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Microsoft reminds us Office 2003 support ends with Windows XP April 8th
Microsoft has a new blog post and infographic that gives us a reminder that Office 2003 will lose its official support on April 8th, the same day that it ends support for Windows XP
Microsoft to rebrand Windows Azure as Microsoft Azure
Microsoft will rebrand its cloud platform from 'Windows Azure' to 'Microsoft Azure' as part of the company's push to emphasize its cross-platform services prowess.
Analysis: Microsoft Office on iPad: too little, too late?
Microsoft is bringing elements of its Office suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to iPad in a bid to win over the ever expanding tablet user base, which has largely been neglected by Redmond.
Nokia delays closure of sale to Microsoft of smartphone business
Nokia has delayed to April the sale of its smartphone business to Microsoft as it still hasn't received approvals from certain antitrust authorities in Asia.
Ex-Mozilla engineer blames Microsofts rules for Metro Firefoxs death
A former Mozilla engineer who worked on the "Metro" version of Firefox says that poor adoption of Windows 8's radical user interface wasn't behind the decision to shelve the browser.
Leaked emails show amount of money Microsoft gets from government info requests
Emails stolen and leaked from Microsoft by the Syrian Electronic Army show that Microsoft can receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in charges from the government for information requests
Lync for Windows 8/RT Updated
Lync for Windows 8/RT has been updated
Windows leak site Wzor goes dark a day after feds arrest Microsoft mole
The noted Windows leak site Wzor.net was offline Thursday and its Twitter account had disappeared, a day after an ex-Microsoft employee was charged with stealing trade secrets from the company.
Microsofts DirectX 12 to boost gaming on PCs, mobile devices
Windows and Xbox games will receive a significant graphics and performance boost with Microsoft's new DirectX 12, a set of application programming interfaces and tools used in PC games.
Former Microsoft employee arrested for allegedly stealing Windows 8 trade secrets
A former Microsoft employee has been charged with passing on Microsoft trade secrets involving Windows 8.
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 released to manufacturing
Microsoft has RTM'd SQL Server 2014, which includes a new in-memory OLTP engine built jointly by Microsoft Research and the SQL Server team.
Is Microsoft about to buy Xamarin?
Rumors are swirling that Microsoft may buy or invest significantly in mobile-development tool vendor Xamarin.
Microsoft delivers free OneNote for Mac and Windows
Microsoft has made available for immediate download the expected free versions of its OneNote note-taking app for Mac and desktop Windows.
Microsoft denies pressuring Asus to drop Android/Windows dual-boot hybrids
Google also allegedly stopping hardware makers from selling hybrid devices
Microsoft, AT&T team up for long-awaited LTE-equipped Surface 2
Microsoft is scratching off one more excuse for not buying its Windows tablet hardware with the introduction of an 4G LTE model that glides into US retail stores this week
Gates: Microsoft products need more than a tune-up
Microsoft's software is due for major changes in order to transition effectively into the era of cloud computing and mobility, the company's co-founder Bill Gates says in a Rolling Stone interview.
Google and Microsoft dont want dual-OS devices on the market
The software giants pressured ASUS to drop its Transformer Book Duet TD300 plans
Skype for Xbox One Updated
In the wake of Skype updates for Outlook.com and Windows 8.1, Microsoft today announced a major update to Skype for Xbox One as well
Mozilla puts Firefox for Windows 8 on hold indefinitely
Mozilla has announced that it has put the development of its Firefox browser made for the Modern UI of Windows 8 on hold and it sounds like it will be in that position indefinitely
