Stuart J. Johnston

While the latest and great tech products get the most headlines in tech publications, blogs and websites, most enterprises don’t quickly switch to the latest version or new releases the first week they’re available. Just ask Microsoft, which has seen growing interest in the latest version of Windows, Windows 7, but has to live with […]

As the Web increasingly becomes a more important part of our lives, both professionally and socially, users expect and demand good security. But the Web’s popularity makes it a huge target for scam artists, identity thieves and purveyors of malware. Websites regularly have to deal with new security threats, but when there’s a browser security […]

As IT interest in cloud services ramps up, so do the marketing campaigns and competitive one-upmanship by some of the leading players. Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) starts its annual Dreamforce developers conference in San Francisco this week. As eCRM Guide reports, Microsoft sees it as a great time to try and win over some of Salesforce’s […]

It’s no secret that times are tough. But at many small and midsized businesses, the sustained sluggishness of IT budgets has compelled managers to make some tough calls, often sacrificing security in the interest of saving a few bucks. That’s the upshot of a new survey from Lenovo, which canvassed decision makers at SMBs and […]

Microsoft continues to feel the effects of intense competition in the battle for browser share from the likes of Mozilla’s Firefox, Google’s Chrome and Apple’s Safari. Datamation reports on the latest findings from Web analytics firm Net Applications that looked at browser share on a global basis. In addition to its latest browser release, IE8, […]

What’s the future of Silverlight, Microsoft’s streaming media software? The company has invested heavily in the platform since it was announced three years ago as a competitor to Adobe’s Flash. Since then, Silverlight’s had plenty of pickup, but Flash has continued to flourish as well. Meanwhile, the emerging HTML5 standard has garnered plenty of interest […]

The phenomenal success of Apple’s App Store for the iPhone showed the tremendous interest users have in enhancing their mobile devices with new applications and utilities. Despite having by far the most applications of any other mobile device supplier, Apple’s process for approving applications is more restrictive than its competitors and developers have created a […]

The first round of Windows Phone 7 devices are barely out the door and already the rumor mill is kicking up a lot of speculation as to what’s next. As Enterprise Mobile Today reports, a third party Windows Phone 7 developer claims the software giant has big plans for the mobile platform in an update […]

It’s not like Microsoft doesn’t like patents. In fact, just last year Microsoft recorded its 10,000 U.S. patent and has aggressively defended and licensed patents in its portfolio as part of a broad intellectual property strategy. But Microsoft itself is on the defensive in a patent dispute that could cost it $290 million. While Microsoft’s […]

What’s the next big idea in computer interfaces? While we’re still largely stuck clacking away on keyboards, the advent of the mouse and graphical user interface decades ago, were breakthroughs that offered easier access to information and a more familiar, visual experience. More recent advances, like voice recognition and touchscreens (particularly on mobile devices), have […]

Not long after Microsoft unveiled its new Lync 2010 unified communications technology, startup ViVu says it’s getting close to releasing a multiparty video conferencing service for the platform. ViVu already offers a video conferencing service for VoIP provider Skype’s platform, and CEO Sudha Valluru explained that customers were asking for a comparable product for Microsoft […]

When Windows made its inauspicious debut two and a half decades ago, few observers realized what they were witnessing. Windows 1.0, unveiled in November of 1985, was in every sense the dawn of a new era in computing. But that was then, as they say. Now, Microsoft is looking ahead to the next phase of […]