Microsoft dropped one of the disputed patents from its lawsuit against Barnes & Noble on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 06, 2012
Microsoft announced some upcoming enhancements to the so called "kiosk worker" plans in its Office 365 offering last month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 04, 2012
Microsoft scored a legal victory this week in its intellectual property dispute against bookseller Barnes & Noble over the use of the Android mobile operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 02, 2012
It looks like Dell is looking to up the ante in software. The company on Thursday named veteran John Swainson president of its newly created software group.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 02, 2012
Kinect, Microsoft's popular motion-sensor technology for Xbox, is now available for PCs.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 01, 2012
A statement from Microsoft first published in a a GeekWire story on Wednesday indicates the company is cutting marketing positions.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 01, 2012
Microsoft is offering a free trial app of a new test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2012
Microsoft's System Center Advisor, a new service addition to the System Center management suite, became generally available last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 30, 2012
The next generation of Microsoft's productivity suite, code-named "Office 15," is now in the technical preview stage.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 30, 2012
In a webinar on Thursday, consultancy firm Directions on Microsoft described a rough timeline for Microsoft's emerging products and services in 2012 and beyond.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2012
As evidenced by its record-shattering earnings report, Apple is making significant inroads in the enterprise -- a prospect once unimaginable.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 26, 2012
Dell has announced the new vStart 200 server, a new hardware product that can host up to 200 virtual machines.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 25, 2012
SQL Server 2012, the next generation of Microsoft's relational database management system, appears to be marching closer to product release.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 25, 2012
Sales of iPhones, iPads and Macintosh computers blew away all expectations for the quarter ended Dec. 31, Apple said Tuesday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 25, 2012
Microsoft is shuttering its annual Web developer-centric MIX conference in favor of a new and still-unnamed developer show that will take place sometime this year, the company said on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 24, 2012
Microsoft reported a positive fiscal Q2 in its earnings call on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 20, 2012
Besides Microsoft, Google, Intel and IBM also announced their Q4 and full-year earnings results on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 20, 2012
Microsoft quietly named Susan Hauser the corporate vice president of its Worldwide Enterprise and Partner Group last month.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 20, 2012
The controversy surrounding a "secure boot" feature that Microsoft will require of computer makers with Windows 8 refuses to die.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 19, 2012
One of Microsoft largest partners, Hewlett-Packard, this week named a new chief strategy officer: Bill Veghte, the former senior vice president of Microsoft's Windows business.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 19, 2012