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Microsoft boosts profits by 16% even as LinkedIn drags on bottom line

Microsoft this afternoon posted revenue of $23.6 billion, up 6 percent, and earnings of 73 cents a share, an increase… Read More

Microsoft Windows and Office 365 updates will now arrive on a regular schedule

The company that brought you Patch Tuesday is now going to release Windows and Office 365 updates together on a… Read More

Life and death for Windows: Vista support ends as Creators Update starts to roll out

April 11 will be a life and death experience for users of Microsoft Windows and Office. It is the day… Read More

Pam Edstrom, 1946-2017: Microsoft’s first PR director was a technology communications pioneer

Pam Edstrom, the sharp-witted communications pro who shaped the world’s impression of Microsoft for more than three decades as its… Read More

Google Cloud launches new Windows partner program, aims to be ‘a great Windows platform’

No, the image above isn’t from a Microsoft event. That’s the Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco this morning, where… Read More

Working Geek: How Gabe Frost balances building a startup and running a Microsoft engineering team

With two full-time jobs and a toddler, Gabe Frost knows a thing or two about the importance of time management.… Read More

After a rocky year, enterprise virtual reality startup Envelop VR is shutting down

Envelop VR, a virtual reality startup out of Bellevue, Wash., has ceased operations, according to the company’s website. The startup,… Read More

Review: Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac shows why a virtual machine matters

For many years, Apple’s OS X (now macOS) met Windows in various dual-boot options that usually swapped out the Apple… Read More

How Microsoft Office will work on Apple’s new MacBook Pro Touch Bar

Microsoft’s Office team knows a few things about toolbars that show different buttons depending on what the user is doing at any given… Read More

Microsoft takes on Amazon-owned Twitch with new game streaming tech for Windows 10, Xbox One

Microsoft today unveiled new game streaming technology that puts it in direct competition with Amazon and shows the fruits of… Read More

High-ranking Microsoft engineering exec David Treadwell leaving for Amazon after 27 years

David Treadwell, the veteran Microsoft engineering executive who made his mark on Windows, Xbox and many other key products, is leaving to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Microsoft employees want to reinvent email with TouchMail app for Windows

A Seattle startup thinks there is a better way to manage email. Founded in 2013 by two former Microsoft employees,… Read More

Microsoft debuts new multi-device Windows 10 apps, converted from desktop software

Note: Post updated the clarify the tools used to create the new apps and which apps in the Windows Store work… Read More

Look out, Alexa? HP’s new tabletop PC, featuring Microsoft Cortana, doubles as smart home speaker

This is not your beige box under the desk. HP is moving its PC business into the smart home speaker market with the Windows… Read More

Amazon introduces by-the-hour pricing for WorkSpaces, a Windows-anywhere cloud service

Amazon today made it cheaper, or at least more flexible, for companies to let their workers access WorkSpaces, a secure Windows… Read More

Windows apps in virtual reality: Envelop VR unveils 3D ‘immersive computing platform’

Interacting with “flat” screens to get work done, check email, surf social media, shop online, and watch YouTube videos may be… Read More

Starbucks app finally arrives for Windows 10 Mobile, initially without Mobile Order & Pay

Coffee-loving Windows 10 Mobile users just got a shot of good news, as the long-awaited new Windows version of the Starbucks app came… Read More

Microsoft supports popular FreeBSD open-source OS with new Azure virtual-machine image

FreeBSD, a popular open-source Unix operating system with roots stretching back to the 1970s, is now available through the Azure Marketplace as a… Read More

PC sales even worse than expected as free Windows 10 update delays hardware upgrades

Are you buying new PCs less frequently than you did in the past? You’re not alone. Worldwide PC shipments are… Read More

Working Geek: Andreessen Horowitz board partner Steven Sinofsky is a productivity machine

When emailing or texting with Steven Sinofsky, one sometimes gets the impression that he has a team working on his behalf, responding… Read More

Working Geek: Microsoft Chief Experience Officer Julie Larson-Green shares her productivity secrets

Julie Larson-Green has built her career around product development and user interface design. The Microsoft engineering leader has more than two decades of experience working… Read More

Apple execs poke fun at Windows and Android in rollout of new iPhone and iPad Pro

Apple unveiled some small updates to the iPhone and iPad Pro today, but it also took some of that stage time to… Read More

Mac extends its lead over Linux among software developers, chipping away at Windows

A new survey of more than 55,000 coders shows Mac OS X distancing itself from Linux in a ranking of… Read More

Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 Mobile upgrade for select phones

Microsoft is finally bringing Windows 10 to mobile phones running previous versions of Windows Phone starting today. While the initial list of… Read More

Microsoft debuts Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection to help enterprise users spot hacks early

For enterprise users, spotting an advanced attack can be almost as hard as stopping one. But the faster an IT… Read More

Live from Microsoft’s 2015 shareholder meeting

BELLEVUE, Wash. — We’re in the front row for Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting. Follow our coverage below, and stream the event… Read More

How Microsoft’s fitness tracker, cloud technology was used at the Squash World Championships

Sports and Microsoft’s technology met this weekend at the 2015 Men’s World Squash Championship in Bellevue, Wash. The world’s top 50… Read More

Three decades of Windows: The quirks and success of Microsoft’s most lasting achievement

Thirty years ago today, Microsoft joined a competitive race with the introduction of Windows 1.0. Apple had already introduced its Mac… Read More

Microsoft’s Android emulator for Windows 10 Mobile hits roadblocks

Microsoft has been struggling to build up the app store for its mobile operating system for years. While rumors have… Read More

An Ode to Code: ‘The Windows Thread that Wouldn’t Go to Bed’

There is plenty of drama in the process of software development, yet little theater or poetry about it. Poems are… Read More