It's the end of mainstream support for Windows Vista Mary-Jo Foley April 10, 2012: That s the date Windows Vista support moves from mainstream to extended (meaning paid for everything but security updates).
Does Facebook's purchase of Instagram ensure the photo app will come to Windows Phone now? Mary-Jo Foley Does Facebook s purchase of Instagram mean there s a chance (after all) that it will be coming to investment partner Microsoft s smartphones?
Nokia counting on its Collection apps to help sell Windows Phones Mary-Jo Foley Nokia is relying on its free Collection apps to provide Lumia users with a differentiated and updated Windows Phone platform.
Windows Phone 8: What's Microsoft's developer story? Mary-Jo Foley On the development front, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 seem to be joined at the hip.
Can Microsoft change the Windows Phone app conversation? Mary-Jo Foley Can Microsoft overcome the apps hurdle with Windows Phone? And if so, how?
Microsoft adds two new U.S. Windows Azure datacenters Mary-Jo Foley Microsoft is making available immediately to its cloud-computing customers resources in a new Eastern U.S. and a Western U.S. facility.
Microsoft continues its slow but steady retail-store launch pace Mary-Jo Foley Microsoft still has a long way to go to reach its own goal of 75 new stores by 2013 or 2014.
Microsoft sheds more light on cloud backup service for Windows Server 8 Mary-Jo Foley Microsoft is testing a beta of an Azure-based online backup service for Windows Server 8. Here are a few more tidbits about it.
Windows 8: Where's our hardware reimagined? Mary-Jo Foley I want to see, touch or buy a Windows tablet that will get me excited about Windows 8. Six months or so from launch, there s still nothing filling that gap.
Former Microsoft Courier team members launch hot new apps for the iPad Mary-Jo Foley Former Microsoft execs who were associated with the nixed Courier dual-screen tablet project are resurfacing at companies doing Courier-inspired apps for Apple s iPad.