Stories by Gregg Keizer

Two months after Microsoft ended support for Windows XP, the catastrophic wave of exploits security experts expected to wash over the aged operating system have failed to materialize.

eBay on Friday put a notice on its home page urging users to change their passwords after security experts criticized it for failing to promptly alert customers about a massive break-in and data theft.

If Satya Nadella is celebrating his first 100 days as CEO of Microsoft today, no one can blame him, a corporate leadership expert said.

Hackers are already exploiting an Internet Explorer vulnerability left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and security experts said.

It's Patch Tuesday for Microsoft, but Windows XP users aren't getting any of the security updates. Get used to it, the company says.

By switching to a non-Microsoft browser, Windows XP users can halve the number of vulnerabilities that apply to the OS, according to a survey of flaws Microsoft fixed in the second half of 2013.

Microsoft has informed customers that cyber-criminals are exploiting an unpatched and critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) using "drive-by" attacks.

Windows XP and Windows 8 returned to their traditional pattern in March, with the soon-to-be-retired XP losing the most user share since December while Windows 8 gained ground.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's first public appearance last week was a hit with analysts, who gave him a thumbs up for his time on stage as the company unveiled Office for iPad.

Microsoft said that it would launch a new version of Office for Mac before the end of the year, but won't discuss details until the second half of 2014.

Apple's chief financial officer, Peter Oppenheimer, a long-familiar voice to Wall Street on the company's quarterly earnings calls, will retire at the end of September.

Two of Microsoft's top executives will leave the company, including its head of marketing and the former CEO of Skype.

Microsoft grossly overestimated the loyalty of those it thought were its most steadfast customers when it asked them to help get friends and family members to dump Windows XP, a corporate communications expert said.

The chairwoman of Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit that funds the development of Firefox, is defending the decision to pursue in-browser ads, saying that it's important to generate revenue.

Microsoft will call it quits not only on Windows XP in less than two months, but will pull the plug on Office 2003 the same day.