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 ...

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 ...

Newfangled electronic book readers, such as the RCA REB1100, have been popping up lately on the market--all trying to become the next digital fad. But for owners of Pocket PC devices, there is a cheap ...

“Christian Bioethics,” the new book from H.E Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, has been released as an eBook in the Microsoft® Reader format. Attending the event were Cardinal Tettamanzi, archbishop of ...

In a move aimed at bolstering the use of its Microsoft Reader program, the software giant announced on Wednesday that it would offer free downloads of e-book bestsellers over a 20-week period.

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 ...

The tale of Microsoft's relationship with bookseller Barnes & Noble got a new twist this week, as details about a new reader app surface. The details were packed away in a B&N 8-K Securities and ...

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 ...