Why I’ve learned to never count out Microsoft
I’ve taken my fair share of shots at Microsoft over the years but thankfully I’ve never been foolish enough to label the company “doomed.” If you …
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Microsoft’s bold plan to beat the NSA
Microsoft is tired of waiting for the United States government to rein in the National Security Agency so it’s taking matters into its own hands. …
Microsoft crushes expectations with EPS of $0.78 on revenue of $24.52 billion
Microsoft on Thursday posted an EPS of $0.78 on revenue of $24.52 billion for its second fiscal quarter of 2014, thus crushing the consensus forecast …
One last gift for Microsoft: Nokia’s smartphone growth has collapsed
After a couple of quarters of promising growth, Nokia’s smartphone unit sales suddenly shrank from the third quarter last year to the Christmas quarter of 2013. …
One astonishing number shows why developers are avoiding Windows Phone
Windows Phone has made some impressive gains in terms of market share over the past year but Microsoft still has a ways to go toward …
Well-known hacker says Windows 9 will be released to PC makers in October
It’s not exactly a secret that Windows 8 hasn’t been a success by any measure. Microsoft and its PC vendor partners were hoping the refreshed …
Soon you’ll be able to watch NFL games at 60 FPS through the Xbox One
From the outset, Microsoft has marketed the Xbox One as not only a gaming platform, but an all-in-one media center. Although it hasn’t reached its …
Bill Gates seen as Microsoft’s shadow CEO
Why is Microsoft having such difficulty finding a new CEO? As Re/code reports, many potential CEO candidates are worried about whether they’ll really have a …
Microsoft reportedly paid YouTube video makers to promote Xbox One
It has been hard to escape the endless barrage of next-generation console coverage over the past several months. The launches of the Xbox One and …
Microsoft-invented ‘smart elevator’ listens to everything you say
If you’re the type of person who doesn’t like using Google Now or posting on Facebook because you don’t want tech companies knowing about your …
Surface Pro 2 update released to fix December mess
Microsoft late last week started rolling out an update for the Surface Pro 2 that fixes some of the issues caused by a previous unsuccessful …
A disaster in the making: 95% of ATMs still run Windows XP
As we’ve mentioned multiple times, now is really the time to upgrade from Windows XP if you haven’t done so already. Even though Microsoft will …
Why Microsoft might actually release an Android phone
Nokia’s “Normandy” Android handset has become something of a curiosity for many smartphone fans who see it as a “what-could-have-been” for Nokia if it had …
Microsoft employees reportedly call Windows 8 ‘the new Vista’
We’ve argued in the past that it wouldn’t be fair to compare Windows 8 to Vista, in part because Vista was widely hated by many …
Microsoft takes back the crown: Xbox One is December’s best-selling console
Globally, Sony’s PlayStation 4 dominated the early days of this generation’s video game console war. Sony announced earlier this month that it sold a jaw-dropping …
Microsoft to finally unveil Siri, Google Now rival in April
Apple first unveiled Siri in the fall of 2011, Google took the wraps off Google Now in the summer of 2012 and now Microsoft is …
Impending Windows XP malware nightmare now slightly less apocalyptic
If you’re still running a machine that runs Windows XP… well, you should really, really, really think about upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows 8 …
Microsoft denies report that it’s shelling out billions to pay off Windows Phone partners
Microsoft has denied an earlier report suggesting that the company plans to pay out billions of dollars in 2014 in an effort to ensure that …
Can Microsoft’s billions buy Windows Phone success?
Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is more than three years old now and its global market share still sits in the low single digits. The platform …
Bad omen for Microsoft: It’s using BlackBerry’s ‘tools not toys’ line
As I’ve noted in the past, the “tools not toys” line of attack against iOS and Android devices was not at all effective for BlackBerry …
Will the post-PC world also be the post-Windows world?
We learned over the weekend that Microsoft is planning to release a major update to Windows next year that will essentially act as a do-over …
Latest Xbox One ad: ‘If it were any more real, it would be real’
The latest Xbox One ad is all about immersion. According to Microsoft, the games on the Xbox One look so good that you might actually …
With Windows 8 ‘tanking hard,’ Microsoft preps Windows 9 for 2015
Whomever Microsoft appoints as its new CEO, it looks like they’ll have to start work immediately cleaning up the mess left by Windows 8. Paul …
The PC is dying a death by a thousand cuts
The latest Gartner numbers on PC sales released Thursday were truly atrocious as they showed that overall PC sales declined by just under 7% year-over-year, …
Video: How to troll your Xbox Live opponents without saying a word
When Apple originally announced Siri, many people thought that a voice-controlled personal assistant would lead to some very unfortunate pranks at the expense of iPhone …
Microsoft to address huge pain point with first big Xbox One update
No console launch is perfect, exemplified most recently by both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but some of the issues with Microsoft’s latest entry …
WSJ: Ballmer and Gates are scaring away potential Microsoft CEOs
With the Microsoft CEO likely to drag on for at least another month, that means we’re in for several more weeks of leaks detailing all the …
Twitch game streaming on Xbox One still doesn’t have a launch date
Bad news for Xbox One owners hoping to stream their games in the near future — according to the Twitch Twitter account, the Direct Broadcasting …
No end in sight to the Microsoft CEO search
According to a report from Re/code, Microsoft is still searching for its next CEO and it could keep searching for a while. Right now, unnamed …
Sorry, Windows users: Leak suggests next big Windows 8.1 update won’t include Start menu
Although Windows 8.1 was a step in the right direction for Microsoft’s latest operating system, there’s no question that the interface is still not optimal …
