Robert J. Mullins

They’re each taking slightly different approaches to the technology, but Microsoft, Google and Apple are among the latest technology companies developing what are called “wearable computers” that display digital images on eyeglass lenses. The concept behind the glasses is to enable people to view data and images displayed on the special lenses and also look […]

Microsoft says it is raising the price of Client Access Licenses (CALs) for certain server-based products such as Lync, SharePoint, Exchange and others because workers are accessing those programs from a growing number of end-point devices. The price increases taking effect Dec. 1 apply to licenses granted for on-premise deployment on a per-user basis, but […]

Microsoft disclosed that the Surface Tablet running Windows 8 Pro will hit the market in January with a list price of $899 for 64GB of internal memory and a 128GB version for $999. In a blog post Nov. 29, Panos Panay, general manager of the Microsoft Surface division, said Surface with Windows 8 Pro, powered […]

In a move likely aimed at quieting skeptics who say the market response to Windows 8 has been weak compared to Windows 7, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Nov. 28, that the company has sold 40 million licenses for the new operating system in its first month of availability. However, Ballmer, speaking at Microsoft’s […]

Taiwanese tech news site DigiTimes reports that contract manufacturer Foxconn has received orders to manufacture a limited number of smartphones for Microsoft and Amazon that would go on sale sometime in mid-2013. News media reports and analyst predictions that Microsoft might introduce it’s own brand of smartphones have repeatedly circulated since the introduction of the […]

Messagemind is the latest entrant in an expanding market for services that build on the enterprise social media platforms of Microsoft’s Yammer, Salesforce’s Chatter, Jive and other services to deliver added value. Messagemind emerged from stealth mode Nov. 27 calling itself an “enterprise social network intelligence company,” according to co-founder and CEO Manish Sood. Messagemind […]

Cyber Monday is shaping up to be another D-Day for Microsoft as market watchers try to track how many shoppers clicked on “Buy Now” for a new tablet, laptop or PC running Windows 8, especially amid seemingly weak sales of devices running the new OS so far. Without hard unit sales reports to go on […]

Windows 8, after barely a month on the market, is being viewed by many industry observers almost as a big failure, but there is still reason to believe the new operating system will gain traction soon. One Website, The Next Web, cites NetApplications stats that show desktop computers running Windows 8 captured just 1 percent […]

Salesforce.com, which generated $788 million in revenues during its fiscal year 2013 third quarter, up 35 percent over the same period last year, expects to break the $3 billion revenue mark by the time the fiscal year ends in January. Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce, used words like “awesome” and “fantastic” in an […]

A hearing is scheduled for Dec. 6 in a California courthouse to hear Samsung’s argument that juror misconduct should prompt a judge to order a new trial in the case brought against Samsung by Apple over patent infringement. The jury handed down a series of verdicts Aug. 24 that resulted in Samsung being ordered to […]

Sumo Logic, a provider of log management and data analytics as a service, has introduced what it calls a “streaming query engine,” a cloud-delivered service that constantly monitors an enterprise IT infrastructure and highlights problem areas that need attention. But what Sumo Logic says distinguishes its service from that of other big data offerings is […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had only praise for Steve Sinofsky, former president of the Windows business unit, saying the veteran executive made “amazing contributions” to Microsoft, particularly the recent launch of the new Windows 8 operating system and the Surface tablet. “We wish him well and he’s always recommended that if […]