Why Microsoft discontinued WordPad after 30 years

After a 30-year run, Microsoft has discontinued WordPad, leaving fans of this simple word processor upset. Fortunately, there ...
Macworld

Save $20 on lifetime access to MS Office 2024 Home’s modern features & tools

TL;DR: Don’t miss getting lifetime access to Microsoft Office 2024 Home for Mac or PC for a one-time payment of $129.97 (MSRP $149.99). If you’re tired of paying month after month for software you’ve ...
ZDNet

Microsoft Word forcing you to save new files to the cloud? Here's how to stop it

Word will save new documents to the cloud by default. AutoSave will also be enabled by default. You can turn off these options if you prefer to save your files locally. Microsoft has long been pushing ...
Hosted on MSN

Microsoft USB toolset that could one day save your PC

ThioJoe introduces Microsoft’s USB toolset that could rescue a failing PC. George Santos' prison sentence commuted, to be released 'immediately': Trump Jennifer Aniston says she and “I'm Glad My Mom ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft's Paint now lets you save projects as layered files in the latest Insider build, as part of its continued efforts to make the default image editor great again

Keep it under your hat, but Microsoft's Paint app has been experiencing a quiet resurgence over the past few years. Oft neglected as a potential image editing tool, MS has been beavering away in the ...
Game Rant

Microsoft's New Cross-Save Feature Syncs Xbox and Steam Games

Mohsen Baqery is a Guide Staff Writer from Turkey. With a passion for gaming that borders on obsession, Mohsen thrives on guiding fellow gamers through the most challenging obstacles while exploring ...
ZDNet

MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation - now you can download it for free

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...
Android Authority

9 great PDF scanner apps you should use instead of Microsoft Lens

There comes a time when all great apps must die, especially if Microsoft owns them. Redmond has taken many tools away from me, from Sunrise Calendar to Wunderlist, and now it’s hooking Microsoft Lens ...
Forbes

Microsoft Tells All Windows Users—Save These Files On Your PC

Save those files now, Microsoft says. Microsoft’s mandatory security update this month has been fraught with several issues. But one of those stands out from the rest. The mystery of failing SSD ...
The Verge

Microsoft Word now automatically saves new documents to the cloud

Microsoft 365 Insiders are now testing changes to how documents are saved in Word for Windows. Microsoft 365 Insiders are now testing changes to how documents are saved in Word for Windows. is a ...
PC World

Microsoft Word documents will soon auto-save to the cloud by default

Since a while back, there’s been a setting in Microsoft 365 that makes it possible to auto-save Word documents to the cloud. It’s a convenient feature that helps mitigate the risk of losing data in ...