Microsoft's own cloud storage service, SkyDrive, will be getting an update that will allow offline access to files once Windows 8.1 finally comes out.

During its investor call last night company finally and officially confirmed that its poor performance of Surface RT line of tablets has cost the company US $900 million.

According to a report over at TheVerge.com, Microsoft's prototype smartwatch testing has be now shifted to the Surface team of the company and sources close to Microsoft suggest that the company is prototyping devices under the Surface team in order to move the device a bit closer to reality.

Microsoft will be ready with Windows 8.1 RTM (release to market) version in August, according to the recent company blog post. According to the report, OEMs will be getting it in August while retail and products from OEMs with Windows 8.1 could get it in October, when Windows 8.1 is scheduled to officially launch.

With DirectX 11.2, Microsoft is going to release another update of their graphics API. In the past the software giant tried to kill two birds with one stone, when releasing a new version of DirectX. This time, Microsoft wants to bundle DirectX 11.2 exclusively to Windows 8.1.

According to a post over at The Verge, Microsoft will integrate Skype functionality directly within the Windows 8.1 OS and should provide much better Skype experience.

Microsoft has teamed up with Japanese mobile game studio KLab in order to bring its Age of Empires game title to Android and iOS devices.

Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Preview should be unveiled during Microsoft Bulid Developer Conference scheduled to kick off on June 26th in San Francisco and according to early leak, it appears that the system requirements are identical to those of Windows 8 after all.

It was just a matter of time before Microsoft buckled under media and public pressure and decide to give up on recently announced DRM model for the Xbox One as it was pretty obvious that it could loose too much. Microsoft has announce that this change will allow users to trade-in, lend, resell, gift and even rent the disc-based games without any limitations, or simply just as it is the case with the Xbox 360.

While it did not impress the gaming community at E3 show and was pretty much pushed into oblivion by Sony and its Playstation 4 press conference, Microsoft had no chance but try and pull a fast one at E3 by swapping "alleged" Xbox One experience with a full PC system based on quite impressive hardware.

In an interview with Spike TV at the E3 Expo show, Microsoft's executive Don Mattrick responded to complaints regarding the always connected "issue" with Xbox One stating that Xbox 360 is perfect for those people.

During its E3 Expo press conference, Microsoft has announced that its new Xbox Next will be ready in November 2013 and priced at US $499 in the USA, €499 in Europe and £429 in the UK.

Microsoft has finally release a new video that shows what you can actually expect from the upcoming Windows 8.1 Blue update and confirmed some of the previous rumors.

During its last night big event held at Microsoft Redmond campus, the company has unveiled its new Xbox One console as well as the new Kinect sensor and the new Xbox controller.

There have been a couple of rumors regarding Microsoft's second-generation Surface RT tablet and according to a new report from Digitimes, these should be announced in June with a price tag of around US $249-299.

Microsoft has now finally and officially named its Windows Blue as the Windows 8.1 and revealed it as a next major update that will actually be a free update for existing Windows 8 users.

Microsoft has announced that its Windows Phone marketplace has now reached more than 145,000 apps. Although it is an impressive result, it is still far away from what Google and Apple have to offer.

It has been over six months since Microsoft launched its Windows 8 and it appears that it is not doing that bad after all. Microsoft announced that Windows 8 reached a new and significant milestone, a 100 million sales.

Judging by what appears to be an internal Microsoft email for employees that are working on the upcoming Xbox Next, aka. Xbox 720, it appears that it will not actually need an always-on Internet connection after all.

According to a report at CNET, Microsoft might be working on a new, smaller Surface tablet that could come next year and feature a 7.5-inch screen and most likely lower price tag.