Microsoft wants to bring business intelligence (BI) (define) capabilities to the masses. That was the main pitch Jeff Raikes, president of Microsoft's business division, made to attendees at the company's first ever BI conference in Seattle today. To

While staying at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas last week, I had the pleasure of waking up every morning to the gentle tolling of St. Mark's Campanile, completed in 1514 before its 1902 collapse and 1912 reconstruction. OK, that's a lie.

It was almost an afterthought announcement, but the news that Microsoft is making a portion of the .Net Framework's Common Language Runtime (CLR) available for Mac and Linux demonstrates the software giant's

Copies of Microsoft's Windows operating system shipped abroad are not subject to U.S. patent-infringement laws, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. The decision reverses a lower court decision that extended damages to overseas sales of Windows in the

Microsoft is giving customers an advance view of its new work group server, code-named Longhorn. The company hopes to generate a lot of positive buzz on message boards and demonstrate that the product's vaunted security functions can stand up to the

Microsoft has pulled together its somewhat scattered malware programs, projects and efforts under one roof to more closely resemble the research centers of Symantec, McAfee and other security vendors. Microsoft formally introduced the Malware Protection

Microsoft doesn't want a hearing; it wants a conversation. The company today filed its official response to the European Commission's Competition Committee's Statement of Objection (SO), issued in March, which accused Microsoft of charging monopoly

Microsoft has until April 23 to respond to the European Competition Commission accusations that it is abusing its monopoly power. But instead of waiting till then, the company decided to publicize in advance the main points