Microsoft's quandary: Big profits from software or shrinking margins with devices

	Microsoft grows revenue, improves profits in Q2, helped by Xbox, enterprise products | Preston Gralla: Windows Phone sales stall again -- can anything save it?
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	Microsoft's quandary: Big profits from software or shrinking margins with devices For all his talk of "devices and services," when Steve Ballmer hands over the reins to a new CEO, he will leave an economic powerhouse that prints money by making software, but makes little on anything else. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Anticipate, Engage and Deliver Exceptional Web Experiences IBM Customer Experience Suite and IBM Intranet Experience Suite help organizations delight customers through a consistently exceptional web experience and empower employees with the social business tools they need to drive better business results. Learn More. In this Issue Microsoft grows revenue, improves profits in Q2, helped by Xbox, enterprise products Preston Gralla: Windows Phone sales stall again -- can anything save it? An open letter to Microsoft's next CEO: 12 wishes from the Windows faithful Microsoft retains weapon to silently scrub XP Preston Gralla: Microsoft loses money on every Surface tablet it sells. Is that really a bad thing? The 12 best PCs you can still get that run Windows 7 Microsoft loses money on each Surface sold Windows malware tries to infect Android devices connected to PCs Preston Gralla: Nokia's Lumia smartphone sales tank -- can Windows Phone survive it? Microsoft says law enforcement documents likely stolen by hackers Amazon and Microsoft drop cloud storage prices by up to 50% WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp Eliminating Backup Challenges with SIaaS The challenges with today's backup systems stem from the fact that there are separate processes requiring a combination of components in an already complex storage stack. Learn More Microsoft grows revenue, improves profits in Q2, helped by Xbox, enterprise products A big jump in sales in Microsoft's consumer hardware devices unit, which includes its Xbox gaming console and Surface tablets, helped the company grow its revenue 14 percent and slightly improve profits year-on-year in its second fiscal quarter. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows Phone sales stall again -- can anything save it? The latest figures show that sales of Windows Phones have stalled, mired at 4% in the U.S., and 1% in China. Is there any way for Microsoft's smartphone operating system to become a success? Read More An open letter to Microsoft's next CEO: 12 wishes from the Windows faithful We billion-plus customers would like the next head honcho in Redmond to address these dozen action items Read More Microsoft retains weapon to silently scrub XP Microsoft will be able to silently reach into Windows XP PCs for more than a year after it stops patching the aged OS to clean malware-infected machines, sources close to the company confirmed. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft loses money on every Surface tablet it sells. Is that really a bad thing? There was very good news for Microsoft in its earnings report yesterday, with sales of its Surface tablets more than doubling from the previous quarter. Microsoft did it by losing money on every Surface it sold. Could that actually be a good thing? Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation Extreme Warehouse Speed for Fast Business Decisions Informix ebook highlighting benefits of making decisions 'at the speed of business'; and discusses optimizing warehouse performance; and simplifying resources View Now The 12 best PCs you can still get that run Windows 7 Here are 12 good laptops and desktops that will run Windows 7 for a very long time. Read More Microsoft loses money on each Surface sold Microsoft lost $39 million last quarter selling its Surface tablets, the company acknowledged in filings today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More Windows malware tries to infect Android devices connected to PCs A new computer Trojan program attempts to install mobile banking malware on Android devices when they're connected to infected PCs, according to researchers from Symantec. Read More Preston Gralla: Nokia's Lumia smartphone sales tank -- can Windows Phone survive it? Just as the deal for Microsoft to buy Nokia's handset division is about to close, Nokia released its latest earnings and sales figures, and it's all bad news. Worst of all: sales of Lumia Windows Phones are dropping at a time they should have hit an all-time high. Can Windows Phone survive many more quarters like this? Read More Microsoft says law enforcement documents likely stolen by hackers Documents linked with law enforcement inquiries appear to have been stolen in recent phishing attacks on certain employee email accounts, Microsoft said. Read More Amazon and Microsoft drop cloud storage prices by up to 50% First, Amazon dropped the price of its S3 cloud storage service by 22%. Now, Microsoft has followed suit by cutting the price for Azure by up to 50% to keep up. Read More
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