Asked about Huawei's Windows Phone plans, an executive responded instead by listing the company's issues with the platform, including OS licensing costs, limited customization and "the ecosystem".
OneNote is Now Free: Is Microsofts Note-Taking App Worth Using?
Microsofts OneNote is now free. Once a Windows-only note-taking application included with Office, its now a free cross-platform note-taking service for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and the web
Microsoft to soon launch reputation system for Xbox One to pair similar players
Microsoft is attempting to weed out the trolls of online gaming by categorising players by their scored reputation and pairing them up with similar-style players.
Microsoft quietly discontinues Surface Wireless Keyboard Adapter
Microsoft is no longer making the Surface Wireless Keyboard Adapters that the company introduced in September 2013.
Apache CloudStack 4.3 Supports Microsofts Hyper-V Virtualization
The Apache Software Foundation has announced the arrival of version 4.3 of the CloudStack cloud computing platform, which offers a lot of new features and includes support for Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization hypervisor
Nokia to reveal More Lumia on day one of Microsofts Build show
Nokia looks to be readying new Lumia hardware and/or software on the first day of Microsoft's Build 2014 conference in San Francisco next week.
New Microsoft CEO Nadellas Really Big Week: A Preview
Microsofts new chief executive Satya Nadella is set for a San Francisco public debut of sorts this week, with a March 27 event to paint the vendors mobile first, cloud-first landscape and unwrap its new Office for iPad app, followed by an April 2 possible appearance at the Build 2014 developers' conference.
Ballmer hints he may step down from Microsoft board
Microsoft's former CEO, Steve Ballmer, hinted recently that he may soon step down from the company's board.
Source code for MS-DOS 1.1, 2.0 and Word 1.1a released
The Computer History Museum has released the source code for MS-DOS 1.1, 2.0 and Word 1.1a
Trial Microsoft software and services for free
Microsoft gives potential customers the chance to test drive some of its most popular software and services via free trials that ultimately make for better buying decisions.
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.