Microsoft announced Wednesday it has begun the public beta of a suite of its Windows Live services that all use the same installation program. The company also said it is shipping version 1.0 of its Silverlight cross-browser, cross-platform media-streaming

It's official. Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) came close to receiving the votes it needed in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to become a bona fide standard – but no cigar. At least not yet. Sunday, September 2, was the

The long-running legal battle between Microsoft and Eolas Technologies, which Microsoft was losing, has been settled. The two firms agreed to an undisclosed settlement that resolves the case. The lawsuit dates back to February 1999, when Eolas, a spin

After weeks of confusion over when the beta of Windows Vista's first service pack will see the light of day, Microsoft finally announced a tentative schedule today. The bad news is that the beta is still a ways off. In fact, the most that Microsoft will

Microsoft announced six companies, including Intel and Texas Instruments, are now licensing its voice software for audio conferencing, video, wireless over IP and gaming devices. The licensing agreements, which were announced Tuesday at the VoiceCon San

We have seen the rise of Web 2.0 and social networks. But where does it all go? For starters, collaboration -- which is really at the core of Web 2.0 technologies. For Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, and John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, this next wave of

Microsoft isn't letting a little Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejection keep it down. The company submitted a device to the agency today that shows the potential of using the interference buffer zones between television channels, called "white

Microsoft this week showed off several research technologies for photo manipulation at a major conference for computer graphics researchers, and also announced its first venture into licensing some of its technologies in the games and entertainment