Once upon a time, Microsoft symbolized all that was wrong with the tech world: greedy, monopolistic, single-mindedly focused on profits while caring little about the public good. In the heyday of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, the company ran roughshod over competitors in its attempt to corral the worldwide market for both operating systems and […]
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Editor’s Note: We’ve updated this Surface Book 2 review on Nov. 27 after reflecting on the Surface Book 2 power problem we discovered recently. We’ve left our review score unchanged, and we’ll discuss why later on. Microsoft’s Surface Book 2 solves a big problem for Microsoft: How do you market the Surface Book as a performance notebook when […]
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Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that the original Surface Book wasn’t influential. Two years before the Surface Book 2 had occupied even a small portion of our mindshare, it wasn’t that the idea of a 2-in-1 laptop hadn’t been tried before. Hell, you could argue that Microsoft’s own Surface Pro tablets ignited this craze to begin […]
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It’s time to install Visual Studio 2017: Microsoft released Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 16232 for developers, and the company said the Windows SDK will now “formally only be supported by Visual Studio 2017 and greater.” So if you want to use the latest-and-greatest in your software, you’re going to have to stay up to date with […]
Continue ReadingMicrosoft has long held that the Microsoft Graph — the data it collects as a byproduct of people simply using their online tools — provides a wealth of information that companies can use to understand their workers better. Today, the company announced general availability of Workplace Analytics, which has been designed to give managers and executives a broad […]
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Microsoft today unveiled the newest addition to its Office 365 suite with the debut of an application for shift workers and management, called StaffHub. The program is aimed at those who don’t tend to work from desktop computers and have different schedules from week to week, such as in retail, hospitality, restaurants and other industries. The […]
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been keeping an eye out for a great laptop deal this Black Friday, we may have the one for you. The Microsoft Surface Pro 4’s price has plummeted, with the 128GB i3 model retailing for just £599. That’s the cheapest it’s ever been and a really impressive bargain. You also get the Type Cover […]
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Want a 1TB Microsoft Surface Book? It’ll cost you $500 more than Apple’s MacBook Pro rival. Microsoft has revealed what it will cost if you want the 1TB version of its sleek new Windows 10 Surface Book – and the price isn’t for the faint-hearted. Microsoft’s flashy 2-in-1 Surface Book starts at $1,500 but fans […]
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Microsoft hasn’t given up on the idea of a mini-me version of its successful Surface Pro 3convertible, according to a rumor from WinBeta. But a Surface 3 model won’t follow in theSurface 2’s wobbly footsteps by packing the RT version of Windows. Instead, it will reportedly take a page from the latest Macbook and come […]
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Microsoft hasn’t given up on the idea of a mini-me version of its successful Surface Pro 3convertible, according to a rumor from WinBeta. But a Surface 3 model won’t follow in theSurface 2’s wobbly footsteps by packing the RT version of Windows. Instead, it will reportedly take a page from the latest Macbook and come […]
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