Mandates Windows 8.1 Update to receive future patches; evidence of commitment to constant OS refreshes, say experts Microsoft’s demand that Windows 8.1 users install this week’s major update was another signal that the company is very serious about forcing customers […]
Microsoft scraps ‘Windows-first’ practice, puts Office on iPad before Surface
New CEO Satya Nadella comes out swinging on ‘cloud first, mobile first’ strategy As expected, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today hosted a press conference where the company unveiled Office for iPad, breaking with its past practice of protecting Windows by […]
What’s the price of not upgrading from Windows XP?
Microsoft and its hardware partners really, really want everyone to abandon Windows XP by April 8. But the world won’t end if you don’t. It’s the end of an era at Microsoft. No, I’m not talking about CEO Steve Ballmer […]
Ubuntu 13.10 takes aim at Microsoft, Apple, Google
Canonical is making a serious run at the cloud, client, server and smartphone markets Ubuntu is moving into the rarified class of operating systems that cover x86/x64 clients and servers, ARM-based tablets/smartphones, and commodity cloud instances. Meaning that it’s taking […]
Update: Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire in 12 months
The company’s board has created a committee to find a new CEO (see video below) Steve Ballmer will retire as Microsoft CEO at some point in the next 12 months, the company said on Friday in a surprising announcement that […]
Microsoft offers quick fix for Zero-Day vulnerability
Company issues stop-gap patch for vulnerability targeting TIFF image format Confirming reports of limited attacks in South Asia and the Middle East, Microsoft released a security advisory on Tuesday warning of a new vulnerability targeting the TIFF image format. Microsoft […]
Windows 8.1 RTM leaks to Internet
After Microsoft policy change, illegal downloads are the only way for developers to get their hands on the near-finished code Windows 8.1’s RTM, which Microsoft announced on Tuesday, has leaked to file-sharing sites, according to numerous forum postings and blog […]
Online ad group accuses Mozilla of anti-business bias
Analysts say there’s more to the story, contend that users blame browser makers — not advertisers — for over-zealous data collection An online advertising group this week attacked Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, for being anti-business, hiding behind a veneer […]
Retailers didn’t do Windows 8 any favors
Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, analysts contended today. Microsoft’s radical overhaul of Windows has been cited by some to explain plummeting PC shipments, but the very organizations […]
Microsoft, US feds disrupt Citadel botnet network
More than 1,400 Citadel botnets, responsible for over half a billion U.S. dollars in losses, were disrupted Microsoft and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have taken aim at a botnet network based on malware called Citadel that is held […]