[*]Because they are starting over again, and with more stringent performance, it will probably be less capable / full-featured than current Silverlight/.NET, like going backwards to Silverlight 3 ...

New figures show that Windows 8 usage a month after launchparallels that of Windows Vista rather than Windows 7 — one more piece of evidence that Windows 8’s launch has been a poor one for Microsoft.

With just weeks before the public launch of Windows 8, users are five times less likely to be running the new OS than they were Windows 7 at the same point in its countdown, an analytics firm said ...

The .NET framework allows cross-platform development on Windows and Mac, and Microsoft released version 8 for both in November. Here's what that means to developers. In the late 1990s, Microsoft began ...

One of Windows 8.1’s coolest tricks is buried deep in the new Food & Drink app. The app is chock-full of recipes for all sorts of delectable goodies, but touchscreens and foodstuffs don’t mix so well.

In announcing .NET 8 today, Microsoft emphasized the cloud, performance, full-stack Blazor, AI and .NET MAUI as major highlights of the latest edition of the company's free, cross-platform, open ...

Windows 10 launched on July 29th and has already been downloaded over 14 million times. But why? Microsoft ’s decision to make Windows 10 free plays a big part (especially given warnings to wait) but ...

It’s nearly official: Windows 7 this month will become the world’s most popular operating system, surpassing Windows XP. And don’t expect Windows 8 to take away the crown, because it’s not at all ...

Virtualization has swept through the data center in recent years, enabling IT transformation and serving as the secret sauce behind cloud computing. Now it’s time to examine what’s next for ...