Microsoft

Windows 10 Insider dawdlers face blank screens Oct. 15

Preview builds released between Jan. 23 and July 9 stop working on Thursday unless updated to current version 10565

Does Microsoft even want its Lumia smartphones to succeed?

By only supporting one carrier, Microsoft almost guarantees failure for the new Lumia.

Gartner guru “shocked” by corporate reaction to Windows 10

How the CIOs of 4 Fortune 500 companies got their jobs

CIOs of Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T and United Technologies share how they reached the CIO office. Your mission: Study their experience and learn how to follow in their footsteps.

Microsoft finally delivers on Skype messaging promises with new Windows 10 beta

New build is crammed full of features for early adopters

Microsoft hides $43B Apple-esque business in plain sight

'More Personal Computing' unit, combining devices and software and services, serves critical strategic purpose

Dismal PC business contraction continues; no bounce yet from Windows 10

Mac sales may also shrink, says IDC, though Gartner disagrees

Microsoft’s Surface Book to reignite OEM hostility

'If I'm an OEM, I’m not happy,' says analyst about Redmond's entry into notebook space

From partner relations to antitrust, Microsoft’s new hardware push has serious implications

OEM partners might not like this new initiative. More importantly, the Justice Department might not either.

History of Apple and Microsoft: 4 decades of peaks and valleys

The decades-long relationship between Apple and Microsoft is packed with ups and downs, but it also shaped the evolution of personal computing. The companies have again cozied up to one another, and this time they have a new endgame: enterprise.