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Hey XP users, time to move on -- Microsoft is saying in no uncertain terms by offering $100 off a new PC. ...

On the final day of the Game Developers Conference, the head of Microsoft Studios opens up about the Xbox One's tumultuous road to launch and the company's indie game relationship. ...

Blowback in handling of corporate espionage case forces Microsoft to promise stronger policies protecting privacy of Hotmail account holders. ...

Company says it cracked open the Hotmail account of an unnamed blogger involved in a Windows 8 espionage case in part because he was selling Windows Server activation keys. ...

The Chinese handset maker now says it won't launch a dual-OS phone in the near future. Originally posted at News - Mobile ...

The company's legal department determined that it had the right to go through a private email account, citing a leak of proprietary Microsoft code. ...

The company's legal department determined that it had the right to go through a private email account, citing a leak of proprietary Microsoft code. ...

A former Microsoft employee has been charged with passing on Microsoft trade secrets involving Windows 8. ...

The voice and video chat app now will run all day in the background without draining a smartphone's battery, Microsoft says. Originally posted at News - Mobile ...

The study claims consumers will spend $25 billion, and waste a collective 1.2 billion hours, fixing problems created by malware on pirated software. Originally posted at News - Security & Privacy ...

Microsoft's stock is at levels not seen since 2000. Is this all because of the impending Office for iPad or is it because of a host of profound changes taking place at the software giant? ...

Microsoft's Xbox One is headed to India, Japan, Israel, and elsewhere -- especially across a broad swath of Europe. ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella may take the wraps off the long-rumored Office for iPad suite at a Microsoft press event focused on cloud and mobile on March 27. ...

Whitten is leaving the software giant after 17 years to become chief product officer at wireless company Sonos. ...

Free versions of Microsoft's note-taking and organizational application are available for immediate download for Mac and desktop Windows. ...

The company is inching toward offering its Windows Phone operating system gratis in some markets. Does that portend big changes in Microsoft's strategy? A longtime Microsoft analyst weighs in. ...

Very, very few are interested in using the browser on Windows 8's touch-first interface, so Mozilla is mothballing the code and sticking with the older, more popular "desktop" version. Originally posted at News - Internet & Media ...

Microsoft's Xbox One came very close to catching Sony's PlayStation 4 in February sales, according to market researcher NPD. ...

The CMO of the Chinese device maker says Windows Phone is still on the agenda, but the company is more jazzed about its upcoming dual Android-Windows Phone device. Originally posted at News - Mobile ...

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Microsoft founder Bill Gates dropped a few tech tidbits, including that Microsoft "was willing to buy" WhatsApp. He's also no Edward Snowden fan (no surprise). ...