Microsoft

Microsoft’s DirectX 12 to boost gaming on PCs, mobile devices

Microsoft unveils DirectX 12, with games based on the new API available at the end of 2015

Windows leak site Wzor goes dark a day after feds arrest Microsoft mole

Noted Russian leak website disappears, Twitter account vanishes the day after a Russian national was accused of sharing Microsoft trade secrets

Ex-Microsoft employee arrested, accused of stealing Windows RT, product activation secrets

Big mistake: Allegedly used Hotmail, SkyDrive to share trade secrets with French blogger

Most ATMs will remain on Windows XP after Microsoft’s pulls plug on OS

Less than 40% of U.S.'s 425,000 ATM systems will have migrated off Windows XP

Microsoft’s free OneNote vaults to top of Mac App Store chart

Also sponsors 'Save to OneNote' tool for Feedly's RSS service

Mozilla patches 20 Firefox flaws, plugs Pwn2Own holes

Firefox 28 adds support for OS X's Notification Center

A peek into the licensing abyss, courtesy of Microsoft

Cloud versions of software make licensing even more complex

Microsoft scrambles to simplify its licensing

The effort to streamline licensing is incomplete

How to Work Seamlessly Across Multiple Devices

Oracle reverses decline in hardware revenue during Q3

Engineered system sales push hardware product revenue up 8 percent