WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates is steering his software empire onto a new strategic heading, putting security and privacy ahead of new capabilities in the company's products. In an e-mail...

...Microsoft Corp. expects a warmer welcome from a higher court when it appeals a federal judge's order to split up its software empire. But it is no sure bet. Past victories in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia do not guarantee...

...federal judge ruled Friday that Microsoft is a monopoly, a decision that could lead to serious sanctions against the software empire built by Bill Gates. The decision by U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to apply the monopoly label is...

...list of the world's top billionaires for the third straight year, and he's pulling away from the pack as his software empire rides the stock market's record-setting wave. Gates' net worth doubled to $36.4 billion over the past year...