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Microsoft purposefully chose to use Italian-made Alcantara fabric on its Signature Type Cover for the Surface Pro and now on the new Surface Laptop, and it's become a well-known feature of the Surface brand.

This week, Microsoft took the wraps off its much-anticipated next generation Xbox console, the Xbox One X, formerly known as "Project Scorpio." And it's amazing in countless ways. But the new Xbox also costs a cool $500.

There's quite a bit of confusion out there regarding what exactly Windows 10 S is, and the lack of clarity extends to availability and whether or not current Windows users will be able to upgrade to the OS — and if so, how much it will cost.

Last week, we announced a new contest that puts Windows Central readers in the running to win a slick new Surface Laptop. But there's more: You can easily increase your odds of winning. Here's how.

We recently launched a new forum dedicated to anything and everything about the Windows Insider program. If you’re an Insider, you’d be doing yourself a disservice by not checking it out.

To say Windows Mobile isn’t exactly thriving these days would be a massive understatement.

Most of us love our smartphones and have trouble being away from them for more than a few minutes at a time. But for many people, life was much simpler without the digital tethers that are modern mobile phones.

Today, April 4, is Microsoft’s birthday. Childhood buddies Bill Gates and Paul Allen officially founded the company we all love (most of the time) on this day in 1975.

Microsoft plans to replace the current Spelling & Grammar pane in Word 2016 with a new Editor pane that will offer more grammar and writing suggestions, in addition to spelling tips, and help users write well … or at least better.

Foursquare Swarm runs regular “Challenge” contests with impressive prizes. Here’s what it’s like to win one.