An Android cross-licensing contract with Samsung had been yielding Microsoft $1 billion each year in payments from the South Korea-based manufacturer.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 06, 2014
The next version of Dynamics SL, one of four Microsoft enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, is now generally available.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 06, 2014
The next version of Windows will bring a host of improvements, including key changes to Microsoft's existing app store model, according to a recent Microsoft blog post.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 03, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday launched three new new Office 365 subscription plans aimed at small-to-medium businesses (SMBs).
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 02, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the preview version of "Sway," a new content aggregation app for Office.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 02, 2014
Hardware partners at last month's 2014 IFA conference shined the spotlight on a raft of lower-cost Windows PCs.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 01, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday underscored the business capabilities of its next Windows operating system, which it unveiled at a press event in San Francisco.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 01, 2014
Bucking expectations, the next version of the Windows operating system will be called "Windows 10," not "Windows 9," Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 30, 2014
Microsoft's WinHEC event for hardware developers will return next year after a seven-year hiatus, Microsoft announced on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2014
Microsoft reduced the prices of about 61 Azure cloud services on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2014
Microsoft is beginning to roll out a new social networking feature called "Groups" to Office 365 subscribers, the company said on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 25, 2014
Microsoft on Monday launched new virtual machine (VM) sizing options for its Microsoft Azure cloud services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 23, 2014
The next version of the Microsoft Office suite is not likely to break any new ground, judging by recently leaked screenshots.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 23, 2014
Effective November, Microsoft will no longer offer its Office on Demand feature to business users of Office 365 services or to those who use the Office ProPlus productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 22, 2014
The next version of Dynamics NAV, Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) product for small and midsize businesses, will be rolled out in early October.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 22, 2014
Microsoft has effectively shut down its Trustworthy Computing (TwC) Group as part of a massive round of job cuts.
- By Chris Paoli
- September 22, 2014
Larry Ellison, the co-founder and longtime CEO of Oracle Corp. and one of the most colorful and opinionated figures in tech, is stepping aside from day-to-day management at Oracle to focus on technology and strategy.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 18, 2014
The second round of Microsoft's planned 18,000 job cuts -- the largest layoffs in the company's history -- will reportedly take place on Thursday, Sept. 18.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 17, 2014
Microsoft will give an early look at its next Windows desktop operating system in an event on Sept. 30, according to invitations sent by the company to members of the press on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 16, 2014
Microsoft will release the next major update to Dynamics CRM, previously code-named "Vega," sometime in the fourth quarter of 2014, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 16, 2014