Virtual Earth 3D models of cities added to Windows Live map system.

Move aims to bring more than 1,000 new games to Xbox Live this year.

Apple users told to get new e-mail address for Messenger service.

Acquisition of Colloquis will lead to talking service system.

Video sharing site opens to all users.

Search giant reportedly working on deal with CRM service.

Microsoft claims to be leading the pack, and claims it's won the next gen console battle. But the Wii is hot on their heels.

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

Microsoft has begun offering the final pre-release version of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system..

Company concedes security software not up to scratch.

New apps to 'eliminate communications boundaries'.

The company revealed on Thursday that it would be creating a new operation to remake the company's retail strategy and oversee the development of new Microsoft retail outlets.

Microsoft is cancelling its much-hyped Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Gates advertising campaign. But there's a new "life without walls" ad on the way..

IBM strikes deal with RIM.

Prizes for best third-party tools.

Google, MSN and Yahoo adopt standard to speed up search engine indexing.

Latest version of open-source browser released.

Backers still have high hopes for platform.

IBM to showcase 3Mbps encoding system.