Seven Reasons Businesses Should Not Upgrade to Windows 8
Last month, conservative Microsoft released Windows 8 and Windows RT; for them, these radical new operating systems represent a major break with the past. If you’ve used Apple’s iPad or Google’s...
View ArticleWindows 8 Outselling Windows 7 in Initial Release?
It doesn’t seem possible, with so many observers panning the latest iteration of Microsoft’s ubiquitous operating system. Still, Microsoft compared the sales figures for the first month after the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Opens Socl, Not Aimed at Facebook
If you’ve heard about all the closed beta testing of Microsoft’s new social network and wanted to know what the fuss was about, now is your chance. Socl, initially launched in May, is now open to just...
View ArticleMS SQL Server to Receive In-Memory Technology
If you’ve been unhappy with how slowly MS SQL Server handles online transaction processing (OLTP), you can look forward to greater speed – eventually. Microsoft is testing out in-memory capabilities...
View ArticleMicrosoft Adding Six Stores to Retail Empire
Hoping to get a little more excitement out of the holiday season, Microsoft announced that it will be opening six new permanent retail stores next year in several locations in the United States. The...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Cloud: Safe Enough for Government?
The last thing Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to worry about is whether the technology his civil servants use improves their efficiency or gets in their way. This is probably why he’s migrating them...
View ArticleMicrosoft ASP.NET SignalR RC 2 Now Available
If you develop on the ASP.NET web application framework, you know that Microsoft has big plans for this tool, as part of its push to get developers actively creating for Windows 8. SignalR, one of...
View ArticleMicrosoft May Back Dell Buyout
With desktop PC sales sharply dropping off thanks to consumer enthusiasm for tablets and other portable computing devices, hardware maker Dell is trying to go private so it can steer a different...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Stake in Dell: Beyond the PC
By now you’ve heard the news that venerable PC maker Dell is being taken private by its founder and CEO Michael Dell. Needless to say, he enlisted some help: private equity firm Silver Lake Partners....
View ArticleMicrosoft Hardware Approach Misguided?
Microsoft may know software all too well, but when it comes to making its own hardware and marrying the two, the company may have something to learn. Two articles came out this week suggesting, in...
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