Sources: IGN
The United States Federal Trade Commission announces that they will sue in an attempt to block Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard, citing concerns that the deal would give Microsoft too much control over certain parts of the gaming industry. 2022-12-8
American retailer Walmart announces its partnership with Microsoft for a bid to acquire the Chinese-based video sharing service TikTok, which faces a ban in the United States through President Donald Trump's executive order if its parent company ByteDance fails to sell the app's operations to an American corporation. 2020-08-27
In a move that surprised insiders, Microsoft beats Amazon Web Services to win a $10 billion cloud computing contract with the United States Department of Defense. 2019-10-25
Amid a public backlash, Microsoft reneges on its decision to end its Paint program and states that it will be placed on its app store rather than bundled with future editions of Windows. 2017-07-25
The release also includes programs targeting Microsoft Windows operating systems. Microsoft announces that it had already fixed most (but not all) of these exploits. 2017-04-14
The smartphone wars are re-ignited, as Rockstar Consortium, a company owned by companies including Apple and Microsoft, starts wide-ranging legal action against Google, Samsung, and other makers of Android phones. 2013-11-1
Smartphone wars: Microsoft wins a much-watched lawsuit, with a federal judge finding that Motorola had breached agreements about the licensing of its patents. 2013-09-5
The European Commission fines Microsoft €561 million for failing to provide residents of the European Union with a selection of web browsers as an alternative to Internet Explorer. 2013-03-6
Steve Ballmer, the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, promises that Windows 8 will be on the market in 2012. 2011-05-23
Microsoft issues a patch for a serious security hole in Internet Explorer 6 after France and Germany advised their citizens to change browsers. 2010-01-20