Google has released the Chrome operating system to open source for developers, but said end users would not be able…
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Windows 7 is steadily outselling Vista over the same period - and external sources agree
Microsoft's “Windows 7 was my idea” ad campaign promises to give users everything they have ever wanted from an OS,…
The Office 2010 beta includes extended web and mobile reach and a number of useful app enhancements. The next challenge…
VMware Workstation 7 effectively virtualises Windows 7, Windows XP Mode and enterprise VMware platforms.
Microsoft finds itself under fire from a Chinese court, which ruled that older versions of Windows violate an intellectual property…
At the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly predicts that Microsoft will emerge as a leading proponent of the open Web,…
Microsoft releases the public beta version of Office 2010, asking for feedback from users ahead of the productivity suite's general…
Microsoft has confirmed reports of the first ever zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 7, as well as Windows Server 2008 R2
At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft announces the release of Version 4.0 of the .NET Micro Framework and says it…
Signs emerge of a bridge between Windows and Linux - but will developers take it?
Forget a picture of a loved one, Microsoft is letting key advertisers take over the desktop images and audio of…
Microsoft admits that a third-party developer lifted open-source code from the GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster project in creating its free Windows 7…
Microsoft has announced new shopping, anti-piracy and developer-friendly upgrades to the Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store.
Microsoft has launched a dedicated Twitter feed for its anti-piracy enforcement team in an attempt to curb unauthorised file-sharing
eWEEK Europe presents a webinar on 9 December, designed to help you get the best out of combining Microsoft and…
Competition is hotting up in the Windows-on-Mac market with the the release of Parallels Desktop 5, which also now ships…
A security researcher discovers a bug that could be used to trigger a crash in Windows 7 and Windows Server…
A Microsoft executive accuses security company Sophos of sensationalising claims that Windows 7's User Account Control is ineffective at fighting…
Microsoft and Novell celebrated the third year of their interoperability agreement at a conference in Seattle
Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday will include six security bulletins, three of which are rated 'critical'
Boxed Windows 7 sales were three times as high as those of Vista during the products' first few days of…
Microsoft confirms plans to cut another 800 employees from its worldwide payroll, as part of its longer-term plan to eliminate…
Microsoft cuts the prices of its Business Productivity Suite as it seeks to block cloud-based competition from Google, Oracle and…
Microsoft may have helped its status with the open-source community by reiterating its pledge to deliver $100,000 (£60,700) to the…
Despite a struggling economy and public debt, the Hungarian government continues to spend millions on Microsoft licences when cheaper alternatives…
Widespread adoption of cloud computing is likely to entail a plethora of management and security challenges, warns original Windows NT…
Despite reports to the contrary, the Conficker worm has not yet turned and has now infected up to 7 million…
Although Microsoft integrated touch-screen capabilities into Windows 7, at least one Microsoft executive suggests that the next stage in user…
Testing has revealed some editing problems associated with documents from older versions of Microsoft Office, when using Office Web Apps