Windows 8 desperately needs a cheerleader, but the group's leader is AWOL.
New president could shake up the company.
With HTC's latest struggles spelling doom for its future, Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 hopes may rely solely on Nokia.
The activist hedge fund ValueAct has bought $2 billion of Microsoft stock and sees it as potentially the "largest cloud-computing company in the world," with ValueAct's help.
For some of the remaining Windows XP users, upgrading to Windows 8, or even Windows 7, isn't all that easy.
Windows 8.1, coden-amed Windows Blue, may bring back the old facets of Windows that users are clamoring for.
Some PCs aren't going anywhere until they flat-out die.
Both Microsoft and Intel are getting hosed in their mobile efforts, so why not re-establish the WinTel alliance for a dual comeback?
On the heels of Gartner's latest gloomy predictions for the PC market, it's amazing how people can twist numbers around.
What does Microsoft have left to gain by being public when the stock is at a standstill?
