Microsoft is responding to complaints from some Windows 7 users about a message that suggests impending battery failure when using a laptop.
Spyrus Inc. plans to release a portable USB device marketed as "secure Windows on a stick."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/02/2010
It remains to be seen whether the slate-based iPad will help or hurt the prospects of PC-based alternatives with a similar form factor.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/01/2010
Here are seven powerful predictions for Microsoft's future.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/01/2010
Competition in the consumer mobile operating system space is starting to shift, according to a new report from IDC.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/26/2010
A new report from Forrester Research predicts that IT pros will soon have their hands full supporting a smartphone-equipped workforce.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/20/2010
Microsoft has tacitly acknowledged that it will have something to say after all about its next-generation mobile platform, including a possible Windows Phone in March.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/20/2010
Ballmer's talk at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show consisted primarily of incremental announcements and positioning statements, but there were no major surprises.
Google on Tuesday launched the Nexus One, a touch-based smartphone that boasts many of the features of Apple's iPhone as well as some new features.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/06/2010
From Twitter twits to phone-phobes, Doug lets fly with his technological pet peeves.
Google is reportedly considering offering its own mobile phone based on the Android operating system as early as next year.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/14/2009
Microsoft is planning to rev up the mobility market under its "Windows phone" brand.
- By Herb Torrens
- 12/01/2009
Though smart phone sales grew by 12 percent over the past year, the share of new devices shipping with Windows Mobile have plunged, according to Gartner.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/17/2009
Microsoft sent a letter to T-Mobile Sidekick users claiming that most of the customer data thought to be lost during a network failure is now being restored.
Microsoft launched "Windows phone" branding on Tuesday, marking the global rollout of Windows Mobile 6.5-based phones by Microsoft's hardware partners.
It might surprise you to know which Microsoft products are poised to make a big splash in 2010.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 10/01/2009
An in-depth review of each System Center component shows the overall product is more like a collection of similar applications than a suite.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 09/01/2009
Microsoft and Nokia are staking a new claim to the mobile phone space with a global alliance announced today.
- By Herb Torrens
- 08/12/2009
Microsoft's ambitious product-launch schedule requires a delicate juggling act.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 08/01/2009
The U.S. Census Bureau is deploying the Windows Mobile operating system on 140,000 PDAs being used for the 2010 census.