A Linux developer group in Spain called Hispalinux last week issued a complaint with the European Commission (EC) over Microsoft's "secure boot" feature, according to Reuters.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 01, 2013
Information about Microsoft patents is now available in a searchable form as part of a transparency pledge, Microsoft announced Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 29, 2013
A cumulative update designed to support Exchange 2013 coexistence with Exchange 2010 is set for an April 2 release, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 28, 2013
Some users have reported encountering synchronization problems with various Google Apps while updating their Mail, Calendar and People apps on Windows 8 and Windows RT systems.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2013
Three universities recently inked Microsoft Office 365 contracts -- Sacramento State University, University of Miami and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
- By David Nagel
- March 27, 2013
"Blue" is the code name for "a set of plans" that will set the pace for Microsoft products in the near future, Microsoft has now confirmed.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2013
Microsoft's imports of its Xbox gaming consoles do not infringe a patent held by Google, according to a ruling by an administrative law judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 26, 2013
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has implemented a change in the patent system, enabling the first inventor to file a patent application to get precedence in the granting of patent rights.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 24, 2013
Microsoft on Thursday released its first report on requests from law enforcement agencies to access information on users of Microsoft's online services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 22, 2013
Two of Microsoft's Windows Embedded 8 operating system products were released on Wednesday, with a third expected to become generally available in April.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 21, 2013
WEB EXCLUSIVE: In comparing Microsoft OneNote, EverNote and MindManager, Howard finds that there is currently no One Note-Taking App To Rule Them All. The perfect app would be the one that combines the best of the three.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- March 20, 2013
Microsoft's plans for enterprise social networking will increasingly revolve around Yammer, with improvements rolling out this year, according to a Microsoft executive.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 20, 2013
Microsoft detailed its Dynamics vision on Tuesday during the opening keynote of its Dynamics Convergence conference, taking place in New Orleans this week.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 19, 2013
Mainstream support for Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 smartphone platform, including security updates, will end on July 8, 2014.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 18, 2013
Microsoft customers still using the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 7 will begin automatically receiving Service Pack 1 (SP1) via Windows Update on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 18, 2013
A Microsoft partner is reporting that BizTalk Server 2013 will be released next month with a new per-core licensing model.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 15, 2013
Organizations that are "Microsoft shops" and trying to decide between Yammer or SharePoint for social networking should choose Yammer, research firm Gartner advised in a webinar Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 14, 2013
Google's Android mobile operating system team has undergone an executive shuffle, the company announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 13, 2013
After a one-day advance notice on Monday, Microsoft this week enabled the Adobe Flash Player "to run by default" in Internet Explorer 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 12, 2013
Despite market share gains throughout the next five years, Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets will remain a distant third behind Android- and iOS-based devices, according to research firm IDC.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 12, 2013