Many pundits have claimed that Microsoft is irrelevant and that its products are no longer needed in the so-called post-PC era. I say they're nuts.
A thank you is owed to Microsoft for the Surface tablet's capable battery and USB ports, which helped my family maintain their sanity while waiting for the power to come back on after Hurricane Sandy.
Though Microsoft effectively made itself a competitor with its OEMS after releasing the development of the Surface tablet and CEO Steve Ballmer's announcement that it is a "devices and services" company now, OEMs have stepped up to the
After forcing myself to use Microsoft's Surface tablet running Windows RT, I came away genuinely impressed. In such a crowded market, though, the Surface still faces an uphill battle.
Despite plenty of buzz leading up to Microsoft's Surface tablet announcement, the expected price points don't pose much of a threat to Apple's iPad.
Russian corporate security and IT audit firm ElcomSoft claims to have developed tools with the ability to recover plain-text passwords used to encrypt documents in Microsoft Office 2013.
The new Maps app in iOS 6 has turned off legions of loyal iPhone users and forced them to find suitable alternatives, most notably Microsoft's Bing app for iOS.
It wouldn't be fair to formulate an opinion for or against Windows 8 without experiencing the OS on a daily basis. So I switched to Windows 8 a few weeks ago on my main system and I'm actually enjoying it.
Microsoft has reportedly sent Windows Phone 8 off to manufacturing, setting the stage for a proper unveiling and official launch in the coming weeks.
A recently released version of the SkyDrive mobile app gives Android users easy access to Microsoft's cloud storage solution.
