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It’s been one month since the first all-digital Microsoft Build and while we may not have seen each other in person, we sure felt the energy online. Whether on social media, in the comments section during livestreams, or over webcams for focus groups, we loved hearing from developers around the...

According to new data published this year in the Lancet Global Health journal, there are around 252.6 million people affected by blindness and moderate-to-severe visual impairment worldwide. * At Novartis, we are committed to helping people with challenging healthcare issues. As one of the...

At the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Dell unveiled a series of innovations built with Windows 10 helping people maximize productivity and creativity while enjoying lifelike viewing experiences. The new products include the Dell Canvas, a horizontal smart workspace with touch, totem and...

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update begins rolling out today for customers around the world. The Anniversary Update is full of features and innovations that will bring new experiences with Windows Ink*, Cortana**, gaming and more. To give you an overview of new features that are rolling out in the...

Today we’re excited to announce the next major update to Windows 10 – the Windows 10 Anniversary Update – is coming on August 2. We are committed to delivering continuous innovation to you: including features that bring Windows Ink and Cortana to the mainstream; a faster, more accessible and...

It’s been an incredible year, with over 110 million devices already running Windows 10 and millions of people enjoying innovations like Cortana, Microsoft Edge, Xbox and more. With the recent availability of the November update, Windows 10 is better than ever – faster, more compatible, and with...

This was seriously a treat for me. I had the privilege of spending time with the venerable Dave Probert who has been working on the Windows kernel for a long time. We discussed an interesting security issue which had up to this point never occurred to me - how do we protect ourselves from kernel...

This week on Channel 9, Nikola and Vlad discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed Link Removed [Yusuf Mehdi] Link Removed Link Removed [Gabe Aul], Windows 10's final build number is delightfully clever [Tom Warren] Link Removed Microsoft announces new innovations and...

Welcome back to Ping! We talk about the return of robot combat return to television, we chat about a one-way ticket to Mars on the space desk, and more stories that 'softies are pinging each other about... Link Removed Link Removed (3D Printed Clothing)... Link Removed Ping Live (kind of ;)...

It's the final episode of the Countdown to Microsoft Ignite, and as promised, Rick and Joey give you the compressed version of their Ignite 101 session. So, sit back and learn from the masters how you can make the most of this incredible conference in... five days. If you're not able to join us...

I’m late to the game on this one but these new PCs from Samsung are really cool and definitely warrant a blog post. Last week, Samsung made two PC announcements: a new ATIV Book 9 laptop and ATIV One 7 All-in-One PC. Link Removed The all-aluminum ATIV Book 9 laptop is Samsung’s lightest Book 9...

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Included in the web I've linked to is a video showing the Microsoft Surface being frozen, cooked, used as a skateboard, showered with wine and general abused. See if it survived here: Surface survives heat and cold, but not wine, in torture test

Minutes ago in Las Vegas at the Microsoft Researcher Appreciation Party, we completed the journey we set out on together at the 2011 Black Hat briefings. There, we asked the security research community to focus its talent and expertise on defense, to design and prototype novel runtime mitigation...

Nearly nine months after we announced the first annual Link Removed due to 404 Error competition for innovations in defensive security technologies, we’re just days away from the submission deadline. On the EcoStrat blog today, Senior Security Strategist Katie Moussouris gives a glimpse...

Here's what us technophile would do if cloning was allowed and legal. We would make a Levan Polkka amv.

Some of these are new, others are the same keyboard shortcuts we've known for years. Note that "charms" refer to an element of the Metro interface Win + Spacebar : Switch the input language and keyboard layout Win + C : Open the Charms Win + D : Show the desktop Win + E : open Windows Explorer...

Dubbed 'Lytro', the camera is able to capture light data from many different angles using a specialized sensor. The sensor uses what is called a "microlens array", which packs the equivalent of many camera lenses into a very small space. It can capture 3D images. Price was not mentioned. They...

Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will acquire VoIP service Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft will purchase the company from investor group Silver Lake, which—along with Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz Ventures, and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)—acquired a majority stake in Skype...

Link Removed - Invalid URL University of Technology, Sydney scientists have reported remarkable results in developing a composite material based on graphite that is a thin as paper and ten times stronger than steel. Graphene paper (GP) is a material that can be processed, reshaped and...