Microsoft says it has discovered evidence that Google is bypassing security settings in Internet Explorer in order to track users' movements.
Microsoft's Steve Lipner, who was a major proponent of the need for a secure development methodology, talks about the successes of Microsoft's push--and the costs.
Cisco will appeal the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's US$8.5 billion Skype acquisition, saying the agency should demand that the companies support
After Barnes & Noble lost a preliminary decision to Microsoft in their ongoing patent dispute, newly released legal documents — first reported by Geekwire’s Todd Bishop — show how the judge felt about Microsoft’s approach to getting Android device makers to pay up a royalty.
New leaks about the next version of the Windows Phone operating system make me wonder if the Tango1/Tango2 rumors from last year are going to prove true, after all.
Microsoft has kicked off a 'technical preview' of the next version of its Office suite and promised that a public beta will ship this summer.
Microsoft today issued a brief statement promising to make "essential patents" available to competitors at fair and reasonable licensing rates, and promised not to sue companies making products that infringe these patents.
U.S. Microsoft employees raised $100.5 million (inclusive of the company match) for more than 18,000 U.S.-based community organizations doing work in the U.S. and around the world last year.
Microsoft plans to launch the Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone on Valentines Day in a special bundle costing $899, according to reports.
Microsoft has partnered-up with a British-based child protection group to launch a new version of Internet Explorer to keep kids away from unsuitable content.
The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms.
Microsoft rolled out OneNote for Android phones, adding to its growing cross-platform app stable.
Microsoft has opened its C++ AMP specification so it can also be used by non-Microsoft compilers to harness the power of GPUs (graphics processing units).
Barnes & Noble received a boost in its patent infringement case against Microsoft after staff attorneys at the US International Trade Commission recommended that ITC Judge Theodore Essex find that the book company had not infringed on three Microsoft patents, reports Bloomberg.
Microsoft will deliver mobile versions of its Dynamics CRM app and service for iPad, iPhone, Android phone, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 in the second quarter of 2012.
Microsoft SkyDrive has been around for a while, but was recently given a fairly significant update.
Brandon Watson, head of developer experiences for Windows Phone, is the latest exec to leave the Microsofts phone unit.
Data routinely gathered in Web logs - IP address, cookie ID, operating system, browser type, user-agent strings - can threaten online privacy because they can be used to identify the activity of individual machines, Microsoft researchers say.
If youre among those who received a free Samsung Windows 8 tablet from Microsoft at Build and have erroneously gotten a tax bill for it, Microsoft plans to make good on it.
Windows Phone 8 has major changes en route, according to Microsoft's Joe Belfiore. Look for better hardware support, Windows 8 compatibility, and enterprise security.
Google fires back at "dishonest" Microsoft ad
Dynamics AX 2012 for Retail integrates processes from supply chain to point of sale, spanning in-store, Web, and mobile retailing.
Microsoft is pushing its alternative services
Microsoft has revealed that its Internet Explorer 10 will not use plug-ins when running in the Metro user interface.
Microsoft has made available the 1.0 version of its Kinect for Windows hardware and software under a commercial license.
Microsoft has claimed a legal victory over bookseller Barnes and Noble in a case over alleged anti-trust violations.
Microsoft needs to better integrate Office with social networking sites and create a more useful Web version of its software suite.
In a move to help administrators rid their networks of disparate personal email archives, Microsoft has released a tool for finding and importing Outlook PST files into modern Exchange environments.
Microsoft may try to revive support for Hyper-V in OpenStack as the community considers removing the code -- which one OpenStack developer called broken and unmaintained -- from the stack.
Will Microsoft make Office 15 a Metro-style app on Windows 8? Inquiring customers and partners would like to know.
The French arm of Microsoft has stated that there will be no new Xbox 720 console released before the end of the year.
Cloud-based service enables companies to manage BlackBerry smartphones with Microsoft Office 365 access
Wyse has updated its thin client line-up with a model certified for compatibility with Microsoft's RemoteFX technology, the first such device available, the firm said.
External developers will be able to build much more sophisticated applications and tools for Office 365 once Microsoft releases the next upgrade of that cloud-hosted communication and collaboration suite, according to a Microsoft partner.
To Microsoft, Linux used to be a 'malignant cancer.' Now it and other open source projects are running on Microsoft's own platforms. Here's how Bill Gates changed everything at one meeting in 2008.
Microsoft announced it has kicked off a 'technical preview' of the next version of its money-making Office suite and promised a public beta will ship this summer.
If Kinect capability does arrive in laptops, you may soon be able to control programs with the wave of your hand.
Dell is the latest enterprise vendor to offer a pre-configured package of servers, storage, networking and management tools to help organisations get up and running with their own private cloud infrastructure.
Microsoft's upcoming entertainment and cloud services platform console could run seven times faster and dish up Blu-Ray.
Nokia has released its fourth quarter financial report for 2011.
Microsoft has announced seven new countries that will be added to the 'supported' list for the pubCenter and Microsoft Advertising service, which will enable Windows Phone developers in said countries to begin earning revenue from in-app advertising.
In a new post on the Windows Live blog site, Microsoft gives its reasons while Gmail users should switch over to Microsoft's Hotmail service as well as showing how to make that switch.
Microsoft is moving steadily ahead with its plan to enable Linux to run on its Windows Azure cloud platform.
Microsoft has tweaked its Hotmail for Android implementation to create one that is customized for the Kindle Fire.
The Xbox 720 could be with us in October 2013 if reports that its new, super-charged chipset have entered production are true.
Microsoft has announced that there will not be a MIX Developer conference this year. Instead, Microsoft will merge the spring conference for web developers and designers into the company's next major developer's conference that will come about in the coming year.
Rumor alert: Might the coming Windows Phone 8 operating system have even more in common with Windows 8, architecturally, than the OS kernel itself?
Microsofts SQL Server 2012 database will launch on March 7.
Microsoft has announced that it is looking into fixing video playback problems on the Xbox 360, which have occurred ever since the console was given the Metro dashboard update.
Nokia plans to launch a Windows Phone 7 handset for the Chinese market in the first half of this year, positioning itself to be among the first companies to officially bring Microsoft's mobile OS to the country, a Nokia spokesman said Friday.
