A consortium of companies that includes Microsoft and Apple has been cleared to start receiving royalties from the assets it purchased last year from the former Nortel Networks Corp.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 13, 2012
Microsoft rolled out an online backup service for the Windows Server 8 beta late last month, though not everyone can try it out.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 12, 2012
Windows Mobile Marketplace, the online app store for Microsoft's aging Windows Mobile smartphone OS, will be shut down in two months.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 09, 2012
Microsoft this week launched a community test preview (CTP) of Windows Embedded Standard 8, which is based on the forthcoming Windows 8 operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 07, 2012
Apple took the wraps off its third-generation iPad during a debut event on Wednesday.
- By David Nagel
- March 07, 2012
SQL Server 2012, Microsoft's newest relational database management system, hit the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) milestone on Tuesday and is available for download and testing as an evaluation version.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 06, 2012
For years, computing behemoth IBM viewed managed services providers (MSP) as competitors, but that's a thing of the past.
- By Pedro Pereira
- March 05, 2012
Windows 7 is gaining on the aging Windows XP operating system, according to the latest market share estimates from Net Applications.
- By Chris Paoli
- March 02, 2012
Windows Phone's biggest challenge is insufficient consumer awareness, a Microsoft executive said at Mobile World Congress, which took place this week in Barcelona.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 02, 2012
The Small Business Competency is coming to the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) in June, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 01, 2012
Microsoft on Thursday formally announced the beta of Windows Server 8, which was made available for download and testing on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 01, 2012
Components of Microsoft's Windows Azure service are still crippled after a series of hours-long outages affecting multiple countries.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 29, 2012
Microsoft released the betas for Windows 8 and Windows Server 8, as well as launched the Windows Store for applications, on Wednesday at an event in in Barcelona, Spain.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 29, 2012
Two key products for Microsoft developers hit the beta milestone on Wednesday: Visual Studio 11 and .NET Framework 4.5.
- By Keith Ward
- February 29, 2012
Microsoft has entered a deal with enterprise mobile management and security firm Good Technology to bring encrypted e-mail to Windows Phone.
- By Chris Paoli
- February 28, 2012
Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of VoIP giant Skype is bearing fruit: A beta of the Skype app for Windows Phone is now available for download.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 27, 2012
Microsoft is expanding Windows Phone's language and hardware support in an effort to extend the platform's availability to developing markets, the company announced Monday at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 27, 2012
Richer mobile apps and Apple tablet support give Microsoft a better parity case against Salesforce.com on an important user requirement.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 26, 2012
A leaked screenshot allegedly of "Office 15" suggests Microsoft's next-generation productivity suite will have support for touch.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 24, 2012
Microsoft complained to the European Commission on Wednesday about standard-essential patents licensing terms set by Motorola Mobility, even as Google is getting ready to acquire that company.
- By Gladys Rama, Kurt Mackie
- February 23, 2012