PC

BT Will Pilot Microsoft Lync Voice Services Into The Cloud

British Telecom has joined forces with Microsoft to offer Lync voice services and functions as a hosted cloud service

13 years ago

Windows 8 To Offer PC Refresh With No Data Loss

Windows users will no longer suffer the pain of having to reinstall their computer's operating system following a crash

13 years ago

Windows Phone Marketing To Cost $200 Million In The US Alone

Microsoft plans to spend $200 million promoting Windows Phone just to potential US customers in 2012, according to reports

13 years ago

Comet Pledges ‘Vigorous Defence’ Against Microsoft Lawsuit

Electrical retailer Comet has pledged to defend itself after software giant Microsoft launched a lawsuit over recovery CDs

13 years ago

Nokia Lumia 900 Images Leak Before CES

Leaked images suggest the Lumia 900 is more than an upgraded version of the Lumia 800

13 years ago

Microsoft Gears Up For Linux On Windows Azure

Microsoft is reportedly to give its cloud platform users the chance to run Linux on its Windows Azure cloud this…

13 years ago

Windows Phone 7 Critics Should Take Time to Actually Use It

The vast majority of Windows Phone 7 critics have never seen a Windows Phone 7, let alone used one. Maybe…

13 years ago

Microsoft Releases Critical Workaround For DoS Bug in ASP.Net

Microsoft's workaround prevents HTTP requests that can occupy all CPU cycles on a Web server

13 years ago

Roadmap Details Windows Phone Tango And Apollo Releases

Microsoft has major updates for Windows Phone planned for 2012 and will hit the superphone, lower-priced and business markets

13 years ago

Windows Phone Marketplace Now Boasts 50,000 Apps

The ecosystem surrounding Windows Phone 7 continues to grow as Marketplace reportedly hits 50,000 apps

13 years ago

VMware Brings Windows To Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire users can now run Microsoft Windows thanks to the latest virtualisation software from VMware

13 years ago

Novell-Microsoft WordPerfect Lawsuit Ends In Mistrial

An antitrust case rooted in the mid-1990s has floundered after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous decision

13 years ago

Nokia Lumia Gets Lukewarm Reception

Microsoft and Nokia's hopes of a spectacular turnaround in their mobile fortunes may take longer than expected

13 years ago

Healthy EU And US Data Protection For Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft says its Office 365 cloud platform now conforms to European Union and HIPAA privacy regulations

13 years ago

Jury Deciding Verdict In Microsoft-Novell WordPerfect Lawsuit

Microsoft and Novell await jury’s verdict in their long-running court case

13 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 17 Bugs

Microsoft has patched 17 bugs in its December Patch Tuesday update, including the Duqu Trojan flaw

13 years ago

Intel Lowers Forecast After Thailand Floods

The knock-on effects of Thailand's damaging floods continues with Intel lowering its Q4 forecast

13 years ago

Microsoft Rejigs Windows Phone Management Team

Andy Lees will report diectly to Steve Ballmer, while Terry Myerson takes on Windows Phone division

13 years ago

Why Gates’ Return As CEO Would Be A Bad Move

Bill Gates may be considering a return to Microsoft - there are many reasons he shouldn't, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Nokia Must Conquer US Mobile Phone Mountain

Nokia must retake the US market to cling on to its worldwide mobile phone leadership and stop its recent decline,…

13 years ago

Q1 PC Shortfall Expected Due To Thai Floods

There will be a shortfall of 3.8 million PCs shipping in the first-quarter because of the HDD shortage

13 years ago

Microsoft App Store Challenges Apple And Google

Microsoft's newly unveiled online shop in Windows 8 will challenge established stores as the market leader, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Windows 8 Faces Stiff Upgrade Challenge

Microsoft could struggle to convince the traditional PC market to make the jump to Windows 8

13 years ago

Windows Store Offers Developers Better Earnings

Microsoft will reduce its cut from app sales to just 20 percent once app makes more than $25,000

13 years ago

AMD Backing Project To Bring Android To PCs

AMD is said to be helping with an unofficial project designed to port Android onto x86-based PCs

13 years ago

Asus Gears Up For Huge Windows 8 Tablet Push

Asus is reportedly gearing up to ship a massive number of tablets in 2012...running Windows 8

13 years ago

RIM And Microsoft Bets Will Bring Radical Change

Radical bets on mobile strategy by Research In Motion and Microsoft could alter the 2012 smartphone scene, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

DWP Confirms 1,000 Open Source Desktops Pilot

Microsoft beware: a major UK government department is to trial open source desktops

13 years ago

IBM And HP Jointly Led Server Shipments in Q3: IDC

IBM and HP are running neck and neck in the worldwide server market with 29.8 percent each, IDC reports

13 years ago

Microsoft Windows Phone Share Slips Again

There is no sign of any recovery yet for Microsoft in Q3 smartphone market share stats from Nielsen

13 years ago