Microsoft will begin charging developers to use the API (application programming interface) for its Bing search engine, the company has announced. …
Microsoft credits partners and customers for 20 years of regional growth at Open Door
Microsoft Gulf in collaboration with Dubai Internet City (DIC) recently held the Microsoft Open Door event in Dubai. Held under …
Microsoft starts XP retirement countdown
Microsoft yesterday kicked off what it called a “two-year countdown” to the death of Windows XP, its longest-lived operating system. …
Microsoft retires Vista, Office 2007 from mainstream support this week
Microsoft will shift Windows Vista and Office 2007 into what it calls extended support over the next two days. Vista, …
AOL to sell patents to Microsoft in over $1b deal
AOL has entered into a definitive agreement to sell over 800 of its patents and their related patent applications to …
Microsoft celebrates 20 years in the Gulf at Open Door UAE
Microsoft celebrated 20 years in the GCC region today at its Open Door UAE event in Dubai. Since coming to …
Microsoft boosts virtualisation capabilities in desktop management suite
Microsoft is boosting the virtualisation components of its Desktop Optimization Pack suite of IT management tools. The suite, known as MDOP, is …
Cloud to create 14 million jobs globally, 9.62 million in Asia-Pac: Microsoft research
Cloud computing will create 14 million jobs globally by 2015 and 9.62 million in Asia Pacific alone, according to IDC …
Axed Microsoft’s tablet concept reborn as iPad app
Microsoft killed the Courier tablet concept in favor of Windows 8 tablets, but the idea behind it has now found a new …
SMART to work with Microsoft Lync on meeting room solutions
SMART Technologies has announced its support for Microsoft Lync 2010 through its SMART Meeting Pro software and SMART Board interactive …
Microsoft not helping transition to Office 365, companies say
Companies that rely on Office Live Small Business (OLSB) for their e-mail and website hosting have complained that a required transition …
Microsoft, Nokia to spend $24m on university program, boost app development
Microsoft and Nokia will invest up to $24 million in a new mobile application development program at Finland’s Aalto University …
Microsoft Gulf reveals projects qualified for UAE Imagine Cup finals
Microsoft Gulf, in partnership with du, yesterday revealed the five projects in the UAE which have qualified for the UAE …
Microsoft Gulf, in partnership with du, announces top five contenders for UAE leg of Imagine Cup
Microsoft Gulf, in partnership with du, today revealed the five projects in the UAE which have qualified for the UAE …
Microsoft plans Q4 debut for Dynamics ERP on the Azure cloud
Microsoft is planning to roll out its first “cloud-enabled” Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications by the end of this …
Microsoft blames security info-sharing program for attack code leak
Microsoft has confirmed that sample attack code created by the company had likely leaked to hackers from a program it …
Microsoft cuts the prices of some Office 365 plans
Microsoft has lowered the prices of some editions of the Office 365 cloud collaboration and communication suite, which was launched …
Don’t risk falling behind on IT trends: Microsoft
Microsoft yesterday sent out a message to companies in the Middle East to embrace IT trends and not risk getting …
Aastra offers IP phones trial for Microsoft Lync users
Aastra is offering an exclusive opportunity for Microsoft Lync 2010 customers a trial of two of its IP phones. Aastra’s 6721ip and …
Microsoft courts big data market with SQL Server update
Microsoft has released to manufacturing the newest version of its relational database, SQL Server 2012, the company announced yesterday. The …