Intel reported a total of $12.6 billion in earnings for its fiscal first quarter on Tuesday, during the last earnings call with CEO and President Paul Otellini at the helm.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 18, 2013
In a move that effectively positions itself against Amazon Web Services, Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 16, 2013
Selling cloud service subscriptions isn't a bad strategy -- as long as you use them to set the stage for sales of your own suite of services.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- April 15, 2013
In an effort to bolster its chances in the tablet arena against smaller devices using Google Android and Apple iOS, Microsoft is expanding its Surface line of tablet PCs with a 7-inch model, according to a report.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 11, 2013
A new report from IDC indicates that first-quarter PC shipments dropped by nearly 14 percent over the year-ago period, the largest decline since IDC began tracking PC shipments in 1994.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2013
The message during the Microsoft Management Summit's opening keynote in Las Vegas was par for the course: Microsoft products run best with other Microsoft products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 10, 2013
With its Open Licensing move, Microsoft finally enlists all partners in the Office 365 effort.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 10, 2013
Betas of Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and SharePoint 2010 SP2 are now available for testing, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 09, 2013
Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD), Microsoft's cloud-based identity management solution, on Monday moved from a preview stage to "general availability" as a commercial service for use by organizations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 09, 2013
Microsoft announced the availability of a "public paid preview" of its Windows Azure Backup service on Monday, during the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 09, 2013
SQL Server 2000 will lose its "extended support" from Microsoft on Tuesday, April 9, when it reaches the end of its product lifecycle.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 08, 2013
After April 9, Microsoft will no longer deliver free security patches to users of Office for Mac 2008.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 07, 2013
Falling PC shipments over the next four years will mean tough times ahead for Microsoft, according to new first-quarter data announced Thursday by Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2013
IBM has thrown its weight behind the OpenStack project, joining the likes of heavyweights HP, Intel, Cisco and Dell.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 03, 2013
A new high-end Chromebook delivers LTE, touch and an extremely rich display.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 02, 2013