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Microsoft has confirmed that the company will discontinue selling PC accessories under the Microsoft brand, narrowing the firm's focus to premium-priced peripherals sold under the Surface brand. The decision marks a major fork in the road for Microsoft-badged keyboards and mice, an era that started in 1983. And while the company isn't going to cease the production of PC accessories entirely, the shift to Surface represents a much smaller scope in products going forward. This change, in turn, calls into question the future of ergonomic peripherals at Microsoft, a traditional niche for the company that has resulted in some of their best-known (and most beloved) PC accessories. "Going forward, we are focusing on our Windows PC accessories portfolio under the Surface brand," Dan Laycock, senior...
Hot Chips 2018: Microsoft Azure Sphere Live Blog (5:30pm PT, 12:30am UTC)
For the security section of Hot Chips, the first talk is from Microsoft on their Azure Sphere, which is an end-to-end solution for securing microcontroller powered devices with the cloud.
2 by Ian Cutress on 8/20/2018
VirtualLink USB-C Alt Mode Announced: Standardized Connector for VR Headsets
While PC VR headsets are fun, no one has especially enjoyed the number of cables required to hook one up. With separate video, power, and data cables, the end...
50 by Ryan Smith on 7/17/2018
Microsoft Announces The Surface Go: Smaller And Less Expensive
Just over three years since the launch of the surprisingly good Surface 3, Microsoft has finally refreshed this category with a new device, now called the Surface Go. The...
112 by Brett Howse on 7/9/2018
HDMI Forum Demonstrates HDMI 2.1 VRR Capabilities on Samsung TV
Dynamic refresh rate technologies like AMD’s FreeSync and NVIDIA’s G-Sync have become de-facto standards for gaming PCs and displays. Last year the HDMI Forum introduced a more industry-standard approach...
46 by Anton Shilov on 6/20/2018
The Windows 10 April Update (1803): The Littlest Big Update
We’re about three years into Windows 10, and we’ve seen a lot of changes to the OS, as well as the servicing model, in those three years. The move...
164 by Brett Howse on 5/25/2018
Microsoft Announces The Surface Hub 2
Three years ago Microsoft announced the Surface Hub, which was their new device for reinventing the conference room. It was a beast of a machine, at up to 280...
5 by Brett Howse on 5/15/2018
Latest Windows 10 Version Incompatible With Intel SSD 600p
Microsoft has advised that the most recent version of Windows 10—version 1803, codenamed Redstone 4—is currently incompatible with the Intel SSD 600p and the related Intel SSD Pro 6000p...
32 by Billy Tallis on 5/11/2018
Microsoft Build 2018: Developing Around Windows
This morning is the kickoff for Microsoft’s annual developer conference, with keynotes highlighting the next year in Microsoft. In the last several years we’ve seen the Redmond based company...
48 by Brett Howse on 5/7/2018
Windows 10 April Update Set For May Rollout
Microsoft has officially made available the Windows 10 April Update today, with a broader rollout to start on May 8th. Originally set to launch a couple of weeks ago...
12 by Brett Howse on 4/30/2018
Microsoft Rolls Out Xbox April Update: FreeSync And More
Although we’ve not yet gotten an official launch date for the latest version of Windows 10, Microsoft’s Xbox team has once again beat them to the punch with a...
14 by Brett Howse on 4/25/2018
Expanding DirectX 12: Microsoft Announces DirectX Raytracing
To many out there it may seem like DirectX 12 is still a brand-new technology – and in some ways it still is – but in fact we’ve now...
34 by Ryan Smith on 3/19/2018
Microsoft Details Windows Machine Learning for Gaming
In a day filled with all sorts of game development-related API and framework news, Microsoft also has an AI-related announcement for the day. Parallel to today’s DirectX Raytracing announcement...
6 by Ryan Smith on 3/19/2018
Microsoft and AMD to Bring FreeSync 2 Support to Xbox One S and Xbox One X This Spring
Over the weekend, Microsoft and AMD made a somewhat unexpected announcement on the debut of their new Inside Xbox show: AMD FreeSync 2 support will be coming to the...
27 by Nate Oh on 3/12/2018
Microsoft Announces AI Platform for Windows Developers: Machine Learning On The Edge
Today Microsoft is hosting a developer day, and one of the highlights they are showcasing is a new API called WinML. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are two of...
10 by Brett Howse on 3/7/2018
Microsoft Announces Q2 FY 2018 Earnings
This afternoon, Microsoft announced their earnings for the second quarter of their 2018 fiscal year. The company had revenues of $28.9 billion for the quarter, which is up 12%...
6 by Brett Howse on 1/31/2018
The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 44: Gaming in 2017, Gaming in 2018
In this podcast we talk about PUBG and the other gaming highlights of 2017, as well as a look towards what is in store for gaming in 2018, from...
105 by Ian Cutress on 1/27/2018
The ASUS NovaGo: Two Minutes with Snapdragon 835 and Windows
LAS VEGAS, NV – Late last year, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Event in Hawaii, we had the formal introduction of the first devices that were using the new Windows...
76 by Ian Cutress on 1/17/2018
The Microsoft Surface Book 2 (15-Inch) Review: Second Time's The Charm
We finally have the successor. After a troubled launch in late 2015 of the original Surface Book, Microsoft seemed to drag their feet when it came to updating what...
120 by Brett Howse on 12/21/2017
Microsoft Launches Windows 10 On ARM: Always Connected PCs
This morning at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Microsoft’s EVP of Windows and Devices, Terry Myerson, is announcing the introduction of the first Windows 10 PCs to be...
59 by Brett Howse on 12/5/2017
Microsoft Announces Azure VMs with Dual 32-core AMD EPYC CPUs
Microsoft is the first cloud container provider to formally announce a new range of VMs based on the AMD EPYC platform. These VMs will be called the Lv2 Series...
12 by Ian Cutress on 12/5/2017
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