The U.S. International Trade Commission has struck down Motorola Mobility's patent infringement claim against Microsoft involving patented technology in Microsoft's Xbox gaming consoles.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 24, 2013
In an investment of "hundreds of millions of dollars," Microsoft on Thursday said it is opening its Windows Azure service to China, Japan and Australia.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 23, 2013
Most enterprises -- particularly those with fewer than 1,000 employees -- have yet to deploy Windows Server 2012 eight months after its release, according to a new report this week from Symantec.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 22, 2013
Microsoft this week released a standalone sync client of SkyDrive Pro, its cloud-based storage and collaboration service for organizations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 22, 2013
Citrix spotlighted its revamped solution advisor partner program during its Citrix Summit conference, which took place this week in Anaheim, Calif.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 21, 2013
With many organizations just now making the move from Windows XP to Windows 7, Microsoft's latest OS will continue to go largely ignored by enterprises, according to a new report by research firm Forrester.
- By Chris Paoli
- May 17, 2013
The forthcoming Windows 8 update code-named Windows "Blue" is now officially called Windows 8.1, confirmed Microsoft's Tami Reller on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 15, 2013
Microsoft's share of the worldwide smartphone market has not budged from quarter to quarter, according to the latest figures from research firm Gartner.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 14, 2013
Microsoft this week detailed the difference between "cumulative updates " and the monthly "update rollup" system it uses for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 14, 2013
The city of Boston is cutting ties with Microsoft Exchange and is moving its 75,000 employees and education users to Google Apps.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 13, 2013
Microsoft's Lync Online service will no longer have a "hybrid voice" feature, the company said on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 13, 2013
Microsoft may be pursuing Nook Media LLC, the Barnes & Noble subsidiary that was set up to handle the company's consumer and college electronic media businesses.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 10, 2013
Microsoft is currently working on content, identity and messaging aspects of Yammer for use with Office 365, Microsoft's cloud-based bundle of services, the company announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 10, 2013
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