The ‘irrelevance of Microsoft’ illustrated in a single chart
Microsoft has long been the leader when it comes to personal computing, but the advent of mobile marked a major paradigm shift that Microsoft still …
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The good news for Microsoft: Its enterprise business is humming along
Lost in all the headlines about Microsoft’s epic Surface RT debacle is the fact that its enterprise business is in terrific shape. Computerworld notes that …
Video: Microsoft keeps taking shots at iPad despite Surface debacle
Poor Surface sales be damned: Microsoft is moving forward with its Siri-mocking advertising campaign. The company previously compared the ASUS Vivo Tab and Dell XPS …
Recent tech history is littered with the corpses of failed tablets
Whom the gods wish to destroy, first they have enter the tablet market. After Microsoft announced yesterday that it was writing off $900 million due …
How did Microsoft screw up the Surface RT this badly?
Microsoft’s mistakes during the launch of its first tablet were obvious to many people, but it was still shocking to hear on Thursday that the …
Microsoft offering free year of Xbox Live Gold for Office 365 subscribers
Microsoft has come up with a clever way to tie its popular Office productivity software in with its popular Xbox gaming console. In a new promotion …
Microsoft reports Q4 miss: $0.59 EPS on revenues of $19.89 billion
With PC sales tumbling and Microsoft continuing to struggle to find its place in the mobile market, all eyes turn to the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings …
It’s not Windows’ world anymore
Any rival computing platform trying to break through 10 years ago faced a daunting challenge since Microsoft’s Windows was by far the most widely used …
Microsoft reseller rips company’s ‘insane’ strategy for selling the Surface
Microsoft made several curious decisions in selling its first-generation Surface tablets last year but one of the most questionable was the decision to initially only …
Huge Surface RT price cuts said to be unlikely to boost sales
Microsoft’s debut Surface RT tablet hasn’t been the runaway success the company was hoping for, so Microsoft recently slashed the price of the tablet — just …
Current crop of Windows tablets deemed ‘simply too flawed to recommend’
Tablets based on Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Windows RT operating systems have struggled to gain traction so far and Paul Thurrott of the Supersite for …
Kinect costs almost as much as the Xbox One to build
An anonymous Microsoft employee claims that manufacturing the Kinect sensor costs “almost as much” as manufacturing the Xbox One. The information was revealed in an …
Microsoft’s big Windows 8 problem: Touch not seen as important for PCs
In developing Windows 8, Microsoft made a big bet that adding touch capabilities to personal computers would help revive an industry that was getting eaten …
Microsoft reportedly testing ‘translucent aluminum’ Surface Watch
The smartwatch race is on. The Verge reports that Microsoft has moved production of its own smartwatch from its Xbox division to its Surface division and …
Microsoft exec admits Xbox One debut was horribly mishandled
Xbox One fans are petitioning Microsoft to return the console to its original state. The company had removed controversial game-sharing restrictions after backlash from the …
Windows Phone reportedly getting Windows 8.1-style overhaul next year
Now that Microsoft has unveiled its plan to overhaul Windows 8 later this year, you might think that it’s only a matter of time before …
Microsoft sues government for not banning Motorola imports
Microsoft is not messing around anymore when it comes to enforcing patent judgements against Google and Motorola. Bloomberg reports that Microsoft filed a lawsuit against …
Are the next-gen Xbox One and PlayStation 4 ‘downgrades’?
Millions upon millions of gamers around the world are crawling out of their skin waiting for Microsoft and Sony’s next-generation video game consoles to launch, …
LG reportedly prepping first Windows Phone 8 handset
Microsoft can use all the help it can get right now. Nearly three years following its launch, Windows Phone’s share of the global smartphone market …
Microsoft reportedly plans to slash Surface RT price to $350
In an effort to boost disappointing sales, Microsoft has decided to cut the price of its entry-level Surface RT tablet to just $350, unnamed sources …
PlayStation 4 fans flock to sign petition demanding return of controversial Xbox One features
Many Xbox fans were outraged at Microsoft when the company announced heavy restrictions for sharing games with friends on the Xbox One. Disc-based games would be …
Xbox One now sold out at Best Buy
Take note, Xbox fans: if you haven’t already preordered your Day One Edition of Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox One, you now have one less retailer to …
Microsoft’s major reorganization finally announced
Microsoft’s big reorganization has finally gotten official. AllThingsD has published a memo sent out by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday providing details on the …
Microsoft teases two new Surface models for 2014
Microsoft isn’t letting disappointing first-generation sales stop it from releasing new versions of its Surface tablet. ZDNet on Wednesday spotted a new Microsoft product roadmap …
Video: Microsoft slams iPad yet again in new ad
Microsoft wasn’t a big fan of Apple’s “I’m a Mac” campaign a few years ago, but the world’s largest software company seems to enjoy putting …
Windows 8.1 looks to follow Android’s playbook for tracking users
Although Google has a seedy reputation for collecting exhaustive amounts of its users’ data to deliver targeted advertisements, it looks like Microsoft is planning to …
Windows Phone makes big splash in Russia as largest carrier drops iPhone
Windows Phone 8 may not be making a dent in its home country but it seems to be making plenty of comrades in other parts …
Microsoft has lost $11 billion trying to compete with Google
We’ve known for a while that Microsoft hasn’t been very successful in its attempt to make a Bing a legitimate rival to Google but it seems …
Microsoft’s big reorg reportedly set for Thursday
Microsoft is apparently ready to go public with its big reorganization plan this week. AllThingsD reports that “Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is poised to unveil …
Former Xbox boss wanted Microsoft to buy Zynga before leaving to become Zynga’s CEO
Before Don Mattrick surprised everyone with the announcement that he was leaving Microsoft to join Zynga as its CEO, the former Xbox boss was reportedly interested …
