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.

Microsoft has announced launch dates for Windows Vista: November 30, 2006, for corporate customers, and January 30th, 2007 for consumers.

Microsoft and open source developer Zend have entered a multi-year, multi-phase partnership to make sure Web deployment language PHP runs as well on Windows as Linux.

As part of its first quarter financials, Microsoft says it has shipped six million Xbox 360 consoles and still believes it will ship 10 million by the end of 2006.

Sources and news services are reporting that last-minute problems have forced Microsoft to delay releasing Windows Vista to PC makers by at least a week.

Microsoft will launch a coupon program for PC buyer starting October 26, offering low-cost Windows Vista and Office 2007 upgrades for new PC buyers.

Microsoft is rolling out an educational campaign to help parents control content available via the Xbox 360. Will it be enough to quell critics?

Microsoft has inked a deal with online video site blinkx to use the company's video search technology to power parts of its MSN and Live.com sites.

Microsoft announced today that Windows Vista will lock itself down to reduced functionality mode if it is not successfully activated within 30 days of its first use.

Microsoft has inked a deal Oscar-winning "Lord of the Rings" and "King Kong" team Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh to create the next Halo installment...plus one more game.

Microsoft has announced official launch details for its forthcoming Zune personal media player: the devices will hit stores November 14 for $249.99.

Microsoft has released a patch for a bug in Internet Explorer two weeks early because of a growing number of attacks using the loophole.

Microsoft is apparently considering offering free, ad-supported basic versions of word processing and spreadsheet software as another front in its battle with Google.

Microsoft has launched a beta of Soapbox on MSN Video, a new user-generated video offering designed to take YouTube to the cleaners.

Microsoft says its first 30 GB Zune portable media device will be on sale in three colors for this year's end-of-year holiday season.

Microsoft announced estimated prices for Windows Vista today, just as Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 enters customer and partner testing.

The Department of Justice and Microsoft have formally requested a federal judge give Microsoft two more years to fully comply with the landmark 2002 antitrust settlement.

Microsoft gets into the blog-authoring space with a beta of Windows Live Writer, offering WYSIWYG blog creation which - uncharacteristically - works with non-Microsoft blogs.

Microsoft keeps on rolling with its Windows Live initiative, morphing its MSN Spaces blogging service into gadget-filled Windows Live Spaces.

Responding to a rumor frenzy, Microsoft has confirmed it will launch a line of portable media devices under the name Zune, taking on Apple's iPod by the end of 2006.

European antitrust regulators are getting closer to fining the company about $2.5 million a day, and Korea refuses to postpone antitrust penalties.