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Xbox One S All-Digital Edition pictured

22 March 2019, 12:11

Expected to be revealed at Inside Xbox next month before worldwide release on 7th May.

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Microsoft adds Variable Rate Shading support to DirectX 12

19 March 2019, 09:11

There will be DX12 VRS coding sessions held at GDC this week.

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Microsoft testing Application Guard on 3rd party browsers

18 March 2019, 13:11

It has created extensions for both Chrome and Firefox (for Windows Insiders only).

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Microsoft Project xCloud smartphone demo shared

14 March 2019, 10:11

Presenter played Forza Horizon 4 on an Android phone using s standard Xbox One controller.

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Windows 7: World of Warcraft players enjoy DirectX 12 boost

13 March 2019, 18:51

Blizzard and Microsoft have worked together because the new API works so well in this title.

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Microsoft fixes the update that impacted some games last week

13 March 2019, 10:11

KB4489899 fixes those gaming perf issues, HoloLens reliability, & some security issues.

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Windows 10 to auto remove botched updates

12 March 2019, 14:11

Windows Update will resort to this technique if other recovery attempts prove unsuccessful.

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Microsoft Surface Book 2 CPU upgrade seen in retailer listings

8 March 2019, 11:11

Microsoft hasn't announced a change but retailers seem to have jumped the gun.

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Microsoft warns of KB4482887 game performance issues

8 March 2019, 10:11

Retpoline update: Graphics and mouse slowdowns evident in Destiny 2 and others.

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Microsoft open sources the Windows Calculator app

7 March 2019, 12:11

Source code, build system, unit tests, and product roadmap available via GitHub.

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Xbox One S All-Digital Edition arrives in May, says report

6 March 2019, 11:11

Removing the Blu-ray drive could slash the console price by a third.

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Windows update KB4482887 addresses Spectre slowdowns

5 March 2019, 13:31

Some benchmarks show a marked increase in performance after this update is applied.

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Microsoft Excel app 'Insert data from picture' tech goes live

4 March 2019, 13:21

Take a photo of a data table and you will get a fully editable table in Excel (Insiders only).

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Microsoft minimises differences between Xbox & Windows games

26 February 2019, 11:11

Insiders could download and play the .XVC file format State of Decay game on the PC.

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Microsoft HoloLens 2 boosts resolution and field of view

25 February 2019, 10:11

And the Azure Kinect professional depth sensing camera is launched for $399..

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Getting Windows 10 on your RasPi is easier than ever

13 February 2019, 12:21

GitHub tool lets you get Windows 10 on ARM on a Raspberry Pi flavoured SD card in a few clicks.

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Unreal Engine 4.22 Preview 1 supports real-time ray tracing

13 February 2019, 11:21

Preview 1 is now available and includes low- and high-level ray tracing effects.

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Microsoft and Samsung share MWC 2019 teaser videos

11 February 2019, 15:11

These new videos tease the HoloLens 2 and Galaxy Fold devices.

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Microsoft announces Surface Studio 2 for the UK

7 February 2019, 18:11

Microsoft announces Surface Studio 2 for the UK.

Microsoft Surface Studio 2 hits UK, starts at £3,549

7 February 2019, 11:11

Meanwhile Microsoft announces Build 2019, and forms the new Xbox Game Studios.

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Latest Windows 10 build injects Win32 apps into Mixed Reality

4 February 2019, 14:51

Insider Preview build 18329 also adds Top Apps in search, dark mode Mail & Calendar.

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Microsoft shares slip on Azure slowdown

31 January 2019, 11:11

And More Personal Computing revenue (Windows, Surface, Xbox) was up 7 per cent.

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Windows Lite abandons Live Tiles - is it starting a trend?

28 January 2019, 11:11

And the new Chrome-OS rival won't provide any option for upgrading to Windows 10.

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Microsoft wants your ideas to improve Windows 10 gaming

21 January 2019, 13:11

Current top suggestions include creating a custom Windows 10 OS for gaming PCs.

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Microsoft Windows 10 foldable UI is in the works

16 January 2019, 12:11

A new insider build includes a 'foldables' device string, and other sources confirm news.

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AMD working with Microsoft on Threadripper 2 scheduler issues

15 January 2019, 12:51

Windows patch in the works will add further improvements and optimisations too.

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GIGABYTE Showcases All-New Laptops at CES 2019

7 January 2019, 10:56

Embraces Microsoft and Intel® to Showcase All-New Laptops at CES 2019.

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX perf boosted 2X by CorePrio tool

3 January 2019, 13:51

Utility papers over Windows Kernel issues, CPU almost doubles perf in some tests.

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Google Chrome to get native dark mode for Windows 10

2 January 2019, 14:41

Chrome Engineer confirms the move hot on heels of same feature for Mac OS.

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Valve ends Windows XP and Vista Steam support

2 January 2019, 10:11

And there is a little over a year left of extended support for Windows 7 from Microsoft.

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RetroArch emulator will arrive on Xbox One in early 2019

31 December 2018, 11:11

Though you might need to turn on Developer Mode, which requires a $19 developer account.

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Steam Winter Sale and Steam Awards voting begins today

20 December 2018, 12:11

And earlier this week code was unearthed indicative of Steam PC and Xbox cross-play.

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Razer Turret for Xbox One launched - works with PC too

20 December 2018, 10:11

First wireless keyboard and mouse designed for Microsoft's console ships in March ($250).

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