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Microsoft to rechristen Power Apps portals as 'Power Pages'

Microsoft is preparing to rebrand a feature of its Power Platform low-code development suite, clarifying who it's for and what it does.

May 9, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft Surface in 2022: What do we want, and what do we expect?

As the 10th anniversary of the unveiling of Microsoft's Surface devices approaches, we examine the current range and predict what's on the way.

May 5, 2022 by Simon Bisson

​Why Microsoft is turning into an open-source company

Microsoft now has its own BSD Unix operating system, supports Ubuntu as a subsystem on Windows 10, and recently open-sourced the Xamarin software development kit. This is not Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer's Microsoft.

June 9, 2016 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

H.264 patents: how much do they really cost?

The biggest fear I've heard expressed from opponents of the H.264 standard and advocates of competing standards is cost. But are those fears justified? I've taken a closer look at the legal and technical documents involved, and I'm convinced that those fears are vastly overblown. Read on for the details.

May 4, 2010 by Ed Bott

Microsoft's unique innovation

Microsoft invents lots of technology, but it has a certain understanding of the nature of the marketplace that is the source of much innovation at Microsoft, and which open source will have a hard time matching.

October 6, 2005 by John Carroll

Tools and Weapons, book review: Tech companies, governments and smart regulation

Technology is increasingly behind both global crises and breakthroughs, obliging the companies that create it to take responsibility for security, privacy and the impact of social networks and AI. That needs to go hand-in-hand with intelligent regulation says Microsoft.

September 24, 2019 by Mary Branscombe

Windows Server 2019 review: A solid foundation for future data centre developments

Windows Server 2019 brings key improvements to infrastructure roles, hyperconverged solutions and Azure integration.

December 3, 2018 by Mary Branscombe

Microsoft 2022: Redmond faces two old challengers in the new year

It might be a new year, but for Microsoft, the challenges are likely to feel very familiar. Forget all those lean startups. The real competition comes from Apple and Google, and it's not clear how Microsoft can fight back.

December 22, 2021 by Ed Bott

A riddle: Why does Netscape still exist?

Netscape actually lost the browser wars a long time ago, in part because of Microsoft's tactics, but also because its product is no longer very good. And no judicial ruling is going to change that.

January 28, 2002 by Erick Schonfeld

Microsoft's new Microsoft Consulting Services unit to launch July 14

More details about Microsoft's first reorg of its fiscal 2021 are coming to light, including how it is positioning its new separate consulting services unit.

July 13, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley