Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) sued Samsung ElectronicsCo Ltd (005930.KS) on Friday, claiming the South Korean smartphone maker refused to make a royalty payment last fall onpatent licenses after Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Nokia’s (NOK1V.HE) handset…
Microsoft Corp will launch its Xbox One gaming console in China on September 23, making it the first foreign company to start selling consoles in the world’s third-biggest gaming market after a ban on the…
REDMOND, Wash., July 17 (UPI) —Microsoft is expected to cut up to 18,000 jobs, which is close to 15 percent of its workforce, as the company attempts to streamline its…
Microsoft’s Windows 8 has been branded a threat to China’s cybersecurity in a state-backed news report. China’s CCTV broadcast a strongly critical story in which experts suggested it was being…
Microsoft unveiled its third generation Surface Pro 3 tablet in New York Tuesday, which the company calls “the tablet that can replace your laptop.” The new tablet has a larger…
Bill Gates, the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft Corp, will have no direct ownership in the company he co-founded by mid-2018 if he keeps up his recent share sales….
An XBox One which will be discounted at 6pm local time on Thanksgiving day is seen on display at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to Novell Inc’s antitrust claims against Microsoft Corp that date back 20 years to the development of Windows 95 software. By declining to hear…
Worldwide shipments of PCs fell during the first three months of the year, but the latest numbers show that the global slump in PC demand may be easing. Although the…
An alarming lapse in Internet security has exposed millions of passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive information to potential theft. The breakdown revealed this week affects a widely used…
Foreign profits held overseas by U.S. corporations to avoid taxes at home nearly doubled from 2008 to 2013 to top $2.1 trillion, said a private research firm’s report, prompting a…
Microsoft is showcasing a new virtual assistant as part of an upcoming update for Windows phones. The assistant, named Cortana, tries to be chatty like Siri on Apple’s iPhones and…
The UK’s Guardian has published a report that reveals the big email providers’ privacy conditions only stretch so far. The report explains how, along with Yahoo and Google, the fine print in Apple’s terms and conditions…
Microsoft on Thursday unveiled Office for the iPad, a software suite that includes programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and works on rival Apple Inc.’s hugely popular tablet computer….
Nokia Corp. says the sale of its mobile phone unit to Microsoft will be delayed until next month because it is still waiting for approval from regulatory authorities in Asia….
