Microsoft makes Outlook.com Skype exclusive
While Outlook.com is mostly about email, it supports chat as well. You can click on the chat icon while you are on the site to display available contacts and options to initiate […]
Microsoft OneNote 2013 Free now without restrictions (but one)
OneNote 2013 is a note-taking application by Microsoft that is available for various desktop and mobile operating systems. It is part of all editions of Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365, and […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For February 2015
Welcome to the Microsoft security release overview for February 2015. You find information about each security bulletin that Microsoft released this month. Since the company releases bulletins for all its products, you […]
Get 100GB OneDrive space for 2 Years (Bing Rewards, US-only)
One of the core reasons why Microsoft's Bing search engine is not well received in most countries is that Microsoft restricts features regionally. It is not the only reason but Bing feels […]
Microsoft releases Word, Excel and PowerPoint previews for Windows 10
Microsoft has released previews of several Office apps today for users running the most recent build of the company's upcoming Windows 10 operating system. Update: The applications are no longer available as […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For January 2015
Microsoft has just released security updates for January 2015 for all supported operating systems (Windows Vista to Windows 8.1) and other company products. The updates are already available on Windows Update and […]
Microsoft won't release Advanced Security Notifications for free anymore
From this month forward, Microsoft will no longer release free Advanced Security Notifications before patches are made available on Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month. The company's Advanced Notification Service […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For December 2014
This article offers detailed information about all security and non-security patches that Microsoft released in December 2014. The company changed the way the information are provided last month. While it releases information […]
Microsoft releases out-of-band critical security patch MS14-068 today
Microsoft released fourteen security bulletins last week on this month's patch day. If you read the patch notes or our summary, you may have noticed that two bulletins were mentioned but not […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For November 2014
Welcome to the November 2014 overview of Microsoft Security Bulletins and updates for all company products including client and server Windows operating systems as well as Microsoft Office. It offers an in-depth […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For October 2014
Welcome to the Microsoft's October 2014 Patch Day overview. It provides an in-depth analysis and information about all security bulletins and updates that Microsoft released for its products since the September patch […]
Why the next version of Windows is Windows 10 and not 9
Microsoft revealed information about the next version of Windows today and one of the big surprises is that the next version of Windows will be Windows 10 and not Windows 9. Windows […]
Windows 9 to be free for Windows 8 users?
A rumor has been floating around on the Internet for some time now that suggested that Microsoft will make available its upcoming client operating system Windows 9 for free to some or […]
Microsoft's Wireless Display Adapter vs. Chromecast
Google's Chromecast device has been around for some time now. It enables you to stream contents from a computer or supported mobile device using apps to a compatible screen. The price point […]
Here is how you get an additional 15GB of storage on Microsoft's OneDrive
Microsoft's OneDrive online hosting and synchronization service (formerly known as SkyDrive), has recently increased storage for all paid accounts to 1 TB. Free users on the other hand receive 15 Gigabyte of […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For September 2014
Welcome to the September 2014 Microsoft update overview. It provides you with information about all security and non-security updates that Microsoft has released since August's patch day. Microsoft released a total of […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For August 2014
Welcome to the Microsoft Security Bulletin overview for August 2014. It offers information about all security and non-security patches released by Microsoft since the last release. A total of nine bulletins have […]
Microsoft highlights official software download site on Bing now
When you search for a software download on most search engines the official site of the program may be listed as the first result there. Sometimes, that is not the case and […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For July 2014 overview
Welcome to the overview of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for July 2014. It lists all information about this month's security and non-security updates for Microsoft operating systems and other company products. A total […]
Get 3GB of extra OneDrive space by enabling Camera backup
Microsoft announced a storage upgrade for all SkyDrive OneDrive customers recently. Free customers who signed up recently for the service get a bump to 15 Gigabyte from the previous 7 Gigabyte, while […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For June 2014 overview
This is the Microsoft Security Bulletins for June 2014 overview. It offers information about all security bulletins and non-security updates that Microsoft has released since May 13, 2014. This month, a total […]
Microsoft launches myBulletins, a personalized security dashboard
Keeping up with all security releases that Microsoft publishes for its products may not be as easy as it sounds. While the monthly security bulletins offer a good start, and the "other […]
Microsoft demos Skype real-time translator
Machine translation has come a long way in the past decade and while research and projects happened mostly behind closed doors or in academia, end user products have gotten better as well. […]
Microsoft kills OneDrive Groups, wants you to use shared folders instead
Groups has been a feature of Microsoft's Windows Live service before it was integrated into OneDrive. Each group received 1 Gigabyte of storage that did not affect user storage quotas and was […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For May 2014 overview
Welcome to this month's overview of security bulletins and updates for Microsoft Windows, Office, and other Microsoft products. This is the first month after end of support for the popular Windows XP […]
Microsoft increases OneDrive Business storage size to 1TB from 25GB
OneDrive for Business was launched as a standalone service by Microsoft on April 1, 2014. The main difference to Microsoft's OneDrive service -- formerly known as SkyDrive -- is that it has […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For April 2014 overview
Welcome to this month's Security Bulletins summary. The guide provides you with all information about this month's security updates for client and server Windows operating systems. This month is special for two […]
Microsoft updates adware criteria to the benefit of the user
Many security companies have started to release products that detect adware, potentially unwanted programs, or however you want to call these programs in the past year. This is largely a problem on […]
Microsoft Build 2014 Day 1 Roundup
I watched Microsoft's keynote yesterday and noticed that sites reporting about it were all reporting about it. That's why I decided not to join the party and write a summary of important […]
How to use Skype without Skype software on Outlook.com
Skype is at a point where Google has been years ago: it is about to become synonymous for voice and video chat over the Internet much as to google has become synonymous […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For March 2014 overview
Only one month to go before Microsoft will stop releasing public security updates for the Windows XP operating system. On this month's patch day, we have five bulletins addressing vulnerabilities in Microsoft […]
Free Windows 8 upgrades? Microsoft gets it wrong again
The rumor mill on the Internet has been buzzing lately again. Sites like The Verge or ZDNet report that Microsoft is considering giving away a special version of Windows 8 for free […]
Microsoft rolls out OneDrive to all users
Microsoft's legal team seems to have issues verifying product names. After Microsoft ran into issues in regards to Metro for the new Windows 8 interface, it was also on the receiving end […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For February 2014 overview
Yes, it is this time of the months again. Microsoft has just released this month's security bulletins for its Windows and Office products. The company has released a total of seven bulletins […]
SkyDrive is no more: long live OneDrive
Ah, Microsoft and the names it selects for its products. First it was Metro for the new Windows 8 user interface or design language, which had to be changed because of German […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For January 2014 overview
Welcome to the overview of Microsoft's January 2014 patch Tuesday. Microsoft has released a total of four bulletins on the first patch day of the year 2014, all of which have received […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For December 2013 overview
The last Microsoft patch day of 2013 is here and Microsoft has just pushed the new updates to Windows Update. If you check for new updates right now, your installation of Windows […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For November 2013 overview
Microsoft is about to release this month's security updates and patches for Windows client and server operating systems. A total of eight bulletins are released this month. Three of the bulletins have […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For October 2013 overview
Microsoft has released a new set of updates and patches for its software product a couple of seconds ago. The company releases security updates in one go on every second Tuesday of […]
Microsoft Security Bulletins For September 2013 overview
Microsoft has released this month's security updates for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and other company products just a second ago. This month's updates bring 13 bulletins that fix a total of 47 […]
