Microsoft’s CEO has stopped infighting, restored morale, and created more than $250 billion in market value. All it took was focusing on what matters most.

AccuWeather is still sending precise geolocation data to a third-party advertiser, ZDNet can confirm, despite updating its app earlier this week to remove a feature that collected user's location data without their permission. In case you missed it, AccuWeather was until this week sending the near-precise location of its iPhone app users to Reveal Mobile, a data monetization firm -- even when location sharing was switched off. Security researcher Will Strafach...

Paint has been part of the Windows operating system since its release in 1985.

Microsoft's Windows 10 Mobile effort could be very well declared dead and outdated with no update on the software and no roadmap for future. However, a new report claims that Microsoft may be working on its mobile reboot with all-new software and hardware.

15 years on, Winamp "still lives"—but mismanagement blunted its llama-whipping.

Apple just killed off its groundbreaking music player. It's the perfect opportunity to whack iTunes, too.

We talked to engineers in Silicon Valley's "rest and vest" world, who explained how they got these gigs and how they spend their days.

Kaspersky Lab, the cybersecurity company, is close to Putin’s government. So why is the U.S. government using its software?

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All is quiet on the Microsoft front, but there are other technology issues to address, which I will be doing in the next few blogs. The first is about a battle between two anti-malware vendors: PC Pitstop and Malwarebytes. Most software markets tend to consolidate around a handful or even one or two vendors. How many competitors are there for Photoshop, after all? But there are two markets that thrive and have a large number of players: gaming and anti-virus/anti-malware.

It’s the classic champagne problem that most successful web apps will deal with – there are so many users on your site that things are starting to get bogged...

NASA has just published its 2017-2018 software catalog, which lists the many apps, code libraries and tools that pretty much anyone can download and use. Of course, most of it is pretty closely tied to… you know, launching spacecraft and stuff, which most people don’t do. But here are a few items that might prove useful to tinkers and curious lay people alike. If you’re interested in a piece of software, head to the link provided; it should provide the release or license type (some things are limited to the U.S., for instance)...

Intelligent traffic systems have been adjusting traffic lights and signs to smooth out congestion in real time for more than three decades, all over the world. More than 100 cities, including London, Santiago, and Toronto, use the same car-corralling program. Now, that tech is getting smarter—with new numbers showing one city’s more advanced software puts a serious dent in local traffic.

Apple today updated several of its Mac and iOS apps, making them available for all Mac and iOS users for free. iMovie, Numbers, Keynote, Pages, and GarageBand for both Mac and iOS devices have been updated and are now listed in the App Store for free.

Microsoft acquired Skype nearly six years ago, and ever since then it feels like the messaging service has been experiencing an existential crisis. Skype has been slowly transitioning from a peer-to-peer service to the cloud, and it’s been a bumpy ride with many design changes and issues. While Microsoft has managed to add features like free group video calling and Skype for Web, the software giant has struggled with the design and feature set of Skype as it attempts to compete with challengers like FaceTime, Messenger, WhatsApp, and more.

If you want to check out the latest features for Android as soon as you can you know what phone to buy: The Pixel. But you still won't be able to check out every feature because a few are always going to be dependent on screen size. The Samsung Chromebook Plus has you covered. It's just a better buy in 2017 than a Pixel C and offers the same level of Android support. We're seeing this now, and it's not likely to change unless we get new hardware from Google this fall.

Apple has released iOS 11 developer beta 4 for developers on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. iOS 11 brings new features like drag-and-drop and a redesigned multitasking interface for iPad, a new customizable Control Center, and much more.

Microsoft has confirmed that it will continue to offer its graphics program Paint. In a recent update, it had listed Paint as a feature that would be either removed or no longer developed. Paint, renowned for its simplicity, has been part of the Windows operating system since its launch in 1985. Microsoft suggested it would not remain on Windows 10 by default but did say it would be available for free on the Windows Store.

Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash service—which had long faced criticism for its cumbersome user experience and vulnerability to hacking—is finally set to fade into history. At the end of 2020, the company will stop updating and distributing the online tool, a separate plug-in that improves graphically intensive activities for web surfers like video and playing games, Adobe said in a blog post on Tuesday. Adobe, which made the change in collaboration with Apple Inc...

A project inspired by anime fans who are less artistically inclined, this artificial intelligence program can generate anime girls based on user preferences. Called “MakeGirls” the software is currently available online. To generate the image of an anime girl, users will need to determine the features that they want to have, or they can completely randomize the process. Glasses, hair color, hairstyle and smile are some of the customizable parameters.

My big curly hair is rich sexual-harassment material. Instead of tying it back to protect myself, I decided to use my academic and professional experience to reinvent a safe environment for me and eve

A beginner's guide to outfitting a new Android tablet.

Gadget Lab picks out the most memorable apps of the year, may they be for success, failure or hype.

A state lawmaker in Georgia is so perturbed that someone used Photoshop to put his head on a porn star's body that he now wants any kind of lewd Photoshopping to be banned. 'No one has a right to make fun of anyone,' he says.

My dad has used Photoshop since 1.0. Twenty-odd years ago, he was a forward-thinking graphic-design upstart unafraid to use a computer instead of an X-ACTO knife.

Some apps are essential, and everyone who's anyone knows to have them on their computer. Some apps, however, are fantastic, yet fly under the radar. Today, we look at our top 10 underhyped apps on Windows.

Microsoft is working towards a public preview version of Windows Blue. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed that the software giant is aggressively targeting a summer launch date.

Malicious software unintentionally downloaded by offshore oil workers has incapacitated computer networks on some rigs and platforms, exposing gaps in security that could pose serious risks to people and the environment.

Jealous about your mates' ability to edit photos and whatnot via their mid-sized slates? Well, Adobe has just announced a solution.

At the Perth Writer's Festival this past weekend, Game of Thrones director David Petrarca downplayed the threat of piracy to the show's success, saying that illegal downloads don't matter since shows thrive on "cultural buzz."

Microsoft has been fined 561m euros for failing to promote a range of web browsers, rather than just Internet Explorer, to users in the European Union.

Facial recognition? Pah. Dahling, the only way to find someone in a crowd is to pick out what they're wearing. InSight is an app being developed for...

During a SXSW talk, the not-for-profit's vice president of product says the organization won't build a version of its Firefox browser for iOS devices until Apple changes its ways.

Pop prince Justin Bieber may have over 35million followers on Twitter but there seems to be many more people who just can't stand him.

After years of development BitTorrent has now released its live streaming service to the public. BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen is one of the main developers of the new protocol which he expects to revolutionize online streaming.