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  • 12 July 2011

  • Video: WPC 2011: Steve Ballmer on competition, Apple and Windows Phone

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reviews the last 12 months for Microsoft, and where is stands competitively

  • 01 July 2011

  • Video: The week in technology, 1 July 2011

    On World Tech Update this week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduces Office365, the US Supreme Court rules that violent video games can be sold and rented to minors, Egypt promises never to shut off the Internet again, News Corp takes a huge loss on MySpace, police use wearable cameras to capture evidence and the Getty Museum uses Google Goggles for art info.

  • 29 June 2011

  • Video: Watch Microsoft's Steve Ballmer launch Office365

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched the much-awaited Office 365 on Tuesday, after a beta program of about nine months, as the company responds -- some critics say belatedly -- to the rising popularity of cloud-based applications for collaboration and communication.

  • 22 June 2011

  • News: Forrester: No End in Sight for IE Enterprise Slide

    Despite Windows dominance and a surge in Windows 7 enterprise upgrades, corporate use of Internet Explorer continues to decline due to more workplace consumerization that emphasizes choice and an increase in browser-agnostic apps.

  • 15 June 2011

  • News: Windows 7 migration: Tips and tricks

    Guide covers all the bases of migrating to Windows 7, from expert tips to vendor tools to make it easier.

  • 06 June 2011

  • News: Tablets and economy hit PC and netbook sales

    Worldwide PC shipments are now expected to grow by just 4.2 percent in 2011, down from a February forecast of 7.1 percent.

  • 03 June 2011

  • News: How Windows 8 Will Challenge Enterprise IT

    Windows 8 will work on more devices, which will create complications for enterprises as the consumerization of IT gathers steam. The major challenges: hardware and application incompatibility and Windows upgrade fatigue.

  • 02 June 2011

  • Video: COMPUTEX: Microsoft unveils touch-oriented Windows 8

    Microsoft showed the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei on Thursday, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs.

  • News: Microsoft unveils touch-oriented Windows 8

    Microsoft showed Thursday the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs.

  • News: Microsoft unveils touch-oriented Windows 8

    Microsoft showed Thursday the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs.

  • 31 May 2011

  • News: BlueStacks Merges Android and Windows

    Android smartphone applications are rapidly emerging as powerful and widely adopted business tools, while Windows PCs comprise the vast majority of small office networks. But so far, the two environments have remained largely separate, which also adds to the workload of those who have to manage small business networks.

  • 24 May 2011

  • News: Microsoft CEO confirms Windows 8 will be released in 2012

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed the next version of its Windows operating system will hit shelves in 2012.

  • 23 May 2011

  • News: Say Goodbye to Wintel? What Microsoft Windows 8 Could Be

    Don't get too comfortable with Windows 7. Microsoft is already hard at work on Windows 8 (and probably Windows 9, at the very least). While it's still only in the "rumor" stage, tidbits are spilling out as to what the upcoming operating system will offer. We already knew that it would support system-on-a-chip and mobile ARM processors, which could signal a new direction for PC development, but will these be true game changers?

  • 19 May 2011

  • News: Microsoft slams Intel's Windows 8 claims

    Microsoft has slammed claims by Intel's Renée James that Microsoft will develop four different versions of Windows 8 for devices with ARM processors as "factually inaccurate and unfortunately misleading".

  • 17 May 2011

  • News: Boost a Mobile Hotspot, Extend Media Center to Other TVs

    Reader Lois just moved to an area of California where there's no cable or DSL Internet service available. (Hard to believe, right?) She considered satellite service, but learned that those options are "slow and expensive." Cleverly, she's trying a Verizon MiFi mobile hotspot--a great solution, but it's also proving to be slow. (Lois notes that she gets only two bars on her call phone, so obviously she's in an area with poor cell-tower coverage.) Ultimately, she's "tired of paying for [a] less than quality product."

  • 16 May 2011

  • News: NTT DoCoMo plans pocket-size Windows 7 device

    Japan's NTT DoCoMo plans to launch what it calls the world's smallest Windows 7 computer in the next two months.

  • 04 May 2011

  • News: Windows Thin PC Extends Value of Legacy Hardware

    Microsoft announced this week that the Release Candidate (RC) of Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) is now available, and that it expects that WinTPC will be officially released sometime this quarter. WinTPC is no substitute for Windows 7, but it will enable Microsoft customers to continue using older hardware in new ways.

  • 03 May 2011

  • News: Windows Thin PC nears final release

    Microsoft offers a stripped-down version of Windows 7 for thin clients.

  • 29 April 2011

  • News: Microsoft quarter rescued by Microsoft Office

    Xbox and enterprise software saved Microsoft from sluggish PC sales in its third fiscal quarter

  • 26 April 2011

  • News: New Windows 8 pre-beta leaked online

    While Microsoft has not announced the release date, or even the official name, of its follow-up to Windows 7, an early pre-beta version of the OS has surfaced on the Internet, the second version to appear within a month.

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