Microsoft will announce its entry into the smartphone arena early next year with an iPhone rival build around NVIDIA's new system-on-a-chip (SoC) for small form factor mobile devices, according to a new report. Article: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/24/microsoft_developing_nvidia_based_mobile_phone_report.html

The Windows taskbar in Windows 7 has undergone a facelift, with large icons by default.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) sought to bring a quick end Thursday to the lawsuit that has produced a steady flow of sometimes embarrassing internal e-mails about Windows Vista, a product whose reputation in the marketplace was already tarnished before it launched nearly two years ago. The company asked a federal judge in Seattle to dismiss the [...]

A change at the helm of Yahoo won’t revive a Microsoft takeover offer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday. But he continues to leave the door open to another sort of deal with Yahoo. Microsoft is still interested in doing some sort of search collaboration deal, as it [...]