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Microsoft Corp. said Monday it will buy some assets of SourceGear LLC that will bolster its software design products...Microsoft said it will acquire the Teamprise-related assets of SourceGear, a privately held Champaign, Ill.-based company that provides programming applications.

Microsoft announced today that they will be laying off another 800 workers, on top of the 5,000 that they announced last January. Lou Gellos, a Microsoft spokesman, said the cuts are being made in offices around the globe, and did...

Police in the east Seattle suburb of Redmond say the fully clothed body of a man believed to be about 60 has been pulled from Lake Sammamish. A resident reported seeing the body floating just offshore Wednesday morning. The King...

One surprising thing about Microsoft's recent PC operating systems is how they reflect the mood of the time, not just in Redmond but across the U.S. Like a popular song or movie, Windows Vista echoed the confused and security-obsessed state...

Wondering if swine flu's bad enough to require a doctor's attention? An interactive Web site may help you decide, using the same type of triage calculations that doctors at Emory University use. Microsoft Corp. unveiled the site Wednesday at http://www.h1n1responsecenter.com....

The study titled "The Value of PC Refresh with Microsoft Windows 7" takes into consideration Windows 7's user adaption, performance, stability and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). More than 290 out of 300 Intel users said they "would recommend Microsoft...

Microsoft has released "Security Essentials," their free antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-malware offering. Microsoft has replaced their previous product, Windows OneCare, with Security Essentials (SE). One of the major changes is while OneCare had an annual subscription free, SE is free to...

In an attempt to put the bad press of Windows Vista behind them, Microsoft is hoping to promote the release on Windows 7 with some good buzz. One of the ways they are doing this is by having people host...