Today, many recognize businesswoman and philanthropist Melinda Gates for her tireless efforts to make positive change in the world. When she started working at Microsoft in 1987, a year after the ...

Windows 10 is already shaping up to be a big launch for Microsoft, but it’s always going to be hard to live up to the aura that surrounds one of the biggest days in the company’s history: August 24, ...

A new agreement viewed by WIRED gives ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of millions of Americans, with the goal of locating immigrants. WIRED identified ...

A long-brewing conflict between software giant Microsoft Corp. and federal antitrust regulators escalated dramatically Friday into a new fight. This time, Microsoft officials said, the confrontation ...

How about a hefty dose of nostalgia? On this day in 1995, 30 years ago today, Microsoft released the operating system known as Windows 95. The company had released operating systems and various ...

The cloud of potential antitrust sanctions returned to hover over Microsoft Corp. Monday. It came in the form of disclosures by several Microsoft competitors that Justice Department investigators are ...

There’s one misconception about the new Microsoft Network that can be cleared up right away – it is not one-click access to cyberspace. It’s at least three. Nonetheless, MSN, the new online service ...

The complaints keep piling up about Microsoft. Officials from Compton's Encyclopedia said last week that Microsoft won't allow them on its on-line service because they make a rival electronic ...

3:10 pm ET update: We've added details on features that 3D Movie Maker aficionados can expect now that the app has been open-sourced. The code was released not because Microsoft has grand plans for 3D ...