Microsoft has completed the move from Hotmail to the new Outlook.com, which now boasts more than 400 million accounts.

Microsoft wants people to upgrade to IE10 but is having a job because IE8 is still fairly popular.

While the world and its dog does seem to be writing Windows 8 off with the same gusto that it did with Vista, it appears to be a fallacy.

Windows RT could be about to go the way of the dodo, at least if pessimistic analysts are to be believed. Redmond’s tablet OS managed to grab a meager 0.4 percent of the tablet market in the first quarter of the year and  IDC estimates a total of 200,000 Windows RT units were shipped in the quarter. 

While software giant Microsoft has been touting its software at the top end of smartphone land, it is actually Steve Ballmers' considerable bottom end where the money is likely to be made.

Worldwide tablet sales continued to surge, growing 142.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013.

While Microsoft’s Surface tablets proved completely underwhelming, a report suggests that the company might have another bash at the platform.

It is no secret that Windows 8 is off to a slow start and the latest market share data from Net Applications should raise a few eyebrows in Redmond.

Microsoft missed out on the smartphone gravy train, but now it seems as if Windows Phone 8 might have a bright future after all. 

Microsoft's IllumiRoom can best be described as a platform that uses the Kinect and a projector to combine virtual and physical worlds.

Chinese white-box vendors will start churning out Windows 8 tablets in May and the ex-factory prices for 11.6-inch units are estimated at about $300. 

Google, forced into compromise with the European Commission, has released a list of proposals to satisfy worries about it breaking antitrust laws - but these are likely to be rejected by rivals.

A Seattle judge has ruled in favour of Microsoft in one of two patent trials putting Redmond up against Google and its Motorola Mobility unit, leaving it with a substantially smaller royalties bill to pay.

Intel is working on $200 notebook designs, powered by cheap chips and Google’s free Android operating system.

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global tablet shipments hit 40.6 million units in Q1 2013. Apple still dominates the market, but Android is gaining ground. In addition, the first Windows 8 tablets went on sale in Q1, but they haven’t been a runaway success, to say the least. 

In a blast from the past, software giant Microsoft has had to replace a security update that had crashed customers' PCs and crippled the machines with endless reboots.

Google hit the market led by a bunch of kids fresh out of school who were more than eager to prove why their way was better.

Microsoft has sent out official invitations for an event on May 21 in Redmond where the industry heavyweight is slated to debut its long-awaited Xbox 720 (Next).

Redmond is expanding Surface RT and Surface Pro availability to a number of new markets, including major emerging economies.