A beta of Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 operating system will be released in late February, a Microsoft official confirmed on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 07, 2011
Besides revealing the approximate release date of the Windows 8 beta, Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled details about its forthcoming online store for selling Windows 8 Metro-style applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 07, 2011
Analyst firm IDC forecasts a less-than-stellar showing for Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, expected to be rolled out in 2012.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 06, 2011
Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2010, which includes update rollups since SP1 and a few requested items, was released on Sunday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 05, 2011
A report by longtime Microsoft observer Mary Jo Foley suggests that Microsoft may be rethinking its plan to support both "Metro-style" and legacy "Desktop" applications on ARM-based Windows 8 tablets.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 02, 2011
According to two separate reports, Microsoft could release a beta of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system in "late January" or "late February."
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 02, 2011
Parallels announced Thursday the addition of three senior executives, including a Microsoft technical fellow, to support the cloud services enablement and desktop virtualization company's global growth goals.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2011
After one year on the market, Microsoft's newest unified communications offering has grown 25 percent -- with no small thanks to Microsoft's partners.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 01, 2011
Microsoft has inked a protocol licensing agreement with mobile solutions provider AgreeYa Mobility that will help Microsoft roll out an enterprise product that enables mobile devices to establish connections with Microsoft software and services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 30, 2011
Microsoft released the fourth version of its Internet Explorer (IE) 10 platform preview Web browser prototype on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 30, 2011
Microsoft on Tuesday announced major updates to two of its cloud-based services, Office 365 and SkyDrive.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 29, 2011
Consumer interest in Windows-based tablets has declined over the past six months, according to a report released Tuesday by Forrester Research.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 29, 2011
Microsoft has claimed the dubious honor of being named the most-hated software vendor worldwide, according to a survey by opinion-tracking firm Amplicate.
- By Chris Paoli
- November 28, 2011
Microsoft issued version 2.01 of Windows Phone 7 Connector last week, adding a few fixes and some new features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 28, 2011
Thirty-year IBM veteran expected to follow the strategies set by Palmisano, who remains as chairman.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 27, 2011
Microsoft on Thursday named the third and, for now, final member of its Dynamics Master VAR program: Tribridge, a Tampa, Fla.-based business application partner with 350 employees.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 18, 2011
Subscribers of Microsoft's Office 365 cloud service can now download the Lync for Mac 2011 unified communications solution, which Microsoft broadly released on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 18, 2011
Enterprises with apps running on-premises will be able to tie them to apps running on Microsoft's Windows Azure service through a hybrid cloud offering launched by Fujitsu this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 17, 2011
Forgoing a beta version, Microsoft issued the release candidate (RC) of SQL Server 2012, formerly code-named "Denali," on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 17, 2011
For the most part, Microsoft's shareholder meeting on Tuesday was the usual, speedy, buttoned-down affair; one shareholder even argued that the event should be 30 minutes longer.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 16, 2011