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Microsoft notified Tuesday more employees who will lose their jobs as part of the software giant's planned elimination of around 5,000 positions.

Microsoft Corp said on Friday a version of its long awaited Windows 7 operating system will be made available from next week.

Microsoft sales fall in the first three months of 2009 - its first quarterly revenue drop since 1986.

Microsoft is the company that invented the concept of launching a beta product in order to build up traction for the final product.

Power browsers are coming. And they'll look mighty familiar. Software is supposed to be a mature industry, characterized by some sort of mono- or duopoly. How to explain, then, the activity around Web browsers. Three of the tech industry's biggest names -- Microsoft, Google and Apple -- each has a significant in-house browser development effort, with periodic fresh releases.

Microsoft could have Windows 7 on shipping PCs by September, Compal president Ray Chen said today at an investor's conference. The PC contractor executive understands from plans that the software should be available in either late September or early October.

We were among the first journalists to get their hands on the Windows 7 Beta code and have been testing it. Here, we've ranked the 30 best features we've found in Windows 7 so far, ranging from minor tweaks of the user interface to a full replacement for virtual private networks.

Microsoft says some of 1,400 employees laid off last month accidentally got too much in severance pay -- and now it wants money back.

The company has formed a cybersecurity posse with technology companies, academic organizations, and Internet infrastructure firms to dismantle the Conficker/Downandup worm's infrastructure.

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced plans to open its own stores despite the economic downturn that has left many retailers struggling.