Microsoft confirms the Xbox One will be region-locked, a spokesperson confirms. Will This push gamers in favor of the PS4?

Microsoft confirmed that all Xbox One games will require mandatory installation onto the system's hard drive and installing the same disc onto another gamers drive requires a fee.

A partnership from Microsoft and NFL will bring exclusive content to the next gen console Xbox One.

The first-ever tablet from Microsoft, Surface RT, stole most of the headlines when the company released the device last fall, but Micropsft still has another, and arguably superior, tablet coming at the end of January: The Surface Pro.

After announcing the entry level model of its upcoming Surface Pro tablet would be priced at $899 earlier this week, Microsoft let another intriguing detail slip about its new device: the Pro will reportedly have "approximately half the battery life of Surface RT," according to company's Surface twitter account.

The 64GB standalone version of the Surface will sell at $899 and the 128GB standalone version will go at $999.

Consumer sales of Windows-powered personal computers fell 21 percent overall last month, figures released by a leading retail research firm showed on Thursday, indicating a lackluster debut for Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 operating system.

Microsoft unveiled its new tablet last week.

Software giant Microsoft is ready to introduce measures that would address the European Union's antitrust concerns about users' ability to chose between different browsers, European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said on Saturday.

Apple Inc's decisive triumph over Samsung Electronics in the most closely watched patent trial in years could open the door for Microsoft Corp to finally hop on board the mobile boom as manufacturers of Android-based smartphones and tablets weigh their legal risks.