Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 has crossed the 200 million mark in license sales.
WatchGuard extends network security visibility tool to Microsoft’s Hyper-V Platform
WatchGuard has announced the enhancement of its network security visibility solution, WatchGuard Dimension.
Bill Gates: I'll target cloud, Windows and Office in new Microsoft role
Bill Gates told a Reddit Ask Me Anything session that he saw potential to get more out of the Windows operating system, cloud services and improving Office.
Satya Nadella: Can a data afficionado solve Microsoft's consumer puzzle?
The spider. It sits at the centre of a web, stroking and sensing the minute vibrations that run up the hundreds of strands, analysing their meaning and what they reveal about the external world. Much like Satya Nadella.
10 things you need to know about Satya Nadella, Microsoft's new CEO
Unless you’re a committed Microsoft observer, the name Satya Nadella probably doesn’t ring a bell. So who is the man who now becomes Microsoft’s guiding light for the foreseeable future?
Satya Nadella to succeed Ballmer as Microsoft CEO
Microsoft has finally concluded its protracted search and chosen its new CEO: Satya Nadella, who as executive vice president of the company’s Cloud and Enterprise group has successfully steered the shift of the company’s back-end server software and tools to the cloud.
Bloomberg: Satya Nadella to be named Microsoft CEO; Gates out, too
Microsoft’s cloud chief, Satya Nadella, will lead the company as its next chief executive officer, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Amazon and Microsoft drop US cloud storage prices by up to 50%
Last April, Microsoft committed to matching Amazon’s Web Services prices for compute, storage and bandwidth.
Syrian Electronic Army hacks Microsoft's Office Blogs site
After hijacking several of Microsoft’s Twitter accounts and compromising its official blog over the past two weeks, the Syrian Electronic Army hacked into the Microsoft Office Blogs site Monday.
Microsoft steps up Chinese Bing efforts with Windows Azure
Bing has barely any market share in China, but Microsoft hopes to change that in the next year or two by investing more resources into the local version of the search engine.
Microsoft will furnish malware assassin to XP users until mid-2015
Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it will continue to offer its malware scrubbing program to Windows XP users for more than a year after it stops patching the operating system.
Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Microsoft's Twitter account, blog
The Syrian Electronic Army claimed credit for grabbing control of a pair of Microsoft company Twitter accounts and the firm’s primary blog for a short time Saturday.
Ford CEO Mulally on Microsoft role: 'I only plan to serve Ford.'
Ford CEO Alan Mulally, seeking to end speculation over a possible move to Microsoft, told the Associated Press on Monday that he will not become the software company’s next CEO.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM acquires Parature in division's largest ever deal
Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM team today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Herndon, VA based Parature for an undisclosed sum, and is the division’s largest acquisition to date.
Microsoft shares climb 34 percent, adds $3.2B to Ballmer's wallet
Steve Ballmer, still Microsoft CEO , is nearly $3.2 billion richer than he was a year ago, his good fortune driven by a 34.5% increase in Microsoft’s share price during 2013.
Microsoft: No Ballmer replacement until next year
A blog post today by board member John Thompson says Microsoft’s search committee has boiled down the candidates from more than 100 to about 20, but that it needs more time to pick the winner.
Microsoft: bogus antivirus programme uses a dozen stolen signing certificates
A fake antivirus programme in circulation uses at least a dozen stolen digital code-signing certificates, indicating cybercriminals are increasingly breaching the networks of software developers, Microsoft wrote on Sunday.
EU court rejects Cisco’s challenge to Microsoft-Skype merger
Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype is compatible with European Union competition law, the General Court of the E.U. ruled Wednesday.
Data-stealing malware pretends to be Microsoft IIS server module
Trustwave’s SpiderLabs researchers have found a piece of malware that collects data entered into Web-based forms, pretending to be a module for Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) web-hosting software.
Microsoft’s Desktop Optimisation Pack gets Win 8.1 management capabilities
The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite of IT management tools has been updated with support for Windows 8.1 device and application management and Office 2013 virtualisation.