Set Up Windows Smart Folders by Saving Your Searches

A while back, I entertained and informed you with how to set up smart folders on a Mac computer. Our readers loved this article, so we thought we should be showing our Windows readers how to do this, too. We’re nothing if not impartial here at MakeUseOf. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com

The stunning Surface Book may reignite PC maker hostility towards Microsoft

Microsoft’s foray into notebooks with the Surface Book is certain to tick off its computer-making partners, but there’s little recourse for the latter except to grin and bear it, analysts said today. More of this latest news from PCWorld.com

Microsoft gets an earful as Office for Mac 2016 users amp ire over crashes

Users of Microsoft’s Office for Mac 2016 who upgraded to Apple’s OS X 10.11, aka El Capitan, have become increasingly frustrated by repeated crashes of the Office applications, angrily denouncing Microsoft, and to a lesser extent, Apple, on the former’s support forum. Check this article from PCWorld.com

Android devices will soon run Windows software thanks to CrossOver and Wine

Android devices will soon be able to run Windows applications thanks to CodeWeavers’ CrossOver for Android, which will debut before the end of 2015.

Wine for Android was first shown off a few years ago, and work has been ongoing since then. You can run Android apps on Windows, and soon the reverse will be true, too! Check this latest news from PCWorld.com

How Microsoft’s Surface Book compares to Apple’s MacBook: Let’s play CPU detective

Microsoft clearly had Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro in its sights when it designed its radical Surface Book. But was it marketing hype or was Microsoft really laying down legitimate smack when it said the Surface Book offers “twice” the performance of a comparable Mac? Check this article from PCWorld.com

Microsoft’s new Surface Dock is a smaller, yet still-potent docking solution

The new Surface Pro 4 shed ounces and thickness alike in its evolution from the Surface Pro 3, but it wasn’t the only Microsoft hardware to slim down over the past year. A new Microsoft Surface Dock announced for the Surface hardware on Tuesday assumes the form of an unassuming brick—and it’s downright tiny compared to the gargantuan design of previous Surface-as-desktop options, which required you to slide your tablet into a large docking station. More of this article from PCWorld.com

Hands on: Microsoft’s new Band has a cleaner design, but its fate remains murky

Microsoft’s new Band curves like a bracelet, arcing over your wrist in a clean plastic line. How the Band slides from one activity to the next has been smoothed out as well, enough to give the Band a slick sheen the first lacked. Check this article from PCWorld.com