A new Microsoft blog series is giving the public some insight into Windows 8, the upcoming Microsoft client operating system that is currently under development.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 16, 2011
In a stunning move that could upend the smartphone market, Google today said it will acquire phone handset maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion in cash.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 15, 2011
Microsoft has unveiled the new "Partner Exam Academy," an online resource that gives those pursuing Microsoft certifications access to free and for-fee exam-prep materials.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 15, 2011
The ongoing feud between Microsoft and Google over the Google-backed Android mobile OS continued this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 13, 2011
Rebtel, the No. 2 VoIP company in the world behind Skype in terms of revenue, has named former Microsoft mobile engineer Daniel Forsman to its executive ranks.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 12, 2011
A deal with Microsoft to put Windows on Motorola's mobile devices is not out of the question, according to a top Motorola executive on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 11, 2011
Smartphones are on a rising tide, but the Windows Phone 7 boat isn't getting a lift.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 11, 2011
Gartner Inc.'s latest model predicts 94 percent of all PCs will ship with Windows 7 in 2011, and that by year end, Windows 7 will be the leading OS version worldwide.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 10, 2011
Microsoft and Amazon both suffered brief cloud outages on Sunday when lightning struck cloud datacenters run by both companies in Dublin, Ireland.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 09, 2011
Charlie Kindel, a 21-year Microsoft veteran and a key figure in Microsoft's Windows Phone business, is leaving the company to found his own startup.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 08, 2011
Two Microsoft executives have stepped forward to refute Google's contention that Microsoft and other companies have made a concerted effort to "attack" the Android mobile OS.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 05, 2011
Former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel has been named the new Federal CIO, replacing Vivek Kundra, who was the first to hold that position.
- By Alice Lipowicz
- August 04, 2011
According to Google's senior vice president and chief legal officer David Drummond, Android is under attack from intellectual property lawyers at Microsoft, Apple and Oracle.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 03, 2011
On Monday, Microsoft made available the second release of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2011, a suite of seven tools for IT professionals running Windows environments.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 02, 2011
Laplink Software, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner based in Bellevue, Wash., has rolled out an upgraded channel partner program for PC resellers, VARs and system integrators.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 02, 2011
Microsoft made its Dynamics AX 2012 product generally available in 25 countries on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 01, 2011
A long-running dispute regarding Microsoft's use of a patented Alcatel-Lucent software technology called "Day" culminated on Friday with a jury awarding Alcatel-Lucent $70 million in damages.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 31, 2011
For Microsoft global alliance partner Dimension Data, the OpSource acquisition both takes the company to the cloud, and gives it a more multivendor presence up there.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 31, 2011
Google has purchased 1,030 patents from IBM that cover server and router architectures, chip fabrication and search technologies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 30, 2011
Red Hat Linux operating systems running on Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor now have continued interoperability support, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 28, 2011