Sources: IGN
Microsoft ends support for Windows 8.1 and security updates for Windows 7. 2023-01-10
Microsoft announces that it will discontinue support for Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022. 2021-05-20
Microsoft announces a $1.5 billion investment in Italy, as part of its expansion of cloud computing services around the world. 2020-05-8
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
Microsoft says a network of hackers linked to the Iranian government has attempted to access the email accounts of people associated with a 2020 presidential election campaign, as well as prominent Iranian expatriates in the United States. Microsoft has not named the specific campaign which was targeted by Iran. 2019-10-4
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his team of researchers find the "Musashi", one of Japan's biggest and most famous battleships which was sunk by American forces in 1944, on the floor of the Sibuyan Sea. 2015-03-4
Google and Samsung have asked an agency of the government of the People's Republic of China to impose limiting conditions on a proposed merger of Microsoft and Nokia. 2014-03-3
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
An influential investor and stock trader, David Einhorn, demands the resignation of Steve Ballmer, the CEO of software giant Microsoft, speaking at the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference. 2011-05-25
Microsoft launches two new mobile phones marketed to young people. The phones, the Kin One and Kin Two, are built around their social networking features. 2010-04-12