Stuart J. Johnston

Microsoft demonstrated new and experimental features that it proposes adding to Bing Maps, the mapping component of its search engine technology, at the Technology, Entertainment, Design 2010 (TED2010) conference in Long Beach, Calif. Thursday. The new and proposed features are a follow on to announcements Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made regarding Bing Maps and what the […]

Patch Tuesday is supposed to make computers work better, right? Well, after the most recent set of security releases from Microsoft, many XP users are seeing their computers crash, forced to reboot after the notorious Blue Screen of Death. Microsoft says it’s investigating, and Datamation has the story on the fallout from the patch. One […]

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 will be front and center next week during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) conclave in Barcelona. Enterprise Mobile Today looks ahead to the company’s latest smartphone roadmap and how it plans to compete against the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Google Android. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is widely expected to personally […]

Google isn’t exactly shaking in its boots just yet, but Microsoft’s Bing search engine is definitely gaining share, according to Web analytics firm comScore. Datamation takes a gander at the latest market share figures and explains what Microsoft’s surge—and Yahoo’s continued descent—means for the search market going forward. Microsoft’s Bing search engine picked up more […]

It’s that time of the month again. Microsoft has issued a spate of security fixes as part of its monthly patch cycle, and this time admins are going to have their hands full. eSecurity Planet reports on one of the busiest Patch Tuesdays in recent memory, including the 12 flaws Microsoft has deemed “critical.” There […]

Microsoft appears to be keeping pace with its development schedule for the Visual Studio 2010 development suite. The software titan today made the offering available to MSDN subscribers as a release candidate, with plans to offer general availability in April. Code Guru takes a look at the latest phase of the product’s development, which follows […]

Microsoft makes a big production out of its monthly bug-patching cycle. But the company also regularly releases non-security related upgrades designed to improve system reliability. Unfortunately, the latest batch appears to have gone the other direction. eSecurity Planet has the details about an update that has caused some users’ systems to crash, and Microsoft’s take […]

Steven Sinofsky has had enough. The president of Microsoft’s Windows Division sought to clear the air over the recent flap about Windows 7’s effect on laptop batteries, penning a blog post flatly denying that the new operating system is shortening battery life of laptops. Hardware Central takes a look at the controversy, and what Sinofsky […]

Less than four years into what was billed as an exclusive advertising deal meant to run until 2011, social networking giant Facebook is terminating use of Microsoft banner ads on its sites, the companies said late last week. Meanwhile, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is playing down the loss of the advertising deal, while playing up an […]

Dick Brass, a former Microsoft vice president who retired six years ago, claims that his alma mater is failing. At least, that’s what he said about Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in an op-ed piece in The New York Times on Thursday. “No one in his right mind should wish Microsoft failure. And yet it is failing, […]

Researchers often find themselves in the unfortunate position of going begging for resources to do their work, sometimes to the detriment of the work itself. While there are plenty of grants out there and lots of supercomputers available to do work, it’s still not enough for some. So Microsoft is lending a helping hand – […]

Microsoft is going to keep IT admins busy next week with a long list of fixes rolling out on its monthly Patch Tuesday. Of the 13 planned patches, the software giant is deeming five “critical.” Microsoft warns that IT teams overseeing servers will need to be on “high alert” this month. eSecurity Planet takes an […]