A federal court in Seattle issued a ruling Thursday that could help settle the question of just how much a company can expect to reap from standards-essential patents.
Over three million tablets running Windows 8 or Windows RT were sold during the first three months of 2013, according to new data released Thursday
Microsoft is poised to launch an app-comparison program designed to sway Android phone users that Windows Phone 8 is worth another look.
Ars Technica posted a story that Microsoft will unveil the new Xbox on May 21
At least according to one OEM source. Hardware 2.0 posted a story that it seems highly likely that Microsoft is planning a big Windows 8 U-turn.
Techradar posted a story that the chief of Windows Phone has stated that a Surface Phone is not currently in the pipeline
Microsoft said Saturday's lengthy outage of the Xbox 360's Xbox Live service was due to a "networking misconfiguration" and denied that a hacker group was in fact to blame
The Verge reports that Microsoft is working on a smartwatch according to the The Wall Street Journal
Microsoft has announced a new partnership with the Pinterest social network
Techradar posted a story that Dell OEM Solutions has struck a deal with Microsoft for the licensing of specialised Windows Embedded products
Microsoft adds third-party Cloud Cruiser billing system for on-premises and Windows Azure operations, encouraging use of hybrid cloud.
Microsoft's stock took a beating in trading after a pair of research firms said PC shipments in the first quarter were down as much as 14% from the year before
Game Informer has learned that Microsoft creative director Adam Orth is no longer with Microsoft
Computerworld posted a story that Microsoft is said to be planning a 7-in. version of its Surface tablet to help it compete with similar size devices from Apple and Google.
Computerworld reports that Microsoft has released the latest version of its Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite of IT management tools, an upgrade that deepens its ability to manage Windows 8 PC deployments.
AllAboutMicrosoft posted a story that an alleged roadmap for Microsoft's two-year wave of coming Office updates implies Office for iOS and Android may be further away than many industry watchers thought.
All About Microsoft reports that Microsoft is rolling out new firmware and driver updates to its Surface RT and Surface Pro devices as part of April's Patch Tuesday.
Computerworld reports that Microsoft on Monday released a public beta of Office 2010 Service Pack 2, the first major update to the suite in almost two years.
Microsoft has apologised for an angry tweet sent out by a high-ranking gaming employee, which offered the biggest hint yet that the forthcoming Xbox 720 will require a contant internet connection to play games.
Kotaku posted a story that two of their sources have added more credence to the rumor that the next Xbox will be an always-online system
Techradar reports that Microsoft has released its first visualisation app for Office 2013 and Office 365 in the form of a histogram function that can be used with Excel
A new version of Microsoft's tool for creating, publishing and maintaining Web sites and Web apps adds tighter Windows Azure integration and more.
Microsoft has revamped its Hotmail calendar and turned it into a Metro-ized Outlook.com one
Microsoft has started the registration process for the BUILD 2013 conference to be held in San Francisco on June 26-28
Microsoft will start selling the Surface Pro tablet in China next week, the company said yesterday.
Microsoft has created a public online database for its entire patent catalog
There's more confirmation that Microsoft is readying Blue builds of Windows RT and Windows Server.
The unofficial Windows 8 beta blog posted a story that the Windows Store has reached over 50,000 apps
Howtogeek shows you how to opt out of the Microsoft Office Customer Experience Improvement Program
Following Google's lead, Microsoft releases statistics on government requests for user information.
All About Microsoft posted a few tidbits about Windows Server Blue, the next release of Windows Server expected this summer.
Some sellers have raised the price of Office 2010's lowest-cost multi-license package after Microsoft discontinued retail sales of the suite.
Microsoft has just confirmed that a group of hackers have indeed accessed the Xbox Live accounts of several of its past and present "high-profile" employees
An analysis from ArsTechnica
More alleged leaks are pointing to the console having an always-connected format with games to be installed directly to a hard drive
Mere weeks after the European Commission slapped Microsoft with a $731 million (around £485m, AUS$712m) fine, the tech company may again find itself in hot governmental water
Microsoft is allowing business customers to order Surfaces, accessories and three-year warranty plans in volume, via a new Commercial Order site.
All About Microsoft posted a story that the newest release of Microsoft's BizTalk enterprise-integration server is set to arrive on April price lists with a new per-core licensing model attached.
V3 posted a story that the outages on Outlook and Hotmail services were caused by an overheating datacenter
Outlook and Hotmail are experiencing a system outage, with users are unable to access either service.
Students with a qualifying .edu e-mail address can register to receive three months free of Office 365 University and an extra 20GB of space for their SkyDrive online storage
V3 reports that Microsoft has rolled out an update to the image search components in its Bing platform.
All About Microsoft reports that Microsoft looks to have new CRM releases slated for every quarter this calendar year
Microsoft is after Google again with a school privacy bill that could wipe out Google's cloud-computing services for students
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 10 browser running on a Windows Surface Pro machine was successful hacked by teams at the Pwn2Own hacking contest
Google and Opera reported Microsoft's web browser choice violation to the European Commission, according to the Financial Times.
Microsoft Research published a video that shows off new Kinect technology with hand-gesture recognition
Microsoft changed the license agreement for Office 2013. It is now allowed to transfer the software from one computer to another.
European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers.
European antitrust regulators will reportedly slap Microsoft with a "large fine" Wednesday for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a browser ballot.
