LAS VEGAS - Rival Google Inc. may be nipping at its heels, but Microsoft Corp. wasn't flashing any defeatist signs Wednesday as it showcased its latest plans to help make living in the digital world safer, easier and more fun.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it will license its Windows source code to comply with a European Union antitrust ruling.

LOS ANGELES - Someday the phrase "Coming soon to a theater near you" could be replaced with "Coming soon to a Wal-Mart near you."

March 28, 2005

NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. and its hardware partners are trying to bridge the divide between home computers and TV sets this holiday season with the release of several "media extenders."

LAS VEGAS - There’s an old saying that captures all the big announcements last week at the annual Consumer Electronics Show here: "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."

Decades of studies linking TV and video games to overweight, violent, socially isolated, consumerized, sexualized children were bolstered by another series of reports released Monday.

Decades of studies linking TV and video games to overweight, violent, socially isolated, consumerized, sexualized children were bolstered by another series of reports released Monday.

May 3, 2005

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is preparing to roll out a portable digital music player later this year, an apparent bid to capture a slice of the market now dominated by the iPod, music industry executives said Thursday.

NEW YORK - Since its launch in March, video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place to catch TV shows, video clips and movies for free on the Web.

LUXEMBOURG - Microsoft lost its appeal of a European antitrust order Monday that obliges the technology giant to share communications code with rivals, sell a copy of Windows without Media Player and pay a $613 million fine - the largest ever by EU regulators.

Q: I’m having a problem with my Windows Media Player playing DVDs. I am able to play other video clips perfectly in the program but whenever I try to run a DVD it comes up with either an error message or the DVD will play without any video. - Ryan

NEW YORK - Tired of Windows? The next generation of laptops may let you jump from one operating system to another to play movies, surf the Web or read e-mail.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union is assessing more complaints about the compliance of Microsoft Corp. with a landmark antitrust ruling, saying it was checking whether the Windows version the company was forced to produce without Media Player was technically up to standard.

March 31, 2005

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Microsoft Corp. and a British digital music provider teamed on Thursday to launch the first pan-European service selling songs over the Internet on a pay-as-you-go basis.

LUXEMBOURG - The European Commission forced the world's largest software maker to offer a product no one wanted and no one bought, Microsoft Corp. told a European Union court on Monday as it began trying to overturn a landmark antitrust ruling.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Microsoft is still trying to monopolize new markets even after settling the landmark antitrust case in the United States, the European Union charged Wednesday as it prepared to demand its own concessions from the U.S. software giant.

East Valley-based US Airways will conduct a live audio webcast of its annual meeting of shareholders 6 a.m. Thursday, June 14.

Q. Can you explain how to set a password for Windows XP? When I leave my computer, I’d like to be sure that nobody else can access it. Thanks very much, Mr. Modem, and thanks for being there for all of us!

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union declared Microsoft Corp. guilty of abusing its "near monopoly" with Windows to foil competitors in other markets and hit the software giant with a record $613 million fine Wednesday.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union said Friday it will resist announcing a deadline for its four-year antitrust investigation of Microsoft Corp.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Microsoft Corp. said Monday it made "tough concessions" in changes it proposed to ensure its Windows software complies with European Union antitrust rules.