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Surprise: Xbox One Kinect will work on Windows 8 with this new $49 adapter from Microsoft

A new $49 adapter, announced by Microsoft this morning, will allow an Xbox One Kinect to plug into Windows 8 and 8.1… Read More

Microsoft’s internal incubation lab spawns three new Android apps

A new Microsoft app called Torque, released for Google’s Android Wear watches, eliminates the need for users to say “OK,… Read More

In interview, Steve Ballmer won’t say if he’s on good terms with Bill Gates

Don’t look for Bill Gates courtside at L.A. Clippers games anytime soon. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appeared on CBS… Read More

Microsoft updates Windows 10 preview with notification center, faster upgrade track

Microsoft released the first major update to the Windows 10 technical preview today, which adds a bunch of new features and… Read More

Microsoft’s new Music Deals app gives Windows users new tunes on the cheap

Apple may have a tight grip on the digital music purchasing market, but Microsoft is upping its game with a new app… Read More

How tech advances are helping innovators do more for people with disabilities

Inside a small office on the sixth floor of the University of Washington’s computer science building, Richard Ladner starts talking about Google’s… Read More

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Microsoft debuts ESL competitive gaming app for Xbox One

Xbox One owners can now participate in some of the largest online gaming competitions globally from the comfort of their living… Read More

Search under way for missing Microsoft program manager after car found at Deception Pass

Krishna Venkatesh, a Microsoft Windows program manager, will be the subject of a search Tuesday morning at Deception Pass State Park,… Read More

Microsoft board gives CEO Satya Nadella a $3.6M cash bonus in annual performance review

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received a cash bonus of $3.6 million for the company’s 2014 fiscal year —141 percent of his… Read More

Microsoft launches Azure Marketplace to help companies sell cloud apps

SAN FRANCISCO — As a part of its big cloud event today, Microsoft announced the Azure Marketplace, an online market… Read More

Microsoft boosts Azure with high-performance instances, hybrid cloud hardware

SAN FRANCISCO – Businesses that want to handle high-performance workloads in the cloud will soon have a new tool at their… Read More

Microsoft hires longtime Amazon VP Suresh Kumar to run cloud infrastructure

Microsoft has quietly hired a veteran of Amazon’s retail business, Suresh Kumar, as its new corporate vice president in charge of… Read More

Live from Microsoft’s cloud event in San Francisco

Microsoft is taking to the cloud once more on an overcast day here in San Francisco in a move to… Read More

Microsoft smartwatch could beat Apple Watch to market

Microsoft plans to announce and release its own health-tracking smartwatch “within the next few weeks,” according to a Forbes report… Read More

Microsoft completes ‘Halo: The Master Chief Collection’ for Nov. 11 release

Halo fans, start your energy swords. Microsoft’s 343 Industries, the internal studio responsible for the blockbuster Halo franchise for Xbox, announced this… Read More

Republican political candidate and former Microsoftie Pedro Celis says women are ‘less nerdy’ than men

Former Microsoft engineer Pedro Celis, a Republican who is challenging incumbent and former Microsoft exec Suzan DelBene for the seat… Read More

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Microsoft to hold key event for developers next month

There are three words that make a very particular subset of people very excited: new developer tools. For them, a… Read More

Microsoft to gather enterprise professionals around a campfire at new Ignite conference

When Microsoft announced that it wouldn’t be holding a bunch of different smaller enterprise events earlier this year, it promised a… Read More

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Xbox One October update: New Snap features, improved TV viewing, and more

Microsoft is starting to roll out its monthly update to the Xbox One. There are changes coming to the console’s… Read More

Internal Memo: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sets new diversity plan after ‘humbling’ experience

A week after his controversial comments about women and pay raises, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today again apologized for the remarks,… Read More

Microsoft teams with Docker to make containers work with Windows Server

Microsoft and Docker announced today that the two companies have forged a partnership targeted at bringing support for containerized applications… Read More

Finland prime minister blames Apple for country’s troubles

Apple’s amazing innovations over the years have caused some of the biggest names in technology to take a back seat,… Read More

Microsoft fixes vulnerability used in ‘Sandworm Team’ attacks

What do NATO, the Ukraine and European telecom companies all have in common? They’ve all been targeted by a hacking… Read More

Microsoft issuing takedown notices on YouTube videos containing Windows-related content

Update, 4:45 p.m. — Microsoft sent us a statement, citing stolen product keys embedded in YouTube comments as the reason… Read More

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Microsoft debuts Vine app for Xbox One

Xbox One owners can officially watch an endless amount of 7-second looping video clips, as Microsoft today debuted the Vine app… Read More

Skype launches Qik, an app that lets friends talk with videos

If there’s one thing the mobile app industry has right now, it’s a glut of messaging apps. Now, Microsoft has… Read More

Video game analyst: Xbox One finally passes PS4 in monthly U.S. sales

Update: Official NPD numbers show the PS4 still on top for the month of September. See our followup story. Giving away… Read More

Google’s Eric Schmidt: Our biggest search competitor is Amazon — not Microsoft or Yahoo

When it comes to competition for search engine traffic, Google isn’t most worried about Microsoft Bing or Yahoo as a threat… Read More

Microsoft Bing launches new election portal with predictions, personalized ballots

As November approaches quickly, Microsoft Bing today launched a new election portal that aims to help inform citizens of issues and… Read More

1 million people have signed up to test the next version of Windows

Two weeks ago, Microsoft launched the Windows Insider Program, a program that allows users to download and install Windows 10,… Read More

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