Microsoft will host an event surrounding Windows Mixed Reality on October 3rd. It is not yet clear what is going to happen in San Francisco, but according to The Verge there is no presentation of the new HoloLens.
Microsoft has patented technology that allows a fingerprint to be scanned without the finger being placed on a screen or special button. The technology is called Image-Sensing With A Waveguide Display.
Microsoft has stopped selling Xbox One's game machine. That reports several tech sites.
The Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition presale goes like a spear. The console is the fastest selling Xbox in the pre-sale ever, Microsoft reports.
Who thinks pirates need to get their favorite download software from dark internet sites, according to TorrentFreak, misses. The website writes that the official Windows App Store is a hot walhalla for content pirates.
Microsoft makes fewer speech recognition errors. The accuracy level has been improved by 12 percent compared to last year. According to Microsoft, a latest software test found that only 5.1 percent of the words were misinterpreted. This makes the software as accurate as humans.
Microsoft will better communicate with antivirus companies in the future. That lets the company know in a company blog. The step prevents Microsoft from complaining about Kaspersky. That concern had accused Microsoft of distortion of competition.
Microsoft puts a line under its Word Flow keyboard for iOS. According to Windowsmaker, Word Flow was a test project and it's time to expand.
The Paint program is retained for Microsoft users. Although the program is no longer standard for Windows, it is free to download in the Windows Store, Microsoft reports.
It looks somber for one of the oldest graphics computer programs, Microsoft Paint. The Windowsmaker has announced that Paint's development will stop and that it is on the nomination to be completely removed.
Governments should see the international ransomware attack as a wake up call, Microsoft writes on his blog. If a government finds a weakness in a computer system, it must be shared with the rest of the world right away. The company wants a 'Digital Convention of Geneva', a worldwide treaty to protect citizens.
Microsoft has taken measures to protect computers against the ransomware attack earlier in the day in dozens of countries. That has told a company spokesman in a statement to Reuters press office.
Microsoft is going to expand the Surface line with a new laptop. The Surface Laptop, as the device is not surprisingly hot, has a 13.5 inch touchscreen and has an entry price of 1149 euros. It is not yet known what the device should cost in the Netherlands.
Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro get a brother: Windows 10 S. Microsoft presented the education-oriented edition of Windows Tuesday. According to Microsoft, the new Windows variant is faster and safer and therefore seems to be able to compete with Chrome OS.
Microsoft is going to give Windows 10 two major updates a year. That released the US software company on Thursday. The updates will be published in March and September, starting in September this year.
Microsoft released a first public version of the To-Do app on Wednesday. This app should eventually replace the Wunderlist purchased by the software giant in 2015.
Microsoft has already poem Friday hacker group released Shadow Brokers vulnerabilities in Windows. Writes the business after its own investigation. Only people who have Windows XP or Windows Vista are running on their PC, may be susceptible to external attacks. Those versions would no longer supported by Microsoft.
Microsoft is competing with Slack, the online platform that can work colleagues. Microsoft claims its service teams available for free to all users of Office 365.
Microsoft is facing possible Tuesday with a big failure. E-mail service and Outlook Live, OneDrive file storage, VoIP program Skype and Xbox Live gaming service are unattainable log jam sites like allestoringen.nl, IsitDownRightNow.com and Outage.Report. Twitter rains user complaints.
Microsoft last quarter posted a slightly higher profit and sales than a year earlier. The software company benefited thereby re-growth in the provision of software over the Internet (the cloud).
Software giant Microsoft will integrate its cloud platform Azure, the digital assistant Cortana and Office 365 cars. Previously, Microsoft still plans to release Windows operating system to the car, but this strategy is the company from Redmond abandoned. The new platform, the Connected Vehicle Platform, later first shown this year, Microsoft announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Microsoft has quietly circulated an update for Windows 10, which fixes a previous update. Which had in recent days, namely to ensure that computers broke the connection to routers. Therefore people got stuck suddenly without internet.
Microsoft claims the best sales month ever behind its Surface line. Windows Maker says that a lot of professionals look to buy a Surface computer because they would be disappointed in Apple's recently launched MacBook Pro with Touchbar.
Microsoft has prepared an add-in for Outlook to open to competitors. That offer, the company has made to the European Union to get approval for its acquisition of LinkedIn message to The Wall Street Journal.
Not so long ago, Linux was seen by Microsoft as a 'cancerous tumor', but there is another Microsoft risen under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella. The Windows maker is now even joined the Linux Foundation, the foundation that supports the development of the Linux platform.
Microsoft is its server park in Cheyenne, Wyoming entirely run on wind energy. To enable the greening, the tech giant has bought nearly 240 megawatts of wind energy from different suppliers.
A new app helps color blind a hand in distinguishing colors. Microsoft writes that the app has been developed, on its official blog.
Microsoft Wednesday at a special event in New York presented a new device: the Surface Studio. The device can change the all-in-one computer in a kind of tablet that can be operated with special accessories.
One of the most famous coaches in the NFL, Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots, it all had with the Microsoft Surface tablets where the NFL coaches have to work with. By Fox Sports he says he's not on the Surface can handle. 'It is an inconsistent mess. I've now given enough time to get their act together', says the firm from the American mouth.
One of the most famous Windows programs used to get a new look. Microsoft will make a new version of Paint. It is an app for Windows 10. Tech sites The Verge and TechRadar report that.
