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Microsoft added some gestures to improve trackpads in Windows 8, but the underlying issues with laptop trackpads weren’t really addressed fully. With Windows 8.1, it appears that Microsoft is taking the issue seriously and working closely with partners to improve what has been a notoriously mixed experience for Windows users over the years. In a Continue Reading →

The Xbox One may be a television game changer when it launches later this year, but Microsoft isn’t leaving the Xbox 360 to die. Microsoft announced a deal with Time Warner Cable to bring over 300 live channels to the Xbox 360 later this summer. The deal is similar to ones Microsoft already has in Continue Reading →

Microsoft announced a deal with Time Warner Cable that will bring a ton of live channels to Xbox 360 owners, the company announced on Friday. With all the emphasis on Microsoft’s mission to make the Xbox One the go-to device for watching cable TV, it’s nice to see that it hasn’t forgotten about the Xbox Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s Build developer conference officially kicked off on Wednesday in San Francisco, with CEO Steve Ballmer delivering the keynote address. Much of the three-day event will focus on courting developers and explaining how they fit into a new world that has seen Microsoft go from a software company to a software and hardware company. But Continue Reading →

After two weeks of backlash and internet outrage over some of the Xbox One’s new policies, Microsoft changed course and appeased gamers around the world. After first showing off its new console in May, Microsoft said that the Xbox One would need to be connected to the internet once every 24 hours to play games Continue Reading →

Following a report that said Microsoft will bring gaming titles from the PC and Xbox platforms to Apple’s iPhone through a partnership with the Japanese gaming firm Klab, the software giant has spoken up to clarify that only the “Age of Empires” franchise will be developed into a mobile version. Microsoft said Klab has inked Continue Reading →

Microsoft is making a play for the education sector with Bing for Schools, a voluntary program that tailors the company’s search engine for students based in the US. The tweaked Bing experience, suitable for students between kindergarten and the end of high school, removes all advertisements from the search engine due to Microsoft’s belief that Continue Reading →

The mysterious company behind the $700 million “Project Mountain” data center in Des Moines, Iowa, finally has a name. And it’s not Apple or Amazon. It’s Microsoft. Late on Friday, the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board approved $20 million in tax-credit incentives for Microsoft, which plans to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into a Continue Reading →

According to sources close to the situation, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is likely to unveil his plans to restructure the tech giant to a larger group of senior execs by July 1. That prospect has many top managers at the company worried, since Ballmer has been making these significant plans with limited consultation with the Continue Reading →

Microsoft announced on Thursday a new experiment for its Bing search engine that’s a bit different from the usual social search and algorithm updates we’ve come to expect from the service. Bing Boards, as this new effort is called, aims to create something akin to curated search results for a select group of searches. These Continue Reading →