Apple and Samsung respond to patent verdict (while Microsoft folks poke fun)

Following Apple’s mammoth victory over Samsung in court Friday, both companies have issued fairly predictable statements to the media. Microsoft employees, meanwhile, haven’t been afraid to shout from the peanut gallery.

Microsoft apologizes for attempt at making cloud-based Azure ‘exciting’

In a world full of motion-sensing Kinect technology, iPhones, and smart thermostats, it’s hard to make something like a cloud-computing platform exciting. (VentureBeat’s very own cloud beat reporter Sean Ludwig can attest to this, having tried repeatedly with Azure-related headlines.)…

Size matters: Steve Ballmer’s office has an 80-inch Windows 8 tablet

Big and small, Microsoft has some pretty major plans for Windows 8.

On the larger end of the spectrum is the hulking 80-inch tablet that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer keeps in his office. The display, which is likely similar to …

Microsoft undercuts Google’s Android patent tirade with 2 tweets

Yesterday, Google finally took its Android patent battle to the streets in a blog post by chief legal officer David Drummond that named Apple and Microsoft as co-conspirators. Microsoft’s response, which came in the form of just two tweets last …