In the midst of an especially litigious period in the mobile space, Microsoft is issuing a call for greater fairness and clarity in licensing.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 09, 2012
Lead Microsoft program managers Sharif Farag and Ben Srour went into further detail about how those capabilities work with applications in a "Building Windows 8" blog post on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2012
Microsoft has struck an agreement relating to consumer experience technologies with Campbell, Calif.-based 24/7 Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2012
In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, an attorney at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said Microsoft makes an unconvincing case in its patent infringement suit against Barnes & Noble.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2012
System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection, Microsoft's next-generation enterprise-grade security solution for clients and servers, is getting a tune-up.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2012
Microsoft dropped one of the disputed patents from its lawsuit against Barnes & Noble on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 06, 2012
Microsoft announced some upcoming enhancements to the so called "kiosk worker" plans in its Office 365 offering last month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 04, 2012
Microsoft scored a legal victory this week in its intellectual property dispute against bookseller Barnes & Noble over the use of the Android mobile operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 02, 2012
It looks like Dell is looking to up the ante in software. The company on Thursday named veteran John Swainson president of its newly created software group.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 02, 2012
Kinect, Microsoft's popular motion-sensor technology for Xbox, is now available for PCs.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 01, 2012
A statement from Microsoft first published in a a GeekWire story on Wednesday indicates the company is cutting marketing positions.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 01, 2012
Microsoft is offering a free trial app of a new test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2012
Microsoft's System Center Advisor, a new service addition to the System Center management suite, became generally available last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 30, 2012
The next generation of Microsoft's productivity suite, code-named "Office 15," is now in the technical preview stage.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 30, 2012
In a webinar on Thursday, consultancy firm Directions on Microsoft described a rough timeline for Microsoft's emerging products and services in 2012 and beyond.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2012
As evidenced by its record-shattering earnings report, Apple is making significant inroads in the enterprise -- a prospect once unimaginable.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 26, 2012
Dell has announced the new vStart 200 server, a new hardware product that can host up to 200 virtual machines.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 25, 2012
SQL Server 2012, the next generation of Microsoft's relational database management system, appears to be marching closer to product release.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 25, 2012
Sales of iPhones, iPads and Macintosh computers blew away all expectations for the quarter ended Dec. 31, Apple said Tuesday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 25, 2012
Microsoft is shuttering its annual Web developer-centric MIX conference in favor of a new and still-unnamed developer show that will take place sometime this year, the company said on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 24, 2012