Recent News

June 10, 2013
Inspiration from the Windy City: INDO design studio tells their Surface story

The Surface team continues to be inspired by customers using Surface in new and surprising ways. One such customer is INDO, a Chicago-based design studio co-founded by friends Linsey and Crystal. The duo creates works of art out of materials that have been diverted from waste and recycling streams. See the video and more.

June 7, 2013
Lenovo opens its first US-based PC production facility

Lenovo has opened its first U.S.-based PC production facility, which also serves as a logistics center, customer solutions center and national returns center. With the addition of PC manufacturing, 115 new jobs have been added. The facility is located in Whitsett, N.C., just 10 miles outside of Greensboro.

June 7, 2013
Declutter those extraneous Wi-Fi hotspots from Windows 8

If you’re using Windows 8, every time you connect to a wireless network, it saves that Wi-Fi hotspot profile. If you’ve got a minimalist attitude, you might like a way to remove profiles you’re never going to use again.

June 7, 2013
Cloud services: Secure? Insecure? What’s the answer?

Microsoft recently commissioned a study of companies with 499 PCs or less in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the U.S. that examined the security, reliability and privacy perceptions and realities of cloud services.

June 7, 2013
TechEd North America 2013 sessions now online

TechEd North America 2013 in New Orleans wrapped up on Thursday, ending four days of sessions attended by thousands and featuring key developments in Windows Azure, significant updates to servers and new tools built for the cloud. If you missed any of the sessions, you’re in luck: they’re all available online now.

June 6, 2013
Take control of your PC with the new Windows 8 Task Manager

Many Windows users are familiar with the Task Manager, but did you know that this tool got a major overhaul in Windows 8 and includes a ton of great new features that help you take control of your PC and optimize your PC’s performance?

June 6, 2013
Statement of Microsoft Corporation on Customer Privacy

We provide customer data only when we receive a legally binding order or subpoena to do so, and never on a voluntary basis. In addition we only ever comply with orders for requests about specific accounts or identifiers. If the government has a broader voluntary national security program to gather customer data we don’t participate in it.