Bill Gates owns a lot more Apple stock than you might thinkChronologically speaking, the life work of Bill Gates can be divided into two main areas of interest: first and foremost building and leading Microsoft to become the number-one software company in the world, and secondly using the wealth he accumulated for philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda....
Microsoft is giving some Edge features back to ChromeIn late 2018, Microsoft finally gave up on its in-house browser engine for desktops, moving its Edge browser over to the now nearly ubiquitous Chromium: The basis of Chrome. The first releases landed a bit under a year ago, and now some of Microsoft's changes to are percolating upstream — th....
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Analyst: Microsoft Is Poised To Transform Into 'Cloud Behemoth'Software giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is scheduled to release its fiscal year 2020 second-quarter results Wednesday after the market close.
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How to change the default PDF viewer on your Windows 10 computerMelia Robinson/Business Insider
To change the default PDF viewer in Windows 10, you'll need to head to the Control Panel, which is where most system-wide settings are stored.
The default PDF viewer in Windows 10 is Microsoft Edge, and most major browsers have their own viewer.
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You can change the background on your Google Slides presentation in a few simple steps.
You can change your Google Slide background to an image from your computer or Google, or to a color.
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Hold on, there's another 'final' Windows 7 updateApparently the phrase "what is dead may never die" isn't limited to Westeros.
Just a few weeks after releasing what it said were the final security updates for Windows 7, Microsoft had to release yet another update because of a small wallpaper glitch.
Microsoft revealed that update KB4....
The Eve Spectrum is a high-res, stylish gaming monitor at a great piceChoosing a monitor is a game of compromise. Want a 4K panel? Give up any dreams of a high refresh rate, or pay an exorbitant price. Want 240Hz? Kill the resolution and image quality. There are also vanishingly few options with a decent collection of ports, let alone ones that can run and transmit po....
3 Microsoft-Heavy ETFs To Watch Ahead Of EarningsIn what will be a brisk week of earnings reports from the always widely watched technology sector, the largest sector weight in the S&P 500, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is one of the names stepping into the earnings confessional.
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These are the world's most innovative countries. The US isn't even in the top 5.Reuters
Germany has been named the most innovative country in the world, according to Bloomberg's latest Innovation Index.
It only just beat South Korea, which has ranked first for six years.
The US only came in ninth, while Singapore jumped from sixth place last year to third in 2020.
Germa....
The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 hybrid laptop is on sale on AmazonTL;DR: Select configurations of Microsoft's all-new Surface Pro 7 hybrid laptop are on sale on Amazon, saving you up to 23%.
Microsoft users have been eating good so far in 2020.
At the beginning of the month, Amazon rang in the new decade with some amazing deals on select machines from the bran....
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Leak suggests the PS5 will be much faster than the new Xbox Series XBoth the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X will be incredibly powerful machines -- much more powerful than anything we've ever seen from a home console. AMD is in charge of providing similar Zen 2 processors and Radeon Navi graphics cards for both consoles, and both should feature fast solid-state....
Microsoft's newest internet browser is so good that I forgot I switched from Google ChromeI've been using Microsoft's new Edge web browser for a over a week, and I've barely even noticed the difference, after using Google Chrome for several years.
Both the new Edge and Chrome are very similar, as both are built on the same Chromium platform. It takes almost no adjustment what....
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This free font was designed to make it easier for devs to read codeYou love fonts for developers. You know you do. They're simple, visually appealing, and easy on the eyes. Enter JetBrains Mono, a new developer typeface specifically designed for readability and compactness. This way, you can easily parse through code, without the need to scale up the size of the f....
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Valentine's Day gifts for him: 25 ideas for your boo, or any other guy in your lifeContrary to popular opinion, Valentine's Day doesn't have to be just for your significant other. That's right, it's totally OK to give a gift to a loved one whom you're not currently dating (and never will) — because doing a nice thing for someone is... well, nice.
That doesn't make sho....
