Microsoft spent much of Wednesday's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) keynote touting recent improvements to Windows and Windows Phone, but gave few details about its plan for the platforms going forward.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 17, 2014
Microsoft on Friday launched "Windows Apportals," a custom portal technology for organizations using Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 13, 2014
Windows 9, code-named "Threshold," will include improvements for those who primarily use the traditional desktop environment for Win32-based applications, according to longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 01, 2014
Microsoft is preparing to unveil Windows 8.1 Update 2 and an early version of Windows 9 at July's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), according to online leaker "WZor."
- By Gladys Rama
- June 27, 2014
For individual Windows 8.1 users, Tuesday marked the installation deadline for Windows 8.1 Update.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2014
The Start Menu may not return to Windows until next year's release of Windows 9, rumored to be code-named "Threshold."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2014
A new Windows 8.1 edition with Bing will come preinstalled on lower-cost devices starting this fall, Microsoft announced on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 23, 2014
CA Technologies, a gold Microsoft application development partner, on Thursday released a free tool for organizations interested in moving off of Windows XP.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 22, 2014
Consumers have one more month to install Windows 8.1 Update and ensure that they continue to receive support for future updates.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 12, 2014
A faster Windows release cycle means organizations may struggle to keep pace with updates for other products, such as Windows Server and Visual Studio, according to analyst Wes Miller.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2014
A second update to Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is reportedly in the pipeline this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 23, 2014
Microsoft has lowered the cost for its custom support services for Windows XP, according to a report from Computerworld.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 17, 2014
Volume licensing customers can now access Microsoft's updates to Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry on the company's Volume License Service Center (VLSC).
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 14, 2014
Global PC shipments continued to slip in the first quarter of 2014, though the drop was not as steep as analysts had expected.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 10, 2014
Windows XP may have taken the lion's share of the spotlight on April 8 when it hit its "extended support" deadline, but many other Microsoft software products also lost support on that date.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 08, 2014