Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has signaled a new direction for software company, pointing to hardware and online services as its future. Ballmer's comments in...

The latest Kinect for Windows runtime and software development kit (SDK) was released today and the Kinect for Windows sensor is now available in China...

Motorola Mobility does not infringe a Microsoft radio interface patent, the regional court in Mannheim, ruled on Friday. Microsoft had accused Motorola Mobility of infringing...

Barnes & Noble and Microsoft today announced the completion of their previously announced strategic partnership in NOOK Media LLC, a recently formed Barnes & Noble...

Microsoft has acquired PhoneFactor, a leader in multifactor authentication (MFA) solutions. "The acquisition of PhoneFactor will help Microsoft bring effective and easy-to-use multifactor authentication to...

Microsoft has dismissed a lawsuit against the the operator of 3322.org domain, which hosted the emerging Nitol botnet. Two weeks ago a Microsoft study looking...

Microsoft is launching its own news operation as part of its updated MSN website when Windows 8 launches later this month. The new MSN will...

A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Google's Motorola Mobility unit cannot enforce a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft in Germany. The...

As it had promised, Microsoft on Friday released two eagerly awaited updates for Internet Explorer, both addressing serious security issues. Security update MS12-063...

Google's Motorola Mobility is infringing a Microsoft patent related to text input, a regional court in Munich decided on Thursday. According to the verdict, some...