Microsoft is mulling over building flagship stores in Europe starting next year, says a source to the Financial Times.
According to the report from a person familiar with the discussions, the software giant is thinking over opening its first European flagship store location in the UK by next year.
The move will see Microsoft bringing its recently released Surface with Windows RT tablet, bestselling Xbox gaming console, highly debated Xbox TV and multitude of Windows Phone 8 devices to the …

Microsoft isn’t too keen on letting crap go to waste.
The Redmond, Washington-based software giant has announced that it will soon be testing a modular data center ran on biogas from wastewater.
The development was first noticed by Technology Review in a report that says Microsoft “has gotten approval to test a modular data center run from a biogas-powered fuel cell located at a wastewater treatment plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming.”
According to the publication, local officials have agreed to …

Initial sales figures for the newly-launched Windows 8 operating system are below what Microsoft has expected, a report notes.
The information comes from the well-connected Paul Thurrott who cites an unnamed source he says is one of his “most trusted sources at Microsoft”.
In his report, Mr. Thurrott says that “Sales of Windows 8 PCs are well below Microsoft’s internal projections and have been described inside the company as disappointing.” [Emphasis added.]
 
However, it seems …

A lawyer from Los Angeles is suing Microsoft over the Surface tablet’s storage claims, a report notes.
According to CBS, Andrew Sokolowski has sued Microsoft at the Superior Court in Los Angeles for alleged false advertising and unfair business practices.
Furthermore, the lawyer is asking for class action status for his lawsuit.
The lawyer says that he bought a 32GB Microsoft Surface tablet last week and quickly ran out of space after transferring music and Word documents to the tablet, a …

Look forward to more hardware coming directly from Microsoft.
That’s according to comments made by Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer recently who hinted that Microsoft will continue to pump out hardware after its release of the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT.
In a report from Reuters, the Microsoft CEO is quoted as saying: “Do I anticipate that partners of ours will build the lion’s share of all Windows devices over the next five years? The answer is, …

There’s apparently no worry at Hewlett-Packard (HP) about the Microsoft Surface.
That is according to comments made by Todd Bradley, HP PC division boss, in an interview with CITE World.
“I’d hardly call Surface competition,” he told the publication.
According to him, the performance and price of the Surface is its downfall.
“One, very limited distribution. It tends to be slow and a little kludgey as you use it….It’s expensive,” the HP executive is quoted as …

As Microsoft has announced the abrupt and unexpected departure of Windows chief Steven Sinofsky, several reports are coming in about how the man worked inside Microsoft.
Microsoft tried to paint the departure as amicable but anecdotes from Microsoft employees describe Sinofsky as “abrasive”, as The New York Times puts it.
In a report, the publication tells of one such time Sinofsky displayed callous behavior.
According to the Times, the former Windows division boss once did not prepare a …

Motorola wants Microsoft to pay royalties for the recently-released Microsoft Surface tablet.
According to a report from GeekWire, Motorola has asked the judge in their ongoing lawsuit at the U.S. District Court in Seattle to consider new and upcoming devices from the Surface-maker which implement technology patented by the company.
That includes the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT, the Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 and, if the Redmond, Washington-based software giant does release it, a …

Microsoft shocked the world just now after with news that Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has left the company “effective immediately”.
Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s wording in his full letter to employees about the departure of the man who just launched Windows 8 paints the parting of ways as amicable, the timing of Sinofsky’s move leads one to wonder whether that’s really the case.
Microsoft has just released Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 and it just released its first ever …

Microsoft announced today a surprising change on its roster of high-ranking executives starting with the departure of Steven Sinofsky, the president of Windows and Windows Live.
The software giant told the press that Sinofsky’s vacant seats will be helmed by Julie Larson-Green, who will lead all Windows engineering (hardware and software), and Tami Reller, who will continue as chief financial officer (CFO) and chief marketing officer (CMO) with the addition of the Windows …