The final release of Windows "Blue," the code name for Microsoft's ill-defined operating system update, will arrive in time for this year's holiday shopping season, according to a press account.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 09, 2013
Microsoft's plans to improve Office Web Apps include added support for Google's Chrome browser for Android-based devices, as well as better collaboration capabilities, the company said on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 09, 2013
Amy Hood, most recently the chief financial officer of Microsoft's Business Division, will become the company's overall CFO, effective immediately.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 08, 2013
Current users of SharePoint Online will be able to upgrade to the new release "soon," according to a post on Microsoft's SharePoint team blog.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 08, 2013
Press accounts suggest Microsoft is readying a Windows desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) project, rumored to go by the code name "Mohoro," that will run from Windows Azure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 07, 2013
Making the move from Windows XP to Windows 7 means downtine for end users and long hours for administrators, according to a VMware-commissioned survey by Dimensional Research.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 07, 2013
Windows 8 adoption progressed very little in April, inching upward by less than 1 percentage point over the month, according to the latest data from Net Applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 03, 2013
Apple was the definitive leader in IDC's first-quarter tablet sales report, while Microsoft devices barely made a dent in the market.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 02, 2013
Intel on Thursday named current chief operating officer Brian Krzanich as its next CEO, and software chief Renée James as its next president.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 02, 2013
Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing solution, is now a $1-billion-per-year business, according to an account by Bloomberg on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 01, 2013
A U.S. district court judge has concluded favorably to Microsoft in assessing Motorola Mobility's standard-essential patent (SEP) infringement claims.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2013
Microsoft on Friday announced virtual private network (VPN) improvements to some Windows Azure components, making it easier for administrators to access virtual networks, either from behind a corporate firewall or remotely.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 29, 2013
Roughly 45 percent of organizations have not started migrations to Windows 7 or Windows 8, according to a recent blog post by U.K.-based independent software vendor AppSense.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 26, 2013
Newly released first-quarter numbers from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics suggests Microsoft has a bigger chunk of the tablet market than analysts have previously estimated.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 25, 2013
Microsoft has inked an intellectual property agreement with China-based equipment maker ZTE concerning the Linux-based operating systems fostered by Google.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 25, 2013
Microsoft is disclosing more about its planned shift to a more accelerated update cadence for Office 365, according to a report by veteran Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2013
The new Dell Quest Migration Manager for Exchange product runs on the customer's premises and features the ability to carry out single-step migrations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2013
Microsoft Office's reign as the dominant productivity suite is under threat from Google Apps, according to analyst and consulting firm Gartner.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 23, 2013
In the wake of recent market shifts that have hampered its Windows business, Microsoft is talking up changes it plans to make to its software and hardware ecosystem.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 19, 2013
All of Microsoft's five divisions recorded gains in the company's fiscal third quarter financial results, the company announced Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 19, 2013