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Microsoft sees ‘rebirth’ with new Windows 8 system
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 series — featuring an upgraded cloud computing service — marks a “rebirth” of its operating systems, chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday. Ballmer described Windows 8 as the “deepest, broadest and most impactful” Windows software ever created by the US tech giant, after the current Windows 7 sold at…
Microsoft vows to go carbon neutral
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Tuesday vowed it would be carbon neutral in the fiscal year starting July. The plan to zero-out the overall amount of climate-changing gas spewed while running data centers, software labs, and offices and even during work-related travel included charging departments a fee for carbon produced.…
Microsoft offers $99 Xbox consoles with a catch
Microsoft began testing whether a pricing strategy that has been a hit with smartphones will invigorate sales of its Xbox 360 videogame consoles. The technology titan began offering four-gigabyte consoles bundled with Kinect voice-and-gesture sensing controllers at select Microsoft stores in the United States for $99. The catch is that buyers must subscribe…
Microsoft counts on allies in mistimed tablet market
Microsoft is counting on friends to make it a hit later this year when it crashes a tablet computer party at which Apple has been the star ever since the launch of the iPad. The US software colossus turned a draining patent lawsuit withBarnes & Noble into a mutually beneficial alliance that could make…
Microsoft ventures into ebook market with Barnes & Noble
Microsoft teamed up Monday with US bookselling giant Barnes & Noble in a venture aimed at grabbing a bigger share of the rapidly growing market for electronic books. The world’s biggest software group will make a $300 million investment in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary focusing on the bookseller’s…
Tech support for CISPA wobbles as Microsoft calls for privacy safeguards
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) may have a strong backing in the tech world, but that began to look increasingly tenuous this weekend after software giant Microsoft seemed to walk back its support for the bill, warning that the company would now push lawmakers for additional privacy…
Microsoft accused of trying to secretly influence ‘independent’ government expert
Microsoft is accused of trying to exert clandestine influence on a UK government consultation which could slash the software giant’s £700m income from the UK’s public sector. The Cabinet Office has thrown out one “independent” expert who had been helping organise a public discussion on how to introduce free software…
U.S. commission says Xbox infringes Motorola patents
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a preliminary ruling that Microsoft infringed on Motorola Mobility patents in its hit Xbox 360 videogame consoles. Administrative law judge David Shaw on Monday backed four out of five Motorola claims that the company’s intellectual property was usurped in Xbox software for tasks such as efficiently moving video files or connecting wirelessly to the…
November launch for new version of ‘Halo’ videogame
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Tuesday announced that a new installment to the hit videogame “Halo” will be released in November, and predicted it would launch the next decade of the hugely popular franchise. “Halo 4″ crafted exclusively for play on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 consoles will launch worldwide on November…
Microsoft counting down to the end of Windows XP
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is counting down the days until it is through with the Windows XP operating system for personal computers. The US software titan used a blog post to remind the world that in two years it will no longer support the generations-old operating system that people have…
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