Apple on Tuesday launched a new iPhone, but it failed to live up to the expectations of those anticipating a major facelift to the popular smartphone.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 04, 2011
This week's sold-out SharePoint Conference in Anaheim, Calif. began with a Microsoft keynote touting the collaboration product's rapid growth. Now, a new survey from analyst firm Forrester Research is drilling down into the reasons for its rise.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 04, 2011
Microsoft opened Day 1 of its SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, Calif. by talking about the upcoming release of the first major update to SharePoint Online.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 03, 2011
Former VP at CDW and poster child for Microsoft partners, Liz Eversoll, is starting a new firm focused on social, mobile, local and cloud.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 01, 2011
Microsoft and Samsung signed an intellectual property agreement this week that lets Samsung use Google's Android OS in Samsung mobile device products.
- By Lee Pender
- September 30, 2011
According to a study commissioned by Azaleos Corp., one of Microsoft's top Gold Certified Partners, adoption of Microsoft SharePoint is growing, but its management costs are not decreasing. One reason cited is the lack of trained personnel.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 29, 2011
Web retailer Amazon.com is looking to upend the tablet market with the release of the Kindle Fire.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 28, 2011
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that Windows Phone 7.5, code-named "Mango," is now being distributed worldwide by mobile service providers. There is one caveat, however: The update will be available to only 10 percent of smartphone customers this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 28, 2011
The corporate vice president of Microsoft's Consumer & Online (C&O) business, Darren Huston, is leaving the company to become CEO of Priceline subsidiary Booking.com, Microsoft confirmed on Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 27, 2011
With Windows 8, Microsoft is edging toward the world of connected devices championed by its former chief software architect, Ray Ozzie.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2011
Microsoft recently debunked the claim that Windows 8 will not allow Linux OSes to coexist in a dual-boot configuration on PCs, based on use of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 25, 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co. today fired president and CEO Leo Apotheker and tapped former eBay chief Meg Whitman to replace him.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 23, 2011
Rajat Taneja, a 15-year Microsoft veteran who most recently served as the vice president of Microsoft's Commerce Division, is leaving the company to become CTO of game software publisher Electronic Arts (EA), a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 23, 2011
Analysts at consultancy Directions on Microsoft summarized the basic feature changes for Windows 8 and Windows Server 8 that Microsoft outlined during last week's Build conference, as well as speculated on future trends.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 23, 2011
A Microsoft general manager said on Wednesday that carriers and handset manufacturers might begin rolling out the Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" updates to customers as early as next week.
- By Kathleen Richards
- September 22, 2011
According to the latest projections from Gartner, Apple's iOS and Google's Android will be the dominant tablet operating systems in the market through 2015, with Microsoft's Windows 8 OS trailing at a distant third.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 22, 2011
Microsoft spent some time at last week's Build conference to spotlight how five of its major partners -- Cisco, NEC, 5nine, Broadcom and inMon -- are already using the extensible virtual switch in Hyper-V 3.0 for Windows Server 8.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 21, 2011
The disarray at Hewlett-Packard Co. is taking on a new twist as the company's board is reportedly weighing the ouster of CEO Leo Apotheker.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 21, 2011
For all of its focus on Windows 8 during last week's Build conference in Anaheim, Calif., Microsoft still has not said unequivocally what x86 applications the forthcoming OS will eventually support.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 20, 2011
Microsoft's sold-out Build conference just wrapped up in Anaheim, Calif. Here's a guide to all of our conference coverage, including news and analysis.