Microsoft has completed development on its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, and its Release to Manufacturing (RTM) code is on its way to PC and tablet makers.
Windows 8 is set to launch Oct. 26, with an upgrade price of …
Microsoft’s just-announced Outlook email service, which replaces Hotmail today, has already attracted 1 million signups, according to a tweet from Microsoft.
As I wrote earlier today, Hotmail had a serious branding problem, especially with the tech community. So Microsoft has …
Digital magazine The Daily has laid off nearly a third of its staff to help the unprofitable publication save costs, parent company News Corp. announced today.
Since the launch of the The Daily in February 2011, people have wondered if …
Microsoft's Hotmail service is still popular with more than 325 million monthly active users, but the company has decided the Hotmail brand must die in favor of something without as many negative connotations. Here comes Outlook.
Updated at 11:30 a.m. PT with comments from Aaron Levie.
Enterprise cloud storage provider Box has raised $125 million in a new monster round of funding, one that will be focused on global expansion before a potential IPO next year.…
Popular music streaming startup Spotify has brought free Pandora-like radio streaming to its Android app, the company announced today.
Spotify just celebrated its one-year anniversary of launching in the U.S., with Americans listening to more than 13 billion songs so …
Oracle has agreed to acquire network virtualization startup Xsigo Systems for an undisclosed amount, the company announced today.
This will be Oracle’s sixth acquisition this year, following the purchases of Skire, Involver, Taleo, Vitrue, and Collective Intellect.
Xsigo will complement …
Google’s 16GB Nexus 7 tablet is back in stock online a week after it sold out in the Google Play store.
The Nexus 7 has seen much interest since it was introduced about a month ago at Google’s I/O conference. …
A new audit claims Apple received an unfair advantage when it placed a bid to install an Apple Store in Grand Central Terminal in New York City, the New York Post reports.
Apple opened the doors on its Grand Central …
Microsoft has confirmed that its slick-looking Surface tablet will launch on Oct. 26, the same day the company releases its Windows 8 operating system, as noted in its annual report to the SEC.
“The next version of our operating system, …
To absolutely no one’s surprise, Microsoft is hastily preparing for the October launch of the Windows 8 operating system. One way the company has prepared is a revamp of its successful hardware lineup of keyboards and mice, which are launching …
Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake’s travel-note app, Pinwheel, has changed its name to Findery, following a legal battle with similarly named startup Pinweel (no “h”).
The tussle between the two startups began just after Fake launched Pinwheel in February. Pinweel argued …
Apple’s just-launched Mountain Lion operating system has already seen widespread adoption among Mac users and accounts for 3 percent of Mac web traffic around the globe, AllThingsD reports.
Mountain Lion is an incremental OS update from Lion with 200 new …
Earlier this month, scientists at CERN observed what was most likely the elusive Higgs boson particle. But unless you’re a physics geek, it can be hard to understand just what made the discovery so significant.
Thankfully, the good folks of …
Microsoft faces an incredible number of risk factors in the next year, including alienating OEM partners with its Surface tablet, the company admitted in its annual report filed with the SEC.
The company is in the midst of a ton …
Facebook building a phone “wouldn’t really make much sense for us to do,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today during the company’s first-ever earnings conference call.
Today, the social networking behemoth posted $1.18 billion in revenue and a net loss of …
Google has unveiled its Fiber web service in Kansas City, offering insane speeds that are 100 times faster than standard broadband, the company announced today.
The search and advertising giant originally announced back in March 2011 that Kansas City, Kan. …
Thirty percent of online shoppers research a product on Amazon before they purchase it, another sign of Amazon’s incredible dominance in e-commerce, according to new research from Forrester.
“Ever since Amazon.com opened for business in July 1995, its impact on …
AOL has completely revamped its email service with a cleaner design, a move that could help keep the 24 million users it has left from moving to competitors.
The service now features a design with less clutter and an ad …
Enterprise cloud storage startup Box is raising a new massive funding round with a valuation of $1.2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Box helps businesses with their cloud storage and collaboration needs. It faces competition from the likes of …
