Microsoft is bending its Office franchise toward netbooks and is developing packages that are unique to that market, according to …
Microsoft readies low-cost Windows Server OS
Microsoft Corp. is readying a new low-cost version of Windows Server to give customers a server operating system similar to …
Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge …
EMC and Microsoft renew deal
Storage giant EMC and its similarly big partner, Microsoft renewed their deal last week to bolster product innovation and interoperability …
Microsoft reveals ‘My Phone’ backup, sync service
Just hours after Microsoft Corp. accidently launched, then yanked, a Web site promoting its new “My Phone” backup and sync …
Virtualization brings EMC and Microsoft closer
EMC and Microsoft have extended a partnership that focuses on interoperability of products related to virtualization, security and content management, …
Microsoft bent, but not broken
Microsoft, once seemingly immune from economic turmoil, is undertaking an historic resetting of its business starting with staff and cost …
Microsoft postpones Windows 7 public beta
The company did not offer a new schedule for delivering the beta of its newest operating system. “Due to very …
Windows 7 public beta to be available Friday
As anticipated, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday night launched the beta of Windows 7, posting the preview of the company's next …
Verizon to include Microsoft Live Search on phones
Microsoft has struck a five-year deal to pre-install its Live Search as the default search engine on Verizon mobile phones. …
Vista’s flaws surface again
Attendees of the International Conference on Cyber Security 2009 in New York Tuesday were reminded of the shortcomings of Windows …
Windows 7 may add spice to CES
Software could overshadow gadgets at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, with Microsoft Corp. expected to shed light on its upcoming …
5 tech companies that could use a bailout
Now that the government has pledged US$700 billion to bail out the financial banking industry and is considering lending $25 …
Vote for Obama’s future CTO
Barack Obama hasn't even appointed a chief technology officer yet, but thousands of people are using a new Web site …
LG and Microsoft in pact for mobile convergence
LG Electronics and Microsoft Corporation have formed a strategic collaboration in the mobile convergence area. The agreement, signed in Seoul …
Android, iOS benefit from tablet sales surge, but not Windows 8, says IDC
Improving Windows 8 is Microsoft’s best bet for grabbing a larger share of tablet sales over the next four years, but there doesn’t …
Microsoft kicks off free Office 2013 upgrades
Microsoft on Friday launched an Office upgrade offer that gives customers who purchase the current Office 2010 a free copy …
Former Microsoft exec named new U.S. CIO
Longtime Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel is set to become the nation’s second federal CIO, replacing outgoing federal CIO Vivek Kundra. …