Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 179 of 225

Chart: Android continues to lead U.S. smartphone race

Google’s Android continues to grow mobile market share at the expense of RIM’s BlackBerry and Microsoft, according to the new… Read More

Windows 8 Sneak Peek: Microsoft’s ‘Adera’ game aims to redefine Xbox Live

It’s Myst meets Lost meets Lara Croft on Windows 8 — with a virtual reality twist. That’s one way to… Read More

PAX: Pirates, ninjas and what’s really happening in video games these days

Did you know that Nintendo Wii games are 22 percent more likely to include ninjas than games on Sony’s PlayStation… Read More

Microsoft gives itself more leeway in new online services user agreement

Microsoft is updating the standard service agreement for many of its online properties — including Bing, MSN, SkyDrive, Office.com, Messenger, Hotmail… Read More

PAX: Microsoft previews Xbox Live games for Windows 8

The giant Penny Arcade Expo video game convention, better known as PAX, kicks off this morning in Seattle, and Microsoft… Read More

Microsoft couple Lee Dirks and Judy Lew killed in car accident in Peru

Lee Dirks and Judy Lew, a married couple who both worked at Microsoft, were killed in a car accident this… Read More

Microsoft Bing launches Facebook photo search tool

Microsoft’s Bing search engine today rolled out the latest in a series of Facebook-related features, launching a tool for quickly searching… Read More

Windows 8 on a Mac: New version of Parallels Desktop software launches today

Parallels is launching the next version of its Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualization software today, including new features to help… Read More

Apple opening bigger Bellevue store, but what about downtown Seattle?

Apple plans to open a bigger retail store at Bellevue Square this Saturday, moving to a new location in the… Read More

Former Microsoft GM: Surface is a ‘North Star’ — not a business

“Microsoft is not, and never will be, a hardware company.” That’s one of the quotes from a slide deck put… Read More

Microsoft partners with 9Slides for startup presentations

Microsoft BizSpark is partnering with one of the startups in its program, 9Slides, to make its online presentation technology available… Read More

How AT&T got me to finally let go of unlimited data

I’m one of those people who was grandfathered in to AT&T’s unlimited smartphone data plans, and for a long time… Read More

Apple’s $1B patent victory vs. Samsung: A win for Microsoft?

Apple came out on top this afternoon in its landmark patent battle with Samsung, as a jury in California awarded… Read More

Microsoft Surface street art in New York: Pricing next?

Microsoft appears to be building the buzz for its Surface tablet computer with a series of chalk street art installations… Read More

Microsoft’s Xbox Live gets political with election portal

Election Day may still be more than two months away, but Microsoft announced some efforts today to get more young… Read More

Live on Twitter, Paul Allen covers battleship salvage

When he’s not partying with has-been celebs, Paul Allen is hosting a salvage crew aboard his Octopus yacht — and… Read More

Microsoft: New logo marks ‘new beginning’ for company

Microsoft this morning unveiled a new logo, the first major revamp in 25 years, but the design won’t be a… Read More

Nissan pilots immersive Kinect experience at dealerships

When Microsoft expanded its Kinect sensor to Windows and made a software development kit available for commercial applications, we wondered… Read More

Microsoft Bing adds Quora answers to its social sidebar

Microsoft is adding content from top contributors on the Quora question-and-answer site to the “social sidebar” on its Bing search results pages,… Read More

Winner of Microsoft reality show claims his prize — a job

Some reality show winners walk away with millions of dollars. Mike Kett’s big reward is a job in Microsoft’s IT… Read More

Intellectual Ventures spins out satellite broadband antenna company, with Bill Gates as investor

Bill Gates is among the investors putting a total of $12 million into a new Seattle-area company, Kymeta, that plans… Read More

Microsoft brings HealthVault app to iPhone and iPad

Microsoft is making its HealthVault medical data repository more mobile with the release of a new app for iPhone and… Read More

Apple becomes most valuable company ever, taking title from late 90s era Microsoft

If there were ever any question that Apple is now the undisputed king of tech, take a look at the… Read More

Yammer CEO: Silicon Valley as we know it may be ending

Yammer CEO David Sacks, who just sold the company to Microsoft for $1.2 billion, sparked a lively debate on Facebook… Read More

Geek on the Street: Microsoft Surface in high demand

The geeks were out in force for last night’s gdgt live event in Seattle, so we seized the opportunity to… Read More

‘Cloak’ protects Apple devices from snooping, developed by Microsoft vets

One of our more interesting finds at last night’s gdgt live Seattle event was a service called ‘Cloak’ that protects… Read More

Windows Phone team fixes bug, resumes app publishing

Microsoft says it has fixed the digital certificate problem that prompted the company to temporarily stop publishing new apps to… Read More

Video: How Microsoft’s Ford Sync technology has evolved

Ford and Microsoft will be among the companies showing their latest technology tonight at the gdgt live event at the… Read More

The other Microsoft Surface mystery: Keyboard included?

In many ways it’s the signature feature of Microsoft’s upcoming Surface tablet computer — the magnetically attached cover that doubles… Read More

Windows 8: How Microsoft plans to educate new users

The final version of Windows 8 has been released to members of Microsoft’s TechNet and MSDN services, opening the floodgates… Read More