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Microsoft Has Too Many Operating Systems and Will Cut One Operating System
Nov 29, 2013Microsoft has admitted that it has too many operating systems and will no longer offer either Windows Phone, Windows 8 or Windows RT. Speaking at the UBS Global Technology Conference, Microsoft spoke about the effective failure of its ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows RT, Under Threat
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Microsoft's Version of Windows Is Being Lined up for The Chop
Nov 27, 2013Microsoft's version of Windows for ARM-based devices, Windows RT, is being lined up for the chop, after Microsoft executive Julie Larson-Green admitted that three different versions of the Windows operating system was one too many. ...
Tags: Chop, Windows RT, Microsoft, exec, company, operating, system
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Steve Ballmer's Audacious Vision Will Not Be Achieved Without Digital Bloodshed
Nov 27, 2013Steve Ballmer’s audacious vision of “One Microsoft, all the time,” delivering a single, seamless user experience across a wide range of devices, will not be achieved without digital bloodshed. Windows will die, a ...
Tags: Larson-Green, Microsoft, Windows, platform
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Microsoft Is to Buy Nokia's Mobile Phone Business and License Its Patents
Sep 4, 2013Microsoft is to buy Nokia's mobile phone business and license its patents in a deal worth $7.2bn (£4.6bn). Further reading Nokia whacked by another downgrade – Moody's rates Nokia four notches below investment grade Microsoft ...
Tags: Microsoft, Nokia, Mobile Business
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As The Market for Surface RT and Other Windows RT Tablets Grows More Dire
Jul 18, 2013Computerworld - Even as the market for Surface RT and other Windows RT tablets grows more dire by the day, chip supplier Nvidia said it remains bullish to the platform and is committed for the long term. Nvidia's commitment to Surface RT ...
Tags: Nvidia, Windows Rt Future
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Steve Ballmer Is to Unveil a Major Restructuring of The Software Giant on Thursday
Jul 10, 2013Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to unveil a major restructuring of the software giant on Thursday. The aim, according to sources, is to achieve "functional coherence" and to better align people with corporate goals. That will mean cutting ...
Tags: Microsoft
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Microsoft Today Shipped Windows 8.1
Jun 26, 2013Microsoft today shipped Windows 8.1, the free upgrade to Windows 8, with CEO Steve Ballmer calling it "a refined blend" of what many critics had called a jarring disconnect between its two radically different user interfaces. The upgrade, ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8.1 Beta
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Microsoft Previewed an Office Application Designed for The Windows "Modern,"UI
Jun 26, 2013Microsoft today briefly previewed an Office application designed for the Windows "Modern," née "Metro," user interface (UI), and said it would launch the touch-enabled suite next year. "This is big," said Frank Gillett, an analyst ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office Apps, Windows
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Microsoft Is Close to Another Restructuring That Could See Several Senior Managers
Jun 24, 2013Microsoft is close to another restructuring that could see several senior managers moved sideways or leaving the company as it reduces its number of business units from eight to four. The restructuring is being prepared by a small group ...
Tags: Microsoft, Restructuring, Senior Manager
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Windows 8 Update Will Be Formally Released as Windows 8.1 and Will Be Free for Customers
May 16, 2013Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed. Windows 8.1 will be an "update" for both Windows 8 and for Windows RT, the ...
Tags: Windows, Microsoft, Computer Products
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Microsoft Increased The Head Count for Its June Developers Conference
May 15, 2013Microsoft today said it has increased the head count for its June developers conference, and will sell the extra tickets Wednesday. Saying that it has "made more room" at BUILD, the conference that will run June 26-28 in San Francisco, ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
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Microsoft Counter-Attacked Calls Some Media Coverage of Its Plans to Update Windows 8
May 15, 2013Microsoft counter-attacked Friday, calling some media coverage of its plans to update Windows 8 sensationalist and an effort to drive website page views. One analyst dubbed the missive by Frank Shaw, Microsoft's head of communications, as ...
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Microsoft Won't Charge for Blue,But May Do So for Later Updates
May 15, 2013Sometime in the coming weeks, Microsoft will tell Windows 8 users whether they will have to pay for the upgrade code-named "Blue," and if so, how much. While Microsoft remains tight-lipped on the subject, analysts believe Microsoft won't ...
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Microsoft Had Sold 100 Million Licenses of Windows 8, But How Many Copies Are Being Used?
May 13, 2013Microsoft this week said that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8 in the operating system's first six months. But how many copies are being used? That's a question Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
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The Iconic Start Button Would Return to The Windows 8 Desktop
May 10, 2013Microsoft's head of Windows development on Tuesday came close to promising that the iconic Start button would return to the Windows 8 desktop, but never made a guarantee. In a 25-minute interview at the Wired Business Conference, Julie ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows development