How Microsoft's Bing-related research is funneling back into products
Microsoft researchers' work is finding a home in Bing-related products and technologies. The latest example: Bing Mobile's coming voice search enhancements.
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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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Blue clues: Microsoft's Windows Server Blue mentions materialize
We've heard about Windows Blue and Windows Phone Blue. Now we're getting a few tidbits about Windows Server Blue, the next release of Windows Server expected this summer.
Buying Microsoft Surfaces in bulk: More hints in the fine print
Microsoft's channel partners are unearthing more details about Microsoft's volume-purchasing program for its Surface RTs and Pros.
Microsoft makes first of its Windows Embedded 8 releases generally available
Microsoft's Windows Embedded 8 Standard and Pro versions of its embedded operating system are available for OEMs to download.
Microsoft offers developers cash to write Windows 8 apps
In an apparent policy turnaround, Microsoft is now using cash to try to get more developers to write apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.
Microsoft Office 365 and Yammer integration: An update on what's coming when
Microsoft is providing more dates and details about how it is integrating its Yammer enterprise social-networking technology with Office 365.
Microsoft now allowing business customers to buy Surfaces in volume
Microsoft is allowing business customers to order Surfaces, accessories and three-year warranty plans in volume, via a new Commercial Order site.
Microsoft readies next two CRM updates; acquires analytics vendor Netbreeze
Microsoft has acquired social-monitioring analytics vendor Netbreeze and is readying the next two updates to its Dynamics CRM platform, officials announced at the Convergence conference.
Don't be blue: About that Windows Phone 8's July 2014 end-of-life date
Microsoft has said Windows Phone 8 support ends in July 2014. There's a Blue lining to that cloud.
Microsoft delivers first public preview of its Hadoop on Windows Azure service
Microsoft is making available its first public preview of HDInsight, the Hadoop big-data framework on Windows Azure technology it is developing with Hortonworks.