Microsoft releases IE10 preview for Windows 7 If you wanted to try out Internet Explorer 10 but are holding off on Windows 8, Microsoft is answering your… Read More
Microsoft vs. Motorola patent trial begins, with brief Xbox ‘Durango’ mention The patent trial pitting Microsoft vs. Google’s Motorola Mobility is getting underway in federal court in Seattle, with a standing-room-only… Read More
A Microsoft misfit moves on: Thoughts on Windows chief Sinofsky’s sudden exit Two years ago, when Microsoft debuted the Kinect sensor for Xbox 360, the company celebrated the launch on its website… Read More
Ballmer’s memo on Windows chief’s surprise departure Here’s the full text of the memo that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent to employees a short time ago, breaking… Read More
Sinofsky Shocker: Windows President is Leaving Microsoft So much for all that talk about Steven Sinofsky being the next CEO of Microsoft. In a surprise move this… Read More
The best Halo ever? Halo 4 breaks record, brings in $220 million on first day It was a record-setting launch day for Microsoft, as the company announced today that Halo 4 brought in $220 million… Read More
Modest start? Parsing Ballmer’s Surface comment In the absence of actual sales figures from Microsoft for its new Surface RT tablet, a bunch of stories are… Read More
Microsoft, Google’s Motorola set for trial in high-stakes patent royalty case A trial that starts tomorrow morning in federal court in Seattle will focus on how much Motorola Mobility can reasonably… Read More
Language breakthrough: Microsoft system turns English into Mandarin, in speaker’s voice What happens in the video above is a potential breakthrough in speech recognition technology that could help to break down… Read More
Xbox 360 marks 22 months atop U.S. console market Xbox 360 is still king in America. Numbers out today from the NPD Group research firm show Microsoft selling 270,000… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
