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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) on Thursday announced that Windows 7 users who want to run XP Mode on the operating system can now do it with the help of a patch that eliminates the need for hardware virtualization technology.

Microsoft announced the technology behind their new browser ‘Internet Explorer 9’ on Tuesday. IE 9, far more advanced than its previous versions, is expected to increase the performance parameters to the graphics processing unit (GPU).

Microsoft Corp. will be paying $106 million in damages to communication firm VirnetX Holding Corp. as the former violated two of VirnetX’s patents.

Investing can be downright puzzling. Or not, if you believe Gregory Treverton.

Santa Clara -- Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer said at a California convention it's unrealistic to think Microsoft can dethrone Google quickly, despite its Yahoo! deal.

Investment firm Elliott Associates LP offered to buy the business of Novell Inc. for $2 billion on Tuesday. Shares of Novell jumped 28 percent after the news.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) seems to be having a tough run in Europe. Its three executives were recently convicted in Italian court. Then it was slapped with an anti-trust investigation, and now European Union (EU) is targeting Google’s Maps Street View service.

The search agreement between Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is official.

Yahoo and Microsoft announced their plans to implement the 10-year agreement, under which Microsoft's technology will power Yahoo search and the two companies will share revenue generated by the site. The European Commission said Thursday that the deal would not harm the consumers.

Barcelona -- U.S. software giant Microsoft said Monday mobile phone software offered the company a chance to break from the past with its Windows Phone.