Microsoft's Tailwinds Outnumber Headwinds, Analyst SaysMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) boasts four compelling tailwinds that could set the tone for the next decade, according to Piper Sandler.
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10 totally legit life lessons we learned from 'The Bold Type'In just three seasons (churned out with the speed of Jacqueline Carlyle hitting "publish" on a Microsoft Word document), Freeform's The Bold Type became the kind of chaotic TV confection we can't imagine not having in our lives.
Based loosely on the New York magazine and media scene and with ....
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How to play music on your Xbox One while playing gamesAnthony McLaughlin/Shutterstock
You can play music on your Xbox One by downloading one of the music app options available in the Microsoft Store on your console.
Xbox One has several music apps you can use while gaming, such as Spotify, iHeartRadio, Pandora, and more.
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Sony just announced a great new PS5 feature, but it was hidden in a cryptic messageThere's no doubt about it, the PlayStation 5 is one of the most exciting products launching this year. Microsoft is also launching a brand new console this holiday season, but the PS5 is easily getting more attention than the Xbox Series X, and things might not change anytime soon. Sony is yet to un....
Crypto startup Dfinity is proving a point with LinkedUp, an open version of LinkedInDfinity, a crypto-startup that caught headlines with its massive valuation even before launch, is showcasing an open social network called LinkedUp.
LinkedUp is running on Dfinity's platform, which the company calls the Internet Computer. Instead of being hosted on a proprietary platform like....
Microsoft Customer Support exposed 250 million user recordsMicrosoft may not be starting the year on the right foot, at least as far as security is concerned. Just last week the NSA of all people disclosed a critical Windows 10 vulnerability which was followed by a US-CERT report of an actively exploited Internet Explorer security bug. Microsoft’s sec....
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Microsoft Surface Duo SDK prepare Android devs for dual screensMicrosoft doesn’t seem to be kidding when it said it wanted to give developers the chance to prepare for its dual-screen future quite early. Over the past weeks, it has been dropping bits and pieces of its vision, like its Fluent design language the Microsoft Launcher for Android. Now it has d....
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Rockstar may have accidentally confirmed 'GTA 6' is in developmentGrand Theft Auto 5 has been such a massive success for Rockstar Games that the developer is practically forced to do a sequel, especially considering that both Sony and Microsoft are about to launch new consoles that will be more powerful than anything we've ever put underneath our television sets.
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With the next Xbox, Microsoft is finally ending its lofty TV ambitionsMicrosoft
Microsoft's got a new video game console in the works, and it's scheduled to arrive this holiday season: the Xbox Series X.
Unlike the last generation of Xbox consoles, the Xbox Series X is dropping support for cable boxes and TV antennas.
Though Microsoft has yet to announce as much,....
Microsoft releases preview SDK for its Surface Duo dual-screen Android phoneMicrosoft revealed two upcoming dual-screen devices last year: the Android-based Surface Duo, and the larger Surface Neo running Windows 10X. Today the company released a preview SDK for the Surface Duo, so developers can start working on apps that take advantage of both displays.
Since the Surfa....
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How to create a guest account on your Windows 10 computer in 6 stepsHollis Johnson/Business Insider
You can create a guest account on your Windows 10 computer by using the Command Prompt feature.
Windows 10's Command Prompt program allows you to move accounts into the "Guests" list, which prevents guests from changing any administrative info on your computer.
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Xbox Series X photos allegedly leak on TwitterLeaked photos of a console purported to be the new Xbox Series X show us what the back of the console looks like. Considering these are the first photos we have that seem even somewhat legit, seeing the rear end of this particular console is actually kind of exciting. The images first surfaced on Ne....
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'What is my Skype ID?': How to find your unique Skype ID on desktop or mobileCastleski/Shutterstock
Your Skype ID is a unique name associated with your account, which can't be changed.
To find what your Skype ID is, you just need to open your Skype profile. You can do this both on your desktop, and in the mobile app for iPhone and Android.
You used to be able to set you....
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