Microsoft has lowered the cost of licensing Windows 8 for its original equipment manufacturing (OEM) partners in response to less-than-robust uptake of devices running the new operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 11, 2013
Global PC shipments will contract in 2013 for the second straight year, according to market research firm IDC.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 06, 2013
Microsoft has made some management improvements to Windows Azure, on the heels of adding federation capabilities between Windows Azure and Windows Server.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 04, 2013
Thursday will be the last day to get and use a promotional code entitling consumers to a discount on upgrading a new Windows 7 PC to Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 26, 2013
The Windows 8 refresh code-named Windows "Blue" has just completed its first milestone build (M1), according to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
- By Chris Paoli
- February 19, 2013
Windows 8 devices, with their built-in security capabilities, could simplify matters for organizations considering bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scenarios, according to Wave Systems Corp., an independent software vendor and board member of the Trusted Computing Group.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 15, 2013
In response to questions about Microsoft's market strategy with Windows 8, Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein repeated the same basic response: The Windows 8 ecosystem is still evolving.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 14, 2013
The third service pack for Exchange 2010, which will enable the older e-mail server to work with some of Microsoft's newer product releases, was released on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2013
The rumored Windows "Blue" might be a wave of frequently issued updates to various Microsoft products, instead of just a new flagship operating system, according to a press report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2013
In preparation for Saturday's launch of the Surface Pro tablet, Microsoft's Surface team on Wednesday fielded questions about the device in a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) session.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2013
Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has made few inroads in the months since its release, according to data from IDC announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2013
In a Q&A, D&H Distributing Co-President Michael Schwab says structural factors are giving Windows 8 a slow start, but he predicts some of those same dynamics will make the new OS a huge hit in the near future.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 30, 2013
WEB EXCLUSIVE: The Windows Division may have been the star of Microsoft's recent Q2 FY'13 earnings report, but what other insights do the numbers reveal? RCP reads between the lines of Microsoft's latest financial earnings.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 28, 2013
For those still on the fence about upgrading to Windows 8, Jan. 31 is when Microsoft's upgrade promotional offers will end for the two Windows 8 editions.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 24, 2013
Originally expected to become available this month, the x86-based Surface Pro tablet PCs running Windows 8 will hit retail shelves on Feb. 9 in the United States and Canada, Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 22, 2013