Joris Evers

When Microsoft Corp. releases Service Pack 2 for Windows XP later this year, some software developers may find their applications no longer work on updated Windows machines.

Microsoft Corp. is studying ways to offer its software at different price points around the world, signaling a possible departure from its unified global pricing practice.

Microsoft Corp. and eBay Inc. on Monday delivered tools that enable links between the 2003 editions of Excel and FrontPage and the eBay online auction service.

Microsoft Corp. is pondering ways to add functionality to Windows XP after the release of Service Pack 2 later this year. The discussions, under the project name Windows XP Reloaded, could result in an interim release of Windows before Longhorn.

Microsoft Corp. is "on the right track" in securing its software, the company's chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates said Tuesday in a presentation that included new details on a Windows XP update and the company's spam-fighting efforts.

Microsoft Corp. is conducting a security review of the Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 source code leaked onto the Internet earlier this month to determine if there is any risk to its customers, the company said.

A bug hunter claims to have uncovered a security flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) 5 Web browser by studying Windows source code that was leaked this month.

A bug hunter claims to have uncovered a security flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) 5 Web browser by studying Windows source code that was leaked last week.