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 ...

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 ...

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 24, 2001 — At a conceptual level, the basics of reading haven’t changed much through the centuries. Words or symbols embedded on a solid surface — whether stone tablets, scrolls ...

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 ...

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 ...

I found it interesting, like The Register did, that Microsoft is continuing to tout e-readers as one of the platforms on which its Metro user interface will be available. Microsoft Chief Operating ...

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 ...

Microsoft is helping people read and understand text with its Immersive Reader. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft's ...