Get an Xbox One and four free Halo games with Microsoft’s latest bundle
After struggling to compete with Sony for months, Microsoft finally regained some ground over the holidays with a wide selection of discounted Xbox One bundles …
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Top tech companies have stashed an insane $420 billion overseas
When it comes to U.S. companies holding vast quantities of cash abroad, Apple is typically singled out… and with good reason. The Cupertino-based company has …
Is your PC strong enough to run Windows 10? Here’s how to find out
Based on everything that Microsoft has shown us so far, Windows 10 looks like a dream come true for PC owners. The UI has been greatly …
You can download Office for Mac 2016 for free right now
Microsoft on Thursday finally released a product that some Mac owners may have been waiting for: its Office for Mac 2016 collection of apps. And the …
Microsoft’s Windows Phone strategy is as directionless as it’s ever been
When I look at what Microsoft is doing with Windows Phone right now, all I can think of is the straggler Japanese soldiers who kept …
Leaked video shows Microsoft’s exciting next-gen Windows 10 web browser in action
Internet Explorer has built something of a reputation for itself over the years. Unfortunately, it’s not a very good reputation. While recent versions of the …
Why you should absolutely consider Microsoft’s new Lumias over any cheap Android phone
Microsoft on Monday unveiled two more mid-range Lumia devices, which will be available for incredibly low prices. Even though they’re not the Windows Phone flagships we’re …
You’ll be able to test Microsoft’s wild new Project Spartan browser soon
There are plenty of improvements to be excited about when it comes to Windows 10, from the return of the Start menu to inclusion of …
Microsoft’s quiet Android coup
Although Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hasn’t fundamentally changed Microsoft’s core business ever since taking over from Steve Ballmer, one thing we’ve noticed is that Nadella is …
Check out Microsoft’s brand new Windows 10-ready affordable Lumia phones
Microsoft on Monday at MWC 2015 announced a couple of new Lumia phones that will both be upgradeable to Windows 10 once the company rolls …
Here are the free games you’ll get on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in March
We’ve covered Microsoft’s Games with Gold every month since the program made its debut on the Xbox One last June. Some offerings have impressed us more than …
Insider says Siri and Cortana have recorded every word you’ve ever said to them
We’ve written extensively about security concerns in recent weeks, but this might be the most shocking development yet. Reddit user FallenMyst posted on Tuesday that …
Microsoft’s Office 365 now free for even more people… but there’s a catch
Microsoft on Monday announced that its Office 365 productivity suite is available free of charge to even more users than before, as long as they …
Microsoft just nuked Lenovo’s adware so you hopefully don’t have to
Lenovo has been justifiably catching a lot of grief this week for preloading dangerous adware called Superfish onto its computers that hijacks HTTPS traffic to …
How to get 100GB of cloud storage right now for free
Cloud this… cloud that… everything is cloud these days. While there is no question that “cloud” has become a painfully annoying buzzword, there is also …
Xbox One March update finally brings a simple feature you’ve been waiting for
The new generation of consoles can stream high-definition gameplay straight to Twitch, download huge games while asleep, open up the possibility of gaming over the …
PS4 expected to continue crushing the Xbox One through 2019
There are plenty of great reasons to buy an Xbox One. I still stand by my assessment at the end of 2014 in which I decided …
Xbox One Ultimate Game Sale might be the best gaming deal of 2015
Video games are expensive. Thankfully, Microsoft puts new games on sale every week through its Deals with Gold program, but this week, the Deals with …
The Xbox One’s huge Christmas victory was sadly short lived
Microsoft’s herculean efforts over the holidays were enough to temporarily push the Xbox One to the top of the charts, but now that the dust …
Microsoft comes up with another sneaky way to drive a wedge between Google and Android
Microsoft is smart enough to realize that Android has soundly beaten out Windows Phone in terms of smartphone market share. However, this doesn’t mean Microsoft …
Download the first Windows 10 for phones preview right now
After teasing its release earlier on Thursday, Microsoft has made the Windows 10 technical preview for phones available to download for all Windows Insiders. If …
How Microsoft will fight its way back to the top of the industry
Over the past several years, perhaps even longer, it’s been far easier to poke and prod at Microsoft’s mistakes than it has been to celebrate …
Here’s how to get 102GB of free cloud storage right away
There are plenty of cloud offers out there worth checking out, considering that all the major players are using enticing offers to convince buyers to …
Microsoft is slashing the price of its Xbox One with Kinect starting this weekend
Once Microsoft unbundled the Kinect from the Xbox One, many gamers assumed that the peripheral would simply die off. And although there haven’t been any recent …
Your Xbox One is about to get even better
The first major Xbox One system update of 2015 is finally here. After a relatively quiet January, the development team is back with some welcome …
Microsoft has suddenly become a red-hot mobile app developer
Microsoft was slow to get into the mobile world in terms of its own mobile platform but the company is making up for it by …
Does Ballmer’s shadow still loom over Microsoft?
It’s been a year since Satya Nadella took over but there’s some debate among Microsoft observers over just how much he’s left his stamp on …
Video: This is the most moving commercial from Super Bowl XLIX
When it’s not busy running Apple attack ads that generally miss the mark by a pretty wide margin, Microsoft has gotten exceptionally good at creating commercials …
Windows 10 won’t be as free as you might have hoped
Microsoft revealed during its January 21st Windows 10 event that customers currently running Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 …
Microsoft may have found the perfect way to cap Google at the knees
Google’s Android platform has basically become to smartphones what Windows has long been for desktop computers and laptops — that is, it’s the dominant player …
