eons, but Nokia is finally making the Android phones we always hoped it would make. To get here, Nokia had to lose its …
Don’t blink, or your PC might upgrade itself to Windows 10
Microsoft is keen for you to upgrade to Windows 10. So keen, in fact, that it will give it away for free. And hey, Microsoft reckons …
Advertising and bloatware are about to invade your Start Menu in Windows 10
Microsoft has done a tremendous job with Windows 10 in so many ways, which is even more impressive when you consider that the company’s prior release …
Windows 10 will finally stop sharing Wi-Fi passwords after public backlash
When Windows 10 first launched, one of its most controversial features was Wi-Fi Sense. If ticked, a couple harmless-looking boxes shared internet access to your …
Act surprised: There’s a new zero-day Flash exploit you need to fix right now
Flash zero-day vulnerabilities are a dime a dozen these days, so you won’t be surprised to learn there’s another one in the wild. Microsoft and Adobe have …
Years too late, Microsoft has made a killer Windows Phone feature
Hey, remember Windows Phone? You probably don’t and for a long time it seems like Microsoft hasn’t remembered it either. Behind the scenes, however, it …
PSA: Upgrade to Windows 10 now for free, or pay $119 to upgrade after July 29th
If you’ve been waiting until the last possible moment to decide whether or not you want to upgrade to Windows 10, that last possible moment …
Over 272 million email accounts stolen from Gmail, Microsoft, Yahoo and more
A new report shows that hackers from Russia have obtained login credentials for more than 272.3 million email accounts, which are now available for sale …
Xbox E3 2016 plans have been revealed – here’s everything you need to know
We’re still well over a month away from E3 2016, but Microsoft decided to announce its plans for the show even earlier this year. Neither Sony …
Longtime Microsoft blogger: Windows is facing a ‘potential extinction moment’
Windows 10 has been a welcome hit for Microsoft, especially after the massive debacle that was Windows 8. Despite this, it’s an open question of …
New report sheds light on Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox One hardware updates
Following countless rumors of an upgraded Xbox One console set to be introduced later this year, a new report from Thurrott is the latest to …
Microsoft’s futuristic storage solution can hold 1,000,000,000 TB
Bickering about the paltry amount of storage on the cheapest new iPhone might become a thing of the past… at some point in the distant …
How to reclaim the free OneDrive storage Microsoft is about to take away
If you use Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage with any regularity, chances are that you’re still reeling from the news that free users will have their …
These were the worst decisions Bill Gates made as CEO of Microsoft
In 2016, Microsoft doesn’t carry quite the same cachet that it did a decade ago. Although Windows 10 has been widely praised as a step …
Microsoft is bringing my favorite iPhone and Mac feature to Windows 10
It’s incredible how quickly the tide can turn on the internet. It seems like just yesterday that hordes of angry Windows users were banding together …
If you use Microsoft’s free OneDrive cloud storage, we hope you’re sitting down
OneDrive users, we have some bad news and we think that you should probably be sitting down for it. Microsoft announced last year that it would …
How do computers know what they’re looking at?
Computers have become so advanced that they can recognize the contents of the photos you take with your iPhone or Android smartphone, meaning you’ll be …
Microsoft just took a big stand against the government over user privacy
Apple isn’t the only company that’s fighting with the government over user privacy these days. Via GeekWire, Microsoft has sued the United States Department of Justice …
Microsoft has a clever idea to smarten up mobile hotspots
It seems we rarely use our phones and computers anymore without some kind of connection to the web. Whether it’s through 3G, LTE, or Wi-Fi, …
Microsoft Edge is going to save you from annoying Flash ads in its next update
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times: you should probably disable Adobe Flash altogether. It’s nearly obsolete, it’s a resource hog …
First look at the upgraded Start menu from the next version of Windows 10
The annual Microsoft Build Developer Conference has gotten progressive more interesting over the past few years, but there wasn’t quite as much to get excited …
Microsoft’s HoloLens will soon let you simulate walking on Mars
Microsoft didn’t make too many splashy headlines during the opening of its Build conference on Wednesday but it did show off some really cool new …
3 key announcements from Microsoft’s Build conference
There weren’t any major fireworks at the opening keynote of Microsoft’s Build conference on Wednesday, but the company did make some important announcements that give …
