Stuart J. Johnston

Microsoft headed to New York in the hopes of making a splash at the annual trade show gala for retailers. Datamation has the story on the company’s plans to court the retail segment with a Windows 7-based digital signage product and other services. Microsoft kicked off its attendance at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Annual […]

Software licenses are the backbone of Microsoft’s empire. Now, through a slightly convoluted set of licensing agreements, the software kingpin is making its proprietary offerings available for third parties through rental agreements with members of its partner network. Datamation has the details. Microsoft quietly announced at the beginning of the year that it will finally […]

Nearly a month after a software upgrade bumped Microsoft partners and customers off the company’s volume licensing site, the main problem has been fixed but some users are still locked out. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is helping those partners and customers on a case-by-case basis, according to a post on Microsoft’s SMB Community blog Monday. “As […]

With Monday’s deadline looming for Microsoft to pull a feature in Office 2007 and Word 2007 that a federal appeals court ruled last month violates a much smaller competitor’s patent, the software giant has decided to fight on. “Today, Microsoft filed a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for […]

It’s official — or at least “semi-official.” The long awaited Windows Phone 7 is apparently set to be shown at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. At least, that clearly was the tone of hints that Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Entertainment and Devices Division, dropped during a meeting with financial […]

With the demise of Comdex, the computer industry moved over to the Consumer Electronics Show as the place to make big splashes, show off hot new products and generate buzz. For years, Microsoft dominated this show, as witnessed by the fact that Chairman Bill Gates was the opening keynote speaker for several years. Gates has […]

For system administrators who have felt under the gun in recent months as Microsoft patched record numbers of critical security bugs in its products, January should be a skate. That’s because next Tuesday — the second Tuesday of the month, also known as “Patch Tuesday,” the day Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) issues most of its patches […]

Use of Internet Explorer (IE) hit its lowest point ever in December and, overall, was down just over 7 percent for the entire year, according to year end numbers from one Web analytics firm. Although IE continues to be far and away the leader for browsers, the recipients of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) involuntary largesse are […]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer could have a big announcement at CES tonight that could recapture some of the momentum lost to the likes of Google and Apple. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer could drop some big news when he delivers the opening keynote at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) tonight in Las Vegas. […]

Microsoft will release a new version of its venerable Office suite later this year and, as Datamation reports, it will include multiple versions and new pricing. With actual delivery still some six months away, Microsoft has announced packaging and pricing for Office 2010. The announcement came in a post on Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Office 2010 […]

Microsoft’s new operating system may be barely out of the gate, but a blogger snooping around in the Windows registry found some clues that the software giant may be soon testing the first service pack. Historically, the first SP opens the floodgates to corporate adoption of Microsoft’s new releases, but this time might be different. […]

Rejoice, gamers with sore thumbs and artists with hand cramps. Microsoft Research has a new technology that takes input from muscle movements and it’s looking to score a patent. There will be no more clicking, pressing buttons or dragging a mouse, just make some muscle movements. Or so the company says. Datamation has the details. […]