Outlook on the Web is for commercial users on Office 365, while Outlook.com is a consumer fronted version. The PWA trail started when user reports emerged suggesting Outlook on the Web had an “Install” button for a PWA version. Thurrott checked the reports and sure enough, the button was there. A quick look on Outlook.com showed the same install button in place. It is worth noting the change seems to only be available on the Microsoft Chromium Edge Canary channel....

In a federal bankruptcy court filing, lawyers say they are concerned by the proposed sale of Gawker.com. They argue Theil should be given the ability to bid and has been unfairly excluded. “In light of the Plan Administrator’s refusal to allow Mr. Thiel to participate in the sale process, Mr. Thiel’s counsel requested that the Plan Administrator agree to pause the ongoing sale process so that a sale of the assets is not consummated until the issues concerning the Plan Administrator’s blockade of Mr....

In total, revenue was $24.7. billion non-GAAP ($23.3 GAAP), versus 22.6 (20.6) a year ago. Operating income for the quarter was 7 billion ($5.3 GAAP), while diluted earnings per share stands at 0.98, or 0.87 GAAP. “We delivered a strong finish to the year with 30% growth in commercial bookings this quarter,” said CFO Amy Hood. “We will continue to invest in key areas that drive future growth for Microsoft and our customers....

Razer promised to debut a solution at CES 2019, and it’s made good on that pledge. The Razer Turret is a keyboard and mouse combo designed to enable high-precision gaming from the couch. It will be available for pre-order soon. The Turret has a slide-out mouse pad and connects to the Xbox One with a single USB dongle. Its keyboard has 50g mechanical keys and color customizable RGB lighting, as seems to be standard....

For users, this means the Spring Creators update is very close. Build 17133 is expected to hit the Insider Fast Ring this week, quickly followed by the Slow and Release Preview rings. In the process, enthusiasts will point out any last bugs that need fixing via a day one patch. In the past, updates have included bugs like broken webcams, no internet access, and problematic mouse behavior. It’s especially important that Microsoft gets things right this time, as an accidentally release last year left some devices bricked....

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke at the eighth Ability Summit that is held in the company’s Redmond headquarters. He said the company is creating a new brain reading system. While the idea of a computer accessing the brain seems worrying, Nadella says Microsoft’s efforts are for good reason. Indeed, the CEO points out the company’s brain reading technology will help people with locked-in syndrome. This rare neurological disorder prevents people from communicating properly, with only eye movement....

As we have previously seen, whenever Microsoft Teams hits a milestone, Slack is not to far away to point out its own situation. That’s the case again with Slack telling Thurrott that its service continues to top Teams where it counts. “As we’ve said before, you can’t transform a workplace if people aren’t actually using your product,” a Slack spokesperson told me. “Slack continues to see unmatched engagement on our platform with 5+ billion weekly actions, including 1+ billion mobile actions....

Though the Windows 10 leaks did indeed contain 32 TB, The Verge claims much of it has been around for years. Taking that into account, the real number sits at 1.2 GB. Of course, the significance of the leak all depends on what’s contained in those files, and experts have been working to verify this. A Microsoft spokesperson has now confirmed, “these files are actually a portion of the source code from the Shared Source Initiative and is used by OEMs and partners....

Sources of the respected reporter also indicated what internals we can expect. The Surface Book 3 will reportedly support 16-series Nvidia GPUs, which is supported by previously leaked benchmarks. It’ll also include 10th gen intel processors, with up to 23GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Nothing there is especially unexpected, but top-end, 15-inch Surface Books may have a surprise in store. Sams says the devices will include the option of a pro-level Nvidia Quadro card for use in AI and Machine Learning or other heavy-duty tasks....

To push their cause, some Windows 10 Mobile aficionados have taken to Change.org to create a petition: “I ask you to sign this petition and submit Microsoft that we ask them to continue with Windows 10 Mobile, take the declared it still alive and that we want to start producing new phones with Windows 10 mobile.” The petition does not seem to be particularly professional, but it does highlight the situation of Windows Phone in a micro sense....

