Neowin reports that the extended support for Microsoft Office XP will end on July 11
Microsoft is merging its Games for Windows Marketplace with Xbox.com to create a single destination for all video game content, the company said, less than a year after launching the PC games website.
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Google Inc. (GOOG) were accused of violating a Louisiana company’s patent covering mapping technology that helps computer users see locations in three dimensions.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser continues to lose overall market share in the great browser wars, especially to Google's Chrome browser.
It's been only a few days since the web streaming TV show web site Hulu put itself up for sale but it looks like it might have some interested buyers.
Today, July 1, is the first day of Microsofts fiscal 2012 year, and is also the day that some new cloud-focused licensing changes from the company commence.
Microsoft announced this week that it will be shuttering its utility monitoring service at the close of May 2012, citing a lack of consumer adoption.
Nortel Networks has auctioned off its remaining patents and patent applications to a consortium of key technology companies for a cash purchase price of US$4.5 billion.
Microsoft is making some big changes to one of its Windows Phone programs that is resulting in some unhappy former advocates.
Techradar takes an in-depth look at Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2
On June 29, Microsoft made its second preview build of Internet Explorer (IE) 10 available to testers for download.
V3.co.uk posted a hands-on experience of Office 365
A newly patented Microsoft technology called Legal Intercept would allow the company to secretly intercept, monitor and record Skype calls.
Microsoft has a history of arriving to the party late. Let's take a look at some of it's successes and failures to try to gauge how Office 365 will do.
If youre a current Microsoft cloud customer or even someone just kicking the tires of Microsofts hosted cloud bundle heres what you need to know about Office 365, which Microsoft launched on June 28.
Microsofts Bing Maps team updated its World Tour Application on Monday. The updates now includes over 150 locations that Bing Maps features high-resolution aerial imagery.
If you're preparing to upgrade to Microsoft's cloud-based productivity suite, check out these seven tips for a smoother transition.
Microsoft will announce and release Office 2010 Service Pack 1 on Tuesday. The software giant is readying the Office 2010 SP1 release alongside the general availability launch of Office 365.
The day before Microsofts official unveiling (and general availability kick off) for Office 365, Google went on the offensive with a blog post entitled 365 reasons to consider Google Apps.
Todays single-sourced but trusted tip claims that Windows 8 will RTM in April 2012.
Microsoft is set to trial a new type of Wi-Fi this week, which uses the white space spectrum to bolster wireless connectivity for smartphones.
Does cloud computing represent a big opportunity for Microsoft, rather than a threat?
Mozilla's decision to retire Firefox 4 with the launch of Firefox 5 this week presents an opportunity for Microsoft.
Microsoft has quietly created a new group, the office of civic innovation, as well as a new online magazine designed to promote its public sector initiatives.
Microsoft says it isn't taking advantage of Sony's poor position, but is doing everything it can to up its security
Here's the quickest way for Microsoft to finally become a big player in mobile: Buy Research in Motion.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday that it had cleared Microsoft to buy Skype.
Microsoft said on Thursday that it refuses to endorse WebGL from a security perspective. The strong words came directly from Microsofts own security research and defines team.
A staggering 20 per cent of people in the UK have received a call from a fake IT security company attempting to scam them out of money or personal information, if the latest survey published by Microsoft is to be believed.
Microsoft looks set to roll out its first official Kinect for Windows SDK at around 5.30pm today, with the popular motion sensor for Xbox 360 being opened out to developers for the PC platform.
Redmond is looking to ditch its scattershot approach to new platforms and deliver an end-user experience that is, for better or worse, uniquely Microsoft across all devices.
HotHardware sends words that Microsoft showed a demo of C++ AMP Heterogeneous Computing
Microsoft announced on Tuesday the release of Messenger Connect version 5.0.
Microsoft CEO says the software maker is eyeing tighter control over hardware platforms to deliver a better user experience beyond the PC.
Microsoft is on the verge of making available for download a new experimental Visual Studio Power Tool, known as the Debugger Canvas, via its Dev Labs site.
Since the launch of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has been slowly phasing out support for their legacy mobile operating system, Windows Mobile. Earlier today Microsoft sent a message to users of Windows Mobile 6.x devices, informing them of the discontinuation of "My Phone" for Windows Mobile.
Could there be a Microsoft-branded Windows 8 tablet coming to market next year? Sure. But should there be?
Microsoft has released to manufacturing its Windows Thin PC client, and plans to make it available to Software Assurance customers starting July 1, company officials said on June 7.
Redmond's purchase option automatically kicks in if a third-party offers $3.4 billion or more for tablet chipmaker's shares.
Microsoft is holding its official launch of its cloud-hosted application suite, known as Office 365, on June 28.
In a rare display of collaboration, Google has joined forces with its search rivals Microsoft and Yahoo in a project intended to improve the Web crawling and indexing of structured data, which often originates in databases and loses its format when converted into HTML.
Microsoft has an estimated 100 million users of its SkyDrive anywhere access and sharing service today. But the company knows it needs to do more to help users understand what it is and how best to use it.
A year ago, Microsoft was attempting to differentiate slates from tablets and advocating that OEMs use different versions of Windows for each type of device. This year, the message is its all one big Windows world.
Microsoft may have been planning a Zune Nano according to design patents discovered on Tuesday.
Microsoft wants you to sign a premium software licensing contract. Should you do it?
All About Microsoft posted a news story that Bloomberg claims that Microsoft may show off the tablet version of Windows 8 next week at the AllThingsD conference.
Microsofts Office 15 Milestone 2 development build leaked to the web on Wednesday.
Microsoft has released a hotfix for Lync 2010
Microsoft was once again back in court on Tuesday to appeal against a 899 million fine imposed by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in 2008 after a decade of...
Skype may be a beloved consumer product, but enterprises should beware of sneaky Skype charges, and will need to keep a close eye on Microsoft enterprise agreements to ensure they're not suddenly paying for a service they're not using.
