Under Ballmer, Microsoft struggled to modernize
In the 13 years that Steve Ballmer has led Microsoft, literature has climbed out of books, songs have freed themselves from CDs and computers have leapt off their desktops into our hands. An exhilarating new world of technology has emerged with little help from ...
Fire up a desktop computer at many small or medium-size businesses, and there is a decent chance it is running on a 12-year-old operating system: Windows XP. But starting next April, Microsoft will no longer offer security updates for that venerable software to protect it ...
Facebook, Microsoft release some data on U.S. surveillance requests
Facebook and Microsoft for the first time admit they received data requests from the U.S. government, but add it did not permit them to provide specific figures.
U.S. tech giants urge NSA transparency
Technology companies stung by the controversy over the National Security Agency's sweeping Internet surveillance program are calling on U.S. officials to ease the secrecy surrounding national security investigations and lift long-standing gag orders covering the nature and extent of information collected about Internet users.
Sony-Microsoft console war faces tablet reality at E3
Gun-toting fighters take a back seat to Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. this week as the console makers battle to show they've got the best plan for selling pricey machines in the age of cheap play on phones and tablets. Both present Monday at E3, ...
Panasonic Corp. is developing a tablet computer for business customers that runs on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system under their new business partnership, sources said Friday. The tablet, which will have a 20-inch liquid crystal display panel, will be the world's first of its ...
Microsoft's tablet computer finally coming to Japan in search of sales
Microsoft Corp.'s first-ever tablet computer will hit the Japanese market in two weeks, the company said Friday, hoping to break the iPad's domination. Five months after its debut in several other countries, Microsoft's Surface RT tablet will reach store shelves here March 15, Microsoft Japan ...
New dishes on company cafeteria menus
Company cafeterias, not usually the realm of gourmet fare, are making a name for themselves, and their company's brand, by serving up unique dishes.
Get your virtual freak on this Halloween
Thanks to augmented reality voodoo, you can skip that messy fake blood and itchy costume.
All the big players in personal computing have landed in Japan to do battle, using conventional and unusual tactics. Who will come out on top?
