In case you were wondering if Microsoft’s work with touch and motion control was going to be relegated to the fringe of the computing world, worry no more: Microsofthas promisedto bring their smash hit Kinect to the PC. Ballmer was asked the following question bythe BBC: “Will you plug-in the Kinect to the PC, will you go for that in the near future?” Ballmer responded clearly: “We’ll support that in a formal way in the right time and when we’ve got an announcement to make we’ll make it....

As Microsoft Teams exploded in popularity, I’d all but assumed Skype was dead. Heck Microsoft even built Teams right into Windows 11, aiming to make the collaboration software your go-to resource for calling friends and family as well as colleagues. The company has barely made a whisper about Skype in the past year or so. But apparently, Microsoft isn’t giving up on Skype just yet. In ablog posttoday, the company detailed myriad new features coming to the app, including a cleaner new design....

This October 3rd, Microsoft is planning a Hotmail event that will contain the unveiling of a refreshed user interface for the webmail service, alongside a set of new features to allow it to compete more effectively with Gmail. Hotmail remains, and has been for some time, the most popular webmail provider in the world. The headline for the event reads as follows:“Now’s the time to give Hotmail a second look.”TNW Microsoft has commented in the past that Hotmail has long needed an improved interface....

Today on the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft promised that USB 3.0 support will be a part of its coming operating system. According to the company’sblog poston the subject, USB 3.0 will hit effective market saturation in 2013, and complete saturation in 2015. That in mind, Microsoft is ensuring that Windows 8 can handle all possible USB 3.0 scenarios: “Each and every USB device, low, full, high, and SuperSpeed, has to work in Windows 8....

In a move that is set to disappoint enthusiasts, Microsoft has pushed back the release date of the second generation of its Surface line of touch computers to January, 2012. Previously, the device was expected to be released in 2011. TNW has been positive on the first generation Surface as an interesting project in the past, and generally optimistic at the prospect of the Surface 2.0 bringing the results of that experiment to a more mass-market application....