By Paul Thurrott, 02/06/2012
While we eagerly await the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which is still expected to come sometime this month, two blogs have leaked numerous screenshots of what appears to be the ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/06/2012
Market researchers from Canalys announced that overall sales of smartphone handsets exceeded those of PCs in calendar year 2011.
By Paul Thurrott, 02/05/2012
In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly, Iyaz Akhtar, Mary Jo and I discuss the Office 15 Technical Preview, Windows 8 on ARM rumors, Windows Phone 8, AWS on Windows Phone, a ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/05/2012
This week in Windows 8: A few bland official blog posts, but some explosive news around Windows Phone 8, the Start orb, and Office 15. Plus, yes, we're writing about Windows Phone ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/04/2012
While everyone is understandably excited about the recent Windows Phone 8 leak, this revelation also tells us some things we didn't know about Windows 8. So let's look at what ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/03/2012
An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including a Windows Phone 8 leak, preordering a Nokia Lumia 900, Microsoft marketing layoffs, Facebook's IPO numbers, an uproar ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/02/2012
Thanks to a recent leak which has revealed some interesting information about the next major Windows Phone version, I can now publicly discuss Windows Phone 8 for the first time.
By Paul Thurrott, 02/02/2012
ARM CEO Warren East said that ARM-based tablets and other devices based on Windows 8 were superior both to Android tablets and to Windows 8 devices that will run on Intel-type ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/01/2012
This week on What The Tech: Andrew and Paul discuss the situation with MegaUpload. Why did the FBI target them? Should similar services be worried? Andrew brings up recent Xbox ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/01/2012
Microsoft this week unveiled an initiative to attract Google users who are concerned about the online giant's growing data-collection policies.
By Paul Thurrott, 01/31/2012
Continuing the theme from my previous article in this series, Office 365 also integrates tightly with other Microsoft products, including Windows Small Business Server 2011 ...
By Paul Thurrott, 01/31/2012
Enterprises expect software solutions to last indefinitely; as a result, Microsoft has had to extend support for its aging systems far beyond the original expiration date.
By Paul Thurrott, 01/30/2012
Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo! announced their support of a new email-security initiative called DMARC that they say will lessen the impact of so-called "phishing" attacks.
By Paul Thurrott, 01/30/2012
Three months ago, Amazon didn't even sell a tablet computer, but today the firm controls a stunning 40 percent of the market for Android-based tablets, according to one market ...
By Paul Thurrott, 01/29/2012
In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly, Iyaz Akhtar, Mary Jo and I discuss whether Windows 8 is feedback driven, a confirmation that the Windows 8 Beta is being renamed to ...
By Paul Thurrott, 01/29/2012
This week in Windows 8: A slow news week, with just a single Building Windows 8 post and a handful of nuggets from around the blogosphere. Oh, and I'm now writing a bit of Windows ...
By Paul Thurrott, 01/28/2012
For years, Microsoft has pushed a narrative where its products were wonderful as standalone solutions but "better together" when used in concert with other Microsoft products. ...
By Paul Thurrott, 01/27/2012
Earlier this month, I wrote about my decision to migrate my consolidated personal email accounts from Gmail to Hotmail, which I use along side Exchange-based solutions at work and ...
By Paul Thurrott, 01/27/2012
An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including Microsoft's $250 million payment to Nokia, Microsoft's supposed plans for Xbox LIVE on iOS and Android, Apple's ...
By Paul Thurrott, 01/26/2012
Nokia announced its financial results for the quarter ending December 31, 2011. And while the press will focus largely on the company's continued attempts to turn things around, ...