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Microsoft is the company behind software like Windows, Microsoft Office and hardware like the Xbox and Kinect. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. MS-DOS was the product that propelled Microsoft towards success, but it is Windows and Office that made it what it is today. Microsoft is currently engaged in a number of projects, including Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox, Office and the Azure cloud computing platform. the large majority of desktop computers run on Windows.

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Microsoft Windows App Studio Supports Universal Apps

04/04/2014, Microsoft did launch the Windows Phone App Studio in August last year, where it arrived in beta form, and earlier this February, they released an update which enabled users to be able to create a full Microsoft Visual Studio project that will contain not...

Microsoft Knocking $100 Off Lumia 928, Lumia 1020, Lumia 1520

04/04/2014, Microsoft recently announced Windows Phone 8.1 and with the update, Microsoft will be bringing about a host of changes and new features to the platform, one of them being much rumored voice assistant feature, Cortana. With the changes Microsoft has made,...

Microsoft Will Finally Address Adware This Summer

04/04/2014, Back in the day, installation of software was pretty straightforward. You’d download the installer, agree to the terms, click next, click next again, press finish, and you’re done. Nowadays developers have gotten a bit more cunning and have slipped in...

Age Of Mythology: Extended Edition Set To Be Published

04/03/2014, It has been a few weeks since a teaser video of Age of Mythology: Extended Edition was released, although you can view the recently released trailer above, and the question begs to be asked, what is Microsoft going to do about it? It has been confirmed by...

Final Windows XP And Office 2003 Security Patches Revealed

04/03/2014, Microsoft will be rolling out the final updates for Windows XP and Office 2003 in a few days’ time, so what can we find that will accompany these releases? For starters, Windows XP will be on the receiving end of a “Critical” update for IE6,...

Surface Pro 2 Users Experiencing Slow WiFi When Bluetooth Is Enabled

04/03/2014, It seems that there have been a series of complaints regarding the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 tablet. According to the reports, users are complaining that WiFi speeds on their tablets slow down dramatically whenever Bluetooth is enabled. We can only imagine...

Windows Phone 8.1 Update Might Be Available On April 14th

04/03/2014, Just yesterday Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 8.1. It will be available for all supported devices in summer, though its quite possible that the Windows Phone 8.1 update might be released on April 14th. Before the update is rolled out Microsoft releases...

UK Government Pays Millions To Receive Windows XP Support

04/03/2014, It is a big week for Microsoft. Just yesterday it announced the first major update for Windows 8.1. It also unveiled Windows Phone 8.1 which comes with a plethora of new features, including the much rumored digital personal assistant Cortana. Later this...

New Kinect For Windows Is Official, Arrives This Summer

04/02/2014, It was near the tail end of last month when we first brought you word on the new Kinect for Windows v2 sensor, and boy are we glad to be at BUILD 2014 that was held in San Francisco, where the new Kinect for Windows v2 sensor as well as its SDK (software...

Windows Start Menu Really Coming Back

04/02/2014, As the world switched to Windows 8, one of the most annoying fact or “pain point” as Microsoft would say, was the departure of the Start Menu, which a whole lot of people used as a hub to search for files and get to find apps that use less frequently....