When it comes to tech hardware, the trend is unquestionably mobility. In this special feature, we survey the latest in Windows-based mobile hardware -- from ultrabooks to smartphones to tablets.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 16, 2012
Forbes magazine has given Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer the dubious honor of being the No. 1 CEO "who should have already been fired."
- By Gladys Rama
- May 16, 2012
The star of last year's product roadmap was Office 365. Microsoft this year looks likely to pivot from the public cloud to the private cloud, while also shipping staples like SQL Server and releasing major betas -- and possibly final versions -- of blockbusters including Windows 8 tablet, client and server, and Office 15.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 15, 2012
A review of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Apple's tablet finds the OS visually and substantively good enough to be worth the sizable learning curve.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 03, 2012
Nokia, which early last year made the decision to shift its business model to center on Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system, had its credit rating downgraded on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2012
Microsoft will invest $300 million in a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, which until now has been embroiled in an intellectual property dispute against Microsoft over the past year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2012
Microsoft on Wednesday inked an intellectual property licensing deal with Pegatron Corp. over the Taiwan-based company's use of Android and Chrome software technologies in its products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 25, 2012
While consumers in droves are buying Apple iPads, enterprises in all sectors are embracing the tablets, as well.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 24, 2012
Two months after being released as a beta, the Skype for Windows Phone app is now available as a final version.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 23, 2012
Windows RT, the version of Windows 8 for ARM-based devices, can be used for both personal and business purposes, even while organizational control is maintained over application access, Microsoft explained on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 19, 2012
Gavin Kim, a former Samsung vice president who joined Microsoft in November as general manager of Windows Phone Product Marketing, left the company last week.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 17, 2012
Shipments of Wintel PCs will experience a marked slowdown through 2016, according to the latest research projections by IDC.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 29, 2012
Some upcoming Windows 8 tablets will feature screen displays that are near Apple iPad quality, Microsoft said last week in a "Building Windows 8" blog post.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 26, 2012
Microsoft marked its entrance into the Chinese smartphone market this week by unveiling a new device from HTC running Windows Phone 7.5 "Tango."
- By Gladys Rama
- March 22, 2012
The PC will no longer be the primary digital device for most users by 2014, according to a new report from research firm Gartner.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- March 21, 2012
Devices running Windows 8 will become available in October, with a partner-focused event taking place in early April, according to a Bloomberg report published Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 21, 2012
Microsoft on Monday named Thom Gruhler as the new corporate vice president of Windows Phone Marketing.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 20, 2012
Windows Mobile Marketplace, the online app store for Microsoft's aging Windows Mobile smartphone OS, will be shut down in two months.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 09, 2012
Microsoft this week launched a community test preview (CTP) of Windows Embedded Standard 8, which is based on the forthcoming Windows 8 operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 07, 2012
Apple took the wraps off its third-generation iPad during a debut event on Wednesday.
- By David Nagel
- March 07, 2012