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Office 2007 – released in 2006 – suffers from much of the same problems as Windows XP; it’s brilliant, and nobody wants to get rid of it. That’s what you get for building software that stands the test of time. Unfortunately for businesses, and fortunately for individuals working for said businesses, …

Microsoft is rolling out a major update for the Bing app on Android – adding a whole bunch of new features and improving the ones already present; the app now can now recognize music playing around you, and help you find local businesses with 360 Search. Microsoft built Bing in …

Microsoft Groove – a music service that many people are not aware of, despite it being pre-installed on every Windows 10 device. The service is Microsoft’s answer to Apple Music and Google Play Music. Groove isn’t Microsoft’s first foray into the music streaming business – in fact, Microsoft was one …

The Microsoft Surface marketing team is challenged by a monumental task – Microsoft’s most ambitious endeavour into the hardware market introduces a lot of new ideas, some of which are not obvious at first look. Last week, the Surface Studio team released a whole bunch of videos showing off the …

It can sometimes be a logistical nightmare to introduce someone not very tech-savvy to online services such as Skype; creating an account – while not very difficult – can be a challenge, if you are not there to help them in person. Microsoft announced a new feature for exactly this …

Mojang announced “The Exploration Update” back at MINECON in September this year, and players have been able to see the progress up to this point with the Minecraft snapshot updates. Today, every vanilla Minecraft player will be able to experience the new update – Minecraft version 1.11 is now rolling …

Some of the biggest technology companies around the world have been working hard on making their infrastructure less toxic to the environment – running these massive data centers requires a lot of power, which in turn creates greenhouse emissions. Microsoft has today announced their largest wind energy purchase till date …

Microsoft’s HoloLens have found its place in a lot of places you wouldn’t expect it to be – The Dutch National Museum of Antiquities, is a place you should probably be expecting it – after all, museums tend to be extravagant about their exhibits. That’s not a bad thing at …

The Surface Table is where it all began. The Surface brand wasn’t always meant to be; it was initially, only one product – the Surface. Surface was just a touchscreen set up to be a table – a table that did things no other table could; it was, however, more …

The maker of one of the most popular antiviruses available for Windows – Kaspersky Lab – has accused Microsoft of anticompetitive practices, by bundling Windows Defender with Windows. The founder of Kaspersky Lab and Russian billionaire developer, Eugene Kaspersky, has filed complaints against Microsoft’s anticompetitive practices in the EU and …