#Microsoft

Patents shift hands almost as often as companies change their lunch menus. Mobile, software, and hardware patents are of particular importance as both...

Under 7 seconds. That's how long an SSD-equipped Windows 8 PC takes to boot. It's something that is unheard of in most light-weight mobile operating...

I don’t know about anyone else, but I think Apple has a huge “underground” stronghold on social media – and they don’t pay a damn thing for it....

It was only a matter of time. Google Chrome, the internet browser they introduced in 2008, has been growing like crazy, passing Firefox to become the...

Microsoft is throwing its hat into the niche-social arena by going after students in a bold and likely-futile move with so.cl (pronounced "social"). "With...

They say you can tell a lot about a company by the type of people that work for it. Are they young or old? Conservative or liberal? Creative or...

It could be a play to increase the number of Internet Explorer users. It could be a differentiator between them and Playstation. It could be both. Either...

With any payment plan, you will likely pay more than you would if you bought the product up front. That's the case with the latest offer from Xbox, but...

There is value in Yahoo. It's real and tangible. While conventional wisdom would look at the trends and the follies of the beleaguered tech firm as a sign...

There's a reason why mothers shouldn't judge their children in beauty pageants, why chefs rarely run the business side of restaurants successfully, and...

There are certain brick and mortar outlets that simply refuse to go down without a fight. Barnes & Noble is one of them and they are partnering with a...

When Microsoft won the auction that brought over 925 US patents from AOL's portfolio, there was clear indication that Facebook wanted in on the action....

Essentially everyone has a smartphone now. If you don’t, don’t feel badly – my phone is intelligent enough to function but doesn’t have all of the...

There has been a conspicuous lack of news about Google Apps, their cloud-based business software division, over the past few months that was highlighted...

While national and worldwide agencies wage a war against online crime through the criminal courts, Microsoft is finding success using civil suits to help...

Chances are if you're reading this article that you and most of the people you know have a smartphone. If you put them all in a room and asked them to put...

Microsoft may be trying (and failing) to slow Google's emergence into business productivity with their Google Apps for Business, but Google is heading in...

It may not be the first time Microsoft has tried to use humor and aggressive attacks to go after Google, but this time it hits a little closer to home...

If you torture numbers long enough, you can make them say anything. In this case, it's Chitika, Techcrunch, and others who are raising alarms about...

Over the years as Microsoft Windows has evolved since the late 80s, the logo associated with each major release has changed. Initially, it was a very...

Just when many (including us) were writing off Windows Phone 7 and waiting for their more-anticipated next generation of phones and software, Microsoft...

I'll never forget when my boss at the time showed me his shiny new Windows Phone. I liked the interface, the feel of the hardware itself, and the...

Most were impressed with Microsoft and their Xbox 360 when it was reported that they had sold 1.44 million units in November, beating the Nintendo Wii by...

For many tech-savvy web users, Microsoft's Hotmail has become a badge of ancient times, a service that was valid a few years ago but that has gone the way...