Here's the quickest way for Microsoft to finally become a big player in mobile: Buy Research in Motion.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday that it had cleared Microsoft to buy Skype.
Microsoft said on Thursday that it refuses to endorse WebGL from a security perspective. The strong words came directly from Microsofts own security research and defines team.
A staggering 20 per cent of people in the UK have received a call from a fake IT security company attempting to scam them out of money or personal information, if the latest survey published by Microsoft is to be believed.
Microsoft looks set to roll out its first official Kinect for Windows SDK at around 5.30pm today, with the popular motion sensor for Xbox 360 being opened out to developers for the PC platform.
Redmond is looking to ditch its scattershot approach to new platforms and deliver an end-user experience that is, for better or worse, uniquely Microsoft across all devices.
HotHardware sends words that Microsoft showed a demo of C++ AMP Heterogeneous Computing
Microsoft announced on Tuesday the release of Messenger Connect version 5.0.
Microsoft CEO says the software maker is eyeing tighter control over hardware platforms to deliver a better user experience beyond the PC.
Microsoft is on the verge of making available for download a new experimental Visual Studio Power Tool, known as the Debugger Canvas, via its Dev Labs site.
Since the launch of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has been slowly phasing out support for their legacy mobile operating system, Windows Mobile. Earlier today Microsoft sent a message to users of Windows Mobile 6.x devices, informing them of the discontinuation of "My Phone" for Windows Mobile.
Could there be a Microsoft-branded Windows 8 tablet coming to market next year? Sure. But should there be?
Microsoft has released to manufacturing its Windows Thin PC client, and plans to make it available to Software Assurance customers starting July 1, company officials said on June 7.
Redmond's purchase option automatically kicks in if a third-party offers $3.4 billion or more for tablet chipmaker's shares.
Microsoft is holding its official launch of its cloud-hosted application suite, known as Office 365, on June 28.
In a rare display of collaboration, Google has joined forces with its search rivals Microsoft and Yahoo in a project intended to improve the Web crawling and indexing of structured data, which often originates in databases and loses its format when converted into HTML.
Microsoft has an estimated 100 million users of its SkyDrive anywhere access and sharing service today. But the company knows it needs to do more to help users understand what it is and how best to use it.
A year ago, Microsoft was attempting to differentiate slates from tablets and advocating that OEMs use different versions of Windows for each type of device. This year, the message is its all one big Windows world.
Microsoft may have been planning a Zune Nano according to design patents discovered on Tuesday.
Microsoft wants you to sign a premium software licensing contract. Should you do it?
