Joris Evers

Microsoft Corp. next month will institute a new product lifecycle policy that extends support for Microsoft products to a minimum of 10 years from the current seven years, the vendor said Tuesday.

There will be more change and innovation in information technology in the next 10 years than in the past decade, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday.

Just over six months after releasing the first version of its Office Live Communications Server, Microsoft Corp. plans to announce on Tuesday that it...

Gateway Inc. plans to reduce its headcount by another 1,500 people, or about 40 per cent of its staff, in a continued effort to streamline the company and return to profitability.

Just over six months after releasing the first version of its Office Live Communications Server, Microsoft Corp. plans to announce on Tuesday that it is ready to start picking candidates to trial the next version of its enterprise instant messaging (IM) product.

Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, originally planned to ship in the first half of the year, will now at best be released in July. The major, security-focused operating system update doesn't yet meet Microsoft Corp.'s standards, a company spokesperson said Wednesday.

Microsoft Corp. on Monday said it acquired privately-held ActiveViews Inc. to improve its business intelligence offerings.

Microsoft Corp. is sacrificing some features it planned for Longhorn as it works to deliver its first beta of the next Windows client next year, a company spokesperson said.