Sources: IGN
Microsoft confirms it has discovered malicious software in its operating systems related to a mass data breach targeting the federal government of the United States. 2020-12-17
Microsoft issues an emergency patch for its Internet Explorer browser to close a vulnerability that allowed cybercriminals to install malware via boobytrapped websites. 2019-09-24
Linux kernel developers, Apple, Google and Microsoft release emergency patches for their products to mitigate ZombieLoad. 2019-05-14
Microsoft announces that it is acquiring code repository GitHub for US$7.5 billion in stock, pending regulatory review. 2018-06-4
Business leaders from various U.S. companies, including Facebook, Marriott International, JPMorgan Chase, and Microsoft, lobby to members of Congress to work on a permanent solution for DREAMers to stay legally in the country, many of whom are their employees. 2017-09-6
The U.S. company Microsoft has sued the United States, alleging that it has been prevented from disclosing warrants to the company's customers in violation of the company's constitutional rights. 2016-04-14
Bloomberg News reports Verizon Communications plans a bid for Yahoo Inc.'s Web business, including Yahoo Japan Corp., next week. Google, Time Inc., and private equity funds Bain and TPG are considering bidding for Yahoo's core business. AT&T Inc., Comcast, and Microsoft Corp. reportedly aren't interested. 2016-04-7
Mali appoints Cheick Modibo Diarra, Microsoft chairman for Africa and a former NASA astrophysicist, as its interim prime minister after a coup d'état. 2012-04-17
Microsoft lodged an antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission. 2011-04-1
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