Windows 8 will be released to manufacturing (RTM) in the first week of August and be generally available in October.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 09, 2012
Microsoft is acquiring Perceptive Pixel Inc., a provider of large-scale, multi-touch technology, for an undisclosed amount.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2012
Microsoft for the first time will allow its broad base of partners to handle customer billing for the Office 365 suite, addressing what has been the single biggest controversy in the Microsoft channel for the last few years.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 09, 2012
Microsoft on Thursday revealed that Windows Server 2012, currently available as a release candidate, will have only four editions: Datacenter, Standard, Essentials and Foundation.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 05, 2012
Those running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99, Microsoft said on Monday in a blog post.
- By Chris Paoli
- July 03, 2012
A number of Windows 8-dedicated devices made their debut at the huge Asian computer show, Computex, in June.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2012
Office 365 hit its one-year anniversary on Wednesday, an occasion Microsoft marked by launching a free Education edition as well as announcing a schedule for Live@edu migrations starting this summer.
- By David Nagel, Gladys Rama
- June 28, 2012
Microsoft on Tuesday gave Tech-Ed Europe attendees a preview of how application management works using the Windows Intune and Windows Azure Active Directory services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 27, 2012
Microsoft is acquiring enterprise social networking company Yammer Inc. for $1.2 billion in cash, Redmond officials said on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 25, 2012
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft's just-announced tablet play, Surface, is long on looks. Here's a graphical look at Microsoft's first entree into the PC hardware business.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 19, 2012
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft finally took the wraps off its "Surface" tablet, and it's pretty striking. While it's too early to tell whether Surface will be a coup or a flop, Monday's launch event gave us plenty to think about. Here are our first impressions.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 19, 2012
WEB EXCLUSIVE: A side-by-side comparison of the two tablets' specs.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 19, 2012
Microsoft released the second community test preview (CTP2) of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 last week. A beta of SP1 is expected to be released in the second half of this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 18, 2012
Microsoft announced at TechEd last week that it is using the brand name RemoteFX to cover a collection of its virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technologies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 18, 2012
Microsoft released new betas for its Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) this week, as well as announced that it "will not invest" in its Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) solution for Windows 8.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 14, 2012