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Microsoft

  1. trailer mix
    Console Wars to Continue into 2020 with Xbox Series XMicrosoft promises backwards compatibility, Master Chief.
    By Bethy Squires
  2. the cloud
    Google’s Video-Game Platform Wants to Replace Your Console With the CloudThe company unveiled an aggressive push this week to demonstrate parity with more mature console systems.
    By Brian Feldman
  3. promises
    Microsoft Vows to Not Attempt April Fools’ Day Humor“I believe we have more to lose than gain by attempting to be funny on this one day.”
    By Megh Wright
  4. cloud chasing
    Are We Reaching ‘Peak Cloud’?Has the market reached the point where nearly everyone who needs a cloud computing solution already has it?
    By Jake Swearingen
  5. microsoft
    Paul Allen Turned Microsoft Into a ColossusAfter convincing high-school friend Bill Gates to drop out of college and start a software company called Micro-Soft, Allen helped change the world.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Holy Crap, Am I a Microsoft Surface Fanboy?They’re the laptops that Apple should be making.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Why Is This Man Going to Prison for Copying Free Repair Software?Eric Lundgren made 28,000 unauthorized copies of software you can legally download for free. Now he’s headed to federal prison for 15 months.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    I Had to Teach My Alexa That Eggplants Were FruitEgg-plant, egg-plahnt. Let’s call the whole thing off.
    By Renée Reizman
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    Jaron Lanier Q&A: ‘We Won, and We Turned Into Assholes’Tech pioneer Jaron Lanier discusses the sinking feeling you get when you’re quoted by Mark Zuckerberg, and everything else bad about the internet.
    By Noah Kulwin
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    We Need More Monopoly, Not LessJust let one tech giant win.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    How PlayerUnknown Created the Biggest Gaming Phenomenon of the YearThis year’s breakout hit arrives on console today.
    By Brian Feldman
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    U.S. v. Microsoft Proved That Antitrust Can Keep Tech Power in CheckRevisiting a definitive antitrust case.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Microsoft Has Got Deep Black Friday Discounts on Xbox One, Surface Pro, and MoreBlack Friday brings an Xbox One S for $189 and Surface Pro for $899. Not bad!
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Panos Panay Wants to Tell You a Story About ComputersTalking with the head of all of Microsoft’s devices about the company’s streak of innovative products.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    The Xbox One X Is the Best Console You Can Own. Should You Get It?Microsoft’s screamingly fast new machine comes with a whole bunch of hard questions for console gamers.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Microsoft Mercy-Kills the KinectThe device was little-used and ahead of its time.
    By Brian Feldman
  19. Which Giant Tech Company Is Winning the Race to Be Skynet?Will Amazon, Facebook, or Google be the agent of our destruction?
    By Max Read
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    Microsoft Is Using Its Lawyers to Go After Fancy BearBut it still doesn’t know who Fancy Bear is.
    By Brian Feldman
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    All the Games and Memes You Need to Know About From Yesterday’s E3What Microsoft, EA, and Bethesda announced.
    By Brian Feldman
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    WannaCry’s Victims Were Overwhelmingly Using Windows 7It’s not entirely XP’s fault.
    By Brian Feldman
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    HoloLens Was Just the Beginning. Microsoft Wants to Own AR and VR.Working with Acer, Microsoft is putting out what will be the most affordable full-featured VR headset this holiday season.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Microsoft’s New OS Wants to Take Back the Classroom From GoogleCan Microsoft claw back education market share from Google’s Chromebooks?
    By Jake Swearingen
  27. technology
    The Computer-Science Researcher Who Wants to Help Automate Your Work LifeTalking to a Microsoft scientist about the future of productivity and why 100 milliseconds make all the difference to a search engine.
    As told to Julie Meade
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    Holy Christ, Microsoft’s Plans for LinkedIn Sound AwfulLove LinkedIn? Who cares! Microsoft is gonna give you a lotta LinkedIn anyway.
