Microsoft's Age Guesser Website Is Loads of Fun

See how accurate this website is at guessing your age Wish you could know how old you really look? There’s a website for that! Microsoft’sHow-Old.netis a simple little website that previews what the company has been working on. You’ll be able to select a photo file to submit to the site. Within seconds, the website will detect your face and give you an age. How Accurate Is It? Unhappy with your results?...

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Tony Smith

Microsoft's Best Free DIY Christmas Templates

Microsoft offers over a hundred Christmas templates and continually updates its stock. You’ll find gift coupons, greeting cards, event decorations, advent calendars, and other designs. Add a magnet to the back of your cut-outs, or use it for decorative purposes. Holiday Party Planner Budget for Microsoft Excel.(c) Screenshot by Cindy Grigg, Courtesy of Microsoft Glue a small piece of cardboard to the back of the image to stabilize it. Search forgingerbreadin Word to download and open this Christmas template, or download it from the Office Templates website....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Nicholas Todd

Microsoft's Go Laptop Is Lighter, Cheaper, Smaller, Newer

But is it worth the tradeoffs? Its lightweight, compact, and allows people to become productive without carrying a standard laptops heaviness. Microsoft is touting the Gos light weight at 2.45 pounds that compares favorably to the Macbook Airs 2.8 pounds. Microsoft The Go also boasts a purported battery life of 13 hours. Apple doesnt specify the Airs battery life other than to say its all day. The Go is packaged in Microsofts usual sleek design and comes in a choice of several colors....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 200 words · Sarah Buck

Microsoft's Indiana Jones Puzzle: Your Chance to Win a Limited Edition Xbox Series X!

If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. Remember when Harrison Ford made Indiana Jones the archaeologist everyone wanted to be? One lucky person who can solve a very Indy-like puzzle can win the special edition console and controller. Definitely Indiana Jones vibes.Microsoft However, you don’t have to visit an Experience Center to play. Microsoft says you might “there will be another change via the Bethesda social channels.”...

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Matthew Chapman

Microsoft's New Chromium-Based Edge Browser is Ready for Mac and Windows

This new surfing app promises more privacy, security, and modern surfing app features than the original Edge. Making Edge a more useful, Chromium-based experience can only help the company stay relevant here. Microsoft

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 33 words · Carla Suarez

Microsoft's New CoPilot Surface PCs Promise Easy AI For Everyone

There was literally no slowdown or lag. Similarly, editing our freshly taken selfie to place us on a beautiful beach was fast and easy. We did the same with a stock image, placing a cloudy background behind a person at a desk. Surface Pro and Surface on a table at the Microsoft event in Los Angeles.Lifewire / Rob LeFebvre We also sat down at a couple of Surface laptops to use, well, Microsoft Paint....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Timothy Parker

Microsoft's New Office for iPad Brings Apps Together

Thats a good point, but its no better than just using the PowerPoint app on your iPad. I used the iPad for work, almost exclusively, for years. At first, it was almost impossible, but now the iPad really is a very capable computer. Microsoft The trouble is, multi-app support feels tacked on. Perhaps one of the apps doesnt support drag-and-drop. Or perhaps it does, but only inside the app itself....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 223 words · Brian Gonzalez

Microsoft's New Quantum Computer Shows Why They Are So Hard to Build

Teams around the world areracing to build quantum computersthat could outperform classical computers. But high error rates have hindered efforts to build a reliable quantum computer. NowMicrosoft researchers say they have made a breakthroughthat could make quantum computers more dependable. A quantum computer.IBM “However, we should applaud all efforts toward the eventual goal of a large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer. In fact, it may well be that different approaches prove appropriate for different use cases....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Brianna Mcbride

Microsoft's New Surfaces Are Incredibly Repairable

Things have slowly improved until now the new CoPilot+ PCs get an 8/10 score. Between this andLenovo’s T14 Thinkpads, is repair finally going mainstream? At least with PC makers. All the important parts are easily accessible.iFixit Malicious compliance is just not a thing here. It starts with the bottom plate. The battery, for example, is secured by eight 5IP Torx screws. See the “wayfinder” labels?.iFixit Microsoft calls these “wayfinder” labels....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 200 words · Beth Duffy

Microsoft's Surface Pro 9 Shows That the Future Is ARM, Not Intel

It’s no M1 or M2 SoC, but it does appear that ARM is ready for most people. To work properly, it needs to be rejigged to run specifically on ARM. It does this by rewriting parts of the app the first time you run it. Microsoft In terms of performance, both x86 and ARM processors are capable of delivering excellent results. This is where Apple’s big advantage shows. It controls hardware and software, whereas Microsoft only makes the software....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Tammy Moore

Microsoft’s December Patch Tuesday Helps Quash Dangerous Malware

The vulnerability enables hackers to trick desktop users into installing harmful applications by disguising them as official ones. When the user installs the malicious package, it’ll plant the malware instead. Olemedia / Getty Images sarayut Thaneerat / Getty Images style-photography / Getty Images

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 43 words · Cheyenne Duncan

Microsoft’s Journal App Offers Elegant Simplicity

Perhaps the most surprising thing aboutJournalis that its a product of Microsoft. By contrast,Journalis a simple, graceful utility thats a pleasure to use. How do you take handwritten notes, store them, and organize them on a computer? Place.to / Mockup Photos By contrast,Journalis a revelation of clean design. I tried it out using a low-end Surface Pro 7 tablet and pen. Journal was easy to use, although it comes with useful animated tutorials....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Jeffrey Thompson

Microsoft’s New iOS Office App Can Get You Organized

From there, it was just a tap to create a Microsoft Word document and start writing. Going back to the app and starting an Excel spreadsheet was also quick and intuitive. Theres something about having everything in one place that enables me to function better. The app was lightning fast on the latest model of iPad Air. I could create and flick through documents without any hesitation, and the speed greatly enhanced my productivity....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Matthew Cisneros