IT management executives from large corporations worry most about how to manage employee-owned devices safely and securely, according to clients of the Directions on Microsoft analyst firm. [...]
Microsoft is abandoning the 'Aero' user interface with Windows 8, calling the UI that debuted in Vista and continued in Windows 7, 'cheesy' and 'dated.' [...]
Company claims system requirements will be the same as those of Visual Studio 2010 despite performance increases [...]
So.cl, an experimental research project from Microsoft, that combines social networking and search to promote learning, is now accepting all users interested in joining the site. [...]
So.cl, an experimental research project from Microsoft, that combines social networking and search to promote learning, is now accepting all users interested in joining the site. [...]
The U.S. International Trade Commission issued an import ban Friday on any Android devices from Motorola that infringe one of Microsoft's patents. [...]
When Windows 8 comes out later this year, the new Start screen and Metro-style apps will likely be the first changes you'll notice, but those aren't the only things that are new. Microsoft is also making some serious security enhancements to help keep your system safer and to improve Windows' ability to combat viruses and malware. It just may be the biggest improvement to Windows security yet. [...]
Unless Microsoft allows other browser makers to call important APIs in Windows RT, it’s “probably not worth it to even bother” building a version of Firefox for the new OS, a Mozilla product director said. [...]
Microsoft should have "skipped media players completely” and instead produced "the coolest music service for your phones ever.” [...]