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Microsoft's next-generation Office suite recently reached the Technical Preview stage, allowing third parties to test Microsoft's pre-beta code.
The software maker ratcheted up its battle with Google, which acquired Motorola Mobility last year, by accusing the cellphone maker of making its patents too expensive.
Microsoft may well be working on a version of Office for iPad, but it’s not the one detailed in a report today from The Daily. Nor will it soon be submitted to Apple for approval. “The Daily story is based on inaccurate rumors and speculation,” says Microsoft spokesman Frank Shaw.
Microsoft will continue to be a market leader in language support with an additional 14 new display languages for Windows 8, bringing the total to 109 languages.
Brazilian website Gemind has revealed screenshots claimed to show a desktop version for Mac OS and Windows of Microsoft's SkyDrive.
Microsoft shares are on a big rally lately, up almost 30% since Thanksgiving. That includes a 4% rise on Thursday.
There's been a lot of debate about Windows on ARM, or WOA, and how Microsoft will differentiate this from PC-based versions of Windows. But what if it's really very simple after all? And what if this differentiation actually makes plenty of sense?
Windows On ARM is possible only because of Windows' inherent NT-ness, a lingering advantage that many users either never knew about or forgot about altogether.
Microsoft hasn't changed the Windows logo since the good old days, but it looks like the company is set to make one of the simplest (but largest) changes to Windows in the last decade.
Over a year after vaguely announcing that it would provide versions of Windows 8 on the ARM platform, Microsoft today provided detailed information about its plans.
Microsoft's Windows 8 "Consumer Preview" is nearing release and the company is putting the finishing touches on the preinstalled application list.
While I think that the platform is going to have a tough time gaining traction, I don’t believe that it will be dead on arrival.
Microsoft and 24/7 Inc. will join forces to make cloud-based customer service much more intuitive. This change will be powered by big data, but also by what are known as natural user interfaces – which go from speech to touch and gesture.
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Next week, Microsoft will release the first public beta of Windows 8. It will be the biggest change to how Windows looks and feels since the product was invented in 1985. But don't take our word for it. See for yourself....
New screenshots from Windows 8 build 8250 (rumored to be the Consumer Preview) show a fully operational Windows Store that reveals more of the layout and included applications.
If the Daily.com is right, Microsoft’s Office for iPad could be launching well ahead of Office for Windows 8 on ARM tablets.
This month, with almost no fanfare, Microsoft has revised its support policy for consumer versions of Windows.
We have heard that Microsoft is planning on significantly revamping its music service offering this year, replacing the Zune branding with Xbox Live branding. ♬ ♫ ♪♬ ♫ ♪♬ ♫ ♪♬ ♫ ♪♬ ♫ ♪♬ ♫ ♪♬ ♫ ♪♬ ♫ ♪
Forget about outdoing Apple's iPad and give us the features that finally improve the way we work. Here are three features the iPad lacks -- and almost certainly will continue to lack for quite some time -- that fit the bill.
Mozilla announced on Monday that it will release a Metro-specific version of Firefox for Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 platform Via Frédéric Fadel
If you think the new Windows 8 logo is a revolutionary move away from the original Windows logo you are wrong. Very wrong.
Microsoft is betting big on Windows 8. But will the immense promotional efforts the software giant is putting behind the latest Windows OS pay off? CIO.com's Rob Enderle handicaps the high-stakes game Redmond is playing.
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview will be available for download on February 29. Why isn’t it called a beta? Blame Google. And Apple. And Microsoft. Especially Microsoft.
The tile-based user interface created for Windows Phone has moved to the core of Microsoft's consumer offerings. Now, Microsoft has to make sure it doesn't muddy Metro's clear design.
Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Vista will have several things in common: Both are unwanted operating system updates that will flop in the marketplace.
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