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While Surface Pro is making its way to additional markets this month, a new variant has arrived in Japan. Microsoft previously launched a region-specific Surface Pro in China, complete with a full copy of Office 2013, but the company is now offering a similar package in Japan. A 256GB model, with Windows 8 Pro and Continue Reading →

Microsoft announced Office 365 Home Premium has passed the 1 million subscriber mark in just over 100 days, making it the best-selling Office edition yet. In fact, the new suite has been selling at more than one subscription every second on average since it launched. Microsoft notes that Office 365 hit the 1 million number Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s day-long media outing for the Xbox One this week was only the first of a two-stage unveiling for the new console, and the E3 event won’t be just about games. Among the features not yet shown off for the console is the ability for gamers to have a friend take over gameplay remotely to Continue Reading →

  Google announced that it’s working together with Microsoft on a new YouTube application for Windows Phone. Following a fight with Microsoft over its unauthorized YouTube app, the pair appear to have resolved their differences. Google demanded that Microsoft should remove its app by May 22nd, but Microsoft issued an update to address some of Continue Reading →

Microsoft is updating its Windows Phone YouTube app. In a statement to The Verge, the company says it’s making some changes to address concerns from Google. “Microsoft updated the Windows Phone YouTube app to address the restricted video and offline video access concerns voiced by Google last week,” says a spokesperson. “We have been in Continue Reading →

A Google security engineer accused Microsoft of treating outside researchers with “great hostility” just days before posting details of an unpatched vulnerability in Windows that could be used to crash PCs or gain additional access rights. Microsoft acknowledged the vulnerability late Wednesday. “We are aware of claims regarding a potential issue affecting Microsoft Windows and Continue Reading →

Microsoft has clarified that the next iteration of Kinect, the motion tracking peripheral unveiled alongside the Xbox One earlier this week, will be coming to Windows next year. We had previously known that the device would eventually be supported by Windows, but didn’t know when. Unfortunately, Microsoft is keeping quiet in regards to how developers Continue Reading →

Hey, you know what we didn’t hear about at this week’s Xbox One launch? Windows Phone. While Microsoft’s mobile platform has only 3 percent market share and a unique connection with Xbox, the company still didn’t take a moment during the launch to let Windows Phone draft off of its new, blockbuster set-top box. But Continue Reading →

On Wednesday we learned a lot about the Xbox One, the Microsoft next-gen gaming console, but there are some questions that remain unanswered, so I sat down with Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, Interactive Entertainment Business, to try to get to the bottom of a few lingering questions and a few Continue Reading →

Yes, the new Xbox One is highly covetable for many reasons. But once you get past the games and the TV integration and the rumbling controllers, you finally land on what might be its most useful purpose: The world’s most sophisticated workout gadget. The Xbox is already a decent workout aid; last year we spent Continue Reading →