Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer announced his retirement today, saying eh would step doen within 12 months, once a successor is found.

Microsoft is reshuffling its business in an attempt to promote faster innovation and a sharper focus on devices and services. The move comes amid a steady decline in demand for PCs as people turn to tablets and other mobile gadgets.

Microsoft launched a radical redesign of its world-dominating Windows operating system last night, introducing a touch-enabled interface that attempts to bridge the gap between personal computers and fast-growing mobile devices powered by the company's competitors.

Microsoft has unveiled a new version of its Office suite of programs in its largest-ever overhaul of the aging workplace software it relies on for most of its profit.

As Steven Sinofsky prepares for the release of Windows 8, the world waits to see if it will restore the Microsoft brand and set him up for its top job, writes Bill Rigby

Bill Gates’ successor as Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, is leaving the company after five years.

Microsoft is expected to unveil a major revamp of its phone software next week.

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to sell the internet company to Microsoft for $48bn (€38bn) – more than triple Yahoo’s current market value.

TO say that the Chinese love to gamble would be a gross cultural generalisation. Then again, one could be excused for assuming as much, considering how the world’s gaming industry is going after China’s gamblers.

MICROSOFT Corp, the world’s largest software maker, said fourth-quarter profit fell 24% after the company spent more on its Xbox video-game console.

The European Union said today it expects to make a decision on whether to impose new fines on Microsoft Corporation by the end of July.

The European Union said its anti-trust regulators might need several weeks to decide whether to slap Microsoft Corp. with huge fines once a midnight deadline on Tuesday for the software maker to comply with a landmark ruling expires.

The European Union’s head office has given Microsoft until the end of the month to come up with satisfactory proposals to settle the landmark case against the software producer or face punitive sanctions, an EU official said today.

A meeting between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and the European Union’s anti-trust chief failed to settle the main outstanding differences over the EU’s landmark case against the software giant, the EU said today.

Software giant Microsoft last night announced it would boost the fight against computer piracy, by reinforcing computer security systems.

Microsoft is to launch a full re-evaluation of its end-licence arrangements, it announced yesterday in Florida.

Microsoft's chief executive has announced that Windows XP should be ready for production by the end of the week.

Stopping just short of accusing Microsoft of stalling, the US Justice Department asked an appeals court to deny the company’s request to re-examine whether the software maker illegally mixed software code for two products.