All about Microsoft

I’m taking a couple weeks off before the busiest part of Microsoft’s 2012 kicks into full gear. But never fear: The Microsoft watching will go on while I’m gone. I’ve asked a few illustrious members of the worldwide Microsoft community to share their insights via guest posts on a variety of topics — from Windows [...]

Using Microsoft’s Metro technology in Windows 8 is like going to a flashy restaurant where your plate is delivered with a tiny morsel of food in the middle, but the rest of the plate is unused, says one tester.

The new Group Policy Update feature in Windows 8 could be a real time-saver for IT admins. Here’s how it works.

Starting July 1, Microsoft’s raising substantially the prices it will be charging its UK business customers for software and services. Here’s what you need to know.

Microsoft’s newest version of the Open Data Protocol (OData) is something both developers and IT managers should check out.

The latest Bing update, coming to U.S. users soon, includes a less-cluttered results page, plus new social features displayed in a three-column layout.

Mozilla and Google are just now complaining about Microsoft’s design decisions with Windows RT. But Microsoft’s response seems a bit flimsy.

Microsoft made available for download Silverlight 5.1 on May 8. Here’s what’s included in this minor update.

Microsoft made available for download Silverlight 5.2.10411.0 on May 8. Here’s what’s included in this minor update.

Microsoft is planning to host Dynamics CRM on Azure, according to a Microsoft Azure VP. And the expected Linux on Azure capability is still on the roadmap, too.

Microsoft is readying the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 11, which will include some UI modifications made in response to beta testers’ feedback.

Microsoft is cutting the name “Azure” out of the branding for its cloud services on its billing portal.

Why is Microsoft launching a $99 Xbox 360/Kinect/subscription bundle now? Here are a few theories.

Microsoft’s Office 365 hosted app bundle is FISMA-certified, making it potentially more appealing to U.S. government customers.

Xamarin chief Miguel de Icaza answers five questions about XobotOS, the skunkworks project to port Android to C#.

Microsoft is inviting Windows Phone developers to a developer conference in late June. Could both the Tango and Apollo operating systems be on the agenda?

A Barnes & Noble filing about deliverables coming as a result of its new Microsoft partnership is chock-full of references to Windows Phone.

Microsoft and startup Twilio are offering developers a way to incorporate voice and text messaging into their Windows Azure-hosted apps.

Microsoft has redesigned its Bing results page to make it less cluttered.

Has Microsoft already begun making changes to Skype’s P2P infrastructure? According to one report, Microsoft has begun moving in some Microsoft-hosted Linux boxes.