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
Microsoft on Wednesday announced it has added one more seat to its board of directors, appointing longtime wireless industry executive John W. Stanton.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 30, 2014
Chinese government investigators raided Microsoft offices throughout China this week in response to accusations of monopolistic practices and other, less-clear violations on Microsoft's part.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 30, 2014
The first update to Windows Phone 8.1 will expand Cortana's availability to more countries and introduce Start screen folders, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 30, 2014
A Microsoft-backed study is spotlighting the benefits to organizations of using public cloud services for backup and disaster recovery (DR) scenarios.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 30, 2014
Though Amazon Web Services (AWS) still leads the cloud infrastructure services space, it faces increasing competition from Microsoft and IBM, according to research by Synergy Research Group and Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 29, 2014
Microsoft this week launched a second preview of its Azure Active Directory (AD) Sync Services that incorporates several user-suggested improvements.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 29, 2014
David Sacks, co-founder and former CEO of Yammer, on Thursday announced that he is leaving Microsoft.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 24, 2014
Microsoft's ExpressRoute service has expanded into seven cities and added two new partners, the company announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2014
Microsoft reported earnings per share of $0.55 in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, missing Wall Street's expectations by about $0.05.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 22, 2014
Microsoft plans to replace TechEd and more specialized conferences that it has hosted for years with a new event in 2015, the company announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 22, 2014
A new operating system update called "Windows 8.1 Update 2" may arrive on Aug. 12, according to media reports on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 22, 2014