Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, has called Windows 8 the “rebirth” of its operating systems, making it one of the most pivotal products in the company's history.
In a blog post, Mozilla's chief counsel Harvey Anderson wrote that the anti-competitive restrictions of tablet oriented Windows RT (Windows on ARM) indicate “an unwelcome return to the digital dark ages."
Microsoft said it will do away with 'Windows Live', a brand which has been a notorious confusion to customers.
Microsoft is backing away from its support of the controversial bill after serious concerns about the privacy of Internet users have come to light.
In helping pave way for a smooth shift to its iCloud service, Apple has a new deal on offer for its long-staying MobileMe subscribers who haven't yet gotten with the times in upgrading to Snow Leopard. Apple is now providing a free Snow Leopard upgrade for all MobileMe users running an older OS, saving them US $29.
"Mainstream" support for Microsoft's ill-received Vista operating system has ended today where it has now entered a secondary "Extended Support" stage that lasts until 2017 when the doors will be shut on this operating system for good.
While touch is pervasive way of communicating with the way we communicate with the mobile devices of today, Microsoft is working on a different interface for tomorrow.
Keeping in line with its strategy of releasing public previews of their next-generation software, Microsoft has released public beta versions of their next generation operating system and SQL for the enterprise.
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Hacktivist group Anonymous claims that an operating system erroneously linked to its members has infected thousands of computers with malware.
After AMD released its Catalyst beta drivers for Windows 8 Consumer Preview, we didn’t have to wait on NVIDIA for too long: the company added Windows 8 to its regular driver update portfolio.
Microsoft is gearing up for another Patch Tuesday next week which will comprise six new updates - one rated as being 'Critical', four that are 'Important' and one 'Moderate'.
Following the release of Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Wednesday which was super quick to see over a million downloads within the first 24 hours, through some deeper investigation via the system registry it's been discovered that there will likely be no less than nine variations of the operating system when it hits shelves later this year.
Microsoft has released a consumer preview of Windows 8, the next version of its popular operating system, giving people a sneak peek at what is to come and letting them help iron out any kinks before its expected release later this year.
A new mobile OS called "Boot to Gecko" has been unveiled by Mozilla at this week's Mobile World Congress, which claims to not only bring a similar user experience, but will also be 10 times more affordable than the current breed of high end smartphones like the Apple iPhone.
It has been discovered through Microsoft's soon to be released Windows 8 Consumer Preview that the software giant is planning to do away with a couple of its big user-facing brands, namely Zune and Windows Live. The associating programs will still be there, but with simpler names applied to appear more seamless with the whole Windows 8 core environment.
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