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
Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) for Exchange 2013 is now available from Microsoft, enabling organizations to go forward with on-premises deployments that mix Exchange Server 2013 with earlier Exchange Server versions.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2013
Less than 10 percent of of IT decision-makers in North America and Europe plan to implement virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments, according to a recent report by Forrester Research.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2013
Two editions of Microsoft's Windows Embedded 8 Industry product were released to original equipment manufacturers and enterprises on Tuesday -- Pro and Pro Retail.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2013
A Linux developer group in Spain called Hispalinux last week issued a complaint with the European Commission (EC) over Microsoft's "secure boot" feature, according to Reuters.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 01, 2013