Microsoft is seeking an out-of-court settlement on its ongoing patent dispute with Motorola to get rid of a huge legal proceeding parallel to Apple and Samsung.
Both firms’ patent dispute has already been running around for months as Microsoft has alleged that Motorola is illegally utilizing its ActiveSync technology free from royalties.
In retaliation, Motorola is also arguing that Microsoft has used its video and wireless technologies for its Xbox 360 console with no licensing agreement …

Microsoft has admitted what was rather obvious since it announced it will be releasing the Microsoft Surface tablets: these devices may undermine support from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Immediately after the software giant announced the Microsoft Surface line of tablets, observers have been pointing to the fact that the Windows operating system-maker has just positioned itself as a direct competitor to OEMs.
Nonetheless, this is the first time Microsoft has admitted on paper that …

Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, announced a tweak that would enable users to get search results with a social touch.
The new feature allows Bing users to tag not more than 5 friends on Facebook on its search sidebar and have a direct result input from them.
The query will be posted on the user’s Facebook timeline and the friends tagged will then be sent a notification.
Microsoft has cited various instances related to when this feature would become handy, and one of which is when somebody …

Microsoft introduced their latest touch keyboards and mice earlier today, the Wedge and the Sculpt.
The latter is a mere update of the previous version, while the Wedge Touch Mouse and Keyboard are a testament to Microsoft’s undertaking of great designs.
All four devices make use of Bluetooth to connect to devices rather than a traditional cable, and the Wedge Touch Keyboard also has its own casing that also acts as a tablet stand, with a hinge in the middle to shift the angle of the tablet …

Skype has been accused of eavesdropping on its users.
The popular Voice over IP (VoIP) and chat service provider Skype, which Microsoft acquired last year, has disclaimed accusations that it has been listening in on users through its VoIP traffic.
Upon acquisition, Microsoft filed a US patent application, entitled Legal Intercept, allowing a scheme for discreetly interfering user conversations through VoIP traffic. Skype has strongly refuted that it has altered its policies despite the …

Microsoft has confirmed that Office for Mac is compatible with the newest version of OS X; OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Microsoft announced on its Office for Mac blog on Wednesday the news saying: “The Office for Mac team is happy to announce that Office for Mac 2011 is Mountain Lion

Microsoft has recently been accused of having immature coders, following a buzz regarding a “Big Boobs” scandal.
According to a message sent by Paolo Bonzini to the (unofficial) Linux Kernel Mailing List, a small piece of code was found to be used each time a user loaded Linux inside the virtual environment of Microsoft’s virtualization server called Hyper-V.
This code is written under a hexadecimal numbering system with the string, “0xB16B00B5″. In English, it means …

Apple’s iOS platform has been crowned as the most lucrative among mobile platforms, besting Android and others, according to a new report from Opera Software.
According to the first edition of the State of Mobile Advertising report from the company which makes the Opera web browser, the iOS platform delivered more than the Android platform in the key metric called eCPM.
ECPM is the acronym for effective cost per mille which measures the revenue an ad publisher earns per thousand ad …

Microsoft has finally closed its deal with the acquisition of enterprise social networking firm Yammer today, less than a month after both companies met an agreement.
Yammer will now be joining software development leader Microsoft in its Office Division, following the software firm’s acquisition of the enterprise network worth $1.2 billion USD in cash. Announced last month, current Microsoft Chief Executive Officer David Sack himself led the negotiation.
Jared Spataro, senior director of …

Microsoft has confirmed a definitive Windows 8 launch date in October.
The news comes to us via post by the Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft using its @Windows account on Twitter today