Hit products like Windows and the Xbox became household... Microsoft turns 50: A look back at everything from the Altair to the Zune It all started with two kids who shared a geeky hobby.

Encarta was quickly swamped by Wikipedia and Zune was no match for Apple’s iPod. Windows Phone remains one of the greatest strategic blunders in the company’s history. In order to secure the ...

U.S. consumers may have to pay even more than the announced $449 price tag for the Nintendo Switch 2. The video game company said on Friday that preorders for the hotly anticipated console will be ...

He didn't give up his phone. "I'm an American citizen. I'm not worried about being deported," Makled said he recalled thinking to himself in the airport interrogation room. "So, I tell them ...

I forgive you—it's the sort of thing only tech nerds cared about when Microsoft debuted new interfaces sporting the Metro design language on the Zune and the Windows Phone 7. If you missed ...

Tim Stevens is a veteran editor, analyst, and expert in the tech and automotive industries. He helmed CNET's automotive coverage for nine years and acted as Vice President of Content. Prior to that, ...

Microsoft's attempts to compete — like the Zune, its 2006 ill-fated answer to the iPod — didn't pan out. Likewise, the Windows Phone and the Kin, Microsoft's 2010 forays into smartphones, were a bust.

Microsoft's attempts to compete — like the Zune, its 2006 ill-fated answer to the iPod — didn't pan out. Likewise, the Windows Phone and the Kin, Microsoft's 2010 forays into smartphones ...