Windows 10 Creators Update is the next big upgrade to the one operating system to rule them all. Silicon got a sneak peak ahead of its 11 April launch
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Microsoft To Shut Down CodePlex & Tells Users To Migrate To GitHub
CodePlex has seen falling demand even as GitHub has grown to become the web's biggest open source code repository
Department For Education Goes Mobile With Microsoft Tablets
DfE will roll out Microsoft Book and Surface Pro 4 devices to its 5,000 employees
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Google, Twitter, Facebook Pledge To Up Anti-Terror Efforts
Home Secretary Amber Rudd holds meeting with leading tech firms over tackling terrorist content online
Samsung Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition Will Be Released In US With Optimised Office Apps
The Microsoft Edition is likely aimed to maximise the potential of Samsung DeX docking hub
Microsoft Opens Insider IoT And AI Lab In Munich
Cisco will join Microsoft in providing startups and enterprises the tech to get their AI and IoT systems off the ground
Power BI Users Can Start Power BI Tasks With iOS 3D Touch
Users now can now start common Microsoft Power BI tasks from the home screen on iPhones that support 3D touch
Microsoft Previews Azure VM Backup Pre-Checks
Azure will now evaluate cloud virtual machine backups for configuration problems that may cause them to fail
Tales In Tech History: The Xbox & Microsoft’s Big Gaming Adventure
In November 2001 Microsoft introduced its Xbox console which, despite some hiccups, remains the main competitor to Sony's PlayStation
Microsoft Lawsuit Claims Windows 10 Upgrade Wiped Data & Damaged PCs
The Redmond company is under fire for the way it drove Windows 10 upgrades
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Microsoft Azure Outage Knocks Out Skype, Office 365, Outlook & Xbox Live
The outage demonstrates the shortcomings to moving completely to the cloud
Microsoft Attempts To Woo Chinese Government With Customised Windows 10
No backdoors here. Redmond teams up with Chinese firm to customise Windows 10 for Chinese governmental use
Bringing Your Data Home: Why Cloud Giants Are Building UK Data Centres
IN DEPTH: Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle are all investing in UK data centres. Why? And who are the other players?
Tech Quiz: Video Game Technology
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Windows 10 Creators Update Ready For Testing Ahead Of April Launch
Windows 10 Creators Update will be distributed to testers 'next week' as second major update gets ready for launch
Microsoft Teams Launches Around The World In Office 365
Watch out Slack? Workplace chat app Microsoft Teams launches globally to Office 365 customers
Microsoft: Digital Transformation Isn’t About Digital
Focusing less on the digital and more on the transformation itself might not be such a bad idea after all.
Patch Tuesday: Delayed Update Arrives As Microsoft Signals End Of Windows Vista
Welcome back. Delayed Patch Tuesday arrives for March and it is a whooper, with 139 vulnerability fixes
Office 365 AI Profile Card Demystifies Organisational Charts
An extended profile card aims to help users connect to relevant documents and people across the organisation
Microsoft Signs Up New HoloLens Partners To Boost European Adoption
Microsoft hopes partners can help big European firms with their mixed reality HoloLens projects
Google Splits Hangouts, Boosts Drive, And Will Open Gmail Up To Third-Party Add-Ons
Google's raft of updates revealed at GCP Next shows the search giant is chasing enterprise customers
Microsoft Drops OneDrive Ads Into Windows 10 File Explorer
Here's the kicker; disabling the pop-up will also turn off real OneDrive notifications
Microsoft To Use ARM Chips For Azure Servers – Report
Another blow for Intel's domination of the computer world as Redmond pledges to use ARM chips for Azure servers
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Now Available For Download
New edition of the developer tool promises easier building of apps, quicker bug fixes, and more collaboration
Microsoft Outage Affects Skype, OneDrive, Office 365 And More
It's Microsoft's turn as yet another cloud outage spreads across the UK and US
Windows 10 Creators Update Will Come To Mobile After PC
Sorry Windows phone users, you'll have to wait to get your hands on Microsoft's impending Windows 10 update