Microsoft announced that it had acquired Evanston, Ill.-based MarketingPilot Software for an undisclosed amount.
The Microsoft Surface team fielded some questions in a Tuesday Reddit session about the company's new tablet device, which is available today for preordering.
Microsoft announced today that it plans to support Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 and will release a "preview" next month.
Analysts are forecasting a year-over-year revenue decline of 5.3 percent totaling $16.45 billion for Microsoft.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/17/2012
Microsoft today announced it is taking advance orders for its Windows RT-based Surface "tablet PC."
Upgrade copies of Windows 8 Pro for x86/x64 systems can now be preordered from various retail outlets.
Microsoft "2013"-branded products have reached the release-to-manufacturing milestone.
Microsoft this week released a cumulative update to Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
Google this week announced that it has postponed a planned Google Apps shift in which export support to older Microsoft Office document formats would be dropped.
Microsoft now sees itself as a "devices and services company," according to CEO Steve Ballmer.
Android, which has seen the number of Trojans targeting the platform nearly triple in just the last three months, is being targeted by attackers as high levels due to its large install base.
For the second month in a row, Microsoft is releasing an uncharacteristically light security update.
Microsoft released Windows Server 2012 Essentials to its hardware manufacturing partners today.
Microsoft announced it will officially launch Windows Phone 8 on Oct. 29 in San Francisco.
Microsoft has acquired PhoneFactor, a provider of mobile-based authentication solutions, according to announcements made by both companies.
Steven Guggenheimer has been appointed the corporate vice president of Microsoft's Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) division.
Microsoft will be rolling out one "critical" and six "important" bulletins for October's security update, planned for Tuesday.
According to the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), Internet Explorer 10's Do Not Track" (DNT) setting will adversely hurt the quality and quantity Internet content.
A consulting firm is yet again pointing to possible "stealth" price increases in Enterprise Agreement renewals.