Windows Weekly

Microsoft Surface event October 2 in NYC Microsoft is holding a hardware event on October 2. Here's what we expect. Note: There might be more than just Surface hardware here, as MS is calling it...

New Microsoft Edge hits Beta channel- Microsoft brings Edge Beta to Windows 10, 8.1, and 7, and Mac- Related: Microsoft touts one million Chredge downloads so far. That's ... not very good.-...

WindowsWindows Virtual Desktop is now feature-completePatch all the Windows things: New wormable Remote Desktop Services flaws found and patchedMicrosoft releases two different builds of Windows 10...

Samsung Unpacked- Microsoft rumored---then confirmed---to be at today's Galaxy Note 10 launch. With the marketing materials leaking, we have some clues as to what they will add to this event:- S...

Four years ago this week, Windows 10 was born- Threshold 1 hit on July 29, 2015- We first got official word about it in September 2014 (launch of preview); then more in Jan. 2015. Leaks before...

Microsoft earningsMicrosoft delivered another blockbuster FY and FYQ4.Analysis: FY19 - Xbox (bad), Surface (not the highlight people think), Windows (good, with businesses only), Office 365 (great)...

In honor of Paul 'emoji hater' Thurrott travelling, it's WORLD EMOJI DAY!Inside the Microsoft emoji design studioWindows 10 updates Microsoft is starting to automatically push Windows 10 1903 to...

Microsoft partners are on a rampage Microsoft is cutting internal use rights for its products and services, meaning no more free ride on product licensing for partners Not a good look for Microsoft...

Windows 10• 19H2 FINALLY - The first 19H2 build heads to the Slow ring. Mary Jo was right: It's an R2/SP type release.• Also: Why does Microsoft keep promising things and not doing them, and then...

Get ready for Mandroid? Microsoft is rumored to be considering enabling Android apps on Windows Lite devices like CentaurusThis isn't the first time Microsoft's been rumored to adding Android app...

Why is Microsoft not among this year's antitrust trial targets? It is currently the most valuable company in the world. Lessons Apple, Google, Facebook, etc. can learn about antitrust trials from...

Xbox at E3 Scarlett, next-gen console, won't appear until 2020 Next-gen Elite Controller finally announced Literally NO xCloud news. Whaaaaat? But ... Backwards Compatibility is done for Xbox One,...

This Week's StoriesMicrosoft loomed large over Apple's WWDCRelated: iTunes is the walking dead on WindowsSemi-related: Looks like the US is going after Big Tech, finallyMicrosoft adds more Your App...

This Week's StoriesModern OS: It's the future of Windows, vaguely. In a boring blog post about new PCs, Microsoft suddenly---if vaguely---starts discussing something called Modern OS. And it is not...

This Week's StoriesMicrosoft and Sony make a game streaming megadeal. Exactly what the deal will yield is a bit murky, but this could be a big customer win for Azure and xCloud.How about that...

This Week's Stories• Windows 10 is now on 825 million PCs, according to internal Microsoft documentation• What's going on with PWAs in Windows 10 ... and with app distribution and the Store?• And...

Let's run through some announcements. No picks, tips this weekGuests: Brad Sams and Richard CampbellDemo fail. It was a moonshot gone badWhat's new in Chredge: IE Mode, Collections, new tracking...

This Week's Stories Microsoft earnings: Net income of $8.8 Billion on Revenues of $30.6 Billion Related: Microsoft was briefly worth $1 trillion Related: Microsoft documents product releases in the...

This Week's StoriesGoodbye to Sets, hello to less suckingMicrosoft has shelved Sets for the long term (and likely, permanently).
Tabbed "experiences" are still coming to the Console and likely...

This Week's Stories:Microsoft launches Surface Hub 2S: pricing, specs, and availability.An 85-inch version is on the way, and there's a Surface Hub 2 display coming, too.Xbox One S All-Digital...