Windows XP may have taken the lion's share of the spotlight on April 8 when it hit its "extended support" deadline, but many other Microsoft software products also lost support on that date.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 08, 2014
Windows 8.1 Update, which Microsoft showcased at last week's Build conference, begins rolling out to PCs and devices on Wednesday via the Windows Update service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 08, 2014
Microsoft's $7 billion acquisition of Nokia's device business has cleared its last major regulatory hurdle.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 08, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday said it is blocking downloads of the recently released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for SharePoint Server 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2014
Erwin Visser, general manager of Windows and Windows Phone Commercial Marketing, explained some of the nuances of this week's Build announcements in a phone interview on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2014
An update to Windows Server 2012 R2 became available on Wednesday for MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 03, 2014
Nokia on Wednesday unveiled three new Lumia devices that will run the latest version of Microsoft's smartphone platform.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 03, 2014
Microsoft gave more details about the first update to Windows 8.1 on Wednesday at its Build conference.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2014
Microsoft kicked off its Build conference on Wednesday by officially unveiling the first major update to its flagship smartphone platform.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 02, 2014
Google this week unveiled "Andromeda," the code name for its new software-defined networking (SDN) technology that is powering its internal services.
- By David Ramel
- April 02, 2014
The latest release of Microsoft's database product, SQL Server 2014, became generally available on Tuesday, two weeks after being released to manufacturers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 01, 2014
In response to Amazon's recent round of cloud compute and storage price cuts, Microsoft on Monday slashed the rates for its Window Azure -- soon to be Microsoft Azure -- cloud service.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 01, 2014
Antoine Leblond, a longtime Microsoft executive who held key roles in the Office and Windows product divisions, is leaving the company on Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 31, 2014
Microsoft is planning to add two new features to Office 365 "later this year" that are aimed at improving Outlook Web App e-mail experiences, the company said Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 31, 2014
Microsoft on Friday released the first Cumulative Update (CU1) for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ahead of its expected second-quarter ship date.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 28, 2014
Fifty-two days after taking the role of CEO at Microsoft, Satya Nadella detailed his "mobile first, cloud first" vision, as well as announced some new products, including Office for iPad and new licensing for organizations managing mobile devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2014
Total shipments of computing devices are on the rise this year, but not because of PC demand.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 27, 2014
Microsoft and Dell on Wednesday announced a patent licensing agreement in which Dell will pay Microsoft royalties for using Android and the Google Chrome OS.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday launched its Windows Azure cloud platform in China, making it the first multinational company to offer public cloud services in the country.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2014
A recent Computer Economics study identified six technology trends that are especially "low-risk/high-reward" for organizations, with customer relationship management (CRM) systems leading the way.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 26, 2014