It used to be the console wars and browser battles, now it’s the tablet skirmishes. I still remember when Microsoft and Sony would buy advertising space on opposite sides of a busy Japanese…

Just the other day, we saw Microsoft release an update to its recently redone Windows Phone YouTube app, removing one of the features Google found objectionable. As you might remember, the app initially generated controversy due to how it allowed...

Microsoft says their new Xbox features a host of simple voice commands that will easily control and instruct gamers.

Did Microsoft stretch the truth in spots promoting a tablet that runs Windows? FORTUNE -- You'd think Microsoft (MSFT) would get some credit for running a couple light-hearted TV ads that -- unlike those awful 2008 Jerry Seinfeld spots -- aren't...

Windows 8 hasn't done much to entice people to upgrade their laptop and desktop computers, and PC makers are hurting as a result. While Microsoft's Windows 8.1 update might make the new platform a bit more enticing when it launches later this year,...

In case you’re still itching to learn more about how the Xbox One‘s upcoming Kinect sensor works, Microsoft’s Scott Evans and Kareem Choudhry have released two videos showing off what they call the eyes, ears and brains of the new...

Microsoft and Google have apparently put their differences aside and are now building a compliant YouTube app together for Windows Phone. The app will serve ads and will be out as soon as next month. “Microsoft and YouTube are working together...

Small-screen Windows slates are poised to flood store shelves, but they aren't a magic pill for Microsoft's struggling tablet OS.

Microsoft's new live TV strategy with Xbox One wants to ensure that it gets in between you and your cable box. [Read more]    

Thank the old gods and the new that it’s Friday, AMIRITE? You know what that means right? Friday is Gadgets Podcast day, and boy do we have a show for you! In this episode, John Biggs, Matt Burns and Darrell Etherington discuss...

My experience with Windows 8 has been limited to a few devices, including the Microsoft Surface, so I was happy to get the opportunity to review the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Sleekbook 15, a fairly inexpensive laptop.

Windows 8 has been a particularly big flop on the desktop. Can a mouse designed to make the OS friendlier help?

Have you heard the latest app store numbers? Apple and Google now offer 800,000 or more apps each. Google’s store has crossed the 42 billion app download mark, while iTunes surpassed 50 billion. Big numbers, indeed. That means Microsoft and...

Sony and Microsoft have made their opening moves in the next-generation video game console war. Their next big revelations will come at the E3 game trade show, and this starts with their press conferences on June 10. The age of digital game consoles...

Have you heard the latest app store numbers? Apple and Google now offer 800,000 or more apps each. Google’s store has crossed the 42 billion app download mark, while iTunes surpassed 50 billion. Big numbers, indeed. That means Microsoft and...

A Google security expert who has clashed with Microsoft in the past over how it discloses Windows security flaws is at it again.  Tavis Ormandy, an information security engineer at Google, has found what he's calling "a pretty obvious bug" in...

Microsoft's Most Important Hardware    

In case you hadn't heard, Microsoft pulled the wraps off of its next-gen gaming console earlier this week at an event on its Redmond campus. A brand new issue of our slate magazine steps inside the lab where the Xbox One was built for a behind the...

First space rocket of humanity, used to bomb London Ex-Microsoft gazillionaire Paul Allen has acquired a V2 rocket for his Flying Heritage Collection.…

Microsoft believes it can sell 25 million more Xbox 360s despite announcing the console's successor, the Xbox One, earlier this week. The Xbox 360 launched back in 2005, and has sold an estimated 77.2 million to date. Growth has slowed significantly...