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
Microsoft has lowered the cost of licensing Windows 8 for its original equipment manufacturing (OEM) partners in response to less-than-robust uptake of devices running the new operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 11, 2013
The Lync 2013 client app for Windows Phone 8 is now available, with clients for Apple's iPad and iPhone due to arrive later this week, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 11, 2013
The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday levied a €561-million (about $728 million) fine against Microsoft after the company failed to fully comply with the European Union's (EU's) competition law and follow some binding legal commitments.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 07, 2013
Microsoft is now offering its System Center Advisor product free of charge and without the Software Assurance coverage requirement, the company announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 07, 2013
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a revised policy that would lift the transfer restriction on Office 2013 retail perpetual licenses.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 07, 2013
Global PC shipments will contract in 2013 for the second straight year, according to market research firm IDC.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 06, 2013
Microsoft has acquired Seattle-based cloud performance management company MetricsHub for an undisclosed amount, the two companies announced on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 05, 2013
Microsoft on Monday released its Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant tool, designed to guide organizations through the process of migrating to Microsoft's next-generation e-mail server.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 05, 2013
Microsoft has made some management improvements to Windows Azure, on the heels of adding federation capabilities between Windows Azure and Windows Server.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 04, 2013
K2's recent marketing video shows that extraordinary marketing messages don't require a big staff or huge budgets -- but they do require commitment, creative thinking and perseverance.
- By Barb Levisay
- March 04, 2013
Enterprise social networking application Yammer, which Microsoft acquired last year for $1.2 billion, will get translation capabilities by "late spring," Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 01, 2013
Microsoft has joined cloud computing advocacy group Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) as a "contributor," the organization announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 28, 2013
Microsoft rounded out its Office 365-branded products on Wednesday with the launch of three new editions of the productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 27, 2013
Thursday will be the last day to get and use a promotional code entitling consumers to a discount on upgrading a new Windows 7 PC to Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 26, 2013
VMware has overhauled its Partner Competency program, as well as added new revenue-generating incentives for solution providers selling cloud services, the company announced at this week's VMware Partner Exchange Conference in Las Vegas.
- By Michael Domingo
- February 26, 2013
Microsoft made Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 available for download on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 26, 2013
Seven months after announcing that partners would soon be able to handle customer billing for the Office 365 suite, Microsoft will officially start the program tomorrow.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 26, 2013