When we were listening to Steve Ballmer's comments about Microsoft's 'all in' approach to HTML5, we couldn't shake one nagging thought - what about Silverlight? The company's multi-platform 'Flash killer' was designed to enable many of the same web-based multimedia experiences as HTML5, so could this be a subtle farewell for the platform?

Ed Fries reveals the tumultuous 24 months that led to the launch of Microsoft's console.

Apple boss made angry Ballmer call when Xbox bought Mac experts and Halo creators Bungie.

From an app store to faster boot times and facial recognition, Windows 8 promises to bring some of the biggest changes for Windows yet. Here's what we know so far.

Enterprises now in the midst of migrating to Windows 7 are unlikely to repeat that same work in just two years with Windows 8, an analyst said today.

Microsoft is likely to court criticism with the news that its new retail store at Minneapolis' Mall of America is directly opposite an existing Apple store. Pioneer Press have been down to scope out the storefront, and say that it's roughly twice as wide and significantly deeper than Apple's retail presence in the mall.

Linden Lab refuses to confirm or deny such reports. According to here. Other sources tell TechEye Microsoft did make a bid. Linden Lab, the creator of virtual playground for the single and lonely that isn't WoW, Second Life, might have been bought up by Microsoft this week.

Microsoft has released a video explaining the perfect conditions for setting up the Kinect sensor, and has inadvertently pinpointed some of the upcoming device's shortfalls. While the video obviously spins Kinect's optimum environment in a positive light, its developers do concede that some conditions will have an adverse effect.

Microsoft has re-iterated its non-Blu-ray stance this week, explaining in an interview that the hi-def disc format favoured by Sony and its PS3 is 'being passed by'. Microsoft has always vehemently defended its decision to not add a costly Blu-ray drive to the Xbox 360 system.

Tech kingpin Microsoft has confirmed that a number of avid Halo: Reach gamers have been unable to play their copies of the franchise's latest title instead being presented with a disc read error when they attempt to launch the game.

This decade, and today, IE9 launched to applause, excitement, and a relatively large number of excited developers — all things we saw very little of ten years ago, and potentially a significant indicator that Microsoft could be yet again having a comeback.

The Microsoft Surface tables we've seen so far are a little hefty to put it mildly but principal researcher Bill Buxton says we'll see a radically thinner version headed for our homes within the next three years. Are you ready for a camera-packing Microsoft Surface with image recognition skills built in to your dining table?

Microsoft has launched a new webcam dubbed LifeCam Studio with a Full HD (1080p) sensor. The LifeCam Studio features 360-degree view range, improved auto focus and Microsoft's TrueColor and ClearFrame technologies, which keep the colors bright and the video smooth even under low-light conditions.

Well, we can say that the folks from Redmond definitely have a morbid sense of humor. In celebration of the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft held a mock funeral for two of the stars of the smartphone community: the Apple iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry.

The gamer, Josh Moore from Fort Gay, West Virginia, found his account suspended and then received a threat of cancellation without refund after entering Fort Gay in his profile. Apparently Microsoft thought that this was in breach of Xbox Live's rules.

Microsoft just received confirmation of a patent that hands the company the intellectual property of shutting an operating system down.

Microsoft Russia's press site, on August 25, posted information and a photo that seem to be connected to the coming IE 9 beta. (The site has since pulled their post, but I grabbed the information and screen shot in the nick of time.)

Microsoft invited T3 for a UK exclusive, all-access tour round the labs at the company's HQ in Redmond, Seattle to see exactly how Kinect works, and the work that's gone into it. Kinect is made up of three distinct subsystems that each marries hardware and software.

Microsoft has some sort of new hardware product in the works, and it's revealing it only one tiny corner at a time. The kooky crew from Redmond created a new Twitter account '@msfthardware' and has been using it to send out subtle clues about its latest creation.

The day has arrived when Windows 7 is finally being used on more computers that Microsoft' Vista operating system, a mere ten months after Windows 7 was released to the public last October.