The man who took the iconic Windows XP wallpaper photo has bitter regrets
Lush green hills under a cobalt blue sky with precisely the right amount of fluffy clouds floating about. Who hasn’t been lost in reverie staring …
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Ad watchdog agrees that Google customers are getting ‘Scroogled’
Take a victory lap, Microsoft: Your claims that Google is “Scroogling” its customers have stood up to scrutiny. The Guardian reports that the Advertising Standards …
Microsoft employees already like new CEO Nadella vastly more than Ballmer
Glassdoor this week came out with its list of employees’ most highly rated CEOs for 2014 so far and the usual suspects in the tech …
Xbox One reputation notifications will punish cheaters and jerks
Tired of foul language, idling players and trolls in your online Xbox One games? Starting this month, you can finally do something about it. Xbox …
The ultimate heist: Hackers use SMS to get ATMs to pump out cash
Microsoft is dropping support for Windows XP on April 8th, and with 95% of all ATMs still running XP, this could become a major problem …
Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s handset business has been delayed
The inevitable has been delayed. According to both Nokia and Microsoft, the $7.2 billion acquisition deal will now be finalized at some point in April …
Microsoft offers $100 discount to XP users upgrading to Windows 8 PCs
It’s crunch time for Microsoft as support for Windows XP will finally wind down for good on April 8th. In order to convince the stragglers …
Get ready, Xbox fans: Microsoft has so much planned, it can’t fit it all into E3
As exciting as last year’s E3 was for the video game industry, next-gen game reveals were a bit sparse. The consoles stole the spotlight while …
Microsoft finds surprising new ways to undermine Windows hardware
It seems increasingly likely that Microsoft Office will be announced for the iPad within days. This could be a substantial blow for Windows tablet manufacturers …
Microsoft is thankfully too smart to listen to diehard Windows 8 fans
There is a certain breed of tech fanboy out there who views technology products much the way a snooty art student sees the works of famous …
Microsoft promises more 1080p Xbox One games in the future
Like it or not, one of the biggest controversies of this console generation so far is the resolution of new releases. Several websites have chronicled …
Forbes rips into Xbox One interface, says it needs a complete overhaul
The early response to Sony and Microsoft’s next-generation video game consoles has been pretty terrific on both sides. Of course enthusiastic gamers continue to “flame” …
Apparently, Microsoft can ‘scroogle’ your privacy whenever it wants
Even though it bashed Google a number of times in ads for the way the Search giant is monetizing its services by accessing personal information …
Microsoft almost spilled the beans on Windows Phone 8.1
Microsoft definitely plans on releasing Windows Phone 8.1 because the company has already listed the next version of its mobile operating system on its Windows Phone website. WPCentral first spotted …
Back to bashing: Samsung attacks everyone in latest tablet ad
Shortly after the company took a quick break from bashing to release an ad that was actually pretty outstanding, Samsung is back mocking the competition in …
Hardcore Windows 8 hater finds something to like in upcoming update
Slowly but surely, Microsoft is taking baby steps to appease longtime Windows desktop users who absolutely hate the changes Microsoft made with Windows 8. Earlier …
Titanfall for the Xbox 360 has been delayed until next month
Being stuck in the last generation of consoles doesn’t mean you’ll have to miss out on one of the biggest games of 2014, but it …
Microsoft is also working on virtual reality gear for Xbox One
PlayStation 4 fans finally got their first official taste of Sony’s plans for virtual reality gaming when the company unveiled “Project Morpheus” on Tuesday night. …
Microsoft will take its sweet time launching the Xbox One in new markets
Microsoft on Wednesday announced new Xbox One launch plans for many international markets on top of the 13 countries the console is already available in, …
Video: One of Xbox One’s most amazing future features now in open beta
One of the ways Microsoft hopes to retake the lead from Sony in the latest console wars is through the quality of its console-exclusive games. …
Details on Microsoft’s next big Xbox One update emerge
The next Xbox One update preview is already live for beta program participants, just two weeks after the last major update rolled out to the …
Upgrading from Windows XP can now get you $50 worth of free stuff
People, what is it going to take for you to finally ditch Windows XP? Microsoft has already sent out plenty of warnings to XP users …
Xbox One hardware sales double in one key market thanks to Titanfall debut
Microsoft has never been able to establish as strong a presence in the console market overseas as it has in the U.S., but Titanfall’s launch …
Xbox VP: It was a mistake to ‘sugar-coat’ the Xbox One controversy
Long before sales figures and game releases dominated the headlines, the only thing any gamer wanted to talk about was Microsoft’s radical online strategy for …
PS4 maintained narrow sales lead in February, but Xbox One pulled in more money
There was no changing of the guard in the United States last month as new video game consoles from Sony and Microsoft continued to battle …
How Google and Microsoft are forcing OEMs to cancel dual-booting products
After a couple of reports from Taiwan suggested that Google may be posing significant opposition to Asus’ plans to ship the dual-booting Android/Windows Transformer Book …
Microsoft scraps two-year Xbox contract plans
For a while, Microsoft experimented with selling its Xbox consoles the same way many mobile carriers sell smartphones: By offering them at a discount in …
Microsoft comes under even greater pressure to release Office for iPad
Why Microsoft has held out for so long on releasing its Office suite for the iPad is anyone’s guess but Reuters reports that the company …
Xbox owners are deserting Microsoft consoles for the PlayStation 4
We already know that the PlayStation 4 has taken a strong lead in the early goings of the latest console generation, but where are those …
Microsoft makes Windows Phone free for some smartphone makers
Microsoft is tired of seeing its global mobile market share sit in the low single digits each quarter, and it looks like the software giant …
