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Microsoft explains why it keeps plugging away at the consumer market
For all of its recent emphasis on its Surface tablet and the Xbox, Microsoft remains focused on the enterprise, and especially on the cloud—but its consumer offerings are a gateway, Microsoft...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Surface strategy: Flatten the PC
With the Surface 2, Microsoft isn't just trying to dominate the tablet market. It's hoping to replace the PC market. The Surface 2 by itself is just a tablet. But when you pair it with its new Power...
View ArticleBill Gates: "The OS won't just be on one device"
Microsoft founder Bill Gates told a Reddit audience on Monday that his new role at Microsoft will be to envision "ambitious scenarios" -- which apparently encompass how operating systems, as well as...
View ArticleNokia shrinks the screen for its flagship Verizon Windows Phone
The launch of the Nokia Lumia Icon on Verizon might be seen as a bridge: from Nokia to Microsoft, and to extend a flagship Windows Phone from AT&T and T-Mobile onto the nation's largest wireless...
View ArticleThe Samsung Galaxy Note Pro could actually replace your Windows laptop
When one considers the number of inexpensive Android tablets available, the idea of paying $750 for a 12-inch Android tablet seems inconceivable. But if now isn't the time for consumers to start...
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Surface Pro 3 hands-on: thin, light, lovely
Almost a PCImage by Mark HachmanBy moving from a 10.6-inch form factor with the Surface Pro 2 to a 12-inch screen with the Surface Pro 3, Microsoft’s tablet feels more like a PC than ever. Really, the...
View ArticleMicrosoft reveals Office 365 roadmap -- here's what's coming
One of the advantages of Microsoft’s Office 365 suite, Microsoft claims, are the ongoing addition of features, which suddenly show up on a user’s desktop. But on Thursday, Microsoft published an...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Windows Phone dilemma: Sell cheap phones or great cameras?
A short time ago, I worried aloud that I had lost one of the Windows Phones PCWorld keeps on hand for testing. A colleague snickered. “Why would anyone steal a Windows Phone?” she asked. A good...
View ArticleHands-on with the slick new HTC Windows Phone
One of the worst-kept rumors in the Windows world is now confirmed to be true: HTC has brought its One (M8) phone hardware to the Windows Phone platform. Known awkwardly as the HTC One (M8) for...
View ArticleTalko addresses a problem that iOS 8's Messages already solved
Oh dear. On Tuesday, software giant Ray Ozzie launched Talko, an app that promises to “save the telephone call” -- and basically copies Apple’s iOS 8 Messages feature in the process. On the surface,...
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Windows 10 revealed: Microsoft's next OS fuses Windows 7 and 8
At a press event on Tuesday, Microsoft launched the next version of Windows: Not Windows One, not Windows 9, but Windows 10, which combines the reborn Start menu with Windows 8’s colorful live tiles...
View ArticleBill Gates: Microsoft is developing a killer meeting-room app
Microsoft is actively developing a meeting-room application designed to streamline the entire process, including sharing data and recognizing participants, according to company co-founder Bill...
View ArticleNew Windows 10 Technical Preview build includes notifications, battery saver,...
Windows 10 Technical Preview is a work in progress, and Microsoft began sending Build 9860 to enthusiasts and developers on Tuesday. The new code’s estimated 7,000 changes include a much-anticipated...
View ArticleSurface tablets nearly hit $1 billion as Microsoft revenues jump 25 percent
Microsoft reported a 25 percent increase in revenue from the same period a year ago as some of its key businesses, including Office 365 and the Xbox, delivered sharp gains.Overall, Microsoft reported...
View ArticleBlackBerry promises a blast from the past with BlackBerry Classic
A top row of navigation keys! A trackpad! The BlackBerry is back, baby, with the BlackBerry Classic!Well, that’s how BlackBerry hopes you’ll react, anyway, with the announcement of the BlackBerry...
View ArticleIntel will pay you $15 to settle claims it fudged Pentium 4 benchmarks
If you actually remember that you bought a new Pentium 4 computer to celebrate the new millennium, great news! A settlement by Intel and HP will pay you $15.A class-action suit filed in California...
View ArticleMiracast vs. Chromecast: Hands-on with Microsoft's screen-sharing gizmos
Most wireless technology is fast enough these days to deliver not just one, but several high-definition video streams. But the Miracast technology Microsoft included in devices that connect your phone...
View ArticleHere comes the new Office: Microsoft melds applications to present data in...
Delve, Sway, Revolve: For those who don’t follow Microsoft’s products closely, the words might sound like instructions for a nerdy line dance. But like the mashup generation they’re written for, the...
View ArticleHands on with Office for Android Preview: The productivity magic's still there
Microsoft’s Office for iPad exploded into the mobile space in March, impressing even Apple fans with its clean aesthetic. No fool, Microsoft has created Office for Android to look virtually identical...
View ArticleNew Windows 10 build adds gestures, tweaks the toolbar, and simplifies OneDrive
Microsoft released another incremental update of Windows 10 on Wednesday, Build 9879, with new gestures, an improved OneDrive file management system, and the ability to turn off the new “task view”...
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