Microsoft's consumer mobile operating systems will hit second place in four years, according to IDC.
The most significant update yet to Microsoft's Windows Azure service will bring long-awaited Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capabilities and support for Linux instances to the cloud platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/07/2012
Microsoft's vision of a world of connected devices got a full airing at Computex today in Taipei, Taiwan.
Internet Protocol version 6 will be turned on permanently by a number of companies around the world on June 6 GMT.
Few improvements occurred last month in the overall U.S. IT job market.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 06/04/2012
Microsoft issued a security advisory this week about the Flame virus, which is using unauthentic certificates from the company to trick antivirus programs.
News emerged today that speculation about Stuxnet having been created by either the United States or Israel to attack Iran's nuclear capabilities might have been true.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/01/2012
The "release preview" of Windows 8 and the "release candidate" of Windows Server 2012 were made available for download today by Microsoft.
Microsoft is changing its U.S. end user license agreement (EULA) contracts to limit the legal rights of its customers.
Despite the release of the Windows 8 release candidate, Microsoft may face an uphill battle in convincing the vast majority of enterprise developers to test it -- at least initially.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/31/2012
Google announced some Chrome OS improvements on Tuesday.
According to a survey of approximately 1,400 IT pros, 20.7 percent said they were "very interested" and 40.2 percent were "somewhat interested" in Windows 8 for their companies.
Microsoft and other software companies announced last week that they want the Open Data Protocol to become an international industry standard.
Hundreds of computers located in the Middle East have been infected by a highly complex virus called "Flame," according to security researchers at Kaspersky Lab.
Microsoft last week pointed to an IDC study it commissioned suggesting that organizations can save money by moving from Windows XP to Windows 7.
Dell is in talks to acquire Quest Software Inc. -- a move that would boost the company's software business.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/25/2012
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, predicted on Tuesday that 500 million users will have Windows 8 devices by the end of next year.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/23/2012
Users of Windows 8 will experience a different way of accessing their PC's boot options, which Microsoft described on Tuesday.
VMware on Tuesday announced that it plans to acquire privately held Wanova Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
Most IT pros have thought about moving away from the venerable Windows XP operating system, but the ones that haven't are "really, really late," according to Gartner Inc.