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How to Rip a Music CD and Add it to Your Music Collection

With Microsoft finally offering a way for Xbox Music users to add their own music…

Next Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 for Phones Will Support Many More Handset Models

After inexplicably supporting only a tiny subset of Lumia handsets with the first release of…

Microsoft Details Xbox One April 2015 System Update Features

In April, Microsoft will update Xbox One with a number of new features, many of…

Ask Paul: Who Gets “Hey Cortana”?

Microsoft has been quickly advancing Windows Phone over the past year, a fact that gets…

Amazon Offers Unlimited Cloud Storage for Individuals: How Does It Compare to OneDrive?

This week, Amazon unveiled new unlimited plans for its Cloud Drive personal cloud storage service.…

April is Going to Be Extra Special for Games with Gold

Each month, Microsoft provides Xbox Live Gold subscribers with free games for both Xbox One…

Microsoft Ships a Major Surface Pro 3 Firmware Update

While Microsoft generally ships Surface firmware updates on Patch Tuesday—as it did earlier this month—it…

Throwback Thursday: Windows “Vienna”

Most people don’t know or forgot, but Windows 7 actually went through a couple of…

Ask Paul: Has the Office 365 Personal to Office 365 Home Loophole Closed?

A few months back, I wrote about how you could convert an Office 365 Personal…

Minor Update to Xbox Music for Windows Phone 8.1 Explains OneDrive Integration

Microsoft issued a minor update to its Xbox Music app for Windows Phone 8.1 that…

Windows 10 Technical Preview 2: Build 10041 Heads to ISO, Slow Ring Testers

The latest build of Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 has apparently hit the expected quality…

Microsoft Simplifies Windows 10 Web Browser Strategy

And no, they’re not going to a one browser plan: despite constant rumors that Microsoft…

Windows Phone Usage Stats for March 2015

Every month, I highlight the state of the Windows Phone hardware ecosystem, using data from…

Hamburgled: How the Windows 10 UI Goes Mainstream

It’s the digital equivalent of the Hatfields vs. the McCoys: the so-called hamburger button—a UI…

Microsoft’s New Strategy for Office: Freemium

In a recent appearance at Convergence 2015, Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela explained the…

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Technical Preview Developer Tools

Microsoft has released its first-ever pre-release Windows 10 developer tools, the Visual Studio Tools for…

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