The worlds largest software maker was responding to a report from The National Labor Committee, a nonprofit that looks into the treatment of foreign workers by U.S. companies. On Tuesday, the group published a report detailing long working hours, low pay, insufficient food and few freedoms for workers at the KYE Systems Corp. factory in [...]

Microsoft had asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for a review by its full roster of judges. In December, a three-judge panel from that court had upheld a lower court ruling that Microsoft infringed on patents held by i4i Inc., a Canadian software company.
Toronto-based i4i sued Microsoft in U.S. District Court [...]

In an appearance Tuesday at a search engine conference, Ballmer said Microsoft believes Google Inc. has done things to gain an unfair advantage in the Internets lucrative search advertising market. He didnt specify the alleged misconduct.
“We are expressing some of the issues and frustrations we see” with antitrust regulators, Ballmer said. “Sometimes (its) unsolicited, sometimes [...]

Microsofts “beta” test version of the Outlook Social Connector, an add-on for Outlook, was first discussed last November. When a user clicks to read an e-mail message, a new pane on the main e-mail reading screen fills with the senders most recent social-networking activities. That could be that senders new Facebook status update or a [...]

Two years into his career as head of Microsofts business software unit, Elop says cloud computing and social-networking sites have created a “constructive disruption” that could be more of an opportunity than a threat. Office 2010, due by June, will include a free Web-based version for the first time, matching similar software from Google. Future [...]

On Feb. 15, Microsoft will unveil its latest effort to get back into the game. The renamed Windows Phone operating system, set to be introduced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will “move the bar forward,” Robbie Bach, president of the companys entertainment and devices division, told analysts on Jan. 7. [...]

Second-quarter net income grew 60 percent to $6.66 billion, or 74 cents a share, beating the 59-cent estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Revenue climbed 14 percent to $19 billion, boosted by a rebound in personal-computer shipments.
Microsoft has sold more than [...]

The computer will go on sale this year and was one of several machines that Ballmer showed off last night at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The sales growth from the year-earlier period is based on data from U.S. retail outlets monitored by research firm NPD Group Inc.
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But people looking to buy Word or Microsofts Office package in the U.S. wont have to go without the software. Microsoft said Tuesday it expects that new versions of the product, with the computer code in question removed, will be ready for sale when the injunction begins on Jan. 11.
Toronto-based i4i Inc. sued Microsoft in [...]

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– December: Sun Microsystems Inc. complains to EU regulators that Microsoft is refusing to supply it with the interoperability information it needs for its server software to communicate with Microsofts Windows desktop operating system.
This triggers a lengthy EU probe examining if Microsoft has abused its near-monopoly over Windows to corner other [...]