Thursday, January 10, 2013
Nokia touts good sales of smart phones The handset maker says it sold 4.4 million Lumia smart phones during the holiday period, a sign, says one observer, the company has turned itself around
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Hardware shortage blamed for slow Windows 8 sales Short supply of touch-enabled is the reason behind Windows 8’s sluggish sales numbers, according to Microsoft executive
Monday, January 07, 2013
Microsoft’s C# gets an ‘A’ The PYPL programming language index names C# language of the year saying Microsoft’s multi-purpose programing language had the biggest growth in users in 2012
Friday, January 04, 2013
Symantec links Elderwood hackers to IE zero-day Symantec is crediting a sophisticated hacker group known as the Elderwood Project for discovering the latest vulnerability in earlier versions of Microsoft’s IE
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Microsoft issues quick fix for IE8 vulnerability During the holiday the company confirms a possible vulnerability in older versions of its browser and came up with an interim remedy
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Puzzle fans warned of Excel-based Sudoku malware Beware, some Microsoft Excel-based Sudoku generator spreadsheets may contain malware-laden macros, says Sophos
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Microsoft fires back at Google for ExchangeSync shutout Microsoft calls on free email users to dump Gmail for Outlook after Google announces that it's shutting down Exchange syncing to Gmail
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Microsoft patches IE10, Windows 8, Word The company has patched a total of 12 vulnerabilities in its software this week, nine of them critical
Friday, December 07, 2012
Microsoft launches social network site Called so.cl -- pronounced "social" -- it lets subscribers build and share pages that collect text, photos, music and video
Friday, December 07, 2012
Microsoft licence hike seen as revenue grab The company's recently-announced increase in the price of client access licences is a lose for enterprises and a win for Microsoft, say analysts
Monday, December 03, 2012
Motorola loses bid for Microsoft injunction A California judge has refused to give Motorola an injunction against Microsoft in a complex case that has implications for Android 
Friday, November 30, 2012
Has Microsoft made a mistake in SurfacePro pricing? Company says the upcoming tablet running Windows 8 Pro will cost US$899 for a 64GB version, and US$999 for a 128 GB model
Monday, November 26, 2012
WinPhone 7.8 update this week: Report A promised update for Windows Phone 7 -- which will make it more compatible with new WP8 apps -- is coming soon, according to a blog. Here's why it's important 
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
SAP to build mobile apps for Win8 Enterprise software giant says it will release six business apps for Windows 8 PCs, tablets and smart phones aimed at training, recruiting and sales
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Open Text launches full-featured managed cloud The company said its new cloud, which incorporates multiple information management applications and services, will be the largest of its kind in the world
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Surface sales modest, says Microsoft Microsoft is betting a lot on tablets, so much that it is going up against partners by releasing a tablet of its own. But what does it have to show for it?
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Windows 8 chief leaves Microsoft In a surprising announcement, Steven Sinofsky has left the company two weeks after the launch of the latest version of the company's operating system 
Monday, November 12, 2012
Yammer to feature at SharePoint conference Observers have wondered how the enterprise social networking platform bought by Microsoft earlier this year will integrate with SharePoint. They're about to find out
Friday, November 09, 2012
Microsoft updates C++ compiler A range of features is being added including uniform initialization, initializer lists, variadic templates and function template default arguments
Friday, November 09, 2012
Win8 apprehension can be overcome, says Microsoft When staff try it they'll like it, says a Microsoft Canada official. But he wouldn't get into predictions of how many enterprises will shift to the new OS
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Microsoft SQL Server: Now in-memory Next version of SQL Server will be capable of exponentially faster queries, the company says
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Review: Visual Studio 2012 The latest version of the Windows integrated development environment is built to serve the new versions of the operating system and to get apps into the new Windows Store
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Microsoft unwraps cloud ALM service After a year in beta, the company's Team Foundation Service for managing software development is officially live -- and, for a limited time, its free
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Windows live tiles lead to lawsuit A U.S. company claims to have developed and patented the technology
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Windows tablet users may need training: analyst Users are apparently finding the touch-screen functions and tiled interface difficult to use