Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 204 of 234

Feb 2, 2012, 6:31 PM

Nearly 100 million Americans own a smartphone, and just 4.7% choose Windows Phone

The holiday season wasn’t too cheerful for Microsoft, at least when it came to its Windows Phone business. According to… Read More

Feb 2, 2012, 4:05 PM

Windows and Windows Phone: Their worlds are colliding

Earlier this week, a veteran Wall Street analyst said in a note to clients that development of Microsoft’s Windows Phone… Read More

Feb 2, 2012, 3:22 PM

4 ways Microsoft can make Azure better for startups

Guest Commentary: This week Microsoft made a big announcement by providing TechStars startups up to $60,000 worth of Windows Azure… Read More

Feb 2, 2012, 3:14 PM

Chart: Who pays the most in Seattle for software engineers

Steve Ballmer was right. It’s all about developers, developers, developers these days. In fact, the market is so hot that… Read More

Feb 2, 2012, 12:19 PM

Chatting with Bill Gates, and your chance to quiz him today

I got a chance to talk with Bill Gates for just a few moments last night at an event previewing… Read More

Feb 2, 2012, 10:57 AM

How Windows is still a better business than Facebook

Facebook’s financial results, revealed yesterday in the company’s IPO filing, showed 2011 profits of $1 billion from sales of more… Read More

Feb 2, 2012, 9:18 AM

Google challenges Microsoft ads, and Microsoft unleashes its ‘Gmail Man’

It’s Day No. 2 in Microsoft’s three-day bid to court Google users, and Google isn’t letting Microsoft’s claims go unanswered.… Read More

Feb 1, 2012, 9:45 AM

Microsoft cutting around 200 jobs in marketing overhaul

Microsoft is proceeding with a plan to reorganize and streamline its marketing groups, and handing out pink slips starting today… Read More

Feb 1, 2012, 6:31 AM

Amazon: 11 patent cases, $771M in acquisitions, and zero specifics on Kindle sales

Amazon filed its Form 10-K annual report with the Securities Exchange Commission this morning, and I’ve been dutifully scouring the… Read More

Feb 1, 2012, 4:22 AM

Microsoft woos disgruntled Google users in full-page newspaper ads — here’s the first one

Concerned about changes in Google’s search and privacy practices? Microsoft is waiting with open arms. That’s the message from the… Read More

Jan 31, 2012, 4:12 PM

Microsoft wins round vs. Barnes & Noble in Android case

Dealing a blow to Barnes & Noble’s defense vs. Microsoft in a closely watched patent case, an International Trade Commission administrative… Read More

Jan 31, 2012, 3:17 PM

Amazon employment still rising, now more than 56,000

Amazon.com has been hiring employees at a rapid pace over the last two years, and the job numbers in the… Read More

Jan 31, 2012, 8:16 AM

Hello, Windows 7? Browsium comes up with new way to run old web apps in IE8, IE9

For all of the advances in computer operating systems and web browsers over the last decade, walking into some companies… Read More

Jan 30, 2012, 11:04 PM

Caradigm? Microsoft and GE signal potential name for health-care initiatives

Microsoft and General Electric, which last month announced plans to form a new health-care technology company, have filed a series… Read More

Jan 30, 2012, 5:55 PM

Ask.com hopes to find the right answer in latest ad campaign

Here’s a key question for Ask.com: Can it find a way to compete against the likes of Google and Microsoft’s… Read More

Jan 30, 2012, 12:40 PM

Microsoft’s Facebook investment: Smartest deal Ballmer ever made?

It was a modest amount in the scheme of things — a $240 million investment by Microsoft in Facebook in… Read More

Jan 30, 2012, 9:30 AM

Microsoft launches secretive Office 15 preview, calls it ‘most ambitious undertaking yet’

Microsoft this morning launched a technical preview of the next generation of its Office programs — releasing the products to… Read More

Jan 30, 2012, 9:01 AM

TechStars perk: Free cloud services from Microsoft’s Windows Azure

Hook ’em while they’re young. That could very well be the code-name of a partnership announced today between Microsoft and… Read More

Jan 30, 2012, 5:22 AM

Battle vs. bogus email: Microsoft, Google, Facebook, others team up on new plan

An unlikely alliance of online giants, including rival email services Microsoft Hotmail and Google Gmail, announced this morning that they’re… Read More

Jan 29, 2012, 7:16 AM

Google vs. your wife, Apple’s piles of cash, rooting for Cozi, and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “In short, we’ll treat you as a… Read More

Jan 27, 2012, 1:05 PM

Kinect in your next laptop? Report says Microsoft working on it

Microsoft is already expanding its Kinect controller beyond the Xbox 360 to to Windows through the release of a commercial… Read More

Jan 27, 2012, 7:32 AM

The Greatest innovators of all time: Edison, Jobs, Zuckerberg (but no Bill Gates?)

Maybe Bill Gates needs to burnish his legacy a bit with the kids. A survey released this week asked 1,010… Read More

Jan 27, 2012, 6:32 AM

Google shows some love for Microsoft’s Windows Phone

We’re still waiting for that official Google+ app for Windows Phone, but the Google Sync team just released some updates that… Read More

Jan 26, 2012, 12:52 PM

Nintendo’s rough patch continues with warning of larger loss

Mario has been in plenty of jams in his day, but never before quite like this. Nintendo, which was already… Read More

Jan 25, 2012, 5:56 PM

Video: Bill Gates on his last visit with Steve Jobs

The story of Bill Gates’ final visit with Steve Jobs was told in Walter Isaacson’s biography of the Apple co-founder,… Read More

Jan 25, 2012, 10:21 AM

Report: Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone will be $99

The Nokia Lumia 900 is being positioned as the flagship Windows Phone in the United States, but a new report… Read More

Jan 25, 2012, 9:42 AM

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Tablets will be bigger than PCs and why Kindle Fire isn’t hurting the iPad

Remember the report last month in which a financial analyst from Stern Agee cut his projections for iPad sales from… Read More

Jan 25, 2012, 8:38 AM

Big Fish hooks an Angry Bird: Wibe Wagemans to head game company’s mobile unit

Wibe Wagemans — who flew the coop at Angry Birds maker Rovio three months ago — just landed at Big Fish… Read More

Jan 25, 2012, 7:19 AM

Study: Personal devices now used for work in 88% of businesses

Nearly nine out of 10 companies are seeing employees use personal phones, tablets and computers at work — marking a… Read More

Jan 24, 2012, 6:22 PM

How the Microsoft search deal is reshaping Yahoo’s business, for better or worse

Yahoo today reported fourth-quarter profits that met Wall Street’s relatively modest expectations, but the numbers also show how Yahoo’s 2009… Read More