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 …
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Study: Windows users love buying Apple products
Every two out of three Windows computer owners purchase Apple products, research conducted by Morgan Stanley shows (via Business Insider). According to the following graph …
Microsoft says Windows Phone is beating iPhone in 24 markets
Here’s some more evidence that 2014 is shaping up to be Windows Phone’s breakthrough year. Per Neowin, Microsoft has released a statement this week claiming …
Another one bites the dust: Ford CEO Mulally won’t leave to run Microsoft
Microsoft shares are getting hammered in Tuesday evening’s after-hours session on news that Ford CEO Alan Mulally will not leave the company to accept a new …
Microsoft confirms 3 million Xbox One consoles sold in 2013
Industry watchers are divided when it comes to which new console will with this generation of the much hyped “console wars,” but many seem to …
Microsoft might have reason to fear Chromebooks after all
Late last year, we wondered why Microsoft was seemingly wasting its time bashing Chromebooks, the low-cost browser-based laptops that have barely registered in consumer sales …
Microsoft quietly upgrades Surface Pro 2 processor
Despite being launched only a few months ago, the Surface Pro 2 has quietly received a processor upgrade, WinBeta reports. Following the unsuccessful December 2013 …
WSJ: Microsoft CEO prospects fear Ballmer looking over their shoulders
Why is it taking Microsoft so long to find a new CEO? Unnamed sources tell The Wall Street Journal that candidates are worried about the …
Microsoft almost fatally sabotaged the Xbox One
Microsoft made a lot of terrible public relations mistakes when it rolled out the Xbox One, but thankfully none of those mistakes were reflected in …
The biggest threat to Windows: ‘People simply don’t care about it’
If Windows ever dies out, it will likely go out with a whimper and not with a bang. Windows enthusiast Paul Thurrott worries that the …
How a top Microsoft rival could make 2014 the year of Windows Phone
While we’ve been laser-focused on Samsung’s split from Android, another major electronics company has purportedly been exploring other options as well. The Information reports that …
5 things the tech industry absolutely needs in 2014
Given that it’s New Year’s Eve, I thought that I’d make a quick list of New Year’s resolutions that I’d like to see the tech …
Apple, Microsoft and others now regret spending $4.5 billion on patents
Rockstar — a consortium of companies including Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry and Sony that purchased 4,000 patents from Nortel in 2011 — is looking to sell …
Why Google scares Microsoft to death
Microsoft has bashed both Samsung and Apple in its ads this year but there is a very good reason why Microsoft fears Google above all …
Former Apple exec: Has Microsoft gone nuts?
Of all of the dramas currently unfolding in the tech world right now, Microsoft’s is undoubtedly among the most intriguing. Years ago, just before Windows …
SEC charges Microsoft exec with insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday announced that it was bringing insider trading charges against Brian D. Jorgenson, a senior portfolio manager at Microsoft whom …
Ballmer explains how Apple forced his hand with the Surface
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has revealed in an interview with ZDNet that the company felt forced to manufacture its own Surface line of tablets …
Microsoft yanks update that wrecked the Surface Pro 2
Many Surface Pro 2 users who have updated their device using recently released system firmware have posted complaints all across Microsoft’s support pages demanding that …
Will 2014 be the year of Windows Phone?
The Windows Phone mobile platform may be looking to have an even better 2014 after showing some encouraging momentum this year, at least according to …
These are the 5 best Xbox One games so far
Over the past few months, we’ve spent a great deal of time discussing the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. Both consoles offer a unique …
Here’s how desperate some IT people are to avoid Windows 8
Microsoft knows that it has some work to do to make its desktop users happier with Windows 8. Despite this, the company is hoping to …
Microsoft CEO candidate hints company’s future goes beyond Windows
Ever since its rise to power in the 1990s, Microsoft has been all about “Windows, Windows, Windows.” But just because Windows has been Microsoft’s past …
Microsoft says it won’t name new CEO until at least early 2014
The Microsoft CEO search soap opera looks set to continue for at least another few weeks. Even though some Microsoft execs had been hoping the …
Microsoft desperately needs to find its new CEO soon
As Microsoft’s CEO search has dragged on and on, we’ve been treated to a series of leaks about its future plans that in many cases …
Kinect-like face recognition, touchless control tipped for Surface Mini
The rumored Surface Mini Windows tablet that wasn’t introduced alongside the new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 earlier this year is still coming, a …
Google steals star engineer away from Microsoft
Google may be increasing its focus on robots, but it looks like the company still has use for humans as well (even if it only …
Windows 9 concept: Saving Windows from itself with a focus on ‘little things’
After hearing that Microsoft may bring back the Start menu button to Windows starting with the next major release, codenamed “Threshold,” a user imagined some …
Is this Microsoft’s next big Windows Phone update? [updated]
Now that the Nokia acquisition is all but finalized, Microsoft is back at work improving Windows Phone. The latest leaked image from @evleaks shows off …
‘Extremely popular’ Surface Pro 2, Surface 2 sold out at retailers
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2 tablets are selling very well, according to Mashable‘s checks with various retailers where the devices are sold out with …
How Microsoft could bring back the Start menu without killing Metro UI
The biggest controversy surrounding Windows 8 has been about the so-called “Metro” user interface that lets users navigate their PC through a set of Live …
