Paul Thurrott

In rejecting the EC’s antitrust claims, Google is risking a disaster that could cost billions in fines and require it to make major behavioral changes.

VMWare announced a number of steps towards realizing its software-defined data center vision, including big pushes into the hybrid cloud and containers.

Because I will turn this car around if I have to, this week’s other news includes no Xbox Micro for you, Ubuntu really turns it up a notch, and more.

A sobering new report from the market researchers at IDC refutes any notion that the PC market will stabilize or even rebound this calendar year.

Microsoft on Monday announced that SharePoint 2016 IT Preview is now available, as is a cloud hybrid search preview for SharePoint Server 2013 and 2016.

Because air travel makes me cranky, this week’s other news includes a possible consolidated Microsoft hardware event in October, and much, much more.

Microsoft has shipped Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3, along with related releases of System Center 2016 TP3 and the RSAT Tools for Windows 10.

VAIO is returning to the US, with Microsoft selling high-end VAIO computers—formerly owned by Sony—through its online and retail stores starting in October.

Citing leaked Snowden documents, The New York Times and ProPublica reported this weekend that AT&T was a decade-long “willing partner” of the NSA.

Because it’s only 4 months until the new Star Wars movie, this week’s other news includes the worst Windows infomercial ever, a Windows 10 update, and more.

Lenovo posted revenues of $10.7 billion for the quarter ending June 30. But it faces “significant declines” in PCs and tablets, and slow growth in phones.

In its typically unconventional fashion, Google will become a subsidiary of a new company called Alphabet, which is an umbrella for other, smaller companies