MICROSOFT, the world’s largest software maker, reported first-quarter sales that topped analysts’ predictions as companies invested in Office and server software, outweighing poor demand for computers.

Microsoft Corp, the world’s largest software maker, reported fourth-quarter profit and sales that exceeded analysts’ predictions as demand from corporations outweighed lacklustre buying from consumers.

SENSING the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Micro-Soft and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home.

MICROSOFT, the world’s largest software maker, posted a second-quarter profit that surpassed analysts’ estimates on sales of its Xbox 360 game console and Windows programs for personal computers.

Acrobatics, blaring music and plenty of hype accompanied Microsoft’s long-delayed debut of its new Windows Vista computer system.

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.

Europe’s antitrust regulators voted unanimously tonight to support fining the world’s largest software company for flouting a 2004 ruling, sources said.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said today he will progressively move out of a day-to-day role at the company he co-founded to spend more time on global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

STAR TREK fans the world over bade a fond farewell to James Doohan, better known as Scotty, who passed the final frontier at age 85 yesterday.

Microsoft has launched a new version of its search web site with a simple interface that mimics rival Google, seeking to catch-up in a market where it admits it has lagged behind.

A malicious program attached to seemingly innocuous e-mails was spreading quickly over the Internet, clogging network traffic and potentially leaving hackers an open door to infected personal computers.

Microsoft shares were down as much as 17 cents at $27.53 within 40 minutes of trading today.

In a move seen as a clear victory for Microsoft Corp, a judge Friday approved a settlement of the long-running antitrust dispute between the software giant and the US government.

Microsoft has opened a new technology centre in Silicon Valley.