Microsoft is trying to discourage the Chinese from pirating their software by selling it for just $29. In the U.S., the price for Office 2010 is expected to be close to $400.

Another Microsoft service is shutting down. This time it’s Popfly, a development tool allowing non-programmers to create their own applications and web pages without writing code.

Spam and phishing attacks on Microsoft’s Live Messenger network have prompted the company to file suit against Funmobile, Mobilefunster, and other individuals responsible for abuse of the service.

Microsoft wants you to upgrade your browser so much they were willing to replace whatever was on your machine with Internet Explorer 8 if you selected "Use Express settings" during installation. They have backed down, for now.

While one report says Windows 7 is selling well, another claims businesses won’t deploy the OS soon. This article attempts to explain what the numbers may mean.

Jet, the storage engine used in the Exchange mail server, isn’t much liked but, even after some impressive demos using a SQL engine, Microsoft is staying with the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) in Exchange 2010.

Bing is costing a not-very-small fortune to market as people stop buying computers and operating systems and items like Zune and XBox don’t quite make a profit.

For their customers in Europe, Microsoft has some bad news. If your system is running Vista, you will need to wipe your hard drive before installing Windows 7.

Microsoft will be, intentionally, opening stores right next to existing Apple stores. Which makes little sense but does make Microsoft seem like a spoiled child.

Microsoft has revealed how Internet Explorer 8 is being "removed" from Windows 7 for the European version. Not surprisingly, the code is included in the OS, there is merely a "kill switch" to disable the browser.