In a blog post on its Dutch website, Microsoft said that the next version of Windows, Windows 8, is in the works, but that the new operating system will not hit the market for about two years. (more…)

Ray Ozzie, the visionary Chief software architect of Microsoft is retiring from the company. (more…)

Today, Facebook and Microsoft deepened their existing relationship around search. At an event in Silicon Valley, both companies announced a new phase in their partnership, especially as it relates to social search. Bing will be adding more Facebook social data into its main search results. (more…)

BOSTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp issued its biggest-ever security fix on Tuesday, including repairs to its ubiquitous Windows operating system and Internet browser for flaws that could let hackers take control of a PC. (more…)

Mozilla has announced its plans to update the search options in Firefox 4, the next major version of the popular open source Web browser. Google will remain Firefox’s default search engine, but Microsoft’s Bing search will be available as one of the standard options. (more…)

Back in 2006, we covered the launch of Windows Live Spaces, a blogging service for Windows Live users. Today the service is headed in a new direction: Microsoft has teamed with Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com (more…)

Last week Microsoft uncovered their Internet Explorer 9 beta to the world, showing off the tremendous power behind the totally revamped web browser. (more…)

Facebook and Microsoft are discussing an agreement that would significantly expand the search relationship the pair have shared for many years, said several people with knowledge of the situation. (more…)

It’s been a highly successful year for Microsoft’s Bing search engine, which started off as Live search, and was almost named Kumo. (more…)

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Microsoft’s product groups are busy crafting their answer(s) to the Apple iPad. (more…)