Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Surface: Those three product introductions summed up Microsoft's triumphs and challenges in 2012. Windows is Microsoft's flagship product and cash cow, and the new ...

A month ago, it looked like Microsoft's Visual Studio team had decided that the third update to Visual Studio 2012 would be the last before the company moved on to the next version of the suite, known ...

Microsoft already started rolling out the final versions of most of its Windows Server 2012 SKUs this month. The last of them -- Windows Server 2012 Essentials, which is its small/mid-size business ...

After a year with few marquee releases, 2012 will likely bring the biggest debut of all for Microsoft: Windows 8. Keep an eye on Windows Phone market share and patent litigation as well. Jay Greene, a ...

Microsoft has extended the life of Windows Server 2012, publishing new end-of-support dates. Microsoft modified the end dates for both its "mainstream support" and "extended support" cycles for ...

Microsoft released its first update for Visual Studio 2012 on Monday. Update 1 is a major enhancement to the company's latest integrated development environment, which is geared towards modern ...

Microsoft backs down from its decision to pull desktop UI development from its Visual Studio Express suite, and will be releasing Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop this fall. Microsoft ...

Microsoft's Build 2012 event, held on its Redmond campus this week, rolled out new Windows Phone 8 developer tools plus Windows 8 pep talks for developers. In a Tuesday keynote talk, Microsoft ...

Sean Gallagher, who began his career as an IT project manager for the Navy, has spent two decades as a technology writer and reviewer. Microsoft’s SQL Server 2012, the latest version of its SQL Server ...

Developers and techies from four corners of the world gathered in Redmond in late October to attend Build 2012, Microsoft's annual confab that puts the company's brightest minds in front of the best ...

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Microsoft's press conference was the first of E3 2012, putting it in an advantageous ...