Microsoft defends its software
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Microsoft has been forced to fight for its lucrative Asian market, following government agreements to switch to other open-source software.
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SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Noting two evolving areas of software licensing, Microsoft is pondering how to license when multiple instances of an application are run on a single computer, but is not eyeing a plan for utility-based computing, in which charges are based on individual usage.
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New platform chief, Ashim Pal, says software giant has been on the defensive against Linux and other rivals.
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Some say Win XP SP2 enhancements cause conflicts, don't protect as claimed.
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Microsoft Corp. is fighting a rejection by US patent authorities of a patent for its FAT (file allocation table) file system, the company said Thursday.
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Opinion: Is Microsoft getting ready to explore intellectual property lawsuits against Linux and open-source software? If you can&#39;t beat them, sue them?
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Although Microsoft Corp. has long been criticized for security flaws in its software, those days -- while not exactly over -- are receding, according to Scott Charney, corporate vice president of the company's Trustworthy Computing initiative. This is the second half of Charney's interview with Computerworld.
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Let's argue both sides of Microsoft by the water cooler.
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By MATTHEW FORDAHL    SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- After years of battling Microsoft Corp...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has again argued the case that open source is not necessarily cheaper, nor more secure than its proprietary counterpart.
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Blames media, not own, confusion WPC Microsoft has delivered a spirited defense of its Windows virtualization roadmap, blaming misreporting not internal disorganization for causing confusion.â¦
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TechWeb - Controversy swirls around the revised General Public License, and Microsoft keeps the heat on.
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A week after releasing Windows XP Service Pack 2 to enterprises, Microsoft is trying to quell confusion over an apparent security flaw and applications that won&#39;t work without adjustments.
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Microsoft is "upgrading" its Software Assurance program, but not in a way that benefits customers.
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Security rival says Microsoft is withholding spyware APIs for the Windows update, but the software giant denies it.
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Less than three months after Microsoft lost a landmark antitrust case in Europe, a Norwegian software company filed a new complaint Thursday, challenging the software giantâs bundling of its Web browser with its Windows operating system.
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Microsoft Corp. will combat piracy of  its flagship operating system by requiring Windows users to  verify that their copy of the software is genuine in order to  receive timely updates and security fixes, the world's largest  software maker said on Wednesday.