It was just over a month ago that Microsoft officials said the company had sold 60 million copies of Windows 7. On March 2, they updated that tally, claiming 90 million copies of Windows 7 have been sold to date. Microsoft released Windows 7 to manufacturing in July 2009 and kicked off consumer sales...

Company makes U-Prove technology widely available to enable identity with privacy and announces release of Forefront Identity Manager 2010. Today at RSA Conference 2010, Microsoft outlined how the company continues to make progress toward its End to End Trust vision. In his keynote address, Scott Charney...

Today, Microsoft is announcing three solutions that empower local language communities to discover, share and develop IT terminology in their native language. First, they are announcing the current list of languages that will be supported for the new releases of Windows, Office and, for the first time...

Microsoft today announced that it has signed a patent cross-license agreement with Amazon.com. The agreement provides each company with access to the other’s patent portfolio and covers a broad range of products and technology, including coverage for Amazon’s popular e-reading device, Kindle™, which...

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq “YHOO”) announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, and will now turn their attention to beginning the process of implementing the...

Microsoft Corp. today announced record revenue of $19.02 billion for the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, a 14% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $8.51 billion, $6.66 billion and $0.74 per share, which...

Microsoft employees are contributing to a worldwide relief effort, both at the scene and remotely through technology assistance and cash donations. Twenty-three hours after Haiti was struck by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Gisli Olafsson touched down in Port-au-Prince. “The scene was horrible, with large...

Pinpoint is the fast, easy way for business customers to find experts, applications, and professional services to meet their specific business needs—and build on the software they already have. At the same time, Pinpoint helps developers and technology service providers quickly and easily get software...

Microsoft today announced “Microsoft Health Tech Today,” a fast-paced online video series designed to showcase how software innovation is improving health around the world. The show, at the intersection of health and information technology, highlights the latest industry trends and features examples...

Author Ken Auletta is in a unique position to compare Microsoft and Google, having written " World War 3.0 " about the Redmond company's antitrust era and the new "Googled," an inside look at the search giant. So his perspectives on the tech giants were particularly interesting...