The company is aiming functions long held as the domain of consumers toward businesses. The catch: For now, many features will be available only for use with Windows XP. Michael Kanellos is editor at ...

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it plans to bundle an instant-messaging service in a new version of the Windows operating system, alarming antitrust authorities and challenging the leading messaging ...

In late June, just a month before finalizing the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft decided to remove its "Messaging Everywhere" feature from that build of Windows 10. Instead, officials said, ...

Microsoft Corp. will embed its Messenger software in the Windows XP desktop, making the instant messaging (IM) tool now available through MSN readily available on a user’s desktop, the software giant ...