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Microsoft needs to fix Skype

Tom Warren May 17, 2016 07:30 am12 hours ago 65

I’ve used Skype for more years than I care to remember. My Skype username is an embarrassing result of me thinking I was a cool teenager, and I’ve got a big list of important friends and family as...

Microsoft is making nearly a million used Gamertags available

Chris Plante May 16, 2016 02:36 pm05.16.2016 8

Since the original Xbox era, players have signed onto Xbox Live with a Gamertag. The virtual identity is akin to a Twitter username, and like Twitter usernames, many Gamertags are coveted. For example,...

Gee, you are you

OneDrive for Windows 10 is now touch-friendly thanks to new universal app

Tom Warren May 17, 2016 06:15 am13 hours ago 30

Microsoft originally released a touch-friendly version of its OneDrive app for Windows 8 to make it easier for tablet users to navigate files and folders stored on the cloud service. With Windows 10,...

A workaround for placeholders

Microsoft is adding more ads to the Windows 10 Start menu

Tom Warren May 16, 2016 06:40 am05.16.2016 145

Microsoft is planning to double the amount of promoted apps in the Start menu with the upcoming Anniversary Update to Windows 10. The software maker revealed at its WinHEC conference last week that the...

Double the amount

Microsoft is killing off its Project Spark game creation tool

Tom Warren May 16, 2016 06:17 am05.16.2016 10

Microsoft's ambitious Project Spark game creation tool is coming to an end in August. The software maker has removed Project Spark from the Xbox Marketplace and Windows Store, and existing users of the...

Another one bites the dust

Backwards compatibility on the Xbox One now supports multi-disc games

Chris Welch May 14, 2016 10:32 am05.14.2016 26

Microsoft is opening up more possibilities for its growing list of Xbox 360 titles that run on the newer Xbox One console. The company has quietly enabled multi-disc games — starting with Deux Ex: Human...

Dust off those marathon-length games

Samsung Notebook 9 review: redefining the thin-and-light

Dan Seifert May 13, 2016 09:00 am05.13.2016 152

Thin and light laptops have been around for so long it’s hard to remember a time before them. Apple demonstrated that a thin and light machine could easily be a full-fledged computer with the...

The lightness of big

Samsung Notebook 9 review: redefining the thin-and-light

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Windows 10 Mobile will support fingerprint scanners this summer

Tom Warren May 13, 2016 05:35 am05.13.2016 75

Microsoft is planning to support fingerprint readers for the first time in Windows 10 Mobile this summer. While we've seen facial recognition thanks to Windows Hello, unlocking Windows phones with just a...

Finally

Watch Android Wear take three hours to boot Windows 7

Tom Warren May 12, 2016 07:04 am05.12.2016 11

Microsoft hasn't put Windows on your wrist just yet, even with the Microsoft Band, but that's not stopping developers experimenting with the possibility. We've seen Windows 95 on Android Wear previously,...

Grab a few coffees

Microsoft Edge can now scrub the web with AdBlock and AdBlock Plus

T.C. Sottek May 8, 2016 12:15 pm05.08.2016

AdBlock and AdBlock Plus are now available from the Windows Store for Microsoft's Edge browser, letting Windows 10 users browse the way Microsoft intended while giving them the option to control the ads...

Sharpening Edge

Microsoft is removing its nagging Windows 10 upgrade notifications soon

Tom Warren May 6, 2016 06:11 am05.06.2016 50

Microsoft's Windows 10 upgrade prompts will become a thing of the past soon. The software giant is planning to remove its Get Windows 10 app from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs after July 29th. Microsoft c...

No more giant notifications

Microsoft: Windows 10 upgrades will cost $119 starting July 30th

Tom Warren May 5, 2016 10:01 am05.05.2016 108

Microsoft is reminding everyone today that the free promotion for Windows 10 upgrades is finishing soon. The software maker first released Windows 10 as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1...

Time is running out
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