Although Microsoft has an overwhelming share in the PC OS, the hardware business is not necessarily smooth sailing, and it is decided that the production of the Microsoft brand mouse and keyboard will ...

Microsoft launched the ActiMates range in 1997 with a plushie of the most recognizable purple talking dinosaur from the 1990s ...

ActiMates was launched as a joint venture between Microsoft and the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and was heralded as an "innovative-early learning system for children ages 2 to 5." In November of ...

Microsoft decides to try its hand at toys, with a line of talking dolls based on licensed characters from PBS's kiddie shows. Plush versions of Barney and the Teletubbies (with silicon guts) are ...