Back in 2010, I wrote a bit about a Microsoft Research mobile project called Menlo. Part of that project involved a skunkworks team effort known as Experiment 19. At that time, my sources told me that ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft Research has published a few more details on their skunkworks project that commenced in ...

Microsoft is experimenting with injecting ads into the Windows 11 start menu experience in an attempt to get us to use more of its products and services. For now, this experiment is limited to Windows ...

When it comes to multitasking, few UI upgrades were as helpful as browser tabs. Instead of juggling dozens of windows on your computer, they let you place multiple websites in a single pane. It's the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After last week’s Xbox release of the big-budget, hardware-intensive Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour ...

Microsoft researchers in Asia are experimenting with the usefulness and feasibility of making Windows' Live Tiles interactive. A newly published video clip from Microsoft Research's TechFest 2014 ...

One of the things that Microsoft does with its Insider Preview builds of Windows is run experiments. A couple of experiments that were briefly available during the development of the Creators Update ...

Microsoft is currently testing a new feature that places ads within the Windows 11 Start menu. These ads are showing up in the “Recommended” section, which traditionally suggests files but now also ...