For Microsoft, in many respects, 2009 promises to be much like 2008. The company has all the same challenges it exited 2008 with – lingering legal issues, efforts to test and ship the latest version of Windows, and the continued development and

Microsoft plans to issue a "release candidate" of the new standards-driven Internet Explorer 8 early in the first quarter, with final release pegged for the first half of the coming year. The RC, as it's called, will also add a new feature aimed at

Microsoft's Live Labs research division debuted its Seadragon Mobile application over the weekend for the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) smartphone. It gives iPhone users the same graphic-enhanced capabilities Windows PC users now enjoy, such as viewing entire

Barely a day after Microsoft updated its Internet Explorer browser to patch no less than four separate vulnerabilities, a new flaw has emerged that could allow remote code execution. In a public advisory issued late Wednesday, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)

Microsoft plans to start handing out the first beta copies of Windows 7 on January 13, according to recent postings on three of the software giant's blogs. The company already handed out pre-beta copies of the pending replacement

Microsoft today declared its surrender in the war for the retail security software market. It has announced that it will stop selling Windows Live OneCare, its software as a service (SaaS) suite that offers maintenance, backup and performance tuning in

While the words recall the melody of the syrupy '60s Sinatra hit, those were the words that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used to send a message to shareholders when he spoke at the company's annual meeting this morning. Even while he exhibited his typical

As if Microsoft hasn't been busy enough with developer news – the Professional Developer's Conference (PDC) and Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) just took place, separated by one week – the company also has a Tech-Ed show taking place