Microsoft is developing free anti-virus software to compete with subscription services from Symantec and McAfee, Reuters reports. The program, codenamed Morro, will be released in beta “soon” and will likely have similar features to other companies’ entry-level products that cost about $40 a year. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Microsoft group president Jeff Raikes told an audience in San Francisco last week that the company hopes people, if they’re going to pirate software, choose to pirate Microsoft software. What’s Raikes thinking? picked by whi73rav3n 3 years ago

Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software able to remotely monitor a worker's productivity, physical wellbeing and competence. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Microsoft officials obviously believe Windows Vista is ready, given that it is set to release it to manufacturing within weeks, if not days. But what do some of its toughest testers think? picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

Microsoft looks forward to enter health care market. One of its goals is a search engine that will provide useful medical information. This is why the company decided to buy Medstory Inc., the developer of Web-search technology that searches information on health. Microsoft did not disclose any details on Medstory acquisition. picked by Green84 3 years ago

Apparently Microsoft has screwed us all.
I have yet to see a fix for the issue but its happening to everyone who owns a first gen Zune.
Where the HELL is Microsoft? It has gotten so bad CNN is now covering the story! picked by blackwolf2057 11 months ago

Longhorn Reloaded - a project that aimed to finish off Microsoft's Longhorn OS (a precursor to Vista) - has received a cease-and-decist letter from Microsoft. What a surprise! picked by TheStep 2 years ago

The chairman of Microsoft and one of the world's richest men, Bill Gates, is stepping down from his job running the world's largest software company. picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

Microsoft said today that company officials have not seen the report but question its validity.

Follow-up: picked by punthe 2 years ago

Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a permanent injunction on Tuesday preventing Microsoft from selling versions of Word that handle custom XML in the form of the .DOCX, .DOCM, and .XML file formats

More HERE with some interesting links picked by Doggylives 4 months ago

Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its Web site to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

The software maker plans to release five more sets of patches next week, fixing critical flaws in Windows and the Microsoft Content Management Server. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Once again the software giant, Microsoft, entered into a dispute with the European Commission over patents. This time Eu threatens Microsoft with a 3 million Euros a day fee. picked by maxriter 3 years ago

Microsoft Corp. announced the opening of its Live on-line service that will connect users of both Xbox 360 console and PCs. Users of the new Live on-line service will need to create only one single account regardless of what they use: Xbox 360 game console, PC or both. picked by Maxriter 3 years ago