Apple makes up 25% of the total revenue TSMC makes each year, so the plant will bring US-made 4nm chips to help supply Cupertino. While the manufacturing plant is not official yet official, it is expected that President Joe Biden will announce it soon. Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are due to visit Phoenix, Arizona. Apple will source some of its chips from the facility, and CEO Tim Cook is expected to visit the location next week....

It is worth pointing out that the Google services on the store in Progressive web apps form were not official. Instead, a third-party developer created the apps and published them. While the apps are now unavailable, the listings for them are still on the Microsoft Store. As developer 11K Studios Interactive is not official, it is possible Google complained or Microsoft acted. However, remember while unofficial the apps simply acted as web wrappers that provided linked access to Google services (Maps, Gmail, etc....

Based on the 802.11ax standard, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 claims to have four time the capacity of Wi-Fi 5. Among its improvements include low latency, high speeds, increased power management, etc. According to Edgar Figuero, president and CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance, says Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 is truly a new generation of wireless performance. “Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 is ushering in a new era of Wi-Fi, building on Wi-Fi’s core characteristics to provide better performance in every environment for users, greater network capacity for service providers to improve coverage for their customers, and new opportunities for advanced applications (…)....

In recent times, for example, Microsoft released a PowerShell script for Windows Sandbox that lets users help fight coronavirus. It uses an open-source app to simulate protein dynamics, all inside Windows 10’s new safety feature. Enabling the hardware virtualization add-on is very easy compared to a traditional virtual machine and the tiny version of the company’s OS only takes up 100MB. Windows Sandbox also deletes everything from the session after you close it, so there’s no need for time-consuming cleanup....

Luckily, this recurring BSOD can be easily prevented by following the two methods below, allowing you to stop 0x0000009f errors. The most common cause of the Winows 10 Driver Power State Failure error is a Windows PC driver going into sleep mode even when you’re using the PC. In fact, the error has been observed for a long time, with people experiencing the Driver Power State Failure blue screen in Windows 7....

1 How to Automatically Create Restore Points in Windows 102 How to Manually Create Restore Points in Windows 103 How to Use System Restore to Return to a Previous Restore Point4 How to load System Restore at Boot from Advanced Startup Options A Windows 10 system restore can be helpful if you run into a faulty update or driver, or if you made incorrect changes to the registry. However, it’s worth pointing out that a system restore won’t affect your documents, pictures, videos, or anything else in the %UserProfile% folder....

However, the most notable addition in Windows 10 preview build 16251 is deeper integration with Android. Specifically, it is now possible to link and Android smartphone to a Windows PC. At the moment, this is oriented to web browsing across Android and PC. Microsoft explains how this feature will work on Windows 10. Users can head to Settings > Phone to link the device. An SMS will be sent to the smartphone to install and application called Microsoft Apps....

I say this year has been a bad year because the major attacks on Microsoft products have been particularly dangerous. There were the Microsoft Exchange Server attacks, which remain a threat, and of course, the ongoing PrintNightmare exploit targeting Windows Print Spooler. The latest exploit could have the potential to be as dangerous as both those attacks. As reported by BleepingComputer, a vulnerability in the Windows Registry allows access even to users with low-level privileges....

We guess the Build 18999 Windows 10 SDK will arrive this week, but for the time being last week’s 18995 SDK is available. Microsoft has not made any significant changes to the Windows 10 SDK. That’s because these updates are part of the Windows 10 20H1 branch. This is the development of next year’s major Windows 10 update that is expected to arrive in May 2020. SDK builds will not receive new features until Windows 10 20H1 is out in the wild....

Perhaps the most useful is the ability to search for past or future events in the Calendar for Windows 10 app. It’s a feature that probably should have been available for some time, but Microsoft’s implementation is interesting. After searching, the events that match will be displayed clearly on the calendar, while other events will appear greyed out. This gives a great context to the event by and lets the user re-establish the entire timeline....