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Leaked Windows Phone roadmap suggests that the firm will be looking to compete with low-end Androids.
Read More »January CES will be Microsoft’s last
Did they decide to quit or were they pushed?
Read More »Windows 8 to offer ‘picture password’ log in
New 'picture password' system will combine your own pictures with unique gestures of your choosing.
Read More »Microsoft yanks AMD Bulldozer hotfix
Patches Windows to make nice with AMD's oddball shared core architecture in the latest FX chips.
Read More »Windows hotfix for AMD Bulldozer CPUs
Tweak to task scheduler improves performance on Intel rival's latest processor achitecture.
Read More »Microsoft to finally add auto updates to IE
Browsers will now silently auto update to the latest version, rather than using the Windows Update mechanism
Read More »Microsoft replaces Windows Phone chief
Is it a demotion? No one one knows but one thing is for sure, they need to do better.
Read More »Microsoft says Xbox Live ‘not hacked’
Firm refutes The Sun's allegation that Xbox Live has been hacked.
Read More »Windows 8 installation to be streamlined
Easier to use in-OS version and advanced boot-media version.
Read More »Windows 8 will be less of a restart pain
Next-gen OS will aim to play nice as far as security updates go.
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