Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft's plan for making money on Windows is via other services that will be attached to the operating system, rather than depending on OS licensing as much as in the past.
Microsoft Hints at New Pricing Model for Windows
Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner hinted at a new pricing model for Windows
Microsoft goes public with more on its future plans for NET
Microsoft is looking to the .NET Core to help bring its programming framework across different Windows flavors, as well as Linux and Mac OS X.
Microsoft just made Bing search even more like Google
Starting today Bing searches will look a little bit more like Google results thanks to a new feature called Fact Answers
Cortana Heads to France, Germany, Italy and Spain
Microsoft announced today that Cortana, the key feature of Windows Phone 8.1, is now available in preview form to users in France, Germany, Italy and Spain
An early look at Cortana in Windows 10
Microsoft is building Cortana into Windows 10 and while no screenshots of the feature have been leaked, that ends today as we have an early look at the personal digital assistant
Microsoft Offers a Workaround for Windows 10 Build 9879 Update Issue
Microsoft has published a workaround for the Windows 10 Build 9879 Update Issue
Microsoft's microservices vision for Azure starts taking shape
Microsoft is building a new platform called Azure BizTalk Microservices that could be key to what's next for the company on the cloud platform-as-a-service front
What's next for Windows 10?
Microsoft is working on its next preview releases of Windows 10 for desktops, mobile devices and servers. Here's the latest from tipsters about what to expect when.
Windows Phone 10 supposedly shows up in logs
Some folks are claiming that Windows Phone 10, or rather Windows 10 for phones, has started to show up in logs and benchmarks
New search feature and fix for explorer problem in Windows 10
Microsoft has fixed the explorer problems in Windows 10 Build 9879 and added a new search feature in Settings App of Windows 10 Build 9888:
HP to provide Microsoft Office 365 business services, support
HP has announced an extension of its Office 365 relationship with Microsoft with new business services, as well as Exchange Online hosting capabilities in HP datacenters.
Microsoft axes Clip Art image library for Bing Image Search
Redmond does away with the iconic 90's favourite for more modern imagery.
Xbox Music for Windows Phone 8.1 Updated
Xbox Music for Windows Phone 8.1 has been updated with numerous fixes
Huawei exec claims 'Nobody made any money in Windows Phone'
In a new interview, Huawei's Joe Kelly, the head of its international media affairs, says, "We didn't make any money in Windows Phone. Nobody made any money in Windows Phone."
Windows 8.1 overtakes XP for the first time globally
Windows 8.1 has now reached 10.95pc of internet users, overtaking XP for the first time, according to new figures from StatCounter Global Stats
It's Official: Microsoft Buys Acompli
Microsoft confirmed the rumors and announced that it has purchased Acompli and its excellent Outlook-like mobile clients for Android and iOS
Microsoft offering 50 free albums for download through Xbox Music application
Microsoft is giving away 50 albums from various artists free of charge through its Xbox Music & Music Deals applications until December 15 to those within the US
Microsoft is planning an Xbox One wearable for 2015
The latest word is that Microsoft is planning a wearable device that will be tightly integrated with the Xbox One, and it's hoping it launch it next year
Windows 10: Build 9888 in the wild, shows off new animations and more
A build of Windows 10, 9888 has been spotted in the wild and it shows off some new features like animations, unified context menus and ZPC Settings is now the default settings application