Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion; creates new business division

The rumors were right. Microsoft announced on May 10 that it bought Skype, an Internet communications vendor, for $8.5 billion. Instead of trying to mash Skype into an existing Microsoft business division, the… Read More →

Office 2013 details surface on the web

Hot on the heels of the official worldwide release of Office 2010 yesterday, details have surfaced on the next version of the award winning suite – Office 15, or its likely name, Office… Read More →

Microsoft Download Manager for Windows

The Microsoft Download Manager enables you to download files from the Internet in a more reliable and faster way than using a browser alone. Using the Download Manager makes it easier to download… Read More →

Free eBook : Career Ideas from Microsoft

Microsoft is offering a free ebook: Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft, by Katherine Murray. The ebook contains eight chapters and an appendix describing how you… Read More →

Ballmer: Microsoft Will Beat Google Eventually

Microsoft CEO is realistic but optimistic about the competition. During an interview yesterday morning, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked about his thoughts on Twitter, Yahoo! and Google. Ballmer shared a lot of interesting… Read More →

Microsoft Boasts 90,000,000 Windows 7 Sold

Windows 7: Over 90 Million Served. Even when Windows 7 launched into a warm reception (and brisk sales), Microsoft didn’t reveal exact sale numbers for its new OS – until today. Microsoft CFO… Read More →

Microsoft Wants Internet Tax to Keep PCs Clean

Healthcare reform for PCs. While speaking at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Trustworthy Computing Scott Charney told attendees that the technology industry needs to change in… Read More →