Windows Weekly

This Week's StoriesMicrosoft and Sony make a game streaming megadeal. Exactly what the deal will yield is a bit murky, but this could be a big customer win for Azure and xCloud.How about that...

This Week's Stories• Windows 10 is now on 825 million PCs, according to internal Microsoft documentation• What's going on with PWAs in Windows 10 ... and with app distribution and the Store?• And...

Let's run through some announcements. No picks, tips this weekGuests: Brad Sams and Richard CampbellDemo fail. It was a moonshot gone badWhat's new in Chredge: IE Mode, Collections, new tracking...

This Week's Stories Microsoft earnings: Net income of $8.8 Billion on Revenues of $30.6 Billion Related: Microsoft was briefly worth $1 trillion Related: Microsoft documents product releases in the...

This Week's StoriesGoodbye to Sets, hello to less suckingMicrosoft has shelved Sets for the long term (and likely, permanently).
Tabbed "experiences" are still coming to the Console and likely...

This Week's Stories:Microsoft launches Surface Hub 2S: pricing, specs, and availability.An 85-inch version is on the way, and there's a Surface Hub 2 display coming, too.Xbox One S All-Digital...

This Week's StoriesMicrosoft releases first public previews of the new Edge to the Canary and Dev channels.Blockbuster: Microsoft is making major changes to WaaS in Windows 10 version 19H1.Windows...

News of the WeekAs of late last week, Windows 10 1809 1809 (the October 2018 update) is now ready for broad deployment, MS says.Microsoft drops eBooks from Microsoft Store and Edge Without...

News of the WeekChredge leaks and ... it's good. The Chromium-based Microsoft Edge has leaked ahead of the formal first Insider release. It's a lot like Chrome and is missing key Edge features, but...

Today's special guest: Microsoft engineering GM for mixed reality apps, Lorraine Bardeen.• Let's talk more about what MS is doing with HoloLens, iOS, Android in mixed reality.News of the...

Windows Microsoft is ready to start nagging users about Windows 7's end of support deadline. So here come the pop-ups. Luckily, you can turn them off completely. Plus: Microsoft brings DirectX 12...

Here's the real reason Microsoft is already testing 20H1 Also: Windows Calculator is open-sourced for some reason. Could Notepad be next??? Microsoft Edgium screenshots leak. Surprise, it looks...

HoloLens 2 at MWC As expected, Microsoft announces HoloLens 2 at MWC 2019. Paul goes hands-on. Mary Jo says it's all about the cloud. Azure Remote Rendering, Azure Spatial Anchors, Dynamics 365...

Microsoft is adopting the "Inner Source" methodology from the open source world. Where does the madness end? Microsoft releases a 20H1 build of Windows 10. Yes, you read that right. Microsoft...

Latest Windows 10 19H1 build brings underlying gaming improvements, free game to play Paul's top 5 new features in Windows 10 19H1 - inspired by last week's big list, I made a smaller...

Happy 5th anniversary, Satya Nadella! Let's talk about highs and lows during his tenure.Windows 7 patches, post end of support, may not be as pricey as you thought. Latest Windows 10 19H1 build...

• Time to revisit what's likely to make it into Win 10 19H1 - It's actually a bit more than you might think.
• Where are we at right now with new feature updates.
• 1809 usage doubled, but it's...

Cortana will soon just be a skill on Alexa and Google Assistant. Microsoft said it would not miss the next wave. Has it? Microsoft announces new software, services, and PC partner hardware for...

Windows 7: The one-year support cutoff countdown beginsOne year from January 14, Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7 for free. (Only for pay). Is there any chance of an XP-like...

CES is this week: let's not beat this to death. A lot of computers were announced, including a Surface Studio clone from Lenovo.It looks like Intel is serious about moving to 10nm this year, and...