The release candidate (RC) of Windows Server 2012 Essentials was made available on Monday for download and testing.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 22, 2012
Microsoft on Tuesday gave a quick tour of some new SharePoint features found in the Office 365 previews.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 21, 2012
Microsoft opened registration for its limited-time Windows 8 upgrade offer on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 21, 2012
OnLive, a pioneer in virtual desktop infrastructure-based services and cloud gaming, reportedly shed its staff members and was sold to an undisclosed buyer on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 17, 2012
Office 2013 will have increased file format support, including the support promised years ago with the Open XML standard, Microsoft revealed this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 17, 2012
Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage solution for consumers has left the preview stage, the company announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 16, 2012
Microsoft partners with Gold or Silver competencies can now access the Windows 8 "release to manufacturing" (RTM) version.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 16, 2012
A new report by consultancy Directions on Microsoft outlines Windows Server 2012 licensing basics and offers insights into less apparent strategic moves to consider before buying Microsoft's newest server technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 15, 2012
The "release to manufacturing" (RTM) version of Windows 8 is now available to Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN subscribers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 15, 2012
Bucking expectations that its engineers would have to create several versions of Windows RT to address multiple form factors, Microsoft on Monday announced it has created one Windows RT binary to rule them all.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 13, 2012
Microsoft hardware partner Acer is consulting with Redmond over potential pricing for the forthcoming Surface tablet, according to a report by Digitimes.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 11, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Google $22.5 million over the company's misrepresentations on privacy protections.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 10, 2012
Microsoft has partnered with the New York Police Department (NYPD) to develop a crime prevention and counterterrorism solution called Domain Awareness System (DAS).
- By Chris Paoli
- August 09, 2012
Microsoft has revived its Exchange conference after a 10-year hiatus.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 08, 2012
Windows RT will come with a leaner "preview" version of Office 2013 when it ships, according to a report by The Verge on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 08, 2012
Microsoft and Sharp Corp. have inked a deal in which Sharp will license intellectual property (IP) associated with Microsoft's Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology for use in its Android-based devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 07, 2012
Honeywell paid royalties to Microsoft for the use of technologies associated with the Linux-based Android and Google Chrome operating systems, the company announced last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 07, 2012
Microsoft last week detailed the recent changes to Outlook Web App (OWA), the browser-based version of the Outlook e-mail client.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 06, 2012
Microsoft indicated on Thursday that it may soon drop the "Metro" term that is associated with the design style and user interface (UI) found in Windows 8 and Windows Phone.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 03, 2012
Windows Server 2012 hit the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) stage on Wednesday, close on the heels of the Windows 8 client's RTM milestone.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 01, 2012