PC

Millions Warned As Windows XP Support Ends In One Year

Businesses and individuals facing heightened security risk by not upgrading

12 years ago

Microsoft Sued Over PhoneFactor Authentication

Microsoft and its PhoneFactor unit have been hit with a patent-infringement lawsuit from a little-known company

12 years ago

Gartner Predicts Android Will Sell More Than Windows In 2013

Gartner says low-cost tablets will cause PC shipments to fall even further

12 years ago

Skype Users Hit 2 Billion Minutes A Day Milestone

Microsoft has revealed that Skype users consume 2 billion minutes each day on its popular VoIP service

12 years ago

Microsoft Tempts Mac Developers With QuickStart Package

Microsoft tempted Mac developers with a well priced Windows QuickStart Kit that quickly sold out

12 years ago

Windows Phone Increases US Market Share Ahead Of BlackBerry

Android makes gains thanks to Samsung sales, but BlackBerry will hope to hit back with Z10 launch

12 years ago

Microsoft Officially Acknowledges ‘Blue’ Update

Microsoft has given more information about the Windows 8 update code-named 'Blue', and is likely to demonstrate the software this…

12 years ago

Linux Users In Spain File An Official Complaint Against Microsoft

Hispalinux demands an investigation into the use of UEFI Secure Boot protocol in Windows 8

12 years ago

Leaked Windows Blue Build Reveals New Features: Gallery

Microsoft’s overhaul for the desktop OS goes viral in the highest profile leak of recent months

12 years ago

Microsoft Aims For Big Data With HDInsight

Microsoft has finally released the public preview of HDInsight Service, its cloud-based distribution of Hadoop

12 years ago

Microsoft Blames Firmware Update For Cloud Failure

A firmware update caused a data centre temperature spike, that in turn nixed access to Hotmail and Outlook.com

12 years ago

Google Named As Whistleblower In Microsoft Antitrust Case

Google and Opera grassed up Microsoft to the EC

12 years ago

Microsoft Retreats Over Office 2013 Licence Restrictions

Microsoft has performed an abrupt u-turn over its restrictive licensing policy for Office 2013

12 years ago

EC Issues £485m Microsoft Antitrust Fine For Breaking Settlement

Microsoft becomes the first company to be fined for breaking an antitrust settlement

12 years ago

Azure Fail: Microsoft Says Security Certificates Were Updated, Sort Of

Microsoft renewed SSL certificate, but Azure storage failed to use the new one

12 years ago

Internet Explorer 10 Finally Lands For Windows 7

Better late than never? Windows 7 users finally have the chance to download and run Internet Explorer 10

12 years ago

Windows Blue Update Expected This Summer

A major update for Windows 8, dubbed Windows Blue, is reportedly due to arrive sometime in the summer

12 years ago

MWC 2013: Nokia Lumia 720 And 520 To Broaden WP8 Reach

Nokia expands its Lumia range with cheaper Windows Phone 8 devices

12 years ago

Businesses: Avoid Microsoft’s Azure Screen Of Death

No one seems to have been hurt by Microsoft's Windows Azure cock-up. Peter Judge thinks maybe that's because no one…

12 years ago

Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Fails As SSL Certificate Expires

Microsoft will refund users for Azure Screen Of Death caused by expired SSL certificate

12 years ago

Microsoft Latest To Suffer Java Hack Attack

Microsoft has admitted it was hacked using the same techniques that affected Apple and Facebook

12 years ago

Microsoft Seeks To Address Office 2013 Licence Anger

Microsoft is seeking to address the licence lock-in furore that has erupted with Office 2013

12 years ago

Bill Gates Admits Microsoft Mobile Mistakes

Ex-boss says Microsoft's early strategy was flawed and is ambiguous on Steve Ballmer's future

12 years ago

Dell Sees Positives Despite Losses Ahead Of Buyout

Dell posts another poor set of financials, but points to encouraging rises in its networking and server sales

12 years ago

Microsoft Has No Plan B For Mobile, Says CFO

Peter Klein says the company will focus on executing its current strategy

12 years ago

Surface Pro Slated In Teardown Amid Stock Shortages

Microsoft's Surface Pro has been slated in a repairability teardown, amid frustration over stock shortages

12 years ago

Bill Gates Opens Up About Web Privacy And Tablets

Bill Gates uses a web chat to discuss his relationship with Steve Jobs, the tablet craze, and web privacy

12 years ago

Luxury Vertu Ti Smartphone Chooses Android Over Windows Phone

Admire our gallery of the world's most expensive Android smartphone

12 years ago