Instead, the Redmond giant will be focusing on the tools gained from the $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn. Namely, it will utilize SlideShare and its “audience of 70 million professionals” to host Word, PowerPoint, and PDF content. Of course, that says nothing for the sharing experience Docs provided, and Microsoft is recommending OneDrive instead. The company hopes to use the opportunity to “provide a more cohesive experience” in that space....

Critics say the name is too close to the Xbox One X, Microsoft’s improved last-gen console. Undoubtedly, a few fans will be getting the wrong console from unsuspecting parents next Christmas. Naturally, everyone is just going to call it the Series X. Thankfully, Xbox head Phil Spencer also revealed the design, which has been relatively well-received. Microsoft is going for something much closer to a mini PC tower this time, with a vertical square cuboid....

For those unfamiliar with Azure Stack, it’s an attempt to bring the power of Microsoft’s cloud platform to on-premises data centers. The third technical preview launched at the start of March, meaning general availability will be coming in the middle of this year. Azure Stack TP3 Changelog According to the Azure Stack team, the latest refresh “continues delivering Azure Services on premises so customers can create innovative applications for the hybrid cloud....

Despite the fact that the changes to the user interface of Skype are not big, they are distinctive and they likely set the scene for a new look. Recently, Microsoft updated Skype for Android and iOS with a new interface which could be making its way to Windows 10 on PC and Mobile. This latest update for Skype for Windows 10 changes the menu of the app, ditching the hamburger menu....

Among the changes in Sway version 1.16 on iOS is an enhanced sharing experience. Microsoft has not gone into deep detail on what this means. However, the company says that sharing Sways is not easier and can be achieved more quickly. As well as improving sharing, the update also adds and ability to embed Sways directly into websites. As always, Microsoft has also squashed some “miscellaneous” bugs. Here is the full changelog:...

All the changes are part of Microsoft Wider Windows 10 Insider Build 18272 released. Chief among the new features is the ability to zoom into specific contents of the Windows Console screen. Users can do this simply by selecting Control with Mouse Scroll Wheel/Trackpad combination. While it may seem a minor detail, it is a tool Windows Console users have long requested. Screen resolution has increased dramatically over the last 10 years and interfaces like the console have become more difficult to read....

In an announcement on the Azure blog, Microsoft says VSTS is evolving Under the Azure DevOps name, the service will now feature numerous modules that function in public or private cloud: “Azure DevOps captures over 15 years of investment and learnings in providing tools to support software development teams. In the last month, over 80,000 internal Microsoft users and thousands of our customers, in teams both small and large, used these services to ship products to you....

For the unfamiliar, fileless threats are particularly dangerous due to their ability to bypass anti-virus solutions. Rather than running files on the disk, they make use of existing system tools to download a payload and run it in the system memory. Astaroth uses a chain of legitimate tools to deploy a data-stealing trojan on victims’ PCs. First, a spam email campaign sends out links to a website hosting a ....

Since before the launch of the April 2018 Update, Microsoft has been previewing the next major Win10 release. This is codenamed Redstone 5, but Microsoft has now given it an official version number. So, we know Version 1809 is the next release of Windows 10, but what’s in a number? Well, in this case quite a lot. Microsoft’s Windows 10 version numbers denote the month and year of their release....

Xbox’s Mike Ybarra has shed a little light on that, but it’s not entirely illuminating. On Twitter earlier this month the CVP was asked if the UI and home screen would be the same on the new console. He replied, “They’ll be the same, but different from what you see today.” It’s a bit of a riddle, but it seems Ybarra is suggesting a change across all of the consoles....

It seems fitting that the game Technoblade – real name Alexander – made his name playing is now honoring following his untimely passing. Alexander was just 23 years old and his death was confirmed by his family last week. Mojang has now changed the splash page for Minecraft Java Edition to show a pig wearing a golden crown. Technoblade’s character in the game was famously a royal pig-man with a crown on its head....

A report from the New York Time and The Observer showed a researcher had access to personal data from over quarter of a million Facebook users. From these 270,000 members, the researcher could access 50 million friends and pass the data to Cambridge Analytica. The scandal has called into question Facebook’s privacy settings and data use. Facebook actually prevents this kind of data siphoning, but the company’s efforts were obviously not enough....

Network Adapter Missing in Windows 10 If your PC fails to recognize the network adapter, you won’t be able to see it in the Device Manager, reboot your computer and check the network adapter status. 1 Network Adapter Missing in Windows 101.1 Show Hidden Drivers in Windows 101.2 Run network troubleshooter1.3 Install latest network adapter driver1.4 Add legacy network device1.5 Reset the network adapter1.6 Automate WWAN AutoConfig Also, if you have connected an Ethernet cable, you should unplug it and plug it in again....

1 Focused Inbox arrives2 PowerPoint gets QuickStarter feature3 Visio and Access additions4 New Insider builds of Office for iOS apps Now, the company has announced the release of the March 2017 feature update to Office 2016 Insiders in the Slow ring. The update brings the Office 2016 build for Insiders in the Slow ring to version 1703. The March 2017 feature update brings several new features to Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio....

Drivers provide the backbone of the GPU technology, essentially giving the hardware its fuel to run. Sen Pelletier, a Senior Program Manager for Nvidia, shows data that he says highlights the company’s advantage over rivals in terms of driver support. Pelletier says that Nvidia surpasses both AMD and Intel when it comes to its WHQL-certified drivers. Through 2021 and 2022 on Windows 10 and Windows 11, Nvidia rolled out five times as many drivers as AMD in 2021 and three times as many in 2022....

With PIM-enabled delegations, Azure Lighthouse managed service providers (MSPs) on Azure Lighthouse can have specific benefits. For example, the ability to specify what their MSP is able to access, and what actions they can take. Microsoft initially brought PIM support to Lighthouse in preview a year ago. Now the integration is making its general public debut. If you’re unfamiliar with Azure Lighthouse, it is a multi-tenant solution that focuses on bringing management tools to MSPs....

In our report, I discussed several problems such as market proliferation, cost, and crossing the 4K divide. One of the most controversial aspects of Project Scorpio is whether the console can improve Xbox One 1080p games enough to justify upgrading. An internal Microsoft demo and the company’s claims suggest yes. Spencer points out that the console will simply deliver the best gaming experience for customers, no matter their display: “I think Scorpio is for the console customer who wants the best version of the console games on their television, whether they have a 1080p or a 4K television,” he says....

The trade commission and Qualcomm have been locked in a battle for some time. The latest revelation suggests the company has been using a long-standing deal with Samsung to stimmy the company’s growth in the processor market. Samsung signed a deal with Qualcomm back in 1993, before the idea of smartphones could even be imagined. The agreement allowed the company to access Qualcomm’s patents to create its own chipsets. Under the terms, the South Korean giant could not sell these processors outside of its subsidiaries....

According to Twitter user Kevin Cocquyt and furthered by MSPowerUser, the device in the promo looks like two Surface Go devices stuck together. The report suggests the Qualcomm-powered device will be nothing more than a glued pair of Surface Go’s. However, it is worth noting that we disagree that this is the Surface Go. Firstly, Qualcomm is not a hardware manufacturer so typically uses other devices in videos. However, those devices are usually renders or mock ups of a simple reference hardware....

The smart glasses will allegedly pair with a mobile phone via Bluetooth and will reflect lasers from their surface into the user’s eyes. This will allow them to see contextual information in their field of view. The anonymous sources claim the glasses are being manufactured in Taiwan by Quanta Computer Inc., with plans for a release this year. Internally, the project is known as Superlite, but the business will be sold under the name Vaunt....