Microsoft experienced disruptions for several hours to its online suite of mail, calendar and storage services, leaving many users unable to access their accounts. The problems occurred Tuesday evening in…
TOM-Skype, the product of Microsoft’s partnership with Tom Online, monitors Chinese users’ text conversations for keywords.
Videolan’s Jean-Baptiste Kempf says that Kickstarter supporters of the VLC for Windows 8 app should get their hands on a beta version before the end of the month. It has…
As part of its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is fixing “critical” security holes in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, SharePoint Server, Visio Viewer and its Silverlight…
A large number of Microsoft customers are in for a rude awakening on 8 April 2014. With less than 400 days to go, 15 per cent of those running Windows…
Now, Microsoft’s loyal smartphone partner Nokia in its recent filing to United States SEC (Security & Exchange Commission), has expressed fears about the possibility of smartphone coming out from the…
Microsoft’s anti-Google “Scroogled” campaign is a battle for hearts and minds as much as for search and email market share, an analyst said today, but its effectiveness can be measured. …
Microsoft and Google are currently involved in a patent lawsuit in Germany that could, according to FOSS Patents’ Florian Mueller and a number of German reports, lead to an outright…
Microsoft is reportedly offering its OEM partners discounted rates on its Windows 8 and Office 2013 software, in a move designed to encourage production of more Windows-powered tablets and ultraportables.
In a reversal of its previously announced policy, Microsoft says it is altering the terms of the retail Office 2013 license to remove the clause that permanently tied each installation…
In the ecosystem gamble of “open” or “closed,” Ford is putting all its chips on open. At this week’s Mobile World Congress, Ford announced it’s releasing the proprietary source code…
Microsoft has added support for Android apps into Windows Azure Mobile Services, letting developers programmatically add authentication and push notifications.
Microsoft has axed rebates paid to its distribution channel partners that flog Redmond’s server and communications software.
Microsoft was fined €561m by Brussels on Wednesday over its failure to offer Windows users a choice of internet browser in breach of a high-profile competition agreement with European regulators.
Microsoft has bought a cloud monitoring and automation company and made its technology free on Windows Azure.