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Microsoft Dismisses Study That Claimed Bing Delivers Five Times More Malware Than Google

Posted 04/21/2013 at 11:43pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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Expresses faith in search engine’s malware warning system while questioning the study’s methodology

Microsoft is no stranger to seeing Security Essentials come up woefully short in German security and antivirus research firm AV-TEST’s bimonthly antivirus certification tests, but last week it was Bing, and not Security Essentials, that had the honor of being thoroughly trashed in an AV-TEST study.

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New Windows 8 Blue Leak Confirms Additional Features

Posted 04/21/2013 at 3:05pm | by Justin Kerr

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Microsoft just can’t seem to keep a secret these days.

Microsoft has a security problem, and as a website devoted to PC technology we have absolutely no problem with that. Two new leaked builds of Windows 8.1 (Blue) have emerged online, and we've had a chance to check out what’s changed. Experts with inside sources at Microsoft have confirmed that these leaks are still not feature complete, but with a public preview expected sometime in June, we won’t have to wait much longer. So what’s new? Hit the jump to find out.

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Microsoft Exec Dismisses Surface Phone Rumors, Disses Android and iOS

Posted 04/18/2013 at 12:41pm | by Paul Lilly

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So much for not throwing stones from within a glass house.

Microsoft may seem destined to launch its own brand Surface Phone, and though it's possible the company eventually will, there are no immediate plans, said Terry Myerson, corporate vice president of Redmond's Windows Phone Division, at AllThingD's Dive Into Mobile conference earlier this week. Fair enough, but it was Myerson' comments about competing mobile platforms that we found most interesting.

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Foxconn Parent to Pay Microsoft Royalties on Android and Chrome OS Devices

Posted 04/17/2013 at 8:39am | by Paul Lilly

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Android is quite the money maker...for Microsoft?

Google's Android platform is a potential goldmine for whichever companies can harvest the most mobile mojo out of it, but would you have thought that the not-so-little green machine would be capable of lining Microsoft's pockets with dough? It's true, thanks to the wonder of patents. Squeezing even more money out of the open source platform, Microsoft and Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn's parent company) just inked a patent licensing agreement in which the Redmond outfit will receive royalties for devices running Android and Chrome OS that use technology for which Microsoft owns a patent.

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Windows 8 Hardware Reviews

Posted 04/15/2013 at 3:15pm | by Maximum PC Staff

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Microsoft’s re-imagined OS is only half the equation

As has been reported exhaustively by now, Windows 8 can be a very unsettling experience for longtime Windows users. It’s like going to visit your parents and finding dad decked out in drag. The person you’ve known for so long is still there, but a new, unexpected element to his persona has you flummoxed and fumbling for how to behave.

Note: This feature originally appeared in the January 2013 issue of the magazine.

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Microsoft's Adam Orth Gone Following Twitter Outburst

Posted 04/11/2013 at 9:33am | by Paul Lilly

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Foot-in-mouth disease got the better of Adam Orth.

Today's lesson is to think before you speak, whether it's in person or especially in social media where your words are essentially carved in virtual stone. Lest anyone need reminded of this, just look at how things played out for Adam Orth, now a former creative director at Microsoft Studios. Less than a week after trolling potential Xbox 720 customers on Twitter about always-on consoles and telling them to #dealwithit, Orth is reportedly out of a job and will have to deal with finding employment.

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AMD Doesn't Think DirectX API Has a Future Beyond DX11

Posted 04/09/2013 at 11:20am | by Paul Lilly

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There will never be a DirectX 12 API, AMD says.

An executive working for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) doesn't believe DirectX 12 will ever see the light of day. His name is Roy Taylor and he's the Vice President of Global Channel Sales for the Sunnyvale chip designer that's very much involved in PC graphics hardware and software. AMD is on the front lines, so to speak, so it's interesting to hear someone from the company say that DirectX is dead in the water.

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Microsoft Pushes Xbox 720 Event to May 21

Posted 04/08/2013 at 8:56am | by Paul Lilly

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Multiple sources claim Microsoft will unveil its next Xbox console in May.

It was originally rumored Microsoft would let the cat out of the bag regarding its next generation Xbox console at an event on April 24th, but now multiple sources are saying it won't happen until a month later on May 21st. At that time, Microsoft will reveal initial details about its Xbox 720 hardware (codenamed "Durango"), and hopefully will finally clear the air about the always-on rumors that were a source of controversy last week.

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Snarky Microsoft Director Tweets Support for Always-On Consoles

Posted 04/05/2013 at 12:27pm | by Paul Lilly

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Uh Redmond, you have a problem, and his name is Adam Orth...

Microsoft has some damage control to take care of, and if any of the decision makers in Redmond have an ounce of sense, they'll issue an official statement, and perhaps an apology, STAT. For what, you ask? Well, it's never good when your games director takes to Twitter to argue with fans over sensitive subjects like always-on digital rights management (DRM), and it's even worse when he cops a condescending attitude the way Adam Orth did. Here's what happened.

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Bill Gates and Paul Allen Retake a 32-Year-Old Photo

Posted 04/05/2013 at 9:00am | by Paul Lilly

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Has it been three decades already?

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen posed for what would become an iconic photo 32 years ago, the two software pioneers situated side-by-side and surrounded by then-cutting edge PCs. Much has changed in the computing world since that photo was taken way back in 1981, going from IBM 5150 machines running MS-DOS 1.0 to touchscreen Ultrabooks wielding Windows 8, but the men are the same, albeit a lot richer.

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Expresses faith in search engine’s malware warning system while questioning the study’s methodology

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