The Internet isn’t as open as it used to be
The Internet isn’t the outlet of freedom and prosperity it used to be. The truth of the matter is that big name companies such as …
Microsoft
Tim Cook vs. Steve Ballmer
As Apple prepares to file its March-quarter earnings report on Tuesday afternoon after the bell, the company finds itself in a position it hasn’t been …
Activist investor’s $2 billion Microsoft stake could put Ballmer on the hot seat
While Steve Ballmer’s job is still safe for now, a major new investment from an activist hedge fund could put pressure on Microsoft’s chief executive to …
Microsoft offsets tanking PC sales with Windows 8 upgrades, Surface sales
Despite PC sales recently experiencing their steepest decline ever in a single quarter, Microsoft managed to increase overall revenues from its Windows division. The company …
Xbox 360 leads console sales for 27th consecutive month
Microsoft’s gaming console has remained the best-selling system in the United States for the 27th consecutive month, according to new data from NPD Group. The …
Microsoft eyes iPad mini as exec hints at smaller Surface
Microsoft managed to emerge somewhat unscathed from the first quarter’s PC sales decline as it handily topped analysts’ fiscal third-quarter consensus and posted profits that …
Microsoft’s Q3 profit climbs as PC market tumbles
Expectations were high ahead of Microsoft’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report on Thursday. The PC industry saw a devastating decline in the March quarter but while its …
Microsoft partners say Windows 8 caused ‘millions of customers’ to switch to Apple
With PC sales crashing and burning, it’s not surprising that several PC OEMs are still fuming about Windows 8, the operating system that has so …
Microsoft told to bring back Start button as ‘a sign that it listens to its customers’
While Windows 8 has a lot going for it, it’s also proven to be a very polarizing operating system that many users have criticized for …
Forget Windows 8.1: How to get its two best features right now, for free
Windows 8 hasn’t exactly been the huge boost PC vendors were looking for to reinvigorate the slumping PC market. In fact, a few reports suggest …
Foxconn to pay Microsoft licensing fees for every Android device it produces
Microsoft may not be tearing it up in the consumer mobile electronics market these days, but the company hasn’t lost its acumen for rent seeking. …
Dell executive defends Windows RT, company planning new ARM-based tablets
Despite negative reception and poor sales, Dell remains committed to Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system. The company has confirmed that it plans to release “future …
Microsoft exec says no plans to launch Surface phone
Microsoft has long been rumored to be building a flagship Surface smartphone for its Windows Phone operating system. In fact, we know there’s a Surface …
Windows 8.1 rumored to include option to boot straight to desktop
Windows 8’s luddite-scaring Start Screen has managed to frighten enough people that Microsoft may be backing away from making the new view central to the …
PC margins expected to sink further as vendors engage in race to the bottom
You know the PC industry is in trouble when bearish analysts are criticizing themselves for not being pessimistic enough. StreetInsider points us to new research …
Microsoft may join smartwatch fray with upcoming Apple ‘iWatch’ challenger
Microsoft has become the latest major consumer electronics company to see its plans for a smartwatch leak ahead of any official announcement. While Samsung remains …
No bottom seen yet for PC sales plunge
This has been a pretty bad news week for Microsoft and we should probably expect a lot more of them going forward. Barron’s points us …
Microsoft’s Android antitrust complaint called ‘an attack on open source’
When a Microsoft (MSFT)-led group called Fairsearch Europe filed an antitrust complaint against Google (GOOG) and its Android platform this week, it didn’t merely say that …
Microsoft’s market share said to ‘gradually deteriorate’ without changes
IDC’s report on plummeting PC shipments has hit Microsoft (MSFT) hard and now Goldman Sachs analyst Heather Bellini has downgraded the company from Hold to …
Microsoft exec resigns after telling users to ‘deal with it’ regarding always-on Xbox controversy
The Microsoft (MSFT) executive who sparked controversy after making public statements regarding unannounced Microsoft products is no longer with the company. Microsoft Studios creative director Adam …
Dear Microsoft: Giving the next Xbox an always-online requirement might be suicidal
The stunning decline in PC shipments reported by IDC this week shows that Microsoft (MSFT) is really on the ropes in the consumer electronics market. …
Devastating PC decline is literally incomprehensible to industry experts
Despite ill omens, the IDC report about PC volume decline hitting -14% in the first quarter shows once again how much trouble the tech industry …
WSJ: Microsoft is prepping a 7-inch Surface tablet
What a coincidence — on the same day market research firm IDC reported that the PC industry saw its worst-ever decline, The Wall Street Journal …
IDC: Windows 8 has actually made PCs ‘a less attractive alternative to tablets’
While Microsoft’s (MSFT) launch of Windows 8 was supposed to be the big change that the company needed to help personal computers keep pace with …
Microsoft’s ‘minimal participation’ in mobile market called increasingly ‘difficult to reverse’
Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Phone 8 hasn’t exactly lit the world on fire since its release last fall and the company could face trouble gaining traction …
Next-generation Xbox will reportedly take over TVs with deep set-top box integration
It’s becoming clear that Microsoft (MSFT) doesn’t want its next-generation Xbox to be just a gaming console. Unnamed sources have told The Verge that Microsoft …
Microsoft Office for Android and iOS might not launch until 2014
Microsoft (MSFT) has long been rumored to be building a version of Office for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices, but earlier reports that claimed …
Microsoft extends anti-Google efforts to Europe as it files a new antitrust complaint
When last we heard of the “Scroogled” campaign, Microsoft (MSFT) had moved its efforts from the public relations front to the legal front and was …
Microsoft reportedly switching to AMD for next-gen Xbox chips
When the next-generation Xbox arrives later this year, it will likely come with the same eight-core AMD chips being used by Sony’s (SNE) rival PlayStation …
Windows Blue rumored to merge Windows Phone and Windows 8 into one product
Microsoft’s (MSFT) next version of the Windows operating system, codenamed Windows Blue, will reportedly help merge its PC and mobile platforms, according to Digitimes. Windows Blue …
