Surface’s First Casualty: Summer PC Sales
The PC market is already suffering eroding sales as more businesses and consumers flock to tablets and smartphones. Many would-be buyers are waiting until the Windows 8 this fall to buy new machines;...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Coup Is Google’s Reward
Could Microsoft's vertically-oriented plans with Surface and Windows Phone 8 backfire, causing traditional Microsoft OEMs to run to Google? Or will the vision succeed, forcing OEMs to compete and...
View ArticleSurface Conspicuously Absent at Microsoft WPC
Microsoft is building high expectations for its first tablet, Surface, which is expected to hit the market concurrently with the Windows 8 release this fall. At the Worldwide Partner Conference in...
View ArticleThe New Office: Microsoft Aims Sky-High
Microsoft completely revamps its Office ecosystem, introducing a new version of Office 365 for the consumer world and Windows 8 versions of Office that exploit the benefits of the tablet form-factor....
View ArticleGood Channel News in Microsoft Earnings
Microsoft took a massive write-off related to its online advertising business, which caused its first quarterly loss as a public company. Nevertheless, there’s lots of good news in the rest of the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Is Big Winner in Tablet Legal Wars
Apple is pressing ahead with plans to seek a court injunction barring tablet rival Samsung from selling some of its most popular mobile products in the U.S. Meanwhile, Samsung is looking to Microsoft’s...
View ArticleMicrosoft Needs Windows 8 to be a Big Hit
Pressure is building on Microsoft to make Windows 8 a hit as sales of its Windows division fell 33 percent in the last quarter as businesses and consumers hold off on buying new PCs. While there are...
View ArticleMicrosoft Woos Developers to Back Windows 8
At the annual Build conference this week, Microsoft is rolling out the red carpet for application developers to create applications for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. While the new operating systems...
View ArticleWindows 9: Metro Tiles and More Stores to Get It
If you’re a fan of the Metro user interface and absent Start button in Windows 8, you’re going to love the next version of the OS, which appears to feature more of the same.
View ArticleRIM Readies Rebound With BlackBerry 10 EMM
RIM launches BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, the latest enterprise mobility management suite from the once-ubiquitous handset maker. Could RIM's laser focus on enterprise management help spring it...
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