(By Mani) Shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) are up 31.3 percent year-to-date (YTD), outperforming both the NASDAQ and S&P 500 by about 1500 basis points, yet shares currently trade for just 11 times the street's fiscal 2014 earnings ...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was fired up to unveil its new Xbox One gaming and entertainment console this week, but that enthusiasm didn't seem to carry over to those in attendance at the launch event.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was once at the forefront of the personal computer market, but largely missed the mobile market that now drives the industry.

After rolling out an attack ad last month -- crashing a wedding of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung fans -- Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is throwing another punch. The software giant's new television commercial ruthlessly attacks Apple Inc.

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) also gave up ground, falling 1.3%, as investors appeared to question whether the company's new Xbox One could live up to its initial hype.

Put trading has picked up on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) today, with roughly 51,000 of them changing hands -- a 19% bump over typical intraday trading volume.

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Lessons are meant to be learned. Windows Vista faced uptake issues because, aside from being slow and having software compatibility bugs, it was also too complex for the layman user and presented incompatibility ...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been basking in its own revelry since it made its big announcement of the new Xbox One gaming and entertainment console - though the reaction from the press, bloggers and techies has been less than ...