As the world's largest software company, Microsoft has a significant stake in the war against hackers and malware, since most attacks are squarely aimed at Microsoft operating systems, where ...

Microsoft has no plans to port Windows 7 to run on ARM processors. At least, no official plans. Instead, the company is suggesting that PC makers using ARM-based chips for their netbooks or ...

Not to be outdone by Java, Linux, or other high-profile technologies, Microsoft is staking its own claim in the connected-device space that is widely becoming known as the Internet of things.

The Redmond, Wash. software giant on Wednesday released its sixth-generation embedded systems tool kit, Windows Embedded CE 6.0. As part of the announcement, Microsoft said it would give customers and ...

At a trade show in Hungary, Microsoft shows off one of the first portable navigation systems based on its Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 software, which was completed in June. During her years at CNET ...

The service pack incorporates Windows XP SP1, including the .Net Framework and changes to the user interface as required by the company's antitrust settlement with the government. The SP1, announced ...

Mobile devices are hot this year and there is an array of software platforms from Android to Windows that developers are targeting. Mobile devices are hot. This is especially true in the smartphone ...

Microsoft has repeatedly stated that it has no plans to turn the upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system into a tablet-style OS. But that doesn’t mean that it’s Windows 7 or bust for ...