By Paul Thurrott, 05/27/2012
With Office 15, Microsoft's venerable productivity platform evolves yet again--for tablet, cloud, and end user ease of use. Here's a quick dive into what to expect.
By Paul Thurrott, 05/26/2012
In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo Laporte and I discuss Steve Ballmer's widely misquoted comment about 500 million Windows 8 users, a number of Windows 8 ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/25/2012
It’s been a while since the last 8 Days a Week article, but with Microsoft racing to deliver the Windows 8 Release Preview as soon as next week and my first draft of “Windows 8 ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/25/2012
This week on What The Tech: Andrew Zarian and Paul Thurrott celebrate the "completion" of Paul's new book "Windows 8 Secrets." Andrew and Paul discuss Microsoft killing Aero in ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/25/2012
An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including a Ballmer misquote about Windows 8, a Google transparency report that highlights Microsoft’s anti-piracy battles, ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/24/2012
Remember Sierra On-Line? Makers of such addictive but mostly horrible “graphic adventure” games as King’s Quest and Leisure Suit Larry? Well, a new low-cost entry in Xbox LIVE ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/24/2012
The long-awaited Facebook 2.5 update for Windows Phone is now available, providing a number of new features that bring this app up to speed with recent changes at the social ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/24/2012
Oracle’s epic legal battle against Google came crashing down on Wednesday when a jury decided that Google’s Android does not infringe on Oracle patents related to Java ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/23/2012
With tech enthusiast web sites from around the world starting to leak Windows 8 Release Preview information, your intrepid “Windows 8 Secrets” co-authors offer a bit of color ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/23/2012
In previous versions of Windows, applications were represented by icons, simple graphical objects that offered almost no form of dynamic or expressive content. With Windows 8, ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2012
Steve Ballmer says that Windows 8 represents a “rebirth” of his company’s core OS that will trigger sales of 500 million units between its release later this year and the end of ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2012
Google wasted no time in finalizing its $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility in the wake of Chinese regulatory approval.
By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2012
Steve Ballmer said that the company expects its hardware partners to ship 350 million copies of Windows 7 this year.
By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2012
Windows 8 will usher in a new era of tablet devices that will make today’s traditional laptops look like the dinosaurs they are.
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
China antitrust authorities have approved Google’s proposed $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the online advertising giant to ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
With tech enthusiast web sites from around the world starting to leak Windows 8 Release Preview screenshots, your intrepid “Windows 8 Secrets” co-authors offer a bit of color ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
With tech enthusiast web sites from around the world starting to leak Windows 8 Release Preview screenshots, your intrepid “Windows 8 Secrets” co-authors offer a bit of color ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
Microsoft today is touting a collection of “official” wallpaper images for Windows Phone that users can apply to their handset’s lock screen. As you might expect, the images are ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
This week, Microsoft introduced a social network of its own, the awkwardly named So.cl (and, yes, it’s pronounced as “social”). But rather than being a full-fledged competitor to ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
In a new post to the Visual Studio Blog, Microsoft has detailed more information about the Visual Studio 11 product editions and which platforms the new developer suite will ...