• Microsoft Surface Pro 4 event live stream: how to watch it online
• 6/10/2015

Are you ready to finally see how Microsoft has improved its best tablet yet? The Redmond, Wash.-based tech firm is set to show off its Surface Pro 4 tomorrow in New York City, along with its leaked-to-all-hell Lumia phones and possibly a sequel to the Microsoft Band.

Rumors are swirling that we'll see some Xbox One and HoloLens related announcements, but we're hedging our bets on those. And, of course, we expect to hear when Windows 10 Mobile will launch – for real this time.

Now, how can you watch it all unfold alongside the techradar crew? I thought you'd never ask.

The answer is simple

Microsoft wants as many humans as physics will allow to see this event go off, so it's live streaming the whole thing right from its website. To watch along, just head to this URL, provided below in plain sight:

http://www.microsoft.com/october2015event/

Now, wasn't that easy? However, Microsoft hasn't been clear as to which format the event will be live streamed in, so it would be safe to ensure that your version of Microsoft's Silverlight player is up to date. You can find updates for that here.

In the event that Microsoft chooses YouTube for its live stream platform, then you're just fine. Because YouTube works through HTML5, no updating is needed on your end to access its videos.

Finally, Microsoft could very well make the (terribly poor) decision to stream through a platform like Ustream or Livestream, which use Adobe Flash. In that case, you can update your Flash Player plug-in right here. (Google Chrome users: just update your browser and you're good to go.)

Until the event starts tomorrow at 10am EDT (7am PDT, 3pm BST, 1am AEDT 10/7), keep it locked on techradar for updates leading up to, during and following Microsoft's biggest event of the year.

• Microsoft acknowledges Office 2016-El Capitan crashes but lacks ETA for fix
• 5/10/2015

Microsoft has acknowledged that users of its Office for Mac 2016 application suite are encountering frequent crashes and implied that it's working on a fix, but offered no timeline for delivering an update.

In an emailed statement, a Microsoft spokeswoman said the company is looking into the problem.

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"We know that some users may be experiencing issues with Office 2016 for Mac running on El Capitan," the statement read. "We are actively investigating the matter with Apple. Until there is a fix, we recommend people install the latest updates to Office 2016 for Mac using Microsoft AutoUpdate."

• Sony Xperia Z5 Now Available In The UK
• 2/10/2015

The Sony Xperia Z5 is now available in the UK, the handset is available from the Carphone Warehouse in the UK and it is available unlocked for £550.

The new Xperia Z5 comes with a 5.2 inch display, it features a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, ans comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, plus 3GB of RAM.

Other specifications on the device include 32GB of storage, an Adreno 410 GPU, a microSD card slot which supports up to 128GB cards and front and rear cameras.

The front camera on the handset is a 5 megapixel version and the rear camera is Sony’s new flagship Exmor RS camera which features a 23 megapixel sensor, the device also comes with Android 5.1 Lollipop.

Sony also offers two other devices in the Z5 range, the Z5 Compact which has a HD display and the Z5 Premium which features a 4K display.

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• Netflix And Lego To Release Kids Shows
• 2/10/2015

Netflix has teamed up with Marvel to create shows like Daredevil and Jessica Jones, so they are open to working with other brands to deliver great content. Now the company has announced that it's teaming up with Lego to create two new shows for kids. Both will be released next year.

The two shows are titled Lego Bionicle: The Journey to One and Lego Friends: The Power of Friendship. Both will be available for on-demand streaming on Netflix in the first half of 2016.

Kids are going to love these shows, but those are not the only kids shows Netflix has in the pipeline. This is part of a larger announcement involving a total of seven original series for children. These will arrive on Netflix between 2016 and 2017. More content for kids is needed on Netflix so this is a great move. Especially when you consider that Netflix has 30 million subscribers who regularly watch children’s programming.

The two Lego shows will only debut with four episodes but more content will likely be released soon after. Netflix continues to build up its original programming and it continues to do a good job. Now it's time for kids to have more good new content.

• The desktop may not be dead after all
• 30/9/2015

Desktop users shouldn't be embarrassed about their PC of choice. Eighty-four percent of small businesses would consider buying desktops for their organizations, according to IDC.

Survey respondents cited longer average lifetime value and lower cost of ownership for reasons why they'd be more likely to buy a desktop than a laptop or a mini PC.

Only 43% of respondents said they would consider a small form factor device, like a laptop, for their organizations, and 35% said they would be willing to purchase a mini PC – the computers typically used to operate digital signage or Internet kiosks.

• OS X El Capitan Available for download tomorrow
• 29/9/2015

OS X El Capitan (version 10.11) is the upcoming twelfth major release of OS X, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers, It will be available for free to download tomorrow 30 September estimated time around 6PM in the UK.

• Skype back up and running
• 24/9/2015

A problem with Skype's status system has been fixed, after many people were unable to use the service.
Reports about Skype being unavailable started at about 09:00 BST on Monday in the UK.
But just after midnight on Tuesday, Skype said services had been fully restored.
In a statement, Skype-owner Microsoft said it had "detected an issue with the status settings" on Skype that show if someone is online or not.
The problem locked many people's status as offline - stopping them making calls even though they were connected.

• Apple iOS update
• 24/9/2015

Apple releases iOS 9.0.1, includes fixes for setup assistant and alarm bugs

In addition to those two bugs, Apple says iOS 9.0.1 also fixes “an issue in Safari and Photos where pausing video could cause the paused frame to appear distorted” and “an issue where some users with a custom APN setup via a profile would lose cellular data.

• iPhone still has the best battery life
• 22/9/2015

There are so many great phones out there these days all giving apple a run for there money, But what Apple still has over all the others is battery life. it is still by far the best phone for battery life at the moment.

• Windows 10
• 27/8/2015

Windows 10 became available on July 29 2015 in 190 markets globally as a free upgrade to customers running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. It's already been downloaded on more than 75 million PCs

• Goodbye to telly tubby land
• 8/4/2015

On april the 8th 2014 Microsoft in it's wisdom ended support for windows XP, this will cause all sorts of trouble with software applications and it will also no longer be safe without anymore security updates.

I guess was a desperate attempt by Microsoft to make everybody upgrade to the not so popular for some people Windows 8.

Trouble for some people unfortunately will be that the PCs they have will no longer be powerful enough or compatible to run Windows 8, which for some people is bad news as not only do they have to upgrade the software but also the hardware as well, and that doesn't come cheap.

There are other alternatives of operation systems available, and Linux is the best by far, linux does many free operation systems but Linux Ubuntu is the most popular of them all, A very powerful operation system that can be downloaded absolutely free as it is open source software, and also free from the Linux is another popular Version called Zorin OS which is just like Windows XP.

With Linux Ubuntu you can browse the web, set up your e-mails, even still open Microsoft documents and much much more.

It really is A great alternative to windows XP and will run on most older PCs, so don't chuck a perfectly good machine away and create more landfill check out the Linux website, here is a link to Linux Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features

All other Linux operation systems can easily be found including Zorin by simply googling it.