Microsoft will give away licenses to Windows Phone and Windows to device makers building smartphones or tablets with screens smaller than 9-in. measured diagonally.
Only select UK users to start with
Microsoft plans to release its Outlook Web App for Android, nearly a year after the technology giant first released the free email and collaboration app for iOS users last July.
Former Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo, who two weeks ago was charged with stealing -- then leaking -- company secrets, pleaded guilty on Monday in a Seattle federal court.
What's on tap for Microsoft's Build conference this week? Here's what we know and what we think we know.
Microsoft is cutting prices for a number of its Azure services to match (and in some cases, beat) Amazon's latest pricing.
Microsofts Build 2014 developers conference, slated for April 2 in San Francisco, kicks off an eventful month for the vendor that includes a Windows end date, two Windows updates, a deal closing and an important promotion, among other comings and goings.
It looks like Microsoft won't be letting Sony and Oculus Rift venture into the realm of wearable gaming alone, as further plans for its own augmented reality glasses have been revealed
Firm changes policy after backlash against Hotmail snooping incident
Perhaps not wanting to be left behind in the virtual reality (VR) stakes, Microsoft has acquired the patent rights to the headset technology of Osterhout Design Group for US$100-US$150m.
General availability of the new PC Kinect is slated for summer this year.
Companies follow Samsung, Cisco, Google, HTC and Nokia's example
Microsoft is making the long-rumored Office for iPad available today, for free.
The Apache Software Foundation has announced the arrival of version 4.3 of the CloudStack cloud computing platform, which offers a lot of new features and includes support for Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization hypervisor
Microsoft is no longer making the Surface Wireless Keyboard Adapters that the company introduced in September 2013.
Microsoft is attempting to weed out the trolls of online gaming by categorising players by their scored reputation and pairing them up with similar-style players.
Microsoft is always dropping amazing game discounts on the community and this week there is no exception
Microsofts OneNote is now free. Once a Windows-only note-taking application included with Office, its now a free cross-platform note-taking service for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and the web
Microsoft gives potential customers the chance to test drive some of its most popular software and services via free trials that ultimately make for better buying decisions.
The Computer History Museum has released the source code for MS-DOS 1.1, 2.0 and Word 1.1a
