Nov 8, 2012, 3:39 PM Microsoft touts Office 365’s ‘enterprise class service’ during email outage Microsoft says it’s restoring Office 365 email service to customers in United States and the rest of the continent after… Read More
Nov 8, 2012, 12:59 PM Microsoft expects 16,000 students at Windows 8 hackathon Microsoft is pulling out all the stops in its bid to bolster the catalog of apps for its latest versions… Read More
Nov 8, 2012, 10:29 AM Microsoft vet Doug Hebenthal sets sail after 21 years, lands at Amazon Doug Hebenthal, who helped create the Xbox game console and the original Zune media player, has left the company after… Read More
Nov 7, 2012, 2:03 PM Microsoft Surface destroys iPad in hilarious fake ad You’ve probably come across Apple’s clever new iPad mini advertisement featuring the two-hand duet from “Heart and Soul.” I thought… Read More
Nov 7, 2012, 12:35 PM Chart: Tablets cutting legs out from under regular PCs Last month we published a preliminary version of the chart above, showing the unit sales trends for traditional PCs through… Read More
Nov 7, 2012, 9:50 AM Investing internationally: Microsoft pouring $100M into Brazil tech center, startup accelerator program Within the next four years, Rio de Janeiro will be host to the Summer Olympics, the World Cup, and now… Read More
Nov 7, 2012, 8:06 AM Report: Microsoft Office for iPad, Android to offer editing with subscription Earlier today, Microsoft expanded its Xbox SmartGlass app to the iPhone and iPad, following up on the earlier release for… Read More
Nov 7, 2012, 4:37 AM SmartGlass for iOS: Microsoft turns iPhone and iPad into true Xbox 360 companions Microsoft’s Xbox SmartGlass app made its debut on iOS overnight, released as an upgrade to the Redmond company’s previous Xbox… Read More
Nov 6, 2012, 1:37 PM Latest Dilbert strip takes an indirect swing at Microsoft There’s no actual mention of Microsoft in the today’s Dilbert strip, but it doesn’t take a genius to see… Read More
Nov 6, 2012, 10:51 AM Confirmed: Microsoft retiring Messenger, shifting to Skype Microsoft’s Skype division this morning confirmed that the company will be retiring its Windows Live Messenger service and shifting users… Read More
Nov 6, 2012, 9:28 AM A 7-inch Xbox Surface? Yes, this makes a ton of sense Back in June, hours before Microsoft unveiled its new Surface tablet computer, a series of apparent leaks pointed to the… Read More
Nov 6, 2012, 7:31 AM Microsoft Surface Diary: Here’s my keyboard advice One of the big decisions people have to make when considering a Microsoft Surface tablet involves the keyboards: Which one… Read More
Nov 5, 2012, 3:34 PM Master Chief returns: Halo 4 launches at midnight in 10,000 stores worldwide Dear bosses of employees who love Halo: Tomorrow might not be the most productive day of the year. Halo 4… Read More
Nov 5, 2012, 1:56 PM Microsoft Surface tested as balloting device in Virginia Here’s an interesting milestone for Microsoft Surface: One of the tablets is being tested in Virginia this week as a… Read More
Nov 5, 2012, 10:16 AM Report: Skype to replace Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger Microsoft will be phasing out its Windows Live Messenger instant-messaging and video calling software in the coming months and replacing… Read More
Nov 5, 2012, 9:20 AM After Icahn takes Netflix stake, streaming video service looks to fend off unwanted suitors Shares of Netflix surged last week after billionaire investor Carl Icahn purchased 9.98 percent of the streaming media service, suggesting… Read More
Nov 4, 2012, 7:47 AM Commentary: Microsoft Surface breaks out of the walled garden While working at Activision some 16 years ago, I negotiated with Microsoft to build out an Internet presence around our… Read More
Nov 3, 2012, 5:35 PM Xbox team’s ‘consumer detector’ would dis-Kinect freeloading TV viewers A newly surfaced patent filing from Microsoft’s Xbox Incubation team details one of the new innovations they’ve been thinking about.… Read More
Nov 2, 2012, 8:10 AM Report: Yep, Microsoft is testing its own smartphone Microsoft is testing its own smartphone design, preparing for the possibility of developing its own device, but the company hasn’t… Read More
Nov 2, 2012, 7:33 AM Microsoft Surface Diary: Bing, SmartGlass and settling in with our tablet Here’s a good sign: For the last couple of mornings, I’ve gone looking for my family’s Microsoft Surface tablet —… Read More
Nov 2, 2012, 6:57 AM Android vs. iOS: 136 million to 27 million shipments in Q3 Android continued to gain market share during the third quarter, accounting for 75 percent of all smartphone shipments. That compared… Read More
Nov 1, 2012, 10:40 AM Halo’s success by the numbers: 46 million games, $3 billion in revenue You already knew that Halo was a popular series and here are the numbers to prove it. Just days before… Read More
Oct 31, 2012, 10:55 PM Real politics: Why candidates are sprouting from RealNetworks and other tech companies A few months ago, I wrote a story about the role that RealNetworks has played in creating a wave of… Read More
Oct 31, 2012, 6:45 PM A Steve Jobs flash mob; iPad fans react to Windows 8; and October’s other top posts Whoa, what a month. Was it us, or did the technology industry simply explode with activity in October? Every day… Read More
Oct 31, 2012, 4:26 PM Microsoft founders Allen, Gates reconnect after year-long rift Paul Allen’s memoir, Idea Man, is out in paperback this week, and the Microsoft co-founder has penned an epilogue updating… Read More
Oct 31, 2012, 9:00 AM Microsoft Surface Diary: ‘Remind me how you control this thing again?’ Before my family started using our new Microsoft Surface tablet, we spent a little time going over the navigation techniques… Read More
Oct 30, 2012, 11:30 AM Office 365 migration service SkyKick raises $1.1 million SkyKick, a Seattle startup designed to help businesses easily move to Office 365, confirmed with GeekWire that it has raised… Read More
Oct 30, 2012, 11:05 AM VIDEO: Ballmer amps up developer crowd with Microsoft Surface giveaway No, he didn’t yell “developers, developers, developers” — maybe that’s too old-school at this point — but Microsoft CEO Steve… Read More
Oct 30, 2012, 10:02 AM Twitter and Dropbox are making new Windows 8 apps OK, so Windows 8 is out, but what about the apps? Microsoft exec Steve Guggenheimer is on stage right now (above)… Read More
Oct 30, 2012, 9:16 AM Microsoft: 4M individual Windows 8 upgrades sold I’m over at the Microsoft Build conference in Redmond this morning, where CEO Steve Ballmer is addressing a crowd of… Read More
