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Facebook will reportedly challenge Google and Microsoft in the office

Chris Welch November 17, 2014 12:20 pm2 hours ago 29

Facebook wants to become your office's social network. The company is said to be working on an official launch of Facebook at Work, an app that Facebook's employees currently use internally for...

Facebook wants to be your all-day social network

Microsoft reaches 10 million Xbox One shipments three months after the PS4

Tom Warren November 12, 2014 05:41 pm11.12.2014 161

Microsoft is revealing today that it will "shortly" have shipped 10 million Xbox One consoles to retailers. The significant milestone comes exactly three months after Sony first revealed it had hit 10...

A Microsoft milestone

Windows 10’s OneDrive modifications challenge Microsoft’s feedback methods

Tom Warren November 15, 2014 09:56 am11.15.2014 63

Microsoft’s changes to Windows 10 have been largely well received, but one particular modification to OneDrive has angered Windows users. The latest Windows 10 Technical Preview build, released earlier...

Testers aren't happy

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Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 preview includes Mac-like trackpad gestures

Tom Warren November 12, 2014 02:56 pm11.12.2014 62

Microsoft is continuing its pace of releasing a new Windows 10 Technical Preview every three weeks. The last build (9860) included more than 7,000 changes and a new notification center, and today’s release...

UI tweaks and new features

Microsoft opens up and makes it easier for developers to build Android apps

Tom Warren November 12, 2014 12:51 pm11.12.2014 59

Microsoft is making it even easier for developers to build Android apps using the company’s own development tools. In a set of broad developer-focused announcements today, Microsoft has launched a preview...

Another sign the software giant is changing

Microsoft patches critical bug that affects every Windows version since 95

Tom Warren November 12, 2014 08:20 am11.12.2014 40

Microsoft has patched a critical flaw in Windows that has existed in every version since the introduction of Windows 95 more than 19 years ago. IBM security researchers discovered the flaw earlier this...

A 19-year-old flaw

Microsoft Band review

David Pierce November 11, 2014 01:29 pm11.11.2014 247

I slept terribly last night. I don’t know exactly why, but between going to sleep at 11:56PM and waking up at 6:49AM, I woke up 12 times. I got two hours and 45 minutes of light sleep and one hour and one...

The More You Know (Piano tinkle)

The not-so-glamorous life of a robot operator

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Microsoft has a strange obsession with productivity

Tom Warren November 11, 2014 12:15 pm11.11.2014 109

Microsoft started with a mission during the ‘80s to put "a computer on every desk in every home." Having achieved that, the new Microsoft has bigger, more ambitious goals in an era where personal computing...

'Getting things done' meets marketing madness

Microsoft unveils Skype for Business as its Lync replacement

Tom Warren November 11, 2014 09:23 am11.11.2014 28

In a move that further blurs the boundaries of work and home, Microsoft is rebranding its Lync communications tool to Skype for Business. It’s the latest move from the software giant designed to position...

Work and home move closer together

Microsoft bundles all of its best subscription services into a $199 deal

Tom Warren November 11, 2014 05:17 am11.11.2014 81

Microsoft is bundling all of its key consumer services into a single deal this holiday season. Dubbed the "Work & Play Bundle," the $199 package is available in US Microsoft stores until January 4th and...

Perfect if you live in a Microsoft world

'Halo 5: Guardians' returns to what made 'Halo' great

Jimmy Shelton November 11, 2014 12:00 am11.11.2014 51

Some people play games like Halo for the story. I play for the competition.

For me, multiplayer games are simply a collection of mechanics. I look at things like player movement, bullet dynamics, and...

A hardcore fan takes the next 'Halo' for a spin

Microsoft's first Lumia defines Windows Phone's future

Tom Warren November 10, 2014 11:00 pm11.10.2014 284

Microsoft’s first Lumia device is being officially unveiled as the Lumia 535 today, a low-cost smartphone that underlines exactly where the company is heading with Windows Phone. Microsoft’s Lumia 535...

No more Nokia
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