Windows Phone 'weak', Huawei sneers
Huawei calls the Windows Phone platform weak despite using it as the foundation for some of the smartphones it makes.
Stories by Tim Greene
Startup uses new technology to out-Akamai Akamai
Instart Logic is taking on the likes of Akamai and Amazon Cloudfront with a Web app-streaming service it says can cut in half the time it takes to load pages and applications to wireless devices.
CERN retires proprietary video conferencing system in favor of Vidyo
Tim Smith has some of the best IT end users in the world: the physicists who do research at CERN, which runs the particle physics lab that is home to the Large Hadron Collider, because they need little instruction when it comes to new technology.
Oops. Microsoft takes down some researchers' servers along with Citadel botnet sites
When Microsoft took down Citadel botnets last week it disrupted the thieves who use the malware for stealing online banking information, but it also caused collateral damage by knocking out sinkhole servers used by researchers to figure out how best to combat the criminals, a Swiss researcher says.
Reddit AMA: Skype founder finds it hard to say who to believe in PRISM scandal
The finger-pointing about who is to blame in the unfolding PRISM Internet-spying scandal makes it hard to tell who to believe, says Jaan Tallinn, a founder of both Skype and Kazaa.
Q&A: Microsoft hybrid-cloud push promises benefits for IT, end users, pocketbook
Brad Anderson, Microsoft vice president of Windows Server and System Center, keynoted at the company's user conference TechEd North America 2013 this week, dishing out over a span of two hours a smorgasbord of new versions of platforms, most notably Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio and System Center that encourage business use of cloud services.
Microsoft : Hybrid Cloud is good for IT, end users and corporate bottom line
Microsoft's vision of corporations using hybrid Cloud has benefits for IT departments and end users as well as cost savings, says Brad Anderson, Microsoft vice-president of Windows Server and System Center.
TechEd attendees call Surface discount deal 'crazy'
Microsoft has lost its corporate marbles with an offer of about $1,100 off a bundle of its Surface RT and Surface Pro tablet/laptops at its TehEd North America 2013 user conference. At least that's what some of those taking advantage of the deal say.
How to integrate Skype with Microsoft Lync
Businesses hoping to connect Skype users with Lync users via their corporate Lync Server but haven't started the process yet are in for a wait.
Microsoft wheels out 256GB Surface Pro tablet - in Japan
A business-friendly version of Microsoft's Surface Pro laptop/tablet is being introduced in Japan sporting 256GB of memory, double that of the previous top-of-line model.
IDC: PC sales being crippled by tablets; Windows 8 part of the problem
The PC may not be dead, but it's not doing well.
Windows 8 Update: Microsoft sacks iPad in Windows 8 ad, joins forces with NFL
A new ad from Microsoft mocks iPads by comparing them a unfavorably a to tablets running Windows 8, which receive live updates on their Start screens, run office apps, display two apps at a time and support Microsoft Office applications a things iPads don't do.
Forrester: Windows 8 faces uphill battle as corporate desktop
Windows 8 faces an uphill battle to become a standard corporate operating system because many businesses are in the midst of or have recently completed the move from Windows XP to Windows 7 and don't have the stomach for another transition anytime soon.
Microsoft commits to secure coding standard
Microsoft says its coding practices and its corporate management structure both comply with an international application security standard to encourage secure software development.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday targets multitude of Internet Explorer faults
Microsoft is issuing critical security bulletins this Patch Tuesday that affect all versions of Internet Explorer and deal with an exploit that attackers are actively working.