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Microsoft Edge Is the Official Name of the IE-Slaying Spartan Browser

One of the most exciting additions to Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 10 operating system is the IE browser killer, Project Spartan. We’ve been excited for months and months, but Spartan was never even meant to be the new browser’s final name, but today Microsoft revealed the official moniker of its next-gen window to the internet—Microsoft Edge.…

Tech News Darren Orf Apr 29

Watch the Microsoft Build Keynote, Right Now

Microsoft’s developer conference, Build, started early this morning in San Francisco. You know it’s for developers because they’re showing off API code on stage — and you can tune in right now, via livestream. Find out what’s next for Windows! Gizmodo is here in the audience, and will be bringing you updates on all the…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Apr 29

Four Missing Features I Want to See in Windows 10

Confession time: I love Windows. Yes, I work from a MacBook Air every single day, and it’s fine, but I prefer a Windows machine—and I’m really looking forward to Windows 10. That said, there are four things Microsoft hasn’t announced that I really want. https://gizmodo.com/can-a-cheap-windows-tablet-replace-your-desktop-1684130353 They’re not BIG features—more like little creature comforts that would…

Tech News Sean Buckley Apr 29

Solitaire Is Making a Comeback on Windows 10

Following user feedback, Microsoft decided to reinstate the Start Menu in Windows 10. Now, it seems Solitaire is being brought back to life, too. As The Verge points out, while modern version of everyone’s favorite Windows games—Minesweeper! Hearts!—have been available on the Windows Store all the while, they’ve been conspicuously absent since Windows 8. Now,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 23

Love Cortana But Hate Windows? An Android Port Isn’t Impossible

The question of whether or not Cortana will ever make it beyond Windows devices doesn’t have a clear answer, but it turns out Microsoft’s lack of action isn’t enough for some people. Some intrepid hackers have taken it upon themselves to take the Halo-inspired digital assistant and port it over to Android devices. The port…

Tech News Tom Pritchard - Gizmodo UK Apr 20

Zombie Vulnerability Affects Every Version of Windows

A team of researchers recently found a zombie vulnerability that affects every single version of Windows—including the Windows 10 preview. Microsoft has no plans to fix the vulnerability. The vulnerability is a zombie, because it’s an undead version of a vulnerability that first appeared in 1997. Working with Cylance, a team of security researchers at…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 13

Watch A Facebook For Windows App Being Built In Three Minutes Flat

We’re always being told (via the medium of pop-up ads) how easy it is to “make a top-10 app instantly” and “earn $$$ working from home”. But as this video, which lasts all of three minutes and forty-two seconds serves to show, making an app can be really easy these days. The app in question…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 9

Lego Dimensions transports your bricks and Minifigs into a video game

If there was any doubt that video games that allow kids to bring their physical toys into the actual game were more than just a fad, Lego and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are joining the likes of Nintendo’s amiibo, Disney’s Infinity, and Spin Master’s Sick Bricks with its new Lego Dimensions game for the PS3,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 9

This $80 Stick Brings Over-The-Air TV to Your Xbox One

The Xbox One was designed to be the ultimate cable box—but what if you don’t have cable? Soon, you’ll be able to plug a USB dongle into your Xbox One to get live, over-the-air TV programming in North America. The $80 Hauppage WinTV-955Q will be the first TV tuner natively recognized by the game console,…

Tech News Sean Hollister Apr 8

Intel’s $150 Stick That Turns a TV Into a Windows Desktop Is Now on Sale

The Intel Compute Stick, a snazzy $150 dongle that can turn anything with an HDMI port into a full-fledged Windows computer, made a bit of a splash when it touched down at CES 2015. And now it’s landing for real, preorders have started at Amazon and Newegg. The slight catch is that the retailer on…

Tech News Eric Limer Apr 6

Microsoft at 40: Still Turning It the Fuck Around

Tomorrow is Microsoft’s 40th birthday, and the perfect time to look back on its successes, failings, and that time it bought a convertible in its thirties because it was freaking out about a receding hairline. Over those 40 years there have been countless twists and turns but now—right now—Microsoft is in the process of rejuvenating…

Tech News Eric Limer Apr 3

Microsoft’s Fantastic New Spartan Browser in 5 GIFs

Internet Explorer is dead, and Microsoft’s new Spartan browser is going to fill its empty shoes. We’ve heard the details before, but now the new browser is out in the wild. Any early version just showed up in the latest Windows 10 preview build. Here it is in action. The biggest and best feature of…

