At its Build conference this week Microsoft launched a preview version of Internet Explorer 11, in conjunction with the release of the Windows 8.1 preview. Both are expected to be officially released later this year.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/28/2013
Windows 8.1 took center stage at TechEd Europe today.
Today's lengthy day-two Build 2013 Conference keynote in San Francisco focused broadly on Windows Azure and was aimed right at developers.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/27/2013
Microsoft made several announcements concerning the Azure cloud platform during today's keynote at the company's annual Build developer conference.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/27/2013
Ballmer, kicked off the Build Conference in San Francisco this morning, setting the stage for a first look at Windows 8.1, Visual Studio 2013 and the new Bring development API.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/26/2013
Microsoft on Tuesday described progress and future plans for its Yammer social networking application, which has reached a one-year milestone.
Microsoft today released public previews of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014.
Microsoft provided details this month about its Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials product to come.
Longtime rivals Microsoft and Oracle today outlined a potentially far-reaching partnership to support all of Oracle's key software offerings.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/24/2013
CEO Steve Ballmer may be working on an executive restructuring that might have some of the division heads in Microsoft changing job titles.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/24/2013
Microsoft recently described a number of improvements to expect with its R2 version of Windows Server 2012, which may arrive as a public preview release next week.
A new report provides considerations for moving to Microsoft's newest desktop operating system.
Microsoft recently showed a preview of future Office Web Apps improvements for browsers running on Android, iOS and Windows tablets.
A deal that could have resulted in Microsoft buying Nokia to acquire the mobile phone manufacturer's device-manufacturing business is no more reported The Wall Street Journal today.
Microsoft announced that Dynamics GP 2013 and Dynamics NAV 2013 can now be purchased as Windows Azure-hosted services through partners.
Microsoft last week released an update to System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, adding support for the management of Linux and Unix operating systems, along with Mac.
Microsoft this month talked about how its latest Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 improvements can help with the management of Linux and Unix servers.
Microsoft announced a plan to open "Windows Stores" inside Best Buy locations across North America.
Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a preview of its cloud-based multifactor authentication service that it had showcased at TechEd.
According to Websense, a San Diego-based information security solutions provider, most browser Java installations continue to be unpatched or outdated, leaving the majority of users vulnerable to exploit code already in use in the wild.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/13/2013