Microsoft Corp (MSFT)., which for decades has refreshed its popular Office corporate software just once about every three years, says it will soon switch to weekly updates. It’s a radical…
Microsoft has released a preview version of its re-designed flagship operating system in an attempt to reverse slumping sales and silence the chorus of criticism that met the original Windows…
Microsoft today announced it is slashing its Windows Phone Dev Center annual registration fee from $99 to $19, for the next 60 days. While the news wasn’t revealed during the…
Ouya, the open-source game console that became a massive hit on Kickstarter, has officially launched to the public. And already, it’s unavailable in a few online stores. As expected, the…
LibreOffice has got a vote of confidence from South Tyrol. Over the course of the next three years, the government plans on replacing Microsoft Office on 7,000 machines with the…
Microsoft made two pretty big announcements today that aim to bring Windows 8 and its search engine Bing into K-12 school districts around the U.S. Microsoft proudly revealed that 34…
It is not that consumers are spending much less, said Gartner principal analyst Ranjit Atwal, “it’s just that vendors and their channels overplayed demand that did not materialise.
Microsoft thinks Windows 8.1 will fix everything. Ha! What it fails to recognize is that Windows 8 was never the problem. I’m more and more convinced that PC sales continue…
Secure Boot, in its current form doesn’t lock Linux out of a computer, but it starts us down a path where access to particular hardware on a PC can be…
Microsoft recently considered building its own online marketplace to compete with the likes of Amazon and eBay, but has since abandoned the plans, sources claim. The effort, known within Redmond…
The Open Source Business Alliance (OSBAGerman language link), a confederation of German open source providers and users, and its French counterpart, the Conseil National du Logiciel Libre (CNLLFrench language link)…
The government has quietly backtracked from its publicly declared preference for using open source over proprietary software. The Government Digital Service (GDS) published its Service Design Manual in March, laying…
An updated Windows 8 from Microsoft will NOT be the “miracle cure” for traditional PC makers in need of a sales and profits injection. And that’s according to IT biz…
Microsoft has sensationally abandoned its controversial plans to restrict the sharing of Xbox One games, and has also removed daily online authentication requirements for its forthcoming console.
Today Microsoft announced a new program that will see schools around the world able to purchase the company’s Surface RT tablet hybrid in bulk at a reduced per-unit rate.