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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 27, 2015
Microsoft is fond of referring to the Surface Pro as a tablet that can replace your laptop, and based on our experience with them, it's not an incorrect statement, at least from a performance and usability standpoint. But as a teardown of...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Oct 27, 2015
What happens when you mesh Microsoft’s brand new Windows 10 operating system with its Xbox One gaming console? Well, you get the New Xbox One Experience, and the folks in Redmond announced this week that it will launch on November 12th for...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Oct 26, 2015
We must admit, Microsoft really put on an awesome show earlier this month when it revealed new Lumia smartphones, a new Surface Pro 4 and the all-new Surface Book. We were already impressed with the initial announcement of the Surface...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Oct 23, 2015
Microsoft saw a 12 percent year-over-year decline in revenue during the quarter ended September 30, 2015. On a GAAP basis, revenue for the quarter came in at $20.4 billion, along with operating income of $5.79 billion and net income of...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Oct 23, 2015
Microsoft stunned the entire tech world when it unveiled the Surface Book earlier this month. What we originally thought was simply a sleek 13.5-inch notebook with a funky hinge was actually a 2-in-1 convertible with a detachable “tablet”...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Oct 22, 2015
Microsoft’s Edge web browser is shaping up to be a formidable competitor to the likes of Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Well, we should that is true in overall performance, but not exactly when it comes to user experience (or web...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Oct 22, 2015
Microsoft's been prepping a major update to the Xbox One due out in November, one that will introduce a completely re-imagined experience by integrating the speed and versatility of Windows 10, and it appears everything is on track...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 21, 2015
After falling short of financial expectations in the third quarter of 2015, Yahoo is hoping that Google can be the catalyst in its ongoing turnaround effort. As such, Yahoo is turning to the Mountain View giant to provide a bit of search...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Oct 20, 2015
Nearly a week ago, Microsoft released Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10549 to testers. The test software brought updates to Cortana, the Messaging apps and the Lumia Camera app. But Build 10549 was probably most notable for...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Oct 19, 2015
Microsoft built a brand new browser for Windows 10 called Edge, though it isn't proving as popular as the operating system it comes bundled on. One way Microsoft hopes to change that is by adding a new prompt when users install a...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Oct 18, 2015
Like a quarterback calling an audible at the line of scrimmage, Microsoft analyzed the situation with its Xbox One and eventually decided to sell the console without a second generation Kinect motion sensor bundled in. The Kinect was at...
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Rob Williams - Sat, Oct 17, 2015
When Microsoft unveiled its Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones a few weeks ago, it seemed to genuinely woo the masses. In fact, the entire event overall was quite impressive, and in a way, refreshing. While the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Oct 16, 2015
Have you ever tried to convince someone to download and install Skype? It's not always easy -- everyone has their preferred messaging and communication platform and they don't want to clutter up their PC with multiple protocols. If Skype...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Oct 16, 2015
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At a hardware event earlier this month, Microsoft unveiled its 2015 lineup of hardware products which included the Surface Pro 4, Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL and the all-new Microsoft Band...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Oct 16, 2015
Tech titans Intel and Microsoft are joining forces with the top three PC makers in the world -- that would be Lenovo, HP, and Dell, in that order (by market share) -- to blitz consumers with a new ad campaign that they collectively hope...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Oct 16, 2015
Microsoft really wants folks to upgrade to Windows 10, even going so far as to make the operating system free for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users during the first year of availability. And so far, the decision to make the OS free has allowed...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Oct 15, 2015
Microsoft has had great success getting Windows 10 installed on over 100 million PCs in the two months since it was officially launched on July 29th. Microsoft hit the 75 million mark nearly a month in, and crossed the 100 million...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Oct 14, 2015
In a case of Xzibit’s “Yo Dawg!” meets Inception, Microsoft is “going deeper” with virtualization in Windows 10. Although the company didn’t make note of the added functionality when it announced Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10565, the...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Oct 12, 2015
“Windows as a Service” has kicked into high gear courtesy of Windows 10, and Microsoft just released the latest test build to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10565, which is being released nearly a month...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Oct 12, 2015
Leading up to Microsoft’s October 6th hardware event, there were numerous sales on the first generation Band fitness wearable. The Microsoft Band debuted with a $199 price tag and we saw it fall to $150, and later to $99.99 via Microsoft's...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Oct 12, 2015
If you're running out of storage space on your Xbox One and plan on picking up Halo 5: Guardians when it comes out, then you have just over two weeks to clear out some space. How much? Well, you'll need up to 60GB of storage space to play the forthcoming Halo titles, according to the game's...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Oct 12, 2015
The hard part about upgrading to a new generation game console is saying goodbye to your vast collection of games on the old one. That's not necessarily the case for Xbox 360 owners. Microsoft is adding backwards compatibility for over 100...
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