Tech News Eric Limer Mar 31

Microsoft Surface 3: Slim, Light, and Running Full-On Windows

It took a couple tries, but Microsoft finally had a critical hit with the Surface Pro 3. It was what we wanted the first Surface to be. It wasn’t perfect, but it was pretty damn useable. But at $800 (and going up to nearly $2,000), it’s also expensive. The Surface 3 is Microsoft’s attempt to…

Tech News Brent Rose Mar 31

Microsoft’s New Spartan Browser Is Taking Its First Step Into the Wild

As Windows 10 inches ever closer to its summer release, Microsoft’s been adding new features piecemeal to the preview version of its next-generation operating system, and this may be the biggest update yet. Microsoft’s brand-new browser, Spartan, is about to get its first taste of open internet. We got a brief tour of Spartan at…

Tech News Darren Orf Mar 30

Magic Leap Claims This Kickass Reality-Bending Raygun Game Is Real

Remember Magic Leap, the elusive Google-funded company promising to make virtual objects look like they exist in the real world? The one whose technology we’ve never actually seen? The secretive startup just released this incredible video filled with robots, retro rayguns, and a holodeck-like user interface. Oh, and the company claims this is a real…

Tech News Sean Hollister Mar 19

Microsoft Is Testing an Android-to-Windows 10 Upgrade ROM for Mobiles

Microsoft and new Chinese smartphone force Xiaomi are currently testing a clever new Windows ROM, one that could eventually be used to convert an Android mobile to one running Windows 10. Microsoft says it’s already testing such a Windows 10 install with “power users” of the existing Android powered Xiaomi Mi 4, with sources suggesting…

Tech News Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK Mar 18

Windows 10 Upgrades Will Be Free—Even For Pirated Copies

Microsoft has announced that it will give be giving free upgrades of Windows 10 to anyone who uses Windows right now—even if they’re currently running pirated copies of the operating system. Speaking to Reuters, Microsoft’s operating system chief Terry Myerson explained from China that Microsoft will be “upgrading all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 18

Windows 10 Is Coming This Summer

Thought Windows 10 wouldn’t arrive till October? Think again. You won’t have long to wait to get rid of 8—because the operating system you deserve is coming this summer instead. In an official blog post that nearly glosses over this extremely refreshing news tidbit, Microsoft’s operating system chief Terry Myerson wrote this: “We continue to…

Tech News Sean Hollister Mar 17

Windows 10 Could Mean Never Typing a Password Again

Biometric security is a feature already found on lots of mobile phones and tablets and it’s getting better and better, but Microsoft wants to bring the tech front and center on Windows 10, using fingerprint, faces, and even your irises to completely kill the password once and for all. The two new features, Windows Hello…

Tech News Darren Orf Mar 17

A Slimmed Down Windows 10 Could Make Cheap Tablets Suck Way Less

Windows 10 already seems waaay better than Windows 8. Cortana integration, Spartan browser, a Start Menu—yes please. But how about some more storage space on your tiny solid state drive? Yeah, that sounds nice, too. Bloated software has been an issue for Windows 8 and RT devices—particularly cheap tablets and laptops that come with as…

Space & Spaceflight Darren Orf Mar 16

Microsoft Edge Is the Official Name of the IE-Slaying Spartan Browser

Watch the Microsoft Build Keynote, Right Now

Four Missing Features I Want to See in Windows 10

Solitaire Is Making a Comeback on Windows 10

Love Cortana But Hate Windows? An Android Port Isn’t Impossible

Zombie Vulnerability Affects Every Version of Windows

Watch A Facebook For Windows App Being Built In Three Minutes Flat

Lego Dimensions transports your bricks and Minifigs into a video game

This $80 Stick Brings Over-The-Air TV to Your Xbox One

Intel’s $150 Stick That Turns a TV Into a Windows Desktop Is Now on Sale

Microsoft at 40: Still Turning It the Fuck Around

Microsoft’s Fantastic New Spartan Browser in 5 GIFs

Microsoft Surface 3: Slim, Light, and Running Full-On Windows

Microsoft’s New Spartan Browser Is Taking Its First Step Into the Wild

Magic Leap Claims This Kickass Reality-Bending Raygun Game Is Real

Microsoft Is Testing an Android-to-Windows 10 Upgrade ROM for Mobiles

Windows 10 Upgrades Will Be Free—Even For Pirated Copies

Windows 10 Is Coming This Summer

Windows 10 Could Mean Never Typing a Password Again

A Slimmed Down Windows 10 Could Make Cheap Tablets Suck Way Less

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