The release-to-Web version of Internet Explorer 9 is scheduled to become available this Monday, Microsoft announced at the South by Southwest (SXSW) event in Austin.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 10, 2011
Kinect, Microsoft's Xbox 360 add-on for motion and voice control, is the fastest-selling consumer electronics product in Guinness' history.
- By Chris Paoli
- March 10, 2011
Microsoft has made available the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2011, which includes updated desktop virtualization and application virtualization tools.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 10, 2011
Microsoft released Service Pack 1 of Visual Studio 2010 on Tuesday, as well as a preview of the upcoming LightSwitch Beta 2.
- By Michael Desmond
- March 08, 2011
According to a Bloomberg report citing unnamed sources, Microsoft will pay Nokia more than $1 billion for Windows phone promotional and development efforts.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 08, 2011
According to a comScore report, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is fourth in the rankings, trailing Android, Research In Motion and Apple.
- By Chris Paoli
- March 07, 2011
Microsoft is planning to roll out a version of Windows for tablets during the 2012 school season, according to unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg media.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 05, 2011
On Friday, Microsoft launched a Web site devoted to killing Internet Explorer 6 -- or at least shrinking its global browser share to 1 percent.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 04, 2011
Salesforce.com is beefing up the social networking capabilities of its Service Desk app with support for native Facebook integration.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 03, 2011
For the second quarter in a row, research firm Gartner Inc. has slashed its forecast for worldwide PC shipments.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 03, 2011
Microsoft wrapped up its 2011 MVP Global Summit, an annual invitation-only gathering of Microsoft product insiders, on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 03, 2011
Apple has announced that it will ship the new dual-core iPad 2 next week.
- By David Nagel
- March 02, 2011
T-Mobile announced that it plans to stop using Microsoft's Danger data service for its Sidekick mobile device users after May 31.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 02, 2011
In a broad outreach to partners and customers in the Asia-Pacific region, Amazon Web Services today said it has opened a datacenter in Tokyo.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 02, 2011
Cisco debuted its Jabber unified communications suite of products on Tuesday at the Enterprise Connect 2011 trade show in Orlando.
- By Dan Rowinski
- March 01, 2011
Windows Embedded Compact 7, Microsoft's latest compact componentized operating system for device manufacturers, was released on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 01, 2011
According to IDC on Monday, the global server market yielded very positive results in the fourth quarter of 2010.
- By Chris Paoli
- March 01, 2011
Cloud-based systems management product acquired MSP capabilities in a second beta, and partner internal-use rights are included in Microsoft's partner program.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 28, 2011
Microsoft has released a new connector to link its Dynamics AX enterprise resource planning solution with its customer relationship management solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 28, 2011
Microsoft's tracking protection approach, which is used in the Internet Explorer 9 release candidate, is up for review at the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C).
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 28, 2011