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Driven by record sales at retail along with an 84 percent jump in online consumer spending; global install base lead over PlayStation 3 expands to more than 8 million units.

Microsoft HUG 2009 Innovation Awards Call for Entries Now Open

Awards celebrate 12th year of recognizing technology innovation for healthcare.

Media Alert: Microsoft Participates in the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer and Microsoft President of Entertainment & Devices Robbie Bach to deliver keynote address on Wednesday, Jan. 7.

Microsoft Commends Chinese Court in Sentencing Ringleaders of World’s Largest Software Counterfeiting Syndicate

Sentencing marks the culmination of a global investigation and demonstrates concrete action by the Chinese government to protect intellectual property rights.

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Survey: Microsoft Holds Top Patent Portfolio for 2008

For the second year in a row, Microsoft has topped the rankings in IEEE Spectrum’s annual patent scorecard, which uses a series of factors to measure the health of a company’s “patent pipeline.”

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Microsoft Mum on Rumored Layoffs

Bloggers and analysts on Monday poured cold water on rumors that Microsoft plans to lay off a substantial number of its employees.

Windows 7 Leaked

The upcoming Windows 7 beta -- scheduled to be released this month -- found its way onto the Internet over the holidays.

Product Timeline: 2 Key Milestones for Windows 7

A top Microsoft official says the company expects to release a beta version of its next operating system this month-with a launch to follow in early 2010.

Postscript: Symantec to See Major Shift in Leadership 2.0

In a change with implications for the channel, Enrique Salem will replace John Thompson as CEO in April.

Software as a Service: CA's New Channel-Led SAAS offering

Partners will handle billing in a new business-continuity solution.

SQL Injection Hits Amid the Holidays

Redmond continues to investigate a new zero-day bug affecting popular database application SQL Server.

First Look: MySQL 5.1 Open Source Database

MySQL 5.1 was released by Sun Microsystems in April, but I decided to test it out this month.

Window 7 Beta 1: Soon To Be Unwrapped?

The public release of Microsoft Windows 7 Beta 1 is expected next month, but speculation that it might appear earlier -- at least for testers -- popped up on Friday from a few sources.

Enterprises Ill Served by Antivirus Alerts, Study Finds

How do you know that your antivirus (AV) program is working?

Off-Cycle Internet Explorer Security Update Released

As expected, Microsoft on Wednesday released its second out-of-cycle patch in three months -- this time to plug a widely discussed and "critical" vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

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