Microsoft is moving quickly to patch a security problem which lets Windows PCs be hijacked using animated cursors.

Microsoft has adding new content from Paramount, Warner Bros., A&E, ADV Films, National Geographic, and TotalVid to Xbox Live, including high-def content.

Microsoft has formalized plans to extend its Xbox Live gaming network to Windows Vista PCs, beginning May 8th with Halo 2.

Microsoft has formally announced HD PHoto, a new image format promising higher quality and better compression - but will the industry embrace a proprietary format?

Microsoft's general counsel warns publishers Google's "cavalier" stance towards copyright protection is bad for content creators.

Microsoft hopes new "LifeCam Packs" will encourage people to tap into online video communication, whether at home or on the road.

Microsoft has announced a new 512 MB Memory Unit for the Xbox 360, and tripled the size cap on games available via its Xbox Live Arcade.

A federal jury has ordered Microsoft to pay $1.52 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent for violating two patents related to digital music.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is excited about Vista, but says some sales forecasts for Microsoft's latest operating system may be "overly aggressive."

California software company VirnetX has sued against Microsoft, alleging the software giant's VPN technology infringes on two patents.

Microsoft has settled a long-running Iowa class-action antitrust lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.

Does the world need another digital rights management technology? Microsoft thinks so, announcing PlayReady, a new DRM system aimed at mobile media.

Who'd have thought that after years of viruses, worms, and blue screens - and the Zune - Microsoft would come out tops in a survey measuring corporate reputations?

Microsoft's Xbox golden boy J. Allard will be taking over business aspects managing the Zune brand as longtime Microsoft exec Bryan Lee steps aside.

Microsoft is now selling Windows Vista to consumers...but pretty much every computer maker wants you to know they're now selling new computers with Vista pre-installed.

Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Home Server will let customers centralize and remotely access their digital media...and backup and restore their Windows PCs.

Microsoft has announced plans to enable IPTV services on its Xbox 360 gaming console...but it's not expected to reach consumers until the end of 2007.

Reports in the Wall Street Journal and other outlets have Microsoft teaming with U.S. automaker Ford to produce Sync, a Bluetooth-enabled in-car phone and Internet option.

Microsoft has begun linking users' search habits with personal demographic information to offer advertisers ways to reach more-defined market segments.

Think of it as a holiday present: Microsoft has extended its Xbox 360 warranty from 90 days in the U.S. and Canada to one year from the date of purchase.

An update to Microsoft's just-released Vista operating system shuts down versions of Vistas cobbled together from disparate software components.

Microsoft has released XNA Game Studio Express, opening up game development on the Xbox 360, and launches a subscription-based XNA Creators Club for game developers.

Microsoft says it expects to have shipped over 10 million Xbox 360 game consoles to retailers by the end of 2006 - and expects to sell a million Zunes by mid-2007.

Microsoft's Live Search Books is a new beta service offering to search the full text of books...and maybe it won't draw as many lawsuits as Google's offering.

A week after introducing its Zune media player, Microsoft has launched its Xbox Live Video Marketplace, offering Xbox 360 owners pay-to-download movies and TV shows.

The Linux community is rebuffing Microsoft's claims that the company's recent deal with Novell establishes that Linux infringes on Microsoft patents.

Microsoft has announced it plans to offer a pre-release, multiplayer beta version of Halo 3 via Xbox Live in early 2007.

Stick a fork in it! Microsoft has sent Windows Vista to manufacturing; business customers will get copies this month, but consumers must wait until January.

In a stunning move, Microsoft has agreed to pay Universal Music Group a royalty on every Zune media player sold as compensation for pirated music used on the devices.

Microsoft has announced Virtual Earth 3D, and integrated 3D maps of 15 U.S. cities into Live Search.

Beginning November 22. Microsoft's Xbox Live service will offer Xbox 360 owners both standard and high-definition television and movie content.

Microsoft Office 2007 has been send to manufacturing; business customers can get it November 30, but consumers must wait until January, 2007.

Responding to customer outcries, Microsoft has altered its Windows Vista licensing terms so customers can transfer Vista licenses between computer systems.

For the second time this week Microsoft is embracing open source, this time pacting with Novell to improve interoperability between Windows and SUSE Linux.