Microsoft bids $1.2 billion for Norwegian search company to shore up search technology.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/09/2008
Jeff Raikes will leave Microsoft next September after 28 years with the company.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/09/2008
MSN Messenger was the instant messaging client of choice for hackers, thieves and many types of malware in 2007.
- By J.T. Gallant
- 01/09/2008
Earlier this week Microsoft quietly announced that the head of its merger and acquisitions strategy, Vice President of Corporate Development Bruce Jaffe, is leaving the company.
Microsoft, which has said for months that it fields the best enterprise search, is spending another billion to bolster that claim.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/08/2008
Microsoft kicked off 2008 with two patches -- one "Critical," one "Important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/08/2008
Microsoft Corp. might not be the unbeatable giant it once seemed to be, but Chairman Bill Gates made the case Sunday night that its technologies are becoming even more flexible and powerful as they seep into automobiles, Internet-based TV networks and living rooms.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/07/2008
Sales of the Vista operating system have hit the 100 million-mark, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Sunday night at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, in what is expected to be his last keynote address.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/07/2008
Microsoft Corp. changed course on an update to Office 2003 that blocked certain older file types from opening, after receiving a flurry of criticism from users and online publications.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/07/2008
For the 10th time, Bill Gates will inaugurate the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by touting new Microsoft Corp. products and describing his view of the future of computing.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/04/2008
The software tools war is getting more interesting as Microsoft-Google square off with Volta vs. GWT and Adobe seeks to preserve its dominance in dynamic app development technology.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/03/2008
Redmond unveiled its Open Value Subscription Program in the United States and Canada.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/03/2008
Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2008 is a light one, a welcome respite following December's Vista-heavy security bulletin rollout.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/03/2008
The loss or theft of personal data soared to unprecedented levels in 2007, and the trend isn't expected to turn around anytime soon.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/02/2008
Despite slow acceptance, some say it's still too soon to write off the new Windows operating system as a failure.
'Green' data centers are budget- and earth-friendly, study finds.
Microsoft delivers a better, more administrator-friendly firewall with Windows Server 2008.
- By Greg Shields
- 01/01/2008
States pressing for continued scrutiny of Microsoft Corp.'s business practices failed to support their argument with evidence.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/29/2007
Netscape Navigator, the world's first commercial Web browser and the launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. 1 after a 13-year run.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/29/2007
Patch Tuesday releases promise be a lot more interesting in 2008.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/28/2007