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Bill Gates Says New Windows 8 System ‘Very Exciting’
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday called the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month “a very exciting new product” and “a very big deal” for the world’s...
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Apple Edges Out Microsoft in Introducing New Tablet
Apple Inc. is set to reveal a smaller, cheaper version of the iPad at an event on Oct. 23, according to several reports published Friday. The reports from Bloomberg News, Reuters and the AllThingsD...
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Xbox Music To Offer On-Demand Music Free On Tablet
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Buyers of tablets that run Redmond-based Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 8, are in for a pleasant musical surprise: they’ll be able to handpick from a selection of...
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Crowded Tech World Could Make Windows 8 Launch A Bust
NEW YORK (AP) — While Microsoft is touting next week’s launch of Windows 8 as the savior of the computer industry, PC makers and analysts are increasingly skeptical that the new operating system will...
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Microsoft Profit Falls Just Before Windows 8 Launch
NEW YORK (AP) — Redmond-based Microsoft Corp.’s net income fell 22 percent in the latest quarter as it deferred revenue from the sale of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system to PC makers — and as PC...
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Early Look at Windows 8 Baffles Consumers
NEW YORK (AP) — The release of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is a week away, and consumers are in for a shock. Windows, used in one form or another for a generation, is getting a completely...
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Microsoft, Amazon & Nintendo on Holiday High-Tech Wish Lists
It’s high season for consumer electronics. Manufacturers of various gadgets are unveiling their holiday lineups. Seattle-based Amazon and Redmond-based Microsoft and Nintendo are all coming out with...
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Windows 8: Make-Or-Break Moment For Microsoft CEO
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can’t afford to be wrong about Windows 8. On Thursday, Microsoft will unveil a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitous Windows operating system. If it...
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Buyer’s Guide: How to Get, or Avoid, Microsoft Windows 8
NEW YORK (AP) — On Friday, Microsoft Corp. will release a new version of its Windows operating system, one designed to make desktop and laptop computers work more like tablets. There will be several...
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Where Do I Click, Again? A Guide to Microsoft’s Windows 8
NEW YORK (AP) — With the launch of Windows 8, people are about to discover a computing experience unlike anything they’ve seen before. Here’s a guide to getting past some of the hurdles. The main thing...
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Microsoft Says Windows Head Sinofsky Leaving
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft Corp. said Monday that Steven Sinofsky, (pictured) the president of its Windows and Windows Live operations, is leaving the company. Sinofsky’s departure comes just...
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Microsoft Touching Up Windows 8 To Address Gripes
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer...
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Microsoft Windows 8 Update Will Be Free
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft says a planned update to its Windows 8 operating system will be made available for free later this year. The update is meant to address complaints and confusion that have been...
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Microsoft Reshuffles Company Structure
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft Corp. is reshuffling its business in an attempt to promote faster innovation and a sharper focus on devices and services. The move by the world’s largest software maker comes...
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Microsoft Launches Xbox Music On Web For Free
Microsoft is making its Xbox Music streaming service available for free on the Web — even to those who don’t use Windows 8. The expansion beyond Windows 8 devices and Xbox game consoles starting...
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Microsoft Releasing Windows 8.1, A Year In Making
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft is releasing its long-awaited Windows 8.1 upgrade as a free download starting Thursday. It addresses some of the gripes people have had with Windows 8, the dramatically...
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To Spin Or Not To Spin: Does Microsoft Need Xbox?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates donned a cool leather jacket when he first introduced the Xbox onstage in 2000. More than a decade later, the video game console is still the hippest...
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Microsoft Says It Snooped On Hotmail To Track Leak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft Corp., which has skewered rival Google Inc. for going through customer emails to deliver ads, acknowledged Thursday it had searched emails in a blogger’s Hotmail account...
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Windows 8 Updates Expected At Microsoft Conference
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is following through on a promise to update its Windows 8 operating system on a regular basis to respond to consumers’ complaints and other feedback. Just months after the...
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Review: Forward To The Past With Windows Update
NEW YORK (AP) — Even as Microsoft prepares for a future dominated by touch-screen devices, it is steering its Windows system to embrace more of the past. The divide between old and new is less...
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Report: Microsoft’s Chinese Offices Raided Over Antitrust Allegations
BEIJING (CBS Seattle) – Microsoft offices in China are being investigated by the government on antitrust allegations, reports CNet. Chinese government officials raided the software giants’ offices in...
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Microsoft To Offer Early Look At Next Windows
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft plans to offer a glimpse of its vision for Windows this week, as its new CEO seeks to redefine the company and recover from missteps with its flagship operating system....
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