Microsoft has confirmed that it has stopped production of its standalone Zune media players.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 11, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released Service Pack 3 (SP3) for SQL Server 2008 on Thursday, about one year after the release of SP2.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 10, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Jared Spataro, a senior director of SharePoint product management at Microsoft, explained the nuances of the keynote in an interview during the Anaheim, Calif. conference. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 10, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced this week that Service Pack 3 for Office 2007 and SharePoint 2007, expected by year's end or sooner, will be "likely final" for both products.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- October 07, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is one step closer to finalizing its $8.5 acquisition of Skype with this week's approval from the European Commission.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 07, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Apple announced Wednesday afternoon that Steve Jobs has passed away. 
                    
			            - By Redmondmag.com  Editors
- October 05, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Apple on Tuesday launched a new iPhone, but it failed to live up to the expectations of those anticipating a major facelift to the popular smartphone.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 04, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    This week's sold-out SharePoint Conference in Anaheim, Calif. began with a Microsoft keynote touting the collaboration product's rapid growth. Now, a new survey from analyst firm Forrester Research is drilling down into the reasons for its rise.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 04, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft opened Day 1 of its SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, Calif. by talking about the upcoming release of the first major update to SharePoint Online. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- October 03, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Former VP at CDW and poster child for Microsoft partners, Liz Eversoll, is starting a new firm focused on social, mobile, local and cloud.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- October 01, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Samsung signed an intellectual property agreement this week that lets Samsung use Google's Android OS in Samsung mobile device products.
                    
			            - By Lee  Pender
- September 30, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to a study commissioned by Azaleos Corp., one of Microsoft's top Gold Certified Partners, adoption of Microsoft SharePoint is growing, but its management costs are not decreasing. One reason cited is the lack of trained personnel. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Web retailer Amazon.com is looking to upend the tablet market with the release of the Kindle Fire.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- September 28, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced on Tuesday that Windows Phone 7.5, code-named "Mango," is now being distributed worldwide by mobile service providers. There is one caveat, however: The update will be available to only 10 percent of smartphone customers this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 28, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The corporate vice president of Microsoft's Consumer & Online (C&O) business, Darren Huston, is leaving the company to become CEO of Priceline subsidiary Booking.com, Microsoft confirmed on Monday.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- September 27, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With Windows 8, Microsoft is edging toward the world of connected devices championed by its former chief software architect, Ray Ozzie. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 26, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently debunked the claim that Windows 8 will not allow Linux OSes to coexist in a dual-boot configuration on PCs, based on use of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 25, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. today fired president and CEO Leo Apotheker and tapped former eBay chief Meg Whitman to replace him.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- September 23, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Rajat Taneja, a 15-year Microsoft veteran who most recently served as the vice president of Microsoft's Commerce Division, is leaving the company to become CTO of game software publisher Electronic Arts (EA), a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- September 23, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Analysts at consultancy Directions on Microsoft summarized the basic feature changes for Windows 8 and Windows Server 8 that Microsoft outlined during last week's Build conference, as well as speculated on future trends.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 23, 2011