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The state of the Windows Store: How useful are those 100,000 apps?

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The state of the Windows Store: How useful are those 100,000 apps?

07.30.2013 3:00 AM

Without key apps for productivity, image editing, social, and music, Microsoft's store is more than a few titles short of a Happy Meal.

Real-world confessions from Surface RT owners: Who loves it and why

08.02.2013 3:00 AM

The much-maligned slate actually has its fanboys. We talk to living, breathing people who use Microsoft's low-end tablet PC.

 

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The 14 best Windows Store music and movie apps

08.01.2013 3:00 AM

Windows 8 catches a lot of flak, but it's great for full-screen entertainment. Here are the best music and video apps the Windows Store has to offer.

Microsoft Surface revenue awful on paper and in the pocketbook

07.31.2013 5:42 AM

Microsoft revealed Tuesday that its actual revenue for the Surface tablet was less than the dollar sum of what it wrote off. Any way you cut it, that's bad.

The best free Windows 8 games

08.01.2013 3:00 AM

Microsoft's touch-friendly modern UI catches a lot of flack, but it's great for full-screen entertainment. Here are the best music and video apps the Windows Store has to offer.

Microsoft releases Office Mobile for Android phones (tablets need not apply)

07.31.2013 6:00 AM

Microsoft rounds out its Office Mobile suite by releasing a version for Android devices. But, if you were hoping to put Office on your Nexus 7 Android tablet, you're out of luck for now.

Microsoft to rename SkyDrive after losing trademark suit

07.31.2013 10:09 AM

A British broadcaster has successfully convinced a judge to require Microsoft to change the name of its SkyDrive cloud-storage service because of trademark issues.

Windows 8 grabs more market share, but so do older versions

08.01.2013 11:32 AM

In a recent study, Windows 7 and Windows XP hold strong with users, but Windows Vista usage declines.

Three old Windows right-click tricks that still rock

08.01.2013 7:09 AM

Maybe you've forgotten them, maybe you never learned them. Either way, they're great little time-savers.

Microsoft's Surface RT sells out at Walmart?then doesn't

07.29.2013 3:30 PM

Following a significant price cut, Walmart is sold out online of Microsoft's Surface RT. Best Buy appears to have them in spades, however.

Asus slowly backs away from Windows RT tablets

07.30.2013 8:49 AM

One of Windows RT's earliest manufacturing supporters is turning its back on the Metro-only operating system.

Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 Enterprise preview with VDI, Windows to Go support

07.30.2013 10:29 AM

Microsoft is encouraging enterprises to test Windows 8.1 Enterprise, which ships with a boatload of nifty enterprise features to simplify life for admins.

Microsoft accuses Microsoft of copyright infringement, asks Google to scrub search links

07.29.2013 9:09 AM

It sounds like an amusing anecdote, but Microsoft's attempt to take down Microsoft.com websites signals a deeper problem with DMCA takedown requests.

Windows device sales aren't meeting Microsoft's expectations, Ballmer admits

07.26.2013 9:28 AM

In a closed door Microsoft meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer reportedly admits to disappointing Windows hardware sales. But while the company's smart to rejigger its retail efforts, Windows devices won't shine until the software is up to par.

Review: Start Menu Reviver gives Windows 8 a modern UI-style Start Menu

08.02.2013 9:12 AM

This free start menu for Windows 8 melds the old functionality with the new look. If you want to ease into Windows 8, Start Menu Reviver is a good helper.

Researchers demo exploits that bypass Windows 8 Secure Boot

08.02.2013 6:22 AM

The Windows 8 Secure Boot mechanism can be bypassed on PCs from certain manufacturers because of oversights in how those vendors implemented the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification, according to a team of security researchers.

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