Stuart J. Johnston

You might call it a tale of three operating systems. That's the circumstance that Microsoft, its partners, and customers find themselves in as Microsoft

With availability of the Windows 7 beta slated to end less than two weeks from now, the Microsoft executive in charge said Friday that the new operating

Using a commonly-used open source license, Microsoft on Tuesday released source code for a virtualization technology it developed that is meant to make

Microsoft officials acknowledged this week that Office 14, the next major version of its suite of productivity applications, has entered alpha testing.

Testers who were able to successfully download and install what promises to be the largest public beta in Windows' history – Windows 7 -- have hit

Microsoft servers got quite a workout on Friday from potential testers as the company opened public beta testing of Windows 7 to a broad audience–

The beta version of Windows 7 isn't even quite out the door -- that begins in earnest today, when Microsoft starts the consumer beta test of Windows

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer announced Wednesday night that the long-awaited public beta test of Windows 7 has begun – although consumers will not

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer plans to announce the official start of public beta testing for Windows 7 at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las

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

Tired of those cheesy rent-to-own ads that offer everything from dining room sets to bedroom suites, or even new PCs for "low, low" prices? Get ready for

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