Although Microsoft invested $300 million in a Barnes & Noble spin-off on Monday, this isn’t the first time Microsoft played the e-book game. Typical for the company, it often has great ideas, but it ...

Software giant to discontinue downloads for the pioneering app, which launched well before the popularity of e-book reader devices. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked ...

Microsoft is officially putting their MS Reader system to bed. First made available in 2000, before e-ink readers were more than a twinkle in some materials researcher’s eye, the application was ...

It looks like the Nook Windows 8 app may be superseded by a Microsoft reading app. But the planned Nook Windows Phone app is seemingly tabled. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry ...

This story was written by Joseph Tartakoff. We’ve heard a lot lately about companies piling into the e-reader business. One company that’s not: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). Entertainment and Devices ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The free, but extremely outdated, Microsoft Reader software ...

Is this the end of a tragic tale or the start of an exciting new chapter for the partnership between Microsoft and Nook? Nearly two years back, Microsoft gave Barnes & Noble subsidiary Nook Media a ...

We've heard a lot lately about companies piling into the e-reader business. One company that's not: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). Entertainment and Devices division president Robbie Bach was asked about the ...

On March 10, Microsoft and Nook Media updated their agreement forged two years ago, according to a new 8-K filing by Barnes & Noble. Under terms of the amendment, Nook Media is allowed to discontinue ...