Microsoft is testing new customization options for the Copilot key on Windows 11, allowing users to reassign it to launch other applications instead of the default Copilot app.
Microsoft has codenamed the next major update for Windows 10 operating system as Iron (Fe) and this update could be offering during first half of year 2021.
San Francisco - Microsoft has long been accused of copying the computer innovations of its smaller competitor Apple. Now it is also copying parts of Apple's retail model.
The software giant plans to start its own chain of retail stores highlighting its products, following the success of Apple's 251 stores in engaging customers and boosting Apple's profile.
The Microsoft announcement on Friday did not include details of the retail rollout but it will not be the company's first attempt to open up a retail shop. The company opened a Microsoft store in Sony's Metreon centre in San Francisco in 1999, in which it showcased technology from Microsoft and its partners, but the store closed in 2002.
With the aim to find who is behind the Downadup/Conficker virus, Microsoft has announced a reward of $250,000 (£172,000) to who so ever will come up with the answer.
The Conficker worm that started circulating in October 2008 has been successful in infecting millions of computers worldwide.
The reward is being offered by the software giant, since it sees the Conficker worm as a criminal attack.
On Sunday a well known paper put forward the latest piece of news that Microsoft Corp is mulling to provide new programs and services for mobile phones, including an "online bazaar" for software.
The report published in the paper said that the online bazaar would be for phones running Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system.
It said, "Microsoft will also soon offer its latest version of Windows Mobile, which the report said would have a more sophisticated interface."