On Thursday, software giant reported its earnings for the April-June 2013 quarter, which is the company's fiscal fourth quarter. The figures posted by Microsoft missed the Wall Street analysts' earnings expectations for the company during the quarter; thanks largely to the accelerating slump in PC sales worldwide.

In an official blog post published on Tuesday, software giant Microsoft urged the US attorney general, Eric Holder, to "personally take action" towards approving the sharing of more information on how the company handles customer data requests that it receives from the national security agencies.

The Verge has revealed in a recent report that Microsoft is seemingly planning to announce a significant reduction in the cost of its Surface RT tablets which, the company had claimed some time back, were pushing "record revenue."

In its nine-page filing submitted with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) last week, Microsoft has asked the notoriously secretive US surveillance court to lift a gag order which prohibits the company from disclosing more information about the user-data requests that it receives from the government.

According to a Wednesday report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), software giant Microsoft and Finnish handset maker Nokia were in "advanced talks" about Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's device business; but the discussions have broken down recently, even before the talks could be made public.

The booths which the three bigwig game-console market rivals - Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo - set up at the E3 show gave an interesting peek at the strategic moves being planned by them in the near future.

The new `Windows Everywhere' commercial released recently by Microsoft highlights one single operating system which works on all Windows-based devices, ranging from smartphones to all-in-one computers.

In a recent official statement, Microsoft has confirmed that its new Xbox One gaming console will have some draconian limitations for users who want to play used, or share games, or play games without an Internet connection.