Week in review: Lump of coal for Microsoft
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Microsoft got an unwelcome gift this week when a European court ordered the company to start offering a version of Windows without a bundled media player.
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Earlier this week, Novell boss Jack Messman lambasted Microsoft for being a $60bn drain on the IT industry. His assertion is that Bill Gates et al have set back the evolution of the whole industry by gobbling
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With CEO Steve Ballmer as the point man, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has taken the offensive in its ongoing confrontation with Linux and the open-source community.
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Microsoft's Xbox 360 plans were outlined at a gaming summit this week.
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It was a matter of minutes before news of Microsoftâs bid  jumped from front pages to the vibrant world of technology blogs.  Hereâs some of the more interesting thoughts so far.
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By JAMES DERK  There was a monumental announcement in the computing world last week that was barely noticed outside of the trade press.
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commentary Microsoft was a little unhappy with an article I wrote this week because it contained a slight factual error. The error arose from two separate companies finding an almost identical security hole
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Opinion: Unbundling integrated pieces of Windows just might be the bitter pill that Microsoft needs. There&#39;s no Christmas present that Microsoft officials want more than the European Union&#39;s remedies to be
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Blog: Here are some tidbits that didn't make it into our stories from Denver, including Microsoft's plans for a fall launch for Office Communications Server.
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I have no problem with Microsoft operating in a market environment. Given a choice, I am sure many of us would gladly pay for Windows and Office rather than use Linux and Open Office.
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Pity Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). For all the grief we give the company about its failure to plug security holes in its software, its historical problems with the blue screen
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That's not all. Microsoft also has new tools geared to help cut costs of managing corporate data.
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Microsoft last week faced accusations of short-changing its Software Assurance customers following its decision to strip core features from the next major Windows client operating system, codenamed Longhorn.
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The OS is chugging along on strong PC sales and antipiracy efforts, but Microsoft still faces some grumbling and a long haul in corporate sales.
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Plus, Amazon's broken heart, Microsoft's unearned revenue, and is PeopleSoft stronger?
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Last week's stock declines apparently cost Microsoft's founder a few million dollars.
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Is the desktop dead?  Microsoft can't even make its updates sexy anymore.