Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, will no longer support its browser for Windows 8, citing low usage rates.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 17, 2014
Microsoft and bookseller Barnes & Noble are refocusing their collaboration on a new reader app, according to a B&N 8-K Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 14, 2014
A so-called "Personal" edition of Office 365 is set to roll out this spring, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 13, 2014
Two of Microsoft's newest mobile hardware partners will be able to manufacture Windows Phone 8 devices at no cost.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 13, 2014
Microsoft's 10-year-old Exchange Server 2003 product will reach the end of its "extended support" phase on April 8, the company reminded users in a blog post this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 11, 2014
Google on Monday kicked off a referral program to promote its Google Apps for Business product in U.S. and Canadian markets.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 11, 2014
In a move to alleviate its slipping OS market share, Microsoft is reportedly slashing Windows 8.1 licensing costs for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that make lower-priced devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 10, 2014
Microsoft recently described how it's enabling different approaches to identity federation with Microsoft Office apps and Office 365 apps via Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 06, 2014
Microsoft recently made available a new Windows Enterprise edition "standalone upgrade" offering that does not require Software Assurance (SA) coverage.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 05, 2014
Windows 8.1 Update 1 is now at the final stages of development, according to several reports on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 05, 2014
For users who have still not moved off Windows XP, Microsoft plans to offer Laplink's PCmover Express tool for free.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 04, 2014
After having "the most severe contraction on record" in 2013, the worldwide PC market is expected to remain mostly stagnant over the next four years, according to IDC.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 04, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday kicked off its Convergence 2014 event in Atlanta, Ga. by spotlighting several key Dynamics releases expected this year.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 04, 2014
The next releases of Microsoft's Exchange Server and SharePoint Server products will not arrive until next year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 04, 2014
Microsoft will release its OneDrive for Business product, formerly named SkyDrive Pro, as a standalone service in April.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 03, 2014
Two senior Microsoft executives, Tami Reller and Tony Bates, are leaving the company as CEO Satya Nadella reshapes his leadership team, according to reports.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 03, 2014
Microsoft is using this week's SharePoint Conference to make some broader announcements, including two new social networking technologies for Office 365 and SharePoint Online that are planned for release sometime this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 03, 2014
Partners, Microsoft campaigns and upgrade cycles got most users off Windows XP. The holdouts appear resigned to riding the OS into the abyss of non-security support.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 01, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday gave a few details about OneDrive for Business, the company's business-grade document storage service based on SharePoint Online technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 27, 2014
Big Blue is adding support for Windows Phone to its newly acquired MaaS360 mobile device management (MDM) platform, an IBM official said this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 26, 2014