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Kip Kniskern

Kip has been a Microsoft enthusiast since forever, and worked on/ran LiveSide.net, a website dedicated to all things Windows Live, for 9 years. Kip came to (WinBeta.org) onmsft.com in December 2014, and is loving every minute of it. Twitter email

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Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10041 heads to slow ring

Microsoft has been making a big deal out of pushing builds out to Windows Insiders early, so much so that…

Kip Kniskern · December 13, 2019 · 1 min read

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Microsoft adds board member, rejects employee board seat at annual shareholders’ meeting

This morning, Microsoft held its first ever all-virtual shareholder’s meeting, with shareholders and interested parties logging in via the web…

Kip Kniskern · December 4, 2019 · 2 min read

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Amazon CEO goes after Microsoft in AWS re:Invent keynote

Amazon is holding its AWS (Amazon Web Services) re:Invent conference this week, and in a keynote today AWS CEO Andy…

Kip Kniskern · December 3, 2019 · 2 min read

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Microsoft starts talking about the Surface Neo and Duo dev story

Last month, Microsoft announced that the Surface Neo, a dual screen Windows 10X device, and the Surface Duo, an Android…

Kip Kniskern · November 25, 2019 · 1 min read

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Don’t bank on Windows Phone: Chase Bank app no longer works, either

So much for “until further notice“. This weekend, after announcing back in January that the end was near for Windows…

Kip Kniskern · November 23, 2019 · 1 min read

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Microsoft survey reveals an Alan Wake return to Xbox One

Alan Wake, the quirky 2010 title from Remedy Entertainment and Microsoft Game Studios, was critically acclaimed and named as one…

Kip Kniskern · November 23, 2019 · 1 min read

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Windows 10X will run Win32 containerized apps, according to new job post

Microsoft officially announced its new, lighter version of Windows, dubbed Windows 10X, at the latest Surface event where it revealed…

Kip Kniskern · November 22, 2019 · 2 min read

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Microsoft disables faulty sync with latest Edge preview builds, out now

In case you hadn’t noticed, Microsoft’s new Edge browser built on Chromium has been having some issues with syncing between…

Kip Kniskern · November 19, 2019 · 1 min read

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NVIDIA launches new Windows 10 GeForce drivers, “just in time for Batman: Arkham Knight”

Microsoft is nearing completion of Windows 10, and NVIDIA has been keeping up with a regular release of new graphics…

Kip Kniskern · November 17, 2019 · 2 min read

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OnMSFT program note: Dark Mode changes

Dark Mode is the new, well, black. Sites, apps, and operating systems have been rushing to implement dark mode, and…

Kip Kniskern · November 16, 2019 · 3 min read