Reuters is making waves tonight with a report that three of Microsoft’s top investors want Bill Gates to step down as chairman — saying that he “effectively blocks the… Read More
We’ve known for a while that Apple controls a massive hoard of cash, but it’s occasionally hard to put into context just how much money Apple’s coffers represent. According to… Read More
At a Surface 2 preview event in Seattle last night, one of the questions that came up was about Microsoft’s plans for cellular broadband (LTE) versions of its tablets. Panos… Read More
MSN TV, Microsoft’s web browsing set-top box, has finally been sent up north, to live out its life at a ranch with a bunch of other outdated technologies. Yes, it’s… Read More
Is it Bill Gates and his foundation? The company’s corporate giving program? Or maybe it’s just Steve Ballmer’s passion-packed speeches. Whatever the reason, Americans believe Microsoft is the most-inspiring company according… Read More
Panos Panay was literally on the floor when I walked into Microsoft’s Seattle store last night. The vice president responsible for the company’s Surface tablets was on his back, with… Read More
Brewing your own craft beer at home is a difficult, complicated and time-consuming process. Now, two former Microsoft veterans want to help you make a perfect glass of beer in… Read More
If a recent Reuters and Ipsos poll is any indication, Sony may have the upper hand over Microsoft this winter as the two gaming kingpins debut new consoles. Of the… Read More
In what now has become legend, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs recruited PepsiCo exec John Sculley to the helm of the computer maker in the 1980s with the classic line: “Do you… Read More
In the age of Twitter and smartphones, can something that happens in front of tens of thousands of employees be kept secret from the rest of the world? For Microsoft… Read More
Need to catch up at the end of the week? Here’s a roundup of highlights from GeekWire this week. Steve Ballmer says goodbye in tearful farewell video: ‘I had the… Read More
One of my most vivid memories of the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is what Ford CEO Alan Mulally did after delivering a big keynote address. Rather than… Read More
The end of an era. No, he’s not technically leaving just yet. But Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said goodbye to the company he loves — one he joined when it was just… Read More
First iPads, now iPhones. One week after introducing a trade-in program for iPads, Microsoft today debuted a similar deal for the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 as the holiday season… Read More
After a 13-year ban, game consoles will be allowed to return to China. The announcement, which according to the Wall Street Journal was handed out by China’s State Council, means… Read More
Guest Commentary: My first experience with Steve Ballmer was the day Visio was acquired by Microsoft. All of us Visio employees were in a conference room in Redmond to be… Read More
First, Delta equipped 19,000 flight attendants with Windows Phones. Now, the pilots are getting in on the Microsoft fun. Paul Thurrott at WindowsITPro reports that Delta will hand out the… Read More
A story about computing history took the Internet by storm this week after Bill Gates told a Harvard University audience that Microsoft’s use of Control-Alt-Delete to initiate Windows log-ons was… Read More
Over the past decade, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has committed $500 million toward understanding the brain through his Allen Institute for Brain Science — aiming to ultimately transform the treatment… Read More
Software developers, want to make sure your Windows Azure logins are extra double secure? Well, now you can. Microsoft is continuing its push to make it easier to create secure… Read More
Now that Bill Gates has definitively said that he’s not going back to Microsoft, it’s time to start talking about who could possibly fill Steve Ballmer’s shoes in Redmond. According… Read More
Mona Akmal is a group program manager for Microsoft SkyDrive, which has emerged as one of the Redmond company’s most important products. Not only does SkyDrive compete against an array… Read More
It’s one last hurrah for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today in downtown Seattle. About 13,000 Microsoft employees are flocking to Key Arena this morning for the annual company meeting. This… Read More
Earlier this year, Microsoft claimed victory in the race to be the first major multinational tech company to win the rights to offer public cloud computing services in China. Considering that a)… Read More
Bill Gates made many exceptional decisions while he was leading Microsoft to immense success. He did, however, make a few errors. One of those was the idea of using “Control-Alt-Delete”… Read More
Stephen Elop, the former Nokia CEO who is returning to Microsoft as part of the Redmond company’s $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, filed for divorce from… Read More
When asked, a number of top tech executives have said that Bill Gates sure seems like the man for the CEO job at Microsoft. But while the public may want… Read More
Yes, times have changed. As a follow-up to the cloud-computing partnership announced earlier this year between longtime rivals Microsoft and Oracle, the Redmond company is getting its first-ever keynote slot… Read More
The saga of smartphone patent litigation continues today as the battle between HTC and Nokia comes to a head. According to a report by Reuters, a judge from the International… Read More
Microsoft today unveiled two new tablets today — the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 — along with a new pressure-sensitive limited edition “Music Cover” touchpad specifically designed for DJs who… Read More