Profits of $1.58bn on revenue of $9.6bn.

Company credits Vista and Office for $17.4bn revenues.

Search, YouTube and Gmail generate big bucks.

Search giant accused of committing huge copyright infringement.

It seems irony is lost on Microsoft, who is speaking to the US Congress over what it says are anti-trust concerns regarding Yahoo's advertising deal with Google.

Group resold Microsoft educational products and laundered profits.

Most profitable March quarter in company's history.

Search giant buys ad firm.

Site accused of 'knowingly profiting from stolen material'.

Company shifts focus to printers.

Label may be planning iTunes rival.

Search firm to place text ads within embedded videos.

Embedded movie flap starts war of words between Web 2.0 titans.

Company said to be considering dropping computer voting business.

Japanese giant to pay $195m in new licensing deal.

Redmond steps up migration campaign hours before IBM unveils new Lotus software.

Software makes suit that claimed it gave users false test results andsecurity warnings.

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

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..

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.