Stuart J. Johnston

Microsoft will automatically push Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) out to users via automatic updates beginning next week, the company announced on its IEBlog.

Microsoft ends so-called "mainstream" support for Windows XP on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. After that date, the company will provide "extended" support for

A new survey of 2,000 IT buyers found that 53 percent are currently planning to skip Windows Vista altogether and instead will wait to move from Windows

Microsoft confirmed Monday that customers who buy new PCs after Windows 7 ships will still be able to downgrade those systems to Windows XP. Confirmation

Microsoft is riding high as the dominant operating system provider for so-called netbooks, but is increasingly facing challenges from old rivals in new

Despite criticism over the nation's difficult job market and its own continuing layoffs, Microsoft's chief legal officer Tuesday once again sounded the

One of the analysts who originally suggested that Windows Vista was a dog and needed to be replaced with a new version -- which has emerged as Windows 7

When Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) on Thursday, there were no immediate outcries over missed show-stopper bugs or jammed download servers.

The blackout of Microsoft's Windows Azure servers last weekend was due to a glitch in an operating system update, the company said this week. Microsoft's

Microsoft rolled out the final code for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) on Thursday, signaling the software titan's intent to take back market share it has lost

Microsoft researchers demonstrated a Surface-type multitouch computer this week, one with significant additions to the device's graphics and touch

Microsoft feels that Internet Explorer, especially upcoming version 8, isn't getting the respect it deserves when it comes to talking about speed. So IE