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 ...

With Microsoft putting $300,000,000 into Barnes and Noble's Nook business, the Windows 8 maker just bought itself something that could come in handy with that whole iPad killer strategy it's got going ...

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are joining hands to form a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that’ll be dubbed “Newco” (get it?) until someone comes up with a better name. The “strategic” venture, into ...

Barnes and Noble is heavily invested in the Microsoft Windows 8 ecosystem with their Nook Reading app. It allows customers to purchase eBooks and magazines and read them on their computer or tablet, ...

There’s no way to know whether the next NOOK Tablet will be based on Windows 8, although there’s certainly a chance it will be. If it is based on Windows 8 rather than Android, here’s how it might ...

An offshoot of the investment by Microsoft into the new NOOK subsidiary of Barnes & Noble may be having Windows 8 instead of Android powering the next NOOK Tablet. That would boost Windows 8 and ...

Microsoft investment put an end to a patent lawsuit, but not much else. What a terrible deal for Microsoft. I would have called them my strategic partner and made them promises of work that I never ...

According to an article posted by NextPowerUp, the Barnes & Noble rolled out its official app for Windows 8.1 in 32 countries, and in 21 languages as well. It grants users access to their purchased ...

Want to turn your Windows RT or Windows 8 tablet into a giant, overpriced eReader? Amazon and Kobo have already released digital book apps optimized for Microsoft’s new touch-friendly operating ...

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble just became unlikely allies, and ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley thinks that could pave the way for a Nook reader running the next version of Windows. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley ...

Barnes & Noble will stop offering a stand-alone Nook app for Windows and instead deliver Nook media to Microsoft's Consumer Reader app. Microsoft, which took a 6.8 percent stake in the Nook unit in ...

Both Barnes & Noble and Amazon announced new versions of their e-readers on Tuesday: a touchscreen e-ink Nook and a Kindle 3G with "special offers," in an ongoing price war, while Microsoft previewed ...