Microsoft is releasing a Skype feature called “Meet now” on Microsoft Edge by incorporating the feature into the new tab, also known as NTP. With this new feature, Microsoft aims to help video conferencing-based consumers get in touch with colleagues, friends and relatives without creating a Skype or Microsoft account. Last month, Microsoft added the […]
Microsoft will soon offer different installation experiences when setting up Windows 10 based on how you plan to use the computer. As users use Windows 10 in different ways, Microsoft is testing a new setup that asks you to indicate how you intend to use the computer to customize the options and tools offered during […]
Microsoft Edge has a new crapware blocker, but it isn’t enabled by default. It’s currently available in the beta version of Edge, but should arrive for everyone using the Chromium-based Edge browser with the stable release of Edge 80 .
Windows 7 has now entered its End of Life phase, which means that Microsoft will no longer be offering updates of security fixes for the old operating system. While many people will have upgraded to years ago, there are still millions of PCs out there that are using Windows 7. With Windows 7 now at its End […]
Buggy microcode causes data loss and corruption. Microsoft has issued an update that disables mitigation against variant 2 of the Spectre hardware flaw in Intel processors. The company’s weekend advisory for the out-of-band KB4078130 update points to Intel’s earlier recommendation that customers stop deploying the current set of Spectre microcode firmware updates. Intel said the present set of firmware images […]
Skype is currently down for thousands of users worldwide. If you’re struggling to connect to your Skype account, but nothing happens, you’re not the only one. Skype has been down for about an hour now, and Microsoft has already acknowledged the problem. Hello, we are aware of an incident where users will either lose connectivity to […]
Microsoft is bringing a whole new level to remote social interaction with “Holoportation.” The prototype technology allows users to see, hear, and interact with others remotely as if both are present in the same physical space. 3D cameras capture and record a users movements and construct a temporally consistent 3D model. That data is then compressed […]
Embraces open source hardware innovation for cloud. Microsoft and the Facebook-led Open Compute Project have released the design and specifications for the Project Olympus next-generation hyperscale hardware. As part of Project Olympus, Microsoft said it will contribute the design for a new universal server motherboard to the OCP. A one and a two-unit server chassis, […]
Microsoft is keeping on getting out old code from Windows, making PowerShell the default command line shell in its latest Windows 10 release. PowerShell will start up via the file explorer in the latest insider preview build 14971 instead of the cmd.exe command prompt. It will also launch in the Win + X menu, the shift-right-click context […]
