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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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Articles by Kip Kniskern

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Best Buy clarifies its “too good to be true” Surface Pro 6 Black Friday deal (updated)

Yesterday we told you about a deal at Best Buy for a Surface Pro 6 for $999, $300 off the…

Kip Kniskern · November 9, 2018 · 3 min read

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Microsoft org shakeups continue as Javier Soltero to leave, Skype and Teams to merge, more

About 8 months ago, Microsoft announced that Javier Soltero, a Corporate Vice President who came to Redmond with the acquisition…

Kip Kniskern · November 6, 2018 · 1 min read

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Latest Windows 10 19H1 Insider update 18272 breaks WSL, to be fixed next week

One of Microsoft’s most beloved additions to Windows 10, well at least it gets a lot of developer love, is…

Kip Kniskern · November 1, 2018 · 2 min read

Microsoft celebrates record earnings with a new Windows 10 Insider build, go get 18267 for Fast/Skip Ahead rings now

Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s 1st quarter earnings statement, Microsoft just dropped a new Windows 10 Insider build for…

Kip Kniskern · October 24, 2018 · 2 min read

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Microsoft releases new 19H1 build 18262 for Fast, Skip Ahead Insiders

Microsoft has just released the latest Windows 10 Insider build for Fast Ring and Skip Ahead builds for the upcoming…

Kip Kniskern · October 17, 2018 · 2 min read

Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at age 65

Paul Allen, the former Lakeside School classmate of Bill Gates, who went on to form Microsoft with his high school…

Kip Kniskern · October 15, 2018 · 1 min read

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Microsoft sets October 24th for 1st qtr earnings release, gets some good news after a tough week in the market

If you follow the US stock market (and recently I do, a little bit too closely), you’ll know that this…

Kip Kniskern · October 12, 2018 · 1 min read

Editorial

That Windows 10 October 2018 Update bug wasn’t a bug at all, and why that should concern you

Microsoft released the Windows 10 October 2018 Update on October 2nd, but then quickly pulled it from access (it had…

Kip Kniskern · October 11, 2018 · 5 min read

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Windows 10 for IoT gets its own October 2018 update

For consumer enthusiasts like the readers of this website, it’s sometimes hard to get too worked up about IoT and…

Kip Kniskern · October 5, 2018 · 2 min read

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Microsoft to return to Orlando for Ignite 2019

Microsoft announced today that its ever more popular Ignite conference, which has just concluded, will be back in Orlando, Florida…

Kip Kniskern · September 28, 2018 · 1 min read