Microsoft has prevailed in a lawsuit that accused the company of pushing OEMs to force consumers who wanted to run Windows XP to buy a computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7 first, before they ...

A federal judge has dismissed a year-old lawsuit against Microsoft over alleged antitrust violations for the "downgrade" rules it set for Windows Vista and XP. The order issued Monday by U.S. District ...

Here’s the deal. Dell agreed to Microsoft’s plan of allowing Windows XP sales after June 30, but at a surcharge over installing Vista. How much of one? $20 to $50. ComputerWorld says that customers ...

Microsoft Corp. Monday said it would offer free technical support to small businesses that buy new PCs with Windows Vista in the next three months, its latest attempt to convince users that moving to ...