Microsoft shares were raise to Buy from Neutral, as shares rose about 6 percent to $18.37 in the afternoon trading
Microsoft Corp has signed up multiple software partners for its upcoming cellphone software marketplace, including Web music service Pandora, game publisher Electronic Arts Inc and social site Facebook.
U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi roared into space aboard a Russian rocket on Thursday, making history as the first tourist to make the epic journey twice.
Sales of Microsoft's Xbox 260s in the U.S. in February was up 53 percent from the same month last year, giving the company its biggest non-holiday sales month sales apart from September 2007 when Halo 3 was launched, according NPD Group research firm.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appeared to have added more fire to the an already flaming rivalry between the difference of Mac and a PC.
Dutch navigation device maker TomTom said on Friday it had launched a court case against Microsoft Corp a few weeks after the American software giant launched a patent lawsuit against it in the United States.
AMSTERDAM, March 20 - Dutch navigation device maker TomTom NV launched a court case against Microsoft Corp but declined on Friday to divulge any details on the matter.
Microsoft Corp. has released its latest edition of its Internet Explorer Web browser touting its new security features on Thursday, after almost a year of public beta testing.
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the only discussion he's had with Yahoo Inc's top executive was a single phone call, but is holding out hopes for further talks.
Microsoft Corp is set to publicly launch Internet Explorer 8 early on Thursday, the latest version of its market-dominating Web browser.
Microsoft Corp is set to publicly launch Internet Explorer 8 early on Thursday, the latest version of its market-dominating web browser.
Design software maker Adobe Systems Inc forecast a decline in quarterly profit in line with Wall Street projections as it blamed the weak economy for a projected revenue drop.
Design software maker Adobe Systems Inc forecast a decline in quarterly profit that was in line with Wall Street projections, sending its shares up 2 percent.
Today, Microsoft Corp. announced new operational details of the Windows Marketplace for users of mobile devices where developers build and sell applications.
Today in Convergence 2009 in New Orleans, Microsoft Business Solutions unveiled a set of technological innovations and pricing discounts that will further drive customer return on investment.
On March 9, Microsoft Corporation declared a quarterly dividend of $0.13 and also announced a a new addition to its board members.
Microsoft has apparently submitted to European pressure and has built a feature within Windows 7 that allows users the option to disable Internet Explorer.
Microsoft Corp will favor neither American nor foreign workers as it cuts thousands of jobs, the company said on Tuesday in response to a senator's call that the jobs of U.S. employees be preserved.
The European Commission said on Wednesday that it would use ad hoc technical consultants instead of a monitoring trustee to ensure software giant Microsoft complied with a 2004 antitrust decision.
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Carol Bartz said social network sites are a key area of interest for the Internet media company, even as it tries to figure out how to boost its Web search business.
Microsoft may create up to 3,000 jobs as it raises investment in research and development by $1 billion this year, its chief operating officer said on Tuesday.
Microsoft Corp is testing a new version of its online search service internally under the name of Kumo.com, a spokesman for the software company said on Monday.
