Stuart J. Johnston

Microsoft Friday denied rumors that have been circulating all week that it had put hidden "back doors" into Windows 7 at the federal government's request.

Microsoft said Monday it has begun beta testing the two newest components of its high performance computing (HPC) strategy. At the top of the list,

Windows 7 hasn't even been on the street for a month, yet one hacker has already found what he claims is a zero-day (define) vulnerability -- albeit so

Microsoft has started soliciting volunteers to beta test an ad-supported version of Office 2010 that will provide feature-limited versions of the

Many users looking to buy a netbook are put off by units that come with Windows 7 Starter Edition, according to a survey by an online consumer comparison

Microsoft on Monday took down a migration tool it had posted to its online store just a couple of weeks earlier after allegations surfaced that some of

Microsoft released patches Tuesday for five critical bugs in Windows, although none affect the newly released Windows 7, unlike last month's roundup of

As with Windows Vista, it didn't take very long for some clever hackers to figure out ways to install the Windows 7 Upgrade package on a PC that doesn't

Perhaps the belief on the part of Michael Dell and other PC hardware vendors that there is pent-up demand for new PCs isn't just them trying to sell their

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will ship 13 bug patches in next week's "Patch Tuesday" drop -- eight of them rated "critical" -- the company's most severe

Microsoft this week is celebrating the formal "grand opening" of its mammoth Chicago-area datacenter, a key component in the company's effort to embrace

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is almost eternally optimistic and enthusiastic about the future, especially the future of his company -- that, despite taking