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Microsoft Tries (And Fails) To Beat Apple At Its Own Game

The Huffington Post | Dino Grandoni | Posted 05.23.2013 | Technology

Microsoft's newest ad pits an up-and-coming gadget against an established foe. There's a white background, snarky "dialogue" and a comparison of two p...

Microsoft Announces How It'll Fix Window 8

AP | By ANICK JESDANUN | Posted 05.14.2013 | Technology

NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free...

Windows 8 Is Actually Doing About As Well As Windows 7

Reuters | Bill Rigby | Posted 05.07.2013 | Technology

By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sold 100 million Windows 8 licenses in the six months since launch, roughly in lin...

Windows 8 Is Actually Hurting PC Sales

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.11.2013 | Technology

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look as if it will never fully recover as a new gen...

Windows 8 'Social Good' Contest Helps Startup Change Local Food Systems

Startup Weekend | Posted 04.03.2013 | Small Business
Startup Weekend

NetSquared, an initiative which aids individuals and communities in using web-based tools, recently hosted their first ever "Social Good Contest" for apps developed for Windows 8. Sponsored by Microsoft, the contest "encourages developers to make a difference in the world through the power of technology."

Undercover Shopper: Apple vs. Microsoft Store

John Pavley | Posted 03.31.2013 | Technology
John Pavley

I felt bad for the Microsoft Store. The devices and accessories looked sharp and smart. But they were heavy to hold and didn't work as advertised.

Second Time's A Charm? Well...

Reuters | Bill Rigby | Posted 04.08.2013 | Technology

By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. tech writers have given Microsoft Corp's new Surface tablet-laptop hybrid largely negative revie...

Microsoft Doesn't Want To Say How Many Surfaces It Sold

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.26.2013 | Technology

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft's latest quarterly earnings slipped, even as the world's largest software maker showed modest progress adapting to a ...

This Is When You Can Buy A Surface Pro

AP | Posted 03.25.2013 | Technology

REDMOND, Washington (AP) — Microsoft says that the pro version of its Surface tablet will be available to purchase Feb. 9 in the U.S. and Canada. ...

PCs Are Slowing Evolving Into Tablets

Reuters | Posted 01.17.2013 | Technology

Personal computer makers, trying to beat back a tablet mania that's eating into their sales, are making what may be a last-ditch attempt to sway custo...

Don't Hold Your Breath For A PC Turnaround

Reuters | Posted 03.16.2013 | Technology

LONDON (Reuters) - Holiday season shoppers shunned Windows 8 desktops and notebooks in favor of tablets and smartphones, resulting in a 4.3 percent fa...

Why Microsoft May Have Missed A Major Opportunity This Month

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE and RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 01.11.2013 | Technology

LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft may have relinquished its starring role in America's gaudiest gadget show a year too early. After 13 straight years in the spo...

PC Makers Did Not Have A Happy Holidays

Reuters | Bill Rigby | Posted 03.13.2013 | Technology

By Bill Rigby LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Holiday-season sales of personal computers fell for the first time in more than five years, accordi...

People Are Actually Buying This Thing

Reuters | Ritsuko Ando | Posted 03.12.2013 | Technology

* Shares rise 10.8 pct * Achieved underlying profitability in Q4, beating earlier forecast * CEO under pressure to show...

10 Weeks After Launch, How Is Windows 8 Selling?

Reuters | Bill Rigby | Posted 03.10.2013 | Technology

By Bill Rigby LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sold 60 million licenses and upgrades for its new Windows 8 operating system in ...

Pen Unleashes Full Potential Of Windows 8

AP | By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 03.10.2013 | Technology

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Many people who have tried Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system without a touch screen have hated it because of the inability...

Google Admits To A Maps Power Play With Microsoft

Business Insider | Posted 01.06.2013 | Technology

Google has backtracked. It now admits it's been blocking Windows Phone 8 users from accessing Google Maps. ...

5 Lessons Microsoft Must Learn In 2013

fast company logo | Posted 01.03.2013 | Technology

By Austin Carr This article originally appeared at FastCompany. In November, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer praised the company's progress at an a...

Top Online Security Threats of 2013 -- and How You Can Protect Yourself

Jeff Hindenach | Posted 02.26.2013 | Technology
Jeff Hindenach

2013 will be the year of the mobile security threat. With online technology rapidly moving from computers to the palms of our hands, cybercriminals and hackers are evolving their methods to fit the times.

2013: A Year for Big Changes

Donald Farmer | Posted 02.19.2013 | Business
Donald Farmer

At the beginning of a new year, I always enjoy looking ahead to the changes I expect to see in my business life. This year may see some dramatic shifts in the world of business computing, but ... The biggest change has happened already.

MIT Professor : Windows 8 Is A Christmas Gift For 'Someone You Hate'

ZDNet | Adrian Kingsley | Posted 02.09.2013 | College

Internet entrepreneur and MIT professor Philip Greenspun has cast his critical eye over Microsoft's latest operating system and concluded that it is t...

Windows 8 Is Not Saving The PC From Certain Doom

AP | By PETER SVENSSON | Posted 01.29.2013 | Technology

NEW YORK (AP) — Sales of personal computers in the U.S. didn't get any boost from the launch of Windows 8, confounding the hopes of Microsoft and PC...

Microsoft's Future Looks Grim

Larry Magid | Posted 11.28.2012 | Technology
Larry Magid

Based on what I've seen lately, things don't look promising for Microsoft. This is not wishful thinking. I've been a fan of its products for decades and am writing this column in Microsoft Word on my Windows 7 PC, which I like.

Jason Gilbert

What Are You Waiting For?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 11.28.2012 | Technology

This week, Microsoft announced that it sold a truly bananas 40 million licenses of Windows 8 in the new operating system's first month of availability...

Initial Sales For Windows 8: Not Bad

Reuters | Posted 01.27.2013 | Technology

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in the month since launch on October 26, according to one of the new co-head...