    By Jake Swearingen
  29. Clippy Didn’t Just Annoy You — He Changed the WorldWhat we owe Clippy, Microsoft’s greatest shame.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Microsoft Looks a Lot Like Apple in 1997 — Which Should Scare AppleHow after almost 20 years, the two companies have traded places when it comes to PCs.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Remembering Microsoft’s Horrible Windows Vista–Themed Springsteen Parody VideoMicrosoft’s internal video for Windows ranks among the worst of all time.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Microsoft: Squirt Gun Emoji? Nah, Let’s Make It an Actual RevolverThe company’s gun emoji used to look like something from a sci-fi movie.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  33. Like Clippy, Microsoft Is Watching YouIn a rare slip-up, one of the company’s journalist dossiers accidentally leaked out.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Like Clippy, Microsoft Is Watching YouIn a rare slip-up, one of the company’s journalist dossiers accidentally leaked out.
    By Brian Feldman
  37. Microsoft Calls on Bae Interns to Get Lit on a Monday NightExcellent recruiting strategy, team.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  38. Microsoft Is Getting Into the Marijuana GameBut it’s not quite like it sounds.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
  39. Microsoft Bought LinkedIn to Turn Work Into a Social NetworkLinkedIn’s not just for job-hunting anymore.
    By Brian Feldman
  40. Microsoft Just Bought LinkedIn for $26.2 BillionApparently Microsoft wasn’t deterred by all those hacks.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  41. Microsoft May Have Found a Way to Let You Talk With Your Plants And they can even talk back (sort of).
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  42. Microsoft and Facebook Team Up to Lay New Transatlantic CableThe internet is a series of tubes.
    By Brian Feldman
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    The Xbox 360 Perfectly Encapsulated the Last Decade of Home EntertainmentOne box grew to perform many tasks.
    By Brian Feldman
  44. Microsoft Sues DOJ to Let Customers Know When Their Emails Are Being ReadAnother tech company argues for privacy.
    By Brian Feldman
  45. What Are Bots? An FAQ for Our Impending TechnofutureHold on to your bots.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Why Microsoft Is Betting on Chatbots As the Future of ComputingMicrosoft’s bets big on a bevy of bots.
    By Brian Feldman
  49. oops
    Using Microsoft Outlook Incorrectly May Cause an International IncidentAn organizer at the G20 summit accidentally sent President Obama’s passport number to Asian Cup soccer tournament organizers.
    By Jaime Fuller
  50. tech
    CNN Election Team Hides iPads Behind Sponsored Microsoft TabletsApple wins again.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  51. technology
    Microsoft CEO to Women: Don’t Ask for a RaiseTrust karma instead!
    By Jessica Roy
  52. things that make me feel old
    What Is Minecraft, and Why Did Microsoft Just Pay $2.5 Billion for It?An explainer for the olds.
    By Kevin Roose
  53. microtacky
    Microsoft Just Laid Off Thousands of Employees With a Hilariously Bad MemoThis email. I just can’t even
    By Kevin Roose
  54. documentary
    Xbox to Launch Series of Video-Game and Tech DocumentariesThe first one will be about the legendarily bad E.T. video game.
    By Lindsey Weber
  55. the tech wars
    Microsoft Bought Nokia in a Desperate Attempt to Avoid Becoming BlackBerryAndroid and iOS are probably unstoppable. But Microsoft has to try.
    By Kevin Roose
  56. spy games
    Facebook and Microsoft Shared Some of Their Government Data Request NumbersIt’s a start.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  57. Frank Rich on the National Circus: Edward Snowden Won’t Undo the Patriot ActAmerica yawns while he hides.
    By Frank Rich
  58. microsoft excels
    Windows Up: A Surprisingly Pleasant Trip to the Microsoft StoreIs yesterday’s tech coming back?
    By Kevin Roose
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