Windows - News, Features, and Slideshows
Windows in pictures
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In Pictures: MacBook Air killer from ASUS
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In Pictures: New Windows 10 features
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In Pictures: 15 simple, secret Windows tips and tricks designed to save you time
News about Windows
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Microsoft's Windows revenue remains in a $4.6B rut
Windows remains in a revenue rut, with commercial sales up courtesy of Windows 10 but consumer sales down as individuals continue to eschew PCs.
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Microsoft launches Office 2019 for Windows, macOS
Microsoft has launched Office 2019 for Windows and macOS, giving its most important customers - volume licensees - first crack at the application suite.
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Amazon adds Echo devices for home and car in bid to dominate voice gadgets
Amazon has introduced a dozen new Echo products to stay ahead of Apple and Google in the nascent category for voice-controlled devices.
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Microsoft plans to sell post-2020 support for Windows 7
Microsoft has accepted that enterprises won't purge Windows 7 by January 2020, and will sell extended support for three years past that deadline.
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Microsoft lures Windows Server 2008 users toward Azure
As end of support for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 nears, Microsoft is offering customers extended support if they migrate to Azure.
Features about Windows
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Why Microsoft wants to help developers build bots
One of the key parts of Satya Nadella's keynote address to attendees at Microsoft's Build developer conference Wednesday was a discussion of creating virtual assistants and intelligent chat bots to help users do everything from managing their calendars to booking hotel reservations.
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5 things to expect from Microsoft's big developer conference
Microsoft executives will take the stage at Moscone West in San Francisco on Wednesday for the first of two keynote addresses to the company's big Build developer conference. Here are five key things to expect from the next two days of Microsoft announcements.
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“Grave consequences” for Apple as smartphone market slows down
“The mature market slowdown has some grave consequences for Apple, as well as the high-end Android space."
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Tablet transition continues as Windows grows and Apple turns around iPad line
“We're witnessing a real market transition as end users shift their demand towards detachables..."
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10 things Windows 10 does better than Windows 8 (+8 photos)
Did the PC market collapse because Windows 8 sucked, or did Windows 8 suck because Microsoft overcompensated for the PC market's collapse? It's a bit of a chicken-or-the-egg scenario, but one thing's certain: Windows 8 sucked.
