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Microsoft has slashed another $100 off the price of its original Surface Pro, so now you can get one for $700 compared to $900 for the new Surface Pro 2.

Surface Pro 2 Teardown: New Guts, But Still a Nightmare to Repair

Microsoft’s second attempt at the Surface Pro has brought plenty of improvements, even if is still on shaky ground. But tearing the thing apart reveals that its shortcomings still extend to its engineering, too. https://gizmodo.com/surface-pro-2-review-a-little-bit-better-but-so-much-1447991217 iFixit has torn the new tablet apart and found that little has changed mechanically for this iteration—and that’s not such…

Microsoft has brought back the Windows RT 8.1 update, after customer installation troubles had them pull it on Saturday. [Microsoft Support]

WSJ: Microsoft Is Working on Its Own Version of Google Glass

Microsoft may have not hopped on the smartphone bandwagon especially early, but they aren’t about to be left behind again. According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is already working on its own smartglasses. Yup. Unnamed sources told the Wall Street Journal that prototypes exist, and are actively being tested, but beyond that specifics are…

Nokia’s ‘Black’ WinPho Update: RAW Photo Support, New Apps and More

The latest update to Nokia’s Windows Phone build (which expands upon Microsoft’s GDR3 release), named Black, brings with it some features you may be surprised to learn Nokia handsets didn’t already contain…but here’s a big one for you: It also brings RAW support, not available on any smartphone before. Both the 1020 and 1520 will…

Hands-On With Nokia’s Lumia 1520 and 1320 Phones and 2520 Tablet

The phablet world just saw two new monsters roar into town — Nokia’s mammoth 6-inch, 1080p resolution-screened phone, the Gorilla Glass 2-displayed 1520, and a lower-specced 1320. We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on ’em. While I’m really partial to Nokia’s Lumia design, the fact that they chose glossy polycarbonate for a 6-inch…

Windows Phone Finally Gets Instagram (And a Bunch More Apps)

Instagram is finally officially coming to Windows Phone via Nokia Lumias, Nokia just announced at Nokia World. Yes, you can finally stop using that silly Hipstamatic workaround. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-just-got-instagram-sort-of-744346543 The photo-sharing app will launch on Windows Phone in the “coming weeks.” And to sweeten the deal, Windows Phone is also getting Flipboard, Vine, Temple Run 2,…

Nokia’s Massive New 6-Inch Lumias: My God, It’s Full of Tiles

Just like pretty much every other smartphone maker that isn’t Apple, Nokia is sizing up. Today it took the lid off two new, six-inch display Lumias—the 1320 and the 1520. You might have seen these larger Lumias coming; last week Microsoft updated Windows Phone to support 1080p for 5- and 6-inch screens just in time…

Watch This Madman Recreate the iOS 7 Homescreen in Microsoft Word

Observe, citizens, as this delightfully talented and probably unhinged gentleman recreates the iOS 7 from scratch using only the tools in Microsoft Word. There is no good explanation for this, but I still can’t tear my eyes away from it. Designer Vaclav Krejci has skills! Besides building basically every last detail of the OS, he…

Microsoft just brought out a Surface RT recovery image for users who had trouble installing Windows RT 8.1 over the weekend. Seems Microsoft had to pull the software this weekend due to installation issues. [Microsoft via ZDnet]

Nokia Leaks Details of Its First Oversized Lumia Handset

With Windows Phone 8 now geared up for larger displays, you can expect to start seeing correspondingly large handsets. Like, for instance, the much-rumored Lumia 1520—which Nokia has now leaked details of. https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-gigantic-nokia-windows-phone-we-might-never-1263159607 The company has prematurely posted details of its first larger Windows phone on its official Chinese Tmall store. There are no images,…

Surface 2 Review: One Step Forward, Two Steps Behind

The Surface RT was Microsoft’s brassy if ultimately flawed attempt to do a cannonball into the placid, iPad and Kindle-dominated tablet pool. It didn’t quite work out. With the Surface 2, Microsoft is taking the opportunity to say “No guys, but really,” with a blistering, scary sort of confidence. What Is It? The Surface RT…

Surface Pro 2 Review: A Little Bit Better, But So Much the Same

The original Surface Pro was many things, but chief among them was strange. Not only did it deftly—if not quite perfectly—straddle the line between tablet and laptop, but it also straddled the line between futurist ideal and problematic product. This time around the Surface Pro 2 is packing plenty of practical improvements, but as a…

Having trouble trying to update to Windows 8.1 RT right now? That’s because Microsofthad to temporarily pull it thanks to an installation “situation.” It should be back soon.

Our Favorite iOS, Android, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Now that the slow, languid summer months are far behind us, we’re finally starting to see some major advancement in the app world. Whether it’s a brand new payment system from the ubiquitous Square or something beautiful simply for beauty’s sake, there’s a whole lot of goodness just up ahead. And it starts right here.…

Windows 8.1: The Complete Video Walkthrough

Windows 8.1 is a bunch of small changes that make for a big improvement over Windows 8. You can read our full review here, but Windows 8.1 doesn’t really hit home until you use it, or at least see it in action. https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-1-review-little-changes-make-a-big-differenc-1446625571 We did a quick little run-through of our favorite changes for your…

The Five Best New Features in Windows 8.1

Microsoft set Windows 8.1 upon the world today, and with it a host of improvements large and small. You check out our full review here, but in the meantime, here’s a look at our favorite new features. https://gizmodo.com/go-download-windows-8-1-right-now-1446921289 Start Button Start button? Start button! The absence of Start from Windows 8 was cause for much…

Go Download Windows 8.1 Right Now

Microsoft has finally released Windows 8.1. You can go download it now, Start button and all. How much will it set you back? Well, Windows 8.1 is available as a free upgrade for existing Windows 8 owners. Free! But if you’re one of those people who has been holding off installing it, but are now…

Windows 8.1 Review: Little Changes Make a Big Difference

Hey remember Windows 8? How could you forget? It was the biggest upheaval in desktop computing in recent memory, and even if you’re not a user, its big colorful tiles are on your radar. Now, with Windows 8.1, Microsoft is giving its flashy new OS a first facelift. The changes are minor, but they’re more…

How Xbox Live’s Cloud Computing Could Make Games That Last Forever

At Microsoft’s huge Xbox reveal last spring, the company made a big hubub about the 300,000 cloud servers it would be adding to help speed up GPU and CPU heavy tasks. But in an interview with Gizmodo, Xbox Live Lead Programmer John Bruno detailed how it could change the way we think about gaming in…