An updated version of Microsoft's 'Metro-Style' Lync unified-communications app, which takes advantage of some new Windows 8.1 features, is available for download.
From Windows 8.1 developments to a possible Surface Mini, next week's Microsoft Build conference promises fireworks.
Microsoft has added real-time co-authoring, offline capabilities and other enhancements. But many mobile users have already adopted alternatives.
Microsoft confirmed reports that it's doing an about-face on its used games and always on policies for the Xbox One
Wondering which Microsoft apps and services are validated and supported on Windows Azure for running in virtual machine? Here's the list.
Microsoft updates its superset of JavaScript, known as TypeScript, with a slew of new features, including the addition of generics.
Microsoft is targeting schools and universities directly with a Surface RT discount offer during the summer back-to-school buying season.
Microsoft still has a long way to go to answer questions from gamers about its new Xbox One console, particularly when it comes to the effects of DRM
Microsoft has now shared some details on information requests it has received from US national security agencies
Windows 8.1 does a lot more than bring back the Start button. These 10 features may give it a much-needed popularity boost with enterprise users.
This fall, PepsiCo and Microsoft will be teaming up to launch the biggest gaming promotion in brand history.
Meant to help secure network, data could be used to attack foreign governments
Microsoft will be giving away Surface RT tablets to the first 10,000 ISTE 2013 conference attendees as part of the Windows in the Classroom Surface Experience Project
Microsoft continues to try to convince concerned consumers that the highly restrictive policies for lending out, reselling, and giving away Xbox One games are actually just the next step in entertainment evolution
Nokia is holding a July 11 event in New York City, which might be the launch party for its Lumia EOS phone with a 41-megapixel camera.
Microsoft has struck a deal with Best Buy to create 600 stores-within-stores in the U.S. and Canada to sell customers on Windows 8, the Surface tablet line, and new PCs and devices from other OEMs.
Microsoft will probably price its own 8-in. Surface tablet running Windows RT at $349, just 6% higher than Apple's iPad Mini but nowhere near the basement $199 of Android rivals, an analyst said this week.
Microsoft confirmed that the plan going forward is to phase out Microsoft Points and move to a real currency model.
Xbox marketing chief talks to Ars Technica about the benefits of the move to a "digital world."
Gamers in Asia will not get their hands on the Xbox One console until late 2014
