Microsoft is pulling the plug on Project Spark’s online services
Some sparks grow into a fire, an others get snuffed out. Microsoft is shutting down the game-creation sandbox Project Spark. It will no longer appear in the...
Perfect World is putting Xbox One multiplayer battler Gigantic on Windows beyond Microsoft’s app store
One of the Xbox One’s most interesting-looking free-to-play games is also coming to nearly every active version of Windows thanks to a new partnership....
Windows 10 hit 300 million devices 6 months faster than Windows 7
At Microsoft’s Build 2016 developer conference, CEO Satya Nadella declared that Windows 10 is the “fastest growing version of Windows for both consumers and...
Tim Sweeney: How the Universal Windows Platform is like Facebook and a boiling frog
Microsoft is working to unify its desktop, mobile, and gaming platforms, but one vocal critic thinks this could come with some frightening consequences for...
Windows 7 drops under 50% market share (Updated)
Windows 7 is still the king, but it no longer holds the majority. Update: Net Applications updated its numbers saying they did not pass...
Unity’s David Helgason on the open-versus-closed Windows debate
David Helgason, cofounder of Unity Technologies, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, are rivals in the game engine business. But they have similar...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Windows Ink, updated Start menu, Cortana improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs and phones. This is the second build reflecting the Windows 10 Anniversary Update coming...
Kangaroo Pro is a $199 Windows 10 PC with a little less portability, a lot more ports
InFocus today debuted the Kangaroo Mobile Desktop Pro, a $199 Windows 10 portable PC that is meant to be much more capable than the...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Bash, Cortana cross-device features, universal Skype app
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs. This is the first build released since Build 2016, where the company announced the...
Hey Microsoft, how many apps are in the Windows Store?
Windows 10 is now running on over 270 million devices. That’s arguably the most impressive number that Microsoft shared today at its Build 2016...