Changes to Microsoft's U.S. end user license agreement (EULA) contracts effectively limit its customers' legal rights.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 31, 2012
Google on Tuesday announced the expansion of its Chromebook laptop line and some improvements to its Chrome operating system, potentially setting the stage for a battle against the traditional PC model.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 31, 2012
An IDC study commissioned by Microsoft suggests that organizations can save money by moving from Windows XP to Windows 7.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 29, 2012
Dell is reportedly in talks to acquire software tools supplier Quest Software Inc. in a deal that would vastly bolster the computer vendor's budding software business.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 25, 2012
Organizations that have not yet migrated from the venerable Windows XP operating system are "really, really late," according to Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 24, 2012
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Tuesday predicted that 500 million users will have Windows 8 devices by the end of next year.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 23, 2012
Microsoft on Tuesday described a new way for Windows 8 users to access their PC's boot options.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 23, 2012
Motorola Mobility Inc. has violated Microsoft's intellectual property, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 21, 2012
China last week approved Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility Inc., giving the Internet giant the last regulatory approval it needed to proceed with the deal.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 21, 2012
Microsoft recently opened the beta of Dynamics NAV 2013 (previously code-named "NAV 7") to Microsoft partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 17, 2012
Microsoft executives shined a spotlight on the Dynamics product line during a recent financial analyst event focusing on Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS).
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 17, 2012
A ruling by a Seattle judge on Monday has put a wrench into Motorola's earlier victory over Microsoft in a patent infringement case.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 16, 2012
Forbes magazine has given Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer the dubious honor of being the No. 1 CEO "who should have already been fired."
- By Gladys Rama
- May 16, 2012
Yahoo is cutting ties with CEO Scott Thompson amid controversy over falsified academic credentials on Thompson's resume.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 15, 2012
Microsoft recently rolled out a community technology preview (CTP) of the forthcoming Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2008 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 15, 2012
Microsoft may catch a break in another patents infringement case against Motorola over so-called "push" technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 14, 2012
An attorney at Mozilla, which makes the Firefox Web browser, contended that Microsoft restricts browser choice on Windows RT (formerly known as "Windows 8 on ARM"), effectively moving the company into antitrust territory.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 11, 2012
A Microsoft executive explained the company's cloud-centric corporate strategy on Tuesday at a financial analyst event.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 10, 2012
Microsoft this week detailed some of the improvements coming to Remote Desktop Services (RDS) with the release of Windows Server 2012.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 10, 2012
Former Microsoft evangelist Steve Marx talks about Microsoft PaaS and his new role working with Windows Azure at Aditi Technologies.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 09, 2012