The tile-based interface was the star attraction of the final Microsoft Consumer Electronics Show keynote.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 16, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft had few announcements at CES but OEM partners brought out new Windows-based laptops and phones.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 13, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The cloud contracts just keep on coming for Google, which this week inked a deal for the biggest rollout of its Google Apps suite to date. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- January 12, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Partners would be ill-advised to ignore the growing popularity of app stores. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 11, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new report by Forrester Research suggests the growing business adoption of Apple iPads and Macs is displacing Microsoft's grip on the corporate market with PCs.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 11, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Kinect for Windows hardware will go on sale for $249 starting Feb. 1, when a free commercial software development kit (SDK) will also be available for download.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 10, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With this reportedly being the last Consumer Electronics Show to feature Microsoft as a headliner, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's opening-day keynote should have been a shining moment. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 10, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft talked more about storage options in Windows 8 on Thursday, promising a sophisticated "storage spaces" feature that works with the operating system's New Technology File System (NTFS).
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 06, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will reveal more about its vision for the private cloud during an hour-long webinar on Jan. 17 titled "Transforming IT With Microsoft Private Cloud."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 05, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to a report published Monday by DigiTimes, PC manufacturers Acer and Lenovo are planning to release tablets running Windows 8 on Intel's x86 "Clover Trail" system-on-chip (SoC) silicon as early as June or July.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 05, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has filed suit against U.K.-based retailer Comet for allegedly selling counterfeit Windows Vista and Windows XP system recovery CDs. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 05, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Inside the Microsoft Windows 8 development labs, the company had a few dozen PCs and other peripheral devices used to test its first preview of its new OS and Metro interface. Here are nine of them. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 03, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    RCP asked 19 channel luminaries for their best piece of advice for the year ahead. Here are their tips on ways to make 2012 a banner year for Microsoft partners. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 03, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Forrester Research report finds waning consumer interest in a Windows-based tablet.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 03, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The fight for market share is intensifying, and as a result the costs for a share point of growth are getting frightfully more expensive.
                    
			            - By Mike  Harvath
- January 03, 2012