Way back in the year 2000—before the iPhone, before Facebook, before MySpace, and before 9/11—Microsoft launched Microsoft Reader, a free desktop application designed to serve as a digital reading ...

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 ...

It looks like the Nook Windows 8 app may be superseded by a Microsoft reading app.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 ...

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 ...