Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will take charge of Microsoft's hugely important Devices and Studios unit, according to a purported leaked internal email
Microsoft's latest bundle of Windows Azure enhancements includes some new virtualization capabilities that ultimately may help blur the IaaS-PaaS distinction
Microsoft's Windows Embedded partnership with Ford seems to be unraveling
Once Microsoft officially owns Nokia's phone business, the Redmond company just might find more reasons to keep than 'Kin' Nokia's new line of Android phones.
Microsoft has said that it is backing the White House in its efforts to revamp a patent system that has become a haven for Patent Trolls.
Microsoft has cut the price of Windows 8.1 by nearly three-fourths to device makers who produce lower-cost laptops and tablets
Microsoft execs dropped a few clues and hints this week regarding the company's planned timing for the next versions of Office client and servers for Windows.
A device that looks like an AT&T LTE-enabled Surface 2 has received FCC approval. Maybe the promised ARM-based Surface with built-in wireless is close to announcement.
Microsoft's rebranded cloud storage service OneDrive has gone live. The company was forced to change the name of its Sky Drive service following a lawsuit by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)
Microsoft has confirmed it will begin testing cheaper prices for digital copies of Xbox One games, starting tomorrow with Ryse: Son of Rome
The 10-year Microsoft-Yahoo search pact continually seems like it's threatening to unravel. But will that realistically happen? If so, how -- and when?
A touchable version of Microsoft Office may be coming to the iPad before it hits Microsoft's own Windows 8
Microsoft has fixed a variety of bugs that affected people's ability to use Skype's instant messaging feature across different devices.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the recently paired Comcast and Time Warner Cable will team up with Charter Communications, Microsoft and Google; together they plan to launch a coalition called WifiForward asking for more public access Wi-Fi.M
Microsoft is offering multifactor authentication free as an option to all users of its Office 365 suite, a hosted set of Microsoft Office tools and applications
Microsoft management is believed to be debating the technical and strategic wisdom of enabling Android apps on Windows and Windows Phone devices. But would such a move hurt or help Microsoft?
Microsoft Research's Fuse Labs has released NewsPad, a blogging tool for people who wish to collaborate on writing news posts in real time, as an open source project
Starting March 12, Microsoft will begin charging customers for Oracle software running on Windows Azure.
Microsoft is reportedly considering allowing Android apps to run on Windows and Windows Phone
Microsoft will call it quits not only on Windows XP in less than two months, but will pull the plug on Office 2003 the same day
Microsoft is continuing to integrate Yammer into more and more of its other properties
Bill Gates jumped on Reddit for an Ask Me Anything session today
Office Online, Microsoft's rebranded Office Web Apps, are inching closer toward launch.
Newly leaked screenshots showing off Microsoft's upcoming rebranded SkyDrive site to OneDrive also show that the service might finally add the rumored co-owner file support feature
Round one to start February 11th
Microsoft has announced that Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the fourth largest public school system in the US, will offer 100,000 Windows 8 devices to students and staff by August 2015
Microsoft has begun testing its second update to its Visual Studio 2013 tool suite and is readying an update to Windows Embedded Compact 2013 that provides VS 2013 integration.
According to figures from Netcraft Microsoft gained 48 million sites this month, increasing its total by 19 per cent
Microsoft has finally chosen its third CEO: Company veteran Satya Nadella
Microsoft has announced that it is creating an International Centre of Transparency for government bodies to analyse its code.
He could play an active part in turning Microsoft's devices and services around as well as creating new products
Microsoft is reportedly planning to release a cheaper version of its Xbox One console
The V3 team ponders what features would boost the appeal of the next version of Windows
Microsoft is said to be working to add a new 'enterprise mode' feature to IE11 to try to help Windows 7 business users with IE8 dependencies get 'unstuck.'
Sources also say that Bill Gates will be replaced as Chairman by John Thompson.
Microsoft plans to deliver new updates to its Intune device-management service next week, and a handful of others later this year.
Microsoft has a Bing Rewards program set up to enable you to earn credits by simply using services available
Businesses with large data centers stand to net big savings in capital, power, deployment and maintenance costs if they follow server blueprints being made public by Microsoft
As January comes to a close, here's another attempt at making sense of the firmware updates Microsoft delivered this month for ARM-and Intel-based Surfaces.
A team of Microsoft evangelists and developers in China has developed a proof-of-concept app aimed at making Windows 8 app sideloading of business apps more palatable.
Microsoft has already unveiled the new name for SkyDrive - OneDrive. This rebranded cloud storage solution will continue to co-exist alongside the suite of Office Web Apps available for consumers to utilise without firing up local installations.
Microsoft has announced its replacement name for its SkyDrive cloud storage service. It's now OneDrive
On Friday, Microsoft admitted that “a select number” of employees fell victim to a successfully-executed highly-targeted spear phishing attacks via social media and e-mail accounts.
Microsoft's Larry Hryb stated in a Reddit forum that offering competitive prices for digital Xbox One games are "on the agenda" at the company but didn't go into details
Microsoft is continuing to grab consumer customers for its Office subscription business at a rapid clip.
Microsoft lost $39 million last quarter selling its Surface tablets, the company acknowledged in filings today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Former CEO remains focuses on charity, says no country will be "poor" by today's standards by 2035
Nokia releases its financial report for Q4 2013, showing a decline in Lumia sales before passing the baton to Microsoft
With Windows 9 rumored to be coming out early next year, there's little reason for businesses just transitioning off Windows XP to ever deploy Windows 8, experts say.
Head lawyer at Redmond suggests the move, to allay NSA snooping fears.