Microsoft updates six of its own Windows 8 apps
Microsoft is updating the Windows 8 apps built by the Bing AppEx team at Microsoft.
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Mary Jo Foley
Mary Jo has covered the tech industry for more than 25 years for a variety of publications and Web sites, and is a frequent guest on radio, TV and podcasts, speaking about all things Microsoft-related. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates era (John Wiley & Sons, 2008).
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Meeting in the middle: How Microsoft will enable mini Surfaces and maxi Win Phones
With Windows Blue and a coming Windows Phone 8 update, Microsoft will open the door for smaller-screen tablets and bigger-screen phones from a variety of OEMs, including itself.
Microsoft makes available 2013 release of Desktop Optimization Pack
Microsoft has made its MDOP 2013 virtualization and management tools available for download by volume licensees.
Microsoft's Office for iOS, Android: Not until fall 2014?
An alleged roadmap for Microsoft's two-year wave of coming Office updates implies Office for iOS and Android may be further away than many industry watchers thought.
Microsoft to roll out April firmware updates for Surface RT and Pro
Microsoft is rolling out new firmware and driver updates to its Surface RT and Surface Pro devices as part of April's Patch Tuesday.
What Microsoft's Blue is and isn't
Windows Blue isn't just a service pack. And it's not a precursor to some other version of Windows due out later this year.
Microsoft starts making more of its Azure cloud services generally available
Microsoft's Windows Azure Active Directory service is now ready for use in production. Its Linux and Windows Server virtual machines are likely next to move from test to general availability.
Microsoft dangles Windows 8, Office 2013 carrots to get SMBs off Windows XP
Microsoft is offering small and midsize business users a limited-time 15 percent price break on Windows 8 and Office 2013 in the hopes of convincing them to move off Windows XP.
Microsoft sells its IPTV business to Ericsson
Microsoft has sold off its 400-person Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson.
Microsoft's latest pitch to business: Make Windows Azure 'your datacenter'
Microsoft is honing its public-cloud pitch, appealing to enterprise users, just ahead of its annual management conference.