A group of hackers have reverse-engineered Microsoft's activation code and released a set of PowerShell scripts that anyone can run. Is it legal? And if you use these scripts, will you get caught?

Microsoft is back at the negotiation table to acquire the US operations of TikTok, according to President Donald Trump. This comes after previous acquisition attempts of the social media company ...

History repeats itself, quickly it seems, as U.S. President Trump confirms that Microsoft is indeed in the running to buy TikTok. Over the weekend, we shared reports that Microsoft and Oracle were ...

Microsoft emerged as a top bidder in 2020, but the talks soon collapsed, and Trump's divestment push ended a few months later when he left office. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called that deal the ...

Cutting corners: Microsoft introduced Windows Server Update Services in 2005 as an improvement over previous software update mechanisms, designed for Windows patch downloads and servicing.

Microsoft is shuttering its only UK retail store, less than six years after the doors of the Oxford Circus location were first opened to the public. El Reg showed up with the rest of the public back ...

The rebranding coincides with a recent price increase for Microsoft 365 subscriptions, justified by the integration of Copilot into the base plan. The company had previously rebranded MS Office as ...