Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 204 of 234

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

Jan 24, 2012, 4:09 PM

Microsoft Hotmail soars on iPhone and Android, now available on Kindle Fire

Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail has surpassed 12 million active users on Apple iOS devices — a dramatic climb resulting from… Read More

Jan 24, 2012, 3:38 PM

Apple posts three Yahoos, two Googles and a Microsoft

How powerful is Apple becoming in the tech industry? Well, take a look at the impressive quarter that the iPhone… Read More

Jan 24, 2012, 11:47 AM

Microsoft back in hiring mode: Where it’s adding new jobs

Microsoft returned to modest employment growth in 2011, adding more employees around the world than at any point since making… Read More

Jan 23, 2012, 5:24 PM

R.I.P., Microsoft Points? Report says they’re going away

Microsoft will be phasing out the Microsoft Points virtual currency system used on Xbox Live and Zune by the end… Read More

Jan 23, 2012, 4:16 PM

Microsoft says botnet kingpin worked for antivirus vendor

Four months after dismantling the nasty Kelihos botnet, Microsoft says it has tracked down the central figure behind it– naming Russian… Read More

Jan 23, 2012, 1:13 PM

A new era: Google outspends Microsoft in federal lobbying

Google is speaking loud and clear in Washington D.C., nearly doubling its expenditures on federal lobbying efforts last year. Cnet’s… Read More

Jan 23, 2012, 12:13 PM

Estimate: Nokia ships more than 1M Windows Phones

Microsoft was mum about Windows Phone sales during its quarterly report last week, but we could get a clearer picture… Read More

Jan 23, 2012, 8:20 AM

Video: Cell phone interrupts solo, and violist plays along

How’s this for bringing harmony to the digital age? The video above, originally posted on YouTube over the summer, has… Read More

Jan 22, 2012, 10:48 PM

Gadgets galore: More than a quarter of Americans now own an e-reader or tablet computer

Nooks. iPads. Kindles. PlayBooks. Kobos. Americans are getting more familiar with tablet computers and e-readers, with a new study out… Read More

Jan 22, 2012, 3:59 PM

Weird: Microsoft is now the owner of ‘clicktohump.com’

Sorry, but this was too strange to ignore: Domain name watchdog Fusible.com reports that Microsoft has obtained the sites “clicktohump.com” and… Read More

Jan 20, 2012, 10:01 PM

How to sell a Windows Phone: Molly Moon’s ice cream?

Microsoft’s method for regaining its mojo in mobile may start with Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream. And more specifically —… Read More

Jan 20, 2012, 2:31 PM

Microsoft voices support for same-sex marriage in Washington state

Microsoft is among several technology companies that voiced support this week for bills that would legalize same-sex marriage in Washington… Read More

Jan 20, 2012, 10:47 AM

On an upswing, Microsoft Bing tries to inspire more usage with new ad campaign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8NUda4AU-I Microsoft Bing recently became the No. 2 search engine in the U.S., surpassing the company’s partner Yahoo with 15… Read More

Jan 20, 2012, 8:03 AM

iSuppli’s 2009 Windows Mobile prediction shows just how wrong predictions can be

The year is now 2012, which means that Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system is enjoying a resurgence that started with… Read More

Jan 19, 2012, 3:13 PM

Really? Research firm predicts Windows Phone will climb past iPhone by 2015

Microsoft’s Windows Phone sales are so small right now that the company doesn’t feel compelled to report them as part… Read More

Jan 19, 2012, 1:20 PM

Microsoft beats estimates even as Windows profits fall 11%

Microsoft’s quarterly profits topped Wall Street’s expectations, thanks in part to growth in the company’s server and business software divisions,… Read More

Jan 19, 2012, 9:36 AM

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft GM Kindel to advise FreePriceAlerts; Amazon gets a Yahoo; etc.

Charlie Kindel, who left his general manager job on the Windows Phone team last August, is finding plenty of stuff… Read More

Jan 19, 2012, 7:55 AM

Textbooks as software: Apple debuts iBooks 2, iBooks Author in new digital education push

At an event in New York City this morning, Apple unveiled a new version of its iBooks platform for reading… Read More

Jan 18, 2012, 2:13 PM

Microsoft’s purchase of Skype helps bolster eBay earnings

eBay reported strong fourth quarter earnings Wednesday, driven largely by the sale of Skype to Microsoft last May for $8.5 billion.… Read More