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Microsoft Sleep Study: a tool for Windows 8.1 battery use analysis

30 June 2014, 10:07

The tool can highlight sources of battery drain during your device's sleep mode.

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Microsoft expands free One Drive cloud storage to 15GB

24 June 2014, 11:46

Office 365 subscribers also get a boost to 1TB of storage space.

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Host of new characters and emoji introduced in Unicode 7.0

17 June 2014, 13:00

250 new emoji characters including animals and weather symbols added.

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Mad Catz® Announces New Range of TRITTON® Xbox One™ Licensed Headsets

9 June 2014, 20:07

Mad Catz® Announces New Range of TRITTON® Xbox One™ Licensed Headsets.

Microsoft opens Kinect for Windows v2 sensor pre-orders

6 June 2014, 11:30

It has also now released Xbox One controller drivers for 32/64 bit Windows PCs.

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QOTW: Which is your favourite games console of all time?

30 May 2014, 16:30

And what makes it so memorable?

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QOTW: Will you be buying Microsoft's Surface Pro 3?

23 May 2014, 16:30

It's dubbed the tablet that can replace your laptop. Are you convinced?

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Energy use of US games consoles to require four full power stations

19 May 2014, 11:00

Report shows that next gen Sony and Microsoft systems are relatively power thirsty.

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Microsoft files patent revealing smartwatch plans

8 May 2014, 12:45

This wearable appears to be focusing on fitness, with its health-tracking sensors.

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Potentially offensive Skype emoticons removed by Microsoft

1 May 2014, 12:50

WTF, (finger) and (fubar), along with a number of other icons, have been quietly removed.

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Global PC games market revenue overtakes consoles

28 April 2014, 13:00

DFC Intelligence points out that the PC is a necessity that can also play games.

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Microsoft's quarterly results beat investor expectations

25 April 2014, 10:30

Devices and Consumer revenue; from Windows, Xbox and Surface, were up 12 per cent.

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Microsoft previews Office Mix interactive presentation software

22 April 2014, 13:15

The company is currently signing up testers for this educator targeted PowerPoint add-on.

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Microsoft introduces wireless All-in-One Media Keyboard

17 April 2014, 13:59

The keyboard, with built-in touchpad, will be made available sometime in April.

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Microsoft launches Office 365 Personal in the UK

16 April 2014, 17:16

The PC/Mac and tablet plan will be offered at £5.99 per month or £59.99 per year.

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Titanfall: Expedition DLC map pack announced at PAX East

14 April 2014, 15:53

This first morsel of Titanfall DLC will arrive next month for $9.99.

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Microsoft announces mobile Age of Empires: World Domination

14 April 2014, 10:45

Famous strategy game will arrive on iOS, Android and Windows Phone this summer.

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Microsoft brings Surface 2 (4G), the next generation of Surface 2, to the UK

10 April 2014, 17:26

Microsoft brings Surface 2 (4G), the next generation of Surface 2, to the UK.

Gadget Show Live: Hands-on with Windows Phone 8.1

9 April 2014, 16:36

Tom from Nokia shows off what's new in Microsoft's refreshed Windows Phone OS.

Gadget Show 1

Microsoft Office for iPad hits 12 million downloads in first week

4 April 2014, 13:15

Microsoft announced the news via Twitter. But how many are paying customers?

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Nokia Introduces Three Lumia Smartphones for Windows Phone 8.1

3 April 2014, 17:21

Nokia Introduces Three Lumia Smartphones for Windows Phone 8.1.

Microsoft launches Office for iPad, allowing free file viewing

28 March 2014, 10:00

Full subscription will cost £7.99pm or £79.99 a year for Word, Excel and PowerPoint suite.

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Microsoft publishes early MS-DOS and Word source code

26 March 2014, 12:45

Downloadable source code archives preserved at the Computer History Museum.

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Microsoft introduces DirectX 12 at GDC 2014

21 March 2014, 10:02

AMD will support DirectX 12 on all its GCN GPUs. Nvidia on Fermi, Kepler and Maxwell GPUs.

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Microsoft Hardware announces colourful new Wireless Mouse 1850

18 March 2014, 18:08

Microsoft Hardware announces colourful new Wireless Mouse 1850.

GDC devs highlight that most gamers never finish their games

18 March 2014, 16:45

Figures, based on Steam Achievements, show most only get half the way through a game.

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Free Microsoft OneNote app released for Mac OS X

18 March 2014, 10:15

Microsoft also makes its note taking Office app free for Windows.

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Google and Microsoft don't want dual-OS devices on the market

14 March 2014, 15:30

The software giants pressured ASUS to drop its Transformer Book Duet TD300 plans.

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Microsoft DirectX 12 reveal teased for GDC 2014

6 March 2014, 09:58

"Rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated," Tweets the DirectX 12 account.

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Microsoft's SurroundWeb displays web content everywhere

5 March 2014, 11:45

Describes system as a "3D Browser" which will provide "immersive room experiences".

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Microsoft's Reller and Bates leave, Clinton aide Penn steps up

3 March 2014, 12:43

This is the first big management change since Satya Nadella became chief executive.

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Microsoft in talks to invest in Dailymotion video sharing site

26 February 2014, 10:58

Dailymotion wants to become a more global player to better compete with YouTube.

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Nokia connects the next billion with affordable smartphones

24 February 2014, 16:39

Nokia connects the next billion with affordable smartphones.

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