Microsoft on Thursday cited “an unacceptable number of repairs” to its Xbox 360 for the charge, and announced an extended warranty for the video game console.

"In Europe, where piracy is controlled, a few too many European countries and municipalities discuss using Linux on the desktop, by fiat.This is Microsoft's biggest fear. Microsoft can tolerate the Linux server platforms and all the homebrew Web servers running Linux. It just cannot let Linux migrate to the desktop."

Have you ever wondered what really happens to those Windows error reports you can send to Microsoft whenever a Windows app crashes? How many reports it must receive before taking action? Or whether it's worth your time and effort to send duplicate reports if the error occurs repeatedly?

A new study says past delays in Microsoft Corp.'s products are causing some businesses to think twice about renewing the long-term service agreements that include rights to upgrade to future versions of its programs.

"Microsoft Corp. is enlisting Linux distributor TurboLinux Inc. to help tailor work being done to translate documents between Open XML and ODF file formats for Japanese and Chinese users."

They're the largest ISP in America. And they hate Macs. And the Firefox browser. At least, that's the impression you get from Comcast's installation procedure — and clues scattered across their home page.

Not only did Windows Vista - billed by Microsoft as its biggest operating system for 10 years - fail to distinguish Microsoft's latest fiscal year from previous, non-Windows-Vista years, but Microsoft also missed its own expectations by several million dollars.

Alexander Wolfe is at it again... this is the guy who wrote that Linux has too many distros and that Linux isn't technically superior to Windows! Anyway, this is his response to all those outraged comments he received. And he isn't giving an inch...