hardware design

Five years after Microsoft shipped the Surface Duo, the company’s boldest pocketable experiment—a dual-screen Android handset that briefly promised to reshape mobile productivity—stands as a study in ambition undone by rushed execution, poor communication, and mismatched expectations...

The unveiling of Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary Bloom wallpaper for Windows 11 marks a unique blend of nostalgia and innovation, celebrating half a century of the company’s technological journey. Introduced alongside the limited-edition Surface Laptop commemorating this milestone, the anniversary...

Microsoft’s 50th anniversary has inspired a wave of innovation, celebration, and nostalgia across the company’s product lines, but two releases stand out as flagships of this historic milestone: the exclusive 50th anniversary variant of Windows 11’s iconic wallpaper and the secretive...

A flurry of newly surfaced images and documentation has finally revealed the true face of one of Microsoft's boldest—yet most elusive—hardware ambitions: the purist, Windows-powered Surface Duo, codenamed Andromeda. Initially conceived as a successor to the aging Windows Phone line, Andromeda...

The Surface Pro 12-inch is a compelling new entry in Microsoft’s evolving 2-in-1 Copilot+ PC lineup, signaling the company’s continued drive to cement itself at the center of premium tablet-laptop convergence. For users who have long craved the versatile freedoms a slate-style PC affords –...

Microsoft has announced a significant initiative to standardize the implementation of USB Type-C ports across Windows 11 laptops and tablets. This move aims to address the inconsistencies in how device manufacturers have utilized USB Type-C capabilities, which range from varying data transfer...

Microsoft’s ambitious Copilot key launch, once envisioned as a defining feature of the new “Copilot+” PCs, began as a bold emblem of their AI-first future. Yet, in just a few short months, the narrative around this singular piece of hardware has shifted from excitement to skepticism, sparking a...

hi, I am a hardware designer, building a intel Atom bay trail based platform. The system is expected to run Win7 or Win8 as OS. I am using a bluetooth module from LS research (Part No. 450-0104). This device has a UART interface which supports HSI protocol. Can win7 or Win8 detect this device...

According to Youwei Tsai, software development manager of Microsoft's Software and Services Excellence Center, while tablet PCs and various other mobile computing devices are becoming increasingly prevalent, the role of endpoints in a cloud computing environment is becoming increasingly...