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Surface Pro to be released on February 9th
Microsoft this morning announced the release date for the next member of its Surface family: Surface Windows 8 Pro. An Intel Core i5-powered tablet, the new Surface will launch in the US and Canada on...
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Microsoft alum: Surface is doomed, but Windows 8 is an "assault weapon"
Windows 8 is just what Microsoft needs to take advantage of the ongoing irreversible shift from PCs to handheld devices according to the company's former OEM chief Joachim Kempin. But Microsoft should...
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Decoding Microsoft's earnings report: so how's Windows 8 doing?
Despite declining PC sales, Microsoft's Windows revenue last quarter was up 24% from the previous year, according to today's earnings report. How can that be?
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The iPad's market share is slipping as Samsung gains
IDC reports that tablet sales were stronger than expected in the fourth quarter. The iPad, as usual, was the big winner, although its market share slipped while Samsung's gained.
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What are the limits to the iPad's growth?
Apple could easily look at the PC market now and think "most of that should be ours." Not 15% of it. Not just the consumer PC market, which is less than 50%. All of it. In all, that seems like a lot...
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Microsoft sold 900K Surface RT tablets in face of muted demand
The one bright spot: it was only 10,000 units behind number-five Barnes & Noble
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Microsoft will open five more retail stores this summer
That brings the total to 70 stores, if you include the pop-up stores that will stick around well into 2013. Apple has 401 permanent stores.
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Microsoft is selling Surface tablets direct to business customers
Consumers aren't buying the Surface in bulk yet, so Microsoft is taking a shot at going direct to businesses.
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Microsoft exec: Look at the bright side of Windows RT
A Microsoft executive said that people may be missing the benefit of Windows RT and Windows 8 apps.
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Microsoft Surface chief: Consumers were first, but focus is shifting to business
Panos Panay, who heads Microsoft's Surface unit, hinted that updates to come will make the Surface more appealing to business users.
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Surprise: Lots of companies plan to build Surface and Windows Phone apps this...
Aberdeen Group surveyed companies about which platforms they're planning to build for this year. Windows 8 and Windows Phone are poised to make a big push, while BlackBerry is in dire straits.
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The fire sale has begun for Windows RT tablets
Price cuts signal a failure to capture consumers' imaginations.
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If PC sales dropped 14%, how did Microsoft keep Windows revenue stable?
Microsoft reported no change in revenue for its Windows division, despite recent dire reports about a dramatic drop in PC shipments.
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Microsoft hints it will build a smaller Surface
Outgoing Microsoft CFO Peter Klein implied that a smaller Surface might be in the works and also talked about Windows Blue in a new light.
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Microsoft's Surface strategy is doing what it was supposed to do
It helped save the quarter. But eventually, business realities will kick in.
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Huge upside for the iPad: Only 20 percent of tablets are used for work
A JD Powers tablet satisfaction survey found that only 20 percent of people surveyed said that they use their tablets for business, indicating that there's huge upside for the iPad and other tablets...
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Surface catapults Microsoft into the top-five tablet makers
Half of all Windows tablets sold during Q1 2013 were from Microsoft. None of the big PC OEMs made the top five.
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Microsoft isn't crazy to think it could sell 25 million Surfaces next year
Surface has been a stiff so far, but Microsoft reportedly has big expectations for its next fiscal year. Here's why the company may not be crazy.
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Finally: Outlook is coming to Windows RT
Microsoft is trying to reposition Windows RT as being useful to business people.
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How Microsoft got the perfect "click" noise on Surface
Microsoft takes us on a tour of the anechoic chamber used to noise-test Surface.
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