News & Reviews:   Microsoft

When it comes to an anti-virus program, Windows Defender is often shelved to the back replaced by more favourable anti-virus programs (Avast, Avira, and others). While that may sound like a sad situation, the team behind the program probably aren't affected at all and they are excited to showcase a public preview of Microsoft Defense ATP for Android phones.

One thing that came from the last few months of having to stay indoors is the increase in people going online everywhere. But it seems that wasn't enough to save the streaming platform Mixer. The company has announced that it will be shutting down and allowing its partners to move on to Facebook Gaming.

Big fans of CD Projeck Red (CDPR) were recently disappointed when the developer announced that its next big game was being delayed. The release date of Cyberpunk 2077 has been moved to 19 November 2020, making this the second time it's been delayed. But it's not all bad news, as this delay could coincide with the launch of next-gen consoles.

Personal financing can be done through many methods. However, have you ever wondered that you can just connect your bank account to a platform that gives you real-time updates on your earnings and expenses? Now, you might actually be able to do that with a platform that you're familiar with and it's Microsoft Excel. Microsoft is launching a new feature called 'Money in Excel' to help you track transactions and account information by securely connecting to your bank, credit card, investment, or loan accounts.

One thing that we can learn from the pandemic is technology does play a vital role in our lives, especially when it comes to education. Due to the crisis, the e-learning platform has become one of the essentials for educators and students to interact. By acknowledging that, the Ministry of Education has worked with three big tech companies including Google, Microsoft, and Apple on developing a digital learning platform.

Minecraft Dungeons, which is a top-down Action RPG Dungeon Crawler by Mojang, Xbox Games Studio, and Double Eleven is now officially on the Microsoft Store starting from the price of RM78. There’s also the Minecraft Dungeons Hero Edition where you can get additional content such as a Hero Cape, two player skins, a chicken pet, as well as downloadable content as soon as they are available at RM116. 

It seems that the Microsoft Edge web browser will be automatically be downloaded and installed onto any PCs that are running on Windows 10. In order to have the web browser automatically installed onto your computer, all you need to do is update your Windows software to the latest version.

Microsoft recently posted on their blog where they unveiled “Surf Game”,  which is playable simply by typing in “edge://surf” in the search bar. It is best to note that it is only possible to play the aforementioned game via the Microsoft Edge browser which can be downloaded via their official website.

The game developer Rare recently uploaded on their Youtube account, announcing that the video games “Sea of Thieves” will be officially available on Steam at the price of USD40 (~RM174) from 3 Junes 2020 onwards. Those who had the game on the Microsoft Store can import their progress to the Steam edition without needing to start over.

Looks like you’ll be able to replace your background while you’re in a video call on Skype for Mac very soon, based on a statement by thurrott.com. The aforementioned feature is currently being rolled out, and it will be available for everyone to use very soon.