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Windows 8 core app updates on the way

MailAfter years of developing and evolving what became known as Windows Live, Microsoft turned a corner with the release of Windows 8, dropping the Windows Live and Zune brands in Windows 8 and moving to a set of unbranded and, …

Exclusive: Microsoft account renaming feature to make a return with enhanced “aliases”

Microsoft accountWhen Microsoft introduced the new Outlook.com last year, it brought the ability for users to rename their Microsoft account to a new one. In doing so, you’ll bring everything associated with your account – like your emails, contacts, SkyDrive files, …

IE 10 for Windows 7 released

ie-10-logoSome four months after the release of Windows 8 and its browser, IE 10, Microsoft today has made IE 10 for Windows 7 available for download.  In two blog posts, one on the IE blog and another on the Windows

Office Web Apps on SkyDrive updated with new features

Ofc_Orng166_rgbMicrosoft released the final Office Web Apps to the latest version in line with Office 2013 back in October last year, but that doesn’t mean the work stops there. On the official Office blog today, Microsoft detailed the latest …

Upcoming events: MWC next week, and Xbox in April?

prod_xboxinfo_heroYesterday, Sony previewed their next generation gaming system, the PS4, in New York City, showing off some impressive new graphics and gaming announcements while never actually showing off the PS4 console.  Now today rumors are surfacing that Microsoft’s Xbox, planning …

Outlook.com out of Preview; fires up new marketing campaign

outlookcomIn a post on the Outlook.com blog tonight, Microsoft announced that Outlook.com, which launched last July, has shed its Preview classification and is ready to face the world, complete with a new marketing campaign and a new tagline “email …

Skype news: Messenger shutting down, new Video Messages, and lots of growth

skypeThis week, Skype updated its client for Mac and Windows, and if you’re using Skype on a Mac, or iOS or Android, you’ll be able to make use of a new, beta, feature, Video Messaging.  News of the video …

Xbox news from Dive into Media: 76 million devices, ready to release original programming “hopefully within the year”

microsoftdmedia-2013At the Dive Into Media conference produced by the Wall Street Journal’s All Things D this afternoon, Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi, Senior Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB), and Nancy Tellem, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s LA Studios, took …

SkyDrive now supports Office documents sharing without Microsoft account

SkyDrive logoOver at the Inside SkyDrive blog today, Microsoft announced that SkyDrive has reached an important milestone – that over one billion Office documents are now stored on SkyDrive by its users. As part of this post, Sarah Filman, Lead Program …

Report: Durango to Require an Internet Connection, Uses Blu-Ray

XboxLogoAs with all Durango news prior to Microsoft’s official announcement, take this with the appropriate level of salt, but Edge Online has reported several new details regarding the new Xbox.  Citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the new hardware,  Edge …