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In Pictures: Windows Blue - a sneak peek

An update to Windows 8 is in the works, codenamed Windows Blue.

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In Pictures: 10 nifty Windows 8 apps -- all free

Need help negotiating the corporate landscape? Want to track your network usage? Just looking for a fun little time-waster? These free apps for Windows 8 can help.

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In Pictures: 8 ways Microsoft could improve Windows 8

Here is our wish list of things we’d love to see in an update or service pack for Windows 8.

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In Pictures: Inside Office 365 Home Premium

Office 365 Home Premium includes all essential Office 2013 applications

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News about Microsoft

Article | 22/05/2013 Ubisoft announces initial Xbox One titles
Interactive entertainment publisher and distributor, Ubisoft, has revealed two of its more popular titles, Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag and Watch_Do...
Article | 21/05/2013 Microsoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One
Microsoft is making a big play for the living room with a new Xbox console that marries games with live TV, Internet browsing, music and Skype.
Article | 20/05/2013 Senate report: Apple claims subsidiaries with no taxing jurisdiction
Apple has set up three foreign subsidiaries that the company claims are not resident in any nation for taxing purposes, in an effort to avoid paying t...
Article | 20/05/2013 Smartphones take center stage in two-factor authentication schemes
We all know that relying on a simple user ID and password combination is fraught with peril. One alternative is to use one of the single sign-on solut...
Article | 20/05/2013 Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are secret backers behind European Privacy Association
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have been confirmed as the secret backers behind the European Privacy Association (EPA) which was accused of a lack of tra...

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Tutorials about Microsoft

Article | 18/02/2013 Google Chrome: How to make it faster, smarter and better than before
If you aren't using Google Chrome yet, you should be. When it comes to browser speed--and especially JavaScript performance--Mozilla and Microsoft can...
Article | 24/05/2011 Edit spreadsheets on an iPad
As the iPad ecosystem expands and matures, it becomes easier to leave your laptop behind and accomplish much of your business work on Apple's tablet c...
Article | 5/04/2011 How to fix speech recognition in Windows 7
QUESTION Speech recognition will no longer load on my Windows 7 PC. Unless I first switch off User Account Control, I get the error message: 'C:\Windo...
Article | 16/03/2011 Internet Explorer 9: A getting started guide
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.
Article | 11/01/2011 How to clean up your online reputation
If you own a small or medium business, a good reputation--online and offline--is clearly key to your success.

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Features about Microsoft

Article | 4/04/2013 Muted excitement for latest Toshiba Android tablet
Shaw reviews Toshiba's Excite 10 SE tablet and HP's EliteBook Folio 9470m Ultrabook.
Article | 27/03/2013 Google Keep vs. OneNote vs. Evernote: We name the note-app winner
Google shook things up last week when it dusted off its old Notebook service and relaunched it as Keep. Google's new software muscles in on the space ...
Article | 25/03/2013 An iPhone fan's month with Windows Phone: Week four
My month with Windows Phone has drawn to a close, and the decision is before me: Do I stick with the Lumia 920, or return to my iPhone 5? There is per...
Article | 12/03/2013 BlackBerry Z10 review: The BlackBerry we've wanted is finally here
The old BlackBerry is dead and buried, and the new one is a worthy option in the modern smartphone world
Article | 4/03/2013 Tablet Wars: Microsoft Surface RT v. Apple iPad
The Microsoft Surface running Windows RT is just about everything you'd want in a tablet, but how does it stack up against the market leader, the Appl...

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Reviews

Nokia Lumia 720 Windows Phone

A perfect sized smartphone with an excellent design but a little too expensive

Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango)

We get our hands on Microsoft's latest smartphone operating system, officially titled Windows Phone 7.5

Microsoft Arc Touch mouse

Like the Apple Magic Mouse, Microsoft has added touch sensitivity to this mouse, along with haptic vibration feedback and a curiously arched construction