Lego’s online dream

A Microsoft alliance is one way to regain the interest of tech-savvy kids, says Chloe Veltman

The all-in-one box of tricks

Two packages from Microsoft claim to offer the one-hit solution. While they have their fans, they have been criticised for unnecessary extras while missing essential features, says Guy Clapperton

Hackers caused site breach, says Microsoft

Software giant Microsoft admitted late last night that it was the victim of hackers who left millions of customers without access to popular services like Hotmail and Expedia for most of Thursday

Microsoft loses even if it wins

In the last of our exclusive book extracts about the software group's battle, the consensus is that a latter-day Great Gatsby has finally met his match.

State defends Microsoft trial judge

The US government yesterday staunchly defended the trial judge in the Microsoft antitrust case against accusations from the software company that he was biased and should play no part in any further proceedings.

Vista expands for Bill’s window on the world

• During the first nine months of 2000, Microsoft invested in or acquired 42 companies; at this rate, they will exceed the number of deals they made in 1999. Everywhere one looked in mid-2000, Microsoft was positioned to pounce, with a $17.8bn portfolio of equity investments in a variety of companies and $23.8bn in ready cash and marketable securities to enter new ventures.

Challengers to the crown gather strength

Bill Gates is particularly concerned about Linux, an operating system pioneered by a Finnish engineer, Linus Torvalds. Linux proclaimed itself open to all, and was converting users and provoking considerable buzz.

Judge Jackson tackles the titans

When Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson picked up his copy of the Washington Post on April 19, he read of a visit Microsoft's chief executive officer Steve Ballmer had made to the paper the previous day.

Chilly Messiah with a mission to blank out the competitive world

On the day he rails against the courts, Gates forgets to say he has just become a father again.

Gates derided as a dinosaur

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has been derided as a "dinosaur" by rivals and an arrogant "miscreant" by the US judge which ordered the break up of the company.