Are you buying new PCs less frequently than you did in the past? You’re not alone. Worldwide PC shipments are now projected to decline by 7.3 percent this year, 2 percentage… Read More
When emailing or texting with Steven Sinofsky, one sometimes gets the impression that he has a team working on his behalf, responding to inbound messages with substance and speed. And then there’s another team… Read More
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 on products such as Office and Windows — software used by hundreds of… Read More
Apple unveiled some small updates to the iPhone and iPad Pro today, but it also took some of that stage time to make jabs at its biggest competitors. Both Microsoft and Google were… Read More
A new survey of more than 55,000 coders shows Mac OS X distancing itself from Linux in a ranking of the most popular desktop operating systems for software developers, with… Read More
Microsoft is finally bringing Windows 10 to mobile phones running previous versions of Windows Phone starting today. While the initial list of upgradeable phones is short, Microsoft is working with manufacturers and carriers… Read More
For enterprise users, spotting an advanced attack can be almost as hard as stopping one. But the faster an IT team can catch the breach, the faster their company can… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. — We’re in the front row for Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting. Follow our coverage below, and stream the event via Microsoft’s event site. Microsoft shares are up nearly 15… Read More
Sports and Microsoft’s technology met this weekend at the 2015 Men’s World Squash Championship in Bellevue, Wash. The world’s top 50 male squash players spent the past week competing against each… Read More
Thirty years ago today, Microsoft joined a competitive race with the introduction of Windows 1.0. Apple had already introduced its Mac OS and Microsoft was a year and a half late… Read More
Microsoft has been struggling to build up the app store for its mobile operating system for years. While rumors have circulated about dual OS phones running both Android and Windows, or… Read More
There is plenty of drama in the process of software development, yet little theater or poetry about it. Poems are written on the heroic deeds of warriors, lovers and explorers;… Read More
Microsoft beat revenue and profit expectations for its first fiscal quarter, as revenue from its Office 365 and Windows Azure cloud computing offerings helped to compensate for ongoing sluggishness in the… Read More
Apps, The Cloud, and Windows/Devices. Microsoft uses fancier terms, but that’s the simple way of looking at the company’s new financial reporting segments, which make their debut on Thursday along with the company’s… Read More
NEW YORK — The stage is set, Windows 10 signs are illuminated and Microsoft appears ready to pull the curtain off its next generation of hardware at a press event in… Read More
Cortana may be your next co-pilot. Microsoft has been testing a prototype car with Cortana’s voice-control system built in. The company has has developed a connected car prototype with a display… Read More
Amazon and Microsoft are reeling in some serious dough to help the Federal Aviation Administration with its cloud computing needs. IT consultant and systems integrator Computer Sciences Corporation just inked a $108 million contract with… Read More
To find a new app on Windows 10, you may need to skip the Windows Store. That’s the takeaway based on our experience so far with the Windows Store on Windows 10 desktop and touch-screen… Read More
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is underway right now in San Francisco, and the company wasted no time in jumping into the news of the day, unveiling the next version of… Read More
Windows PC shipments are expected to decline for a fourth year in a row as competition from tablets and smartphones continues to take a bite out of the traditional notebook… Read More
Microsoft’s Cortana virtual assistant will expand to iPhone and Android as part of a broader effort by the company to help users transition seamlessly between a Windows 10 computer and any mobile device. The… Read More
Anyone who wants to take Microsoft’s Skype Translator program for a spin can now download it for free to their Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 PC without having to go through… Read More
Sales of PCs took a significant hit during the first quarter of 2015, according to new reports from Gartner and IDC, but the research firms say that’s not necessarily a… Read More
Forty years ago today, on April 4, 1975, two friends from Seattle formed a partnership called “Micro-soft.” In an email to Microsoft employees this week, marking the milestone, Bill Gates recalled the company’s… Read More
Microsoft just unveiled the latest version of its baseline Surface tablet, the Surface 3 — switching to an Intel Atom processor, and leaving behind the ARM-based processors that powered the first two versions.… Read More
Microsoft partnered with online learning site EdX to offer people a new jumping-off point into the worlds of software development and IT administration. The Redmond-based company will begin offering 7… Read More
Open the Garage bay doors, Redmond. For the second time since October, Microsoft has rolled out a fleet of cross-platform apps from its internal Microsoft Garage incubator. While some of the… Read More
Cortana isn’t changing her prediction for the Super Bowl this weekend. She still gives the edge to the Patriots, based on her “current sources.” But Windows Phone users who ask Microsoft’s… Read More
Brian Valentine was a legendary figure inside Microsoft, as the executive leading the engineering teams for the Windows 2000 and Windows XP releases. He left in 2006 to work as a senior… Read More
Microsoft just reported revenue of $26.5 billion for the December quarter, up 8 percent, beating Wall Street’s expectations on the top line and turning in earnings of 71 cents per… Read More