Microsoft News & Reviews

Microsoft Boosts Speed, Accuracy of Bing Voice Search

Microsoft is taking a cue from the human brain in its latest Bing for Windows Phone app update. Redmond promised improved speed and accuracy with voice to text and voice-based search...
Office Mobile for Office 365 Subscribers (for iPhone) Review

Microsoft’s Office Mobile for iPhone is fast and works well, but it’s not as appealing as other less expensive options that integrate with more apps and services. If you use SkyDrive...
Microsoft Paying Developers for Windows Phone Apps isn’t New

Microsoft? Paying developers for apps? Yes. In fact, you shouldn’t be at-all surprised by the practice. Bloomberg Businessweek’s Ashlee Vance let slip in an article this past week that Microsoft is...
Facebook, Microsoft Disclose National Security Data Requests

Microsoft and Facebook on Friday said the government has given them permission to disclose the number of national security-related requests they receive, though that data must be lumped in with other...
Microsoft Office for iPhone: Too Little Too Late?

Microsoft Office apps arrived on the iPhone today in the U.S., but the fact that they’re so late to the game means many people simply won’t use them. Sure, many workers...
Microsoft Releases Office App for iPhone

After more than a year of rumors, Microsoft today finally released a version of its Office suite for the iPhone. The app, available for subscribers of Redmond’s Web-based Office 365, includes...
Best Buy Adding Microsoft Mini Stores at 600 Locations

Microsoft has teamed up with Best Buy to bring the Microsoft Store experience to the big box retailer. Starting later this month, Microsoft “stores within a store” will start popping up...
Windows 8 Review

Introducing Windows 8 With Windows 8 upgrades, new Windows 8 PCs and Windows 8 tablets having been released at the end of October 2012, the operating system has now been in...
Bing Maps Gets More Bird’s Eye Imagery, Venue Maps

Not to be outdone by Google, Microsoft has some maps news of its own to share today. Redmond on Tuesday announced that it has added its largest-ever batch of Bird’s Eye...
Microsoft Reveals New Xbox 360, Tips New Games

LOS ANGELES–With the Xbox One coming in November, it’s easy to think that Microsoft will ignore the Xbox 360 to hype up the new system. That doesn’t seem to be the...
Microsoft Xbox One: No Internet? Big Problem

Since Microsoft’s Xbox One announcement, hardcore gamers have been nervous about the system’s limiting features thanks to Microsoft’s mixed messages about how the console will function. Putting aside the mechanics of...
Microsoft Touts IE10 as Most Energy-Efficient Browser

Microsoft has a solution to help manage your power bills: Use Internet Explorer. To commemorate World Environment Day this week, the tech giant published a study it commissioned, which tips IE...
Microsoft Surface Pro Review

The Surface Pro is now on sale in two versions, a somewhat lean 64GB version and a more usable 128GB variant. After being on sale for a while in the...
Microsoft Clarifies Xbox One Used Game Policy

Microsoft on Thursday laid out the licensing framework for new and used games on its upcoming Xbox One console. In a post on its Xbox news site, the software giant laid...
Microsoft Tips More Xbox One Controller Details

Microsoft today provided some more details on the revamped controller that will come with the new Xbox One console, which execs said will be more precise, immersive, and comfortable. Larry Hyrb,...
Microsoft, FBI Take Down ‘Citadel’ Botnet Targeting Bank Info

Microsoft today announced that, in coordination with the FBI, it has disrupted more than 1,000 botnets used to steal people’s banking information and identities. The malware, dubbed Citadel, resulted in losses...
Windows 8.1: What We Know So Far

Sure, Windows 8 has sold 100 million copies in its 7 months of existence, and, for most products, that would be quite a triumph. But for Windows, software used by over...
Microsoft, Why’d You Have To Change?

As the news breaks about the glories of Windows 8.1 and arguments begin about whether it is good enough, I reminisce about the good old days when Microsoft was not so...
Microsoft Adding Outlook to Windows RT Tablets

Microsoft announced today that Outlook 2013 will be available on Windows RT tablets via the upcoming Windows 8.1 update. “One of the top requests from Windows RT customers has been Outlook,”...
Windows Phone Smartphone Shipments to Rival iPhone by 2017

By 2017, Microsoft is expected to almost catch up with Apple in terms of worldwide smartphone shipments, according to new data from Canalys. Google’s Android operating system will continue to rule...