Google may well have announced its OS today, but it seems Microsoft has an announcement of its own coming on Monday

Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

The company promises that Windows 7 will be the best version of its operating system yet, critical acclaim has often eluded Redmond. We've decided to count down the ten best products ever to come out of Redmond, from DOS 5 to Flight Simulator and NT 4.0

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

Apple's flagship stores continue to draw crowds, and now Microsoft is working on its own stores to "transform the PC buying experience". So what would make you visit the perfect Microsoft PC shop?

From Betamax to Amiga, here's a list of those IT innovations that fell under the bulldozer. Some were cruelly robbed of their advantage, others threw it away with bad management

Microsoft's Security Essentials is officially available from today, offering free protection against malware for any PC user with a valid copy of Windows from XP Service Pack 2 onwards.

Microsoft's announcement yesterday that it will unbundle Internet Exploder (IE) from Windows 7 in Europe has been met with widespread skepticism

Microsoft is offering substantial discount deals on Windows 7 Home Premium packs for families (up to 3 licences) for under $250.

Vendor details editions for Office 2010 along with application virtualisation for testing.

Gone is some of the bluster as Microsoft makes a surprisingly down-to-earth Australian launch presentation for Windows 7 today

The rumoured Nokia and Microsoft alliance was confirmed this afternoon, with the plan to bring Microsoft Office Mobile to all Nokia smartphones

A company named i4i wins a legal battle over patent covering a document formatting system.

Keen to forget the PR nightmare that was Vista, Microsoft may have committed yet another blunder: Windows XP users will not be able to upgrade to Windows 7 without a totally clean install.

Microsoft has named Linux distributors Red Hat and Canonical as competitors to its Windows client business in its annual filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Microsoft and Yahoo have announced a 10-year search partnership that will potentially allow them to rival Google..

Microsoft is changing the way its flagship Internet Explorer web browser prompts users during the installation process, in a move that could be a response to increasing pressure from the European Union over antitrust claims.

Web-based versions of Office apps to be available at no cost to Windows Live subscribers.

After years of having a go off Microsoft in its adverts, Apple threw its toys out of the pram when Microsoft reversed the roles

Microsoft has confirmed it has cut a "small percentage", thought to be around 600,000 gamers, off from Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games