Microsoft

Bill Gates: I'm Not Satisfied With Microsoft's Innovations

February 18, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 12 weeks ago

Bill Gates sees room for improvement at the tech company

  

Is Microsoft Prepping a Surface Mini?

February 14, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 13 weeks ago

Microsoft may be gunning to compete with Apple's iPad mini

  

Microsoft Hires Former NBC Executive Jada Miranda to Run Production for New Studio (Exclusive)

February 4, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 14 weeks ago

Jada Miranda developed and produced shows at both NBC and HBO

  

Microsoft Quarterly Earnings Beat Analysts' Expectations - By a Penny

January 24, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 16 weeks ago

Microsoft earned $21.46 billion in the second quarter of its 2013 fiscal year

  

Guillermo Del Toro, Microsoft Crash Qualcomm's CES Opening

January 7, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 18 weeks ago

Hollywood helps the chipmaker avoid talking about...computer chips

  

Microsoft Acquires Startup R2 to Improve XBox Unit (Report)

January 3, 2013 By Tim Molloy 19 weeks ago

Apple, Google also talked about acquisition, Wall Street Journal reports

  

Skype Shuts Down Password-Resetting After Hack by Russian Site

November 14, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 26 weeks ago

Skype temporarily shut down its password-reset feature after it was hacked by a Russian site

  

MS Windows Chief: I Wasn't Fired, I Quit, and I'll Take on Microsoft

November 13, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 26 weeks ago

Steven Sinofsky -- heir apparent to CEO Steve Ballmer -- stepped down Monday night; here's the memo he sent to staff

  

Apple CEO Tim Cook Trashes Microsoft Tablet: ‘Compromised, Confusing Product’

October 25, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 29 weeks ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook compares other tablets to flying cars

  

Microsoft Debuts Windows 8, Surface Tablet

October 25, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 29 weeks ago

Microsoft's new operating system debuted on the Surface, a tablet to rival the iPad

  

Nancy Tellem at Microsoft? The Inside Dirt on Whether She Can Succeed

September 19, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 34 weeks ago

CBS  veteran Nancy Tellem’s leap to Microsoft, where she will head up entertainment content, was more like an inching, tortoise-like crawl

  

Microsoft Taps Former CBS TV Entertainment Boss to Develop Xbox Content

September 18, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 34 weeks ago

Nancy Tellem will oversee a studio that develops content for the Xbox gaming console and other devices

  

Microsoft Revamps Hotmail as Outlook, Adds Social Features

July 31, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 41 weeks ago

The new email service will be web-based and integrates major social networks

  

iPad Mini Reports Swirl, But Does it Make Sense for Apple?

July 5, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 45 weeks ago

As Microsoft and Google have enter the tablet market, reports suggest Apple will release a new, smaller iPad this year

  

Microsoft to Challenge Spotify, iTunes With Xbox Music Streaming Service

June 28, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 46 weeks ago

Microsoft's new music streaming service will replace its defunct Zune

  

Microsoft Unveils the Surface, a Tablet to Rival Apple's iPad

June 18, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 47 weeks ago

Microsoft unveiled the Surface, a tablet to rival the iPad, at a conference in Los Angeles Monday

  

Microsoft Manufacturing Tablet to Rival Apple iPad, Says Insider (Exclusive)

June 14, 2012 By Sharon Waxman & Alexander C. Kaufman 48 weeks ago

Microsoft will hold a news conference on Monday where the branded tablet is expected to be unveiled

  

NBCU May Buy Microsoft's Share of MSNBC.com (Report)

May 25, 2012 By Tim Molloy 51 weeks ago

Adweek says network wants more of its voice online

  

Barnes & Noble Shares Up 90% On Microsoft's $300M Nook Investment

April 30, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Bookseller Barnes & Noble and Microsoft are joining to compete in the e-reader space

  

AOL Stock Soars After $1B Microsoft Patents Deal (Update)

April 9, 2012 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

Stock finishes trading day up 43 percent after AOL announces $1 billion patents sale

  

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson to Wall Street: Trust Me

January 24, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 year ago

The internet giant's new chief says it's too early for details of his strategic plan after latest round of lackluster earnings is reported

  

A Game-Changer for Television? Sesame Street Will Be First Interactive Show

January 10, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

This strikes me as an entirely new way of experiencing television – personal, interactive and engaging

  

Tech’s High Rollers, Media Machers Compare Notes at CES Opening

January 10, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

It’s some kind of high-class tech-media scrum inside the Tryst nightclub at the Wynn Hotel

  

Microsoft Brings Fox News, Sesame Street, Comcast to XBox

January 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

CEO Steve Ballmer says the Xbox will become an "all-in-one" living room experience

  

CES 2012: Microsoft, New Tablets and the Future of Television

January 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Apple won't be there -- again -- but that doesn't mean its presence won't be felt in Vegas

  

2012: The Year Microsoft Finally Battles Back

January 5, 2012 By Fred Schruers 1 year ago

With an upgraded X Box, Windows 8 and a touted new phone, the onetime industry innovator is back, and in an arms race with Apple and Google