As Microsoft continues its march toward a subscription-centric business model, customers are on the hunt for the hidden gotchas.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 03/23/2015
Microsoft announced the release of a new Windows 10 preview build yesterday for its "fast-ring" testers.
Can the virtual assistant be useful when tethered to a desktop computer?
Also, the company announced a new security tool that will use Windows 10 device authentication over user passwords.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined the company's "Internet of things" vision at Convergence 2015 today, including Azure and Windows products to come.
The feature, found in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012, can help troubleshoot issues by providing a history of the OS.
The tablet market will grow a "modest" 2.1 percent this year, according to research results announced today by IDC.
Also included is a fix for the widespread FREAK bug.
Microsoft may release its next build of the Windows 10 preview late this week, or it may not.
Microsoft showed off new Windows 8.1 smartphones devices -- that will have the ability to run Windows 10 at a later date -- and presented a demo for the mobile version of its Project Spartan Web browser today at the company's Mobile World Congress (MWC) event.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer team explained today why they didn't use an open source rendering engine with Spartan.
More than Windows 10 itself, the Microsoft "Universal Apps" strategy is a true, bet-the-business initiative for the company.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 02/25/2015
Both Apple and Linux finished the year with more security flaws than Microsoft's OSes.
IT pros wondering about the fate of System Center Configuration Manager got some reassuring words this month from a Microsoft executive.
The Directions on Microsoft analyst team recently provided a glimpse of where Microsoft may be heading this year, with a focus on future enterprise product releases.