Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is stepping down from the company's board of directors effective Aug. 19.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 19, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a number of updates to its OneNote notetaking app for both Android and Windows devices.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 19, 2014
A "technology preview" version of Microsoft's next Windows operating system may be released sometime this fall, according to a recent report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 18, 2014
The market for smartphones is bigger than ever, but Android and iOS continue to vastly outperform all other platforms, including Windows Phone.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 14, 2014
Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be the current cloud leader, but growing competition from Microsoft Azure and the cloud price war are putting a dent on its lead.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 14, 2014
Windows XP isn't even cold yet, but researchers at Gartner Inc. are already urging organizations to begin making plans to move off of Windows 7.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 14, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the 10 startup firms that will participate in its first home automation-focused accelerator.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 13, 2014
According to a recent report by Gartner, while Chromebooks sales are set to triple by 2017, business adoption of the Google-backed laptops is still very limited.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 13, 2014
Users of Windows Phone 7 will no longer be able to use Skype on their devices, according to an announcement posted last week on the Skype support page.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 11, 2014
The next version of Windows could have a new "virtual desktops" feature, according to reports this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 08, 2014
Microsoft will implement a new browser support policy at the beginning of next year that will significantly limit what versions of Internet Explorer the company supports.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 08, 2014
The version of Internet Explorer 11 that will appear in the next release of Windows Phone 8.1 will include fixes for Web site compatibility issues, Microsoft announced last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 07, 2014
The Chinese government has widened its anti-monopoly investigation into Microsoft, raiding more of the company's offices, as well as the offices of one of Microsoft's largest partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 06, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed that it will issue new updates for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 as part of this month's "patch Tuesday" rollout, scheduled for Aug. 12.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 05, 2014
Peggy Johnson, a 24-year veteran of semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm, is now the executive vice president of global business development at Microsoft.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 05, 2014
Microsoft may offer "Windows 9" as a free upgrade to entice users of older Windows editions, according to a recent report by longtime Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 04, 2014
Microsoft on Friday filed a lawsuit against its hardware partner Samsung, accusing the device maker of violating the terms of a 3-year-old Android licensing agreement between the two companies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 04, 2014
A U.S. district court judge has upheld a search warrant ordering Microsoft to turn over e-mails stored in its datacenter in Dublin, Ireland.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 04, 2014
Microsoft this week updated its Office for iPad suite, just four months after its initial release.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 01, 2014
Despite years of warnings from Microsoft concerning Windows XP's end-of-life, surprisingly many organizations remain stuck on the operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 31, 2014