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It has been revealed that the new lighter version of Windows 10 — S — that will be given to OEMs to help make lower-cost Windows devices can only run apps from the Windows Store.

A young Vietnamese developer has decided to give up on Windows Store and the Microsoft app ecosystem after experiencing what he claims was the company's lack of support for developers.

Microsoft has settled on the popular EPUB standard, potentially for a new eBook store, when it launches with native support in the Edge Browser, as part of the April Windows 10 Creators Update for desktop and mobile.

Microsoft’s vision of apps that run on the entire Windows platform from PCs, tablets, phones, HoloLens, Surface Hub, Xbox and Raspberry Pi has come several steps closer with the release of its Project Centennial – a universal Windows platform (UWP) app converter for .com, .exe and .Net.

The next adventures of COG are on their way to a Windows platform near you. Xbox One owners planning to get some freebies should consider the new pre-order info available today. Gears Of War 4 will emerge in October this year.

Midday on 12 November 2015 is the time and date Microsoft’s first Flagship Store outside of North America will launch, and it’s launching in Sydney, Australia.

Microsoft has used its Build developer conference to announce new features and developer tools for Windows 10, notably mechanisms to port Android and iOS apps to the forthcoming operating system.

Microsoft has removed its Windows 8.1 RT update from the Windows Store after a spate of reported problems, bringing the RT platform itself into further question.

Windows 8.1 has only been available for a few hours but already hundreds of reports are coming in about the Windows Store being inaccessable.

According to Microsoft, 100,000 Windows 8 apps reached the Windows Store in less time than it took for iOS or Android apps to reach the same milestone.

Just a month after the Windows Store opened it contained almost 50% more applications than the longer-established Mac App Store.

Apple might block full-function security products from the Mac App Store, but a growing number of vendors are offering their security software through the Windows Store.

LogMeIn's join.me online meeting service has clicked up 50 million participants, with more than 500,000 people attending meetings each week.

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview was expected in February, and it just scraped in. Good job 2012 is a leap year...