Members of Microsoft's Surface team, including its leader Panos Panay, will be hosting a AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit Monday a few hours after the company's Surface press event.
Microsoft Looks to Unify Development for Xbox, Windows, and Windows Phone
Microsoft wants you to be able to run any app in all three ecosystems
Microsoft details Bing's improved 'Page Zero' search results
Microsoft has posted a deep dive that explains a lot of what's going on
Microsoft: Windows tablets are better than Android devices for schools and government
Microsoft took some shots at Google and Android tablet makers this week when it released a white paper that claimes Windows tablets are a better choice for education and government work
Microsoft working on touch versions of Office apps for non-Windows platforms
Microsoft indicated that it is working to bring touch-based versions of its core Office apps to both Windows as well as "other platforms" but did not offer any specific launch dates
Microsoft now wants your iPhone, Android devices for trade-in program
Microsoft is getting with the trade-in program by accepting iPhone, Android and Blackberry devices in exchange for a gift card
Another flawed Office update tells users to buy the suite
Microsoft yesterday acknowledged yet another problem with its Sept. 10 updates, confirming that one of those fixes broke Office 2010 Starter Edition by changing the file associations of already-created documents.
Windows 8.1 Professional now available on DreamSpark
DreamSpark users need not feel left out anymore, as Microsoft has also made Windows 8.1 Professional available to those subscribers ahead of the Oct. 18th release date.
Nokia's Elop to get $25 million as part of Microsoft acquisition deal
Outgoing Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is set to get $25 million in salary and stock as part of the deal via which Microsoft is acquiring Nokia's handset business.
Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview
Microsodt has released Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Work Folders: a new feature of Windows 8.1
gHacks shows you how to use Work Folders in Windows 8.1
Dell to release $349 Inspiron 11 Windows 8.1 touchscreen laptop
Dell is relaunching its Inspiron lineup of consumer laptops this fall, including the new 11-inch Inspiron 11, a Windows 8 touchscreen notebook that has a starting price of $349
Microsoft's Kinect for Windows development kit gets HTML5 additions
The latest version of Microsoft's Kinect for Windows SDK adds more HTML5, Kinect Fusion and support for other programming interfaces.
Microsoft Replaces $40 Billion Share Buyback Program, Offers Dividend Increase
Microsoft is upping the quarterly dividend from $0.23 to $0.28
Microsoft won't discount Windows 8.1 upgrades
Microsoft today announced that it will charge full price for Windows 8.1 upgrades from Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.
Firefox's Windows 8 UI won't be ready until January
Mozilla's Metro Firefox update will have to wait a little longer: the company says it won't be ready until next year
Microsoft launches new Bing logo, design refresh
Microsoft has rearchitected its logo and its Bing.com site to reflect the fact Bing is no longer just a search engine on a Web page.
Microsoft updates display 'worrisome' decline in quality
Microsoft had to rewrite four security updates just three days after releasing them after customers reported never-ending demands that they be installed, even though they already had been.
Hands-on with Windows 8.1: A solid update, but not a game changer
ExtremeTech takes a look at Windows 8.1
Microsoft: Over 2 million downloads for Windows 8.1 so far
Microsoft marketing head Tami Reller said this week there's been over 2 million downloads of Windows 8.1 so far, but it's not clear if that's just of the preview version or if it includes the RTM bits