Microsoft

Why nobody cares about touchscreen laptops

IDC lowers projects on touch-enabled laptop sales after users make it clear that they simply don't want them.

The PC never died

Despite its shrinking market, the PC remains the premiere platform to showcase bleeding-edge technologies.

XP’s retirement will be hacker heaven

Hackers will bank bugs until after Microsoft retires Windows XP in April 2014; expect attacks, say security experts

Microsoft’s Office 365 Add-ons muddy licensing and make customers pay twice

Perhaps useful for dipping toes in subscription waters, say experts, but it means customers pay twice for Office

Microsoft’s bet on touch PCs fails to pay off

Buyers reject touchscreen notebooks, spooked by higher prices and concerns about value of Windows 8's touch UI

Microsoft may expand hardware lineup, as Ballmer pushes ‘family of devices’

Despite disappointing financial results and the Surface RT tablet debacle, Microsoft is planning to expand its hardware offerings.

Microsoft adds Java to its Windows Azure cloud service

Microsoft slams Gmail’s ‘Gspam’ in latest Scroogled attack ad

Resurrects anti-Google negative campaign with shot at Gmail's inbox ads

Build a Windows 8 app, get a prize from Microsoft

Developers get points for taking classes, publishing apps, and can swap points for Xbox games, OS upgrades

McKinsey beats Google, Facebook for having the toughest interviews

The consulting firm placed number one in a ranking compiled by Glassdoor