Microsoft risks $7bn fine after browser ballot failure
Microsoft could face a fine of up to 10 percent of its annual revenue after admitting failure to implement an EC antitrust browser commitment
Microsoft could face a fine of up to 10 percent of its annual revenue after admitting failure to implement an EC antitrust browser commitment
Surface tablets will be available in the US from October 26, the same time as Windows 8, a filing has shown
The European Commission is scaling back its checks on whether the software maker is complying with a 2004 ruling to share interoperability information.
Microsoft will add native support to Office 2007 for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) instead of OOXML because of compatibility issues — but Microsoft refuses to admit that ODF has won the document format war.
It plans to publish findings from its third Blue Hat confab, where hackers give tips to Microsoft execs.
By way of the User Account Control feature, company set out to force independent software vendors to make their code more secure, says manager.
Microsoft wins case after arguing that a U.K. man selling e-mail addresses to spammers had hurt the company's goodwill as Hotmail's owner.
The number of security holes found in Microsoft software between 2006 and 2007 has risen threefold, says vulnerability-scanning company Qualys.
"We have a lot of work to do in search and advertising," software giant's CEO acknowledges. "Google is the leader; we're an aspirant."Video: Microsoft's post-Gates plan
New Zealand last week voted to reject Microsoft OOXML as an international standard while the Swedish Standards Institute invalidated its own vote after discovering irregularities.