Might be released in a few monthsThe Microsoft Surface Pro 4 was introduced in Q4 2015 and according to the latest rumors, Microsoft could be ready to hit the market with the Surface Pro 5. The new model will most likely be equipped with a Kaby Lake processor.
Not too badMicrosoft already announced their Windows 10 VR headset series which is expected to launch at US $299 and won't require any tracking system and today, the company has released system requirements for those headsets.
An all-in-one packed in a 28-inch screenMicrosoft has now officially unveiled its first Surface-branded desktop PC, the Surface Studio, which is a 28-inch all-in-one equipped with Intel's 6th generation CPUs and Nvidia mobile GPUs and comes with the Surface Dial.
SMT and Power Management to blameThe recent report that Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Zen CPU architectures will actually only be supported on Windows 10 raised a lot of questions and now it appears that we might have a possible reason for it.
No Windows 7/8.1 OS support for latest CPUsAccording to the latest information coming from Microsoft and confirmed by Intel and AMD, it appears that both AMD's upcoming Zen CPU architecture based chips and Intel's 7th generation Core Kaby Lake CPUs will only support Windows 10 OS.
After 1 year in the marketMicrosoft has started rolling out the Windows 10 Anniversary update. Meanwhile the latest operating system from the company with its headquarters in Redmond, has been around since one year and nowadays Microsoft is ending the free upgrade offer.
The next-gen console based on AMD SoCIn addition to the smaller Xbox One S, Microsoft also unveiled its new Project Scorpio, the next-gen console which will pack some impressive performance and come in Q4 2017.
40 percent smaller and with 4K outputDuring its E3 2016 press conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft has unveiled its newest, redesigned and smaller version of the Xbox One console that will be known as the Xbox One S.
The biggest acquisition under Satya NadellaMicrosoft has announced that it will acquire LinkedIn for US $26.2 billion, which is the biggest acquisition for the company under the helm of CEO Satya Nadella.
Brings Bash, more Cortana features and plenty moreMicrosoft has released its latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316 which brings plenty of new features, including Linux-support via Bash, new personalization options, Cortana updates and more.
V-Sync disable coming as wellFastest adoption rate everDuring its Build 2016 even in San Francisco, Microsoft has announced that the Windows 10 OS is now running on 270 million devices.
Bringing plenty of updates and improvementsAt its Build 2016 developer conference in San Francisco, Microsoft has announced its next big update, called the Anniversary Update, which will be available this summer.
Until 2018Microsoft had a rather harsh policy when it comes to support for Skylake CPUs on older Windows versions but now it appears that it buckled under the pressure and has extended support.
Once againAccording to the latest report, Microsoft will delayed its upcoming Windows 10 Redstone update for Spring next year.
Up to 20% more GPU and 50% more CPU performanceMicrosoft has released a new teaser video which shows the benefits of the DirectX 12 API and promises some rather impressive performance improvements.
Predictive keyboard now part of MicrosoftMicrosoft has acquired SwiftKey, a predictive keyboard company which is quite popular on both iOS and Android systems.
Microsoft cutting supportMicrosoft will be cutting support for Intel's 6th generation Core Skylake CPUs for Windows 7/8.1 as of July 2017 and has also announced that upcoming SoCs like Intel Kaby Lake, AMD Bristol Ridge and Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 will also only have Windows 10 OS support.
Better than Windows 7 or Windows 8Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 OS is now active on over 200 million computers, tablets or smartphones, saying that it has a much faster adoption rate compared to the Windows 7 or Windows 8 OS.
Microsoft releases an updateAlthough previously only working on Windows 10 OS, Microsoft has now released an update that allows the new Xbox Wireless Adapter to work on both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 OS.
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