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Microsoft has one-million people testing out Windows 10

After all the drama around Windows 8, Microsoft very clearly needs Windows 10 to work. It looks like it’s got some pretty strong support…

Less flash, more business: why Microsoft is sticking to the basics

Microsoft has gone back to basics. With its latest Windows update, it’s being as cautious as a group of retirees crossing a busy intersection….

Back from the dead, sort of: Microsoft rebrands Bing apps to MSN

We’re willing to bet that, by now, you’d probably forgotten about MSN or assumed that Microsoft had quietly buried it somewhere in the deep…

Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft board to focus on Clippers, civic duty

It’s over. Steve Ballmer has stepped down from his position on the Microsoft board. You may have thought it was all over when he…

Microsoft wants you to creep celebs with its new iPhone app

Whether you like it or not, celebrities are a big thing. People love knowing popular personalities’ every move. To leverage this very creepy human…

I’m a Mac…and I’m a Surface? Microsoft’s new ad reignites an old debate

Cast your minds back a few years, to around 2006, and the start of Apple’s long-running “Get a Mac” campaign. The campaign, which starred…

Turn your GoPro footage into a hyperlapse with this awesome new Microsoft research project

So you’ve bought yourself a GoPro and you’ve taken it down a ski slope, or on that awesome coastal ride, or up that sheer…

The Yammerfication of the work place [TechEd]

When you spend more than a billion dollars on a social platform, make sure you do something amazing with it. Microsoft seems to be…

Windows To Go: a companion to Windows 8 [TechEd]

For Microsoft, Windows 8 is the future of computing, so the tech giant is doing everything it can make sure people use it. At…

PC market in dire shape, Windows takes the blame

The PC market is in dire shape. It’s been falling for some time now, we all know that. But the first quarter of 2013…

Still running Windows XP? You have less than a year to upgrade

In 364 days, Microsoft will shut down all support for Windows XP. The Redmond-based tech giant yesterday published an official blog post explaining that…

Bad news for Windows as PC market set to decline 7.6% this year

Look, we all know that the PC market isn’t in the healthiest place at the moment. And while tablets and smartphones may never completely…

Want to go to Tech Ed Africa? Microsoft can help convince your boss

If you’re an IT pro or developer who thinks mingling with some 2 500 techies, attending your pick of 200 technical sessions and singing…

Ballmer: Surface won’t own PC sales but it is a ‘real business’

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that his company’s range of Surface tablets isn’t likely to dominate the personal computing market. He does however…

Outlook.com passes 60m users, exits preview mode

When Microsoft announced that it was killing Hotmail in favour Outlook.com geeks around the world sighed with relief. A few months on, the service…

13 things we learned about Bill Gates from his Reddit AMA

Reddit’s Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions have hosted everyone from US president Barack Obama to William Shatner and adult entertainment star James Deen. When…

Scroogled: Microsoft attacks Gmail to get you to use Outlook instead

Woah there, Microsoft. We’ve said before that the company is starting to get its cool back… but, apparently, it’s also starting to get its…

Microsoft’s quarterly earnings: things look okay, not great, just okay

It’s quarter report week for everyone and right on cue Microsoft has released its results. Based on the report, it seems that things are…

Former Microsoft exec: Ballmer culls his corporate rivals

Anyone who’s watched Steve Ballmer’s “Crazy Eddie” probably views the Microsoft CEO as slightly unhinged but ultimately harmless. If an ex Microsoft exec is…

Microsoft confirms date for scuppering Windows Live Messenger

Microsoft’s been pretty open about the fact that it’s scuppering its Windows Live Messenger Service in favour of Skype but now we have some…

Apple and Google trumped by Microsoft in acquisition of R2 Studios

Last year TechCrunch reported that Microsoft, Google and Apple were in talks with home automation startup R2 Studios about an acquisition. It seems that…

Microsoft SkyDrive for Xbox is available from today

In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft will be releasing 40 new apps for Xbox, with the latest being its SkyDrive app. The app will…

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