REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 16, 2003 — Delivering on Microsoft Corp.’s efforts to provide customers with the most useful online experience, the MSN® network of Internet services today announced MSN Encarta® ...

With the overriding objective of making learning more fun and interactive, Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division on Wednesday announced the India launch of Microsoft® Student with Encarta® ...

REDMOND, Wash., June 27, 2002 — Building on its ranking as the No. 1 best-selling encyclopedia brand,* Microsoft Corp. today launched Encarta® Reference Library 2003, offering innovative homework ...

This story was written by Joseph Tartakoff. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will discontinue both its MSN Encarta reference Web sites as well as its Encarta software, which have both been surpassed by rising ...

Strange to read about Microsoft's plan to close Encarta today, if only because I can't think of the last time that Encarta even entered my mind, and as a blogger, I'm a particularly heavy user of ...

With an already-strong technological presence in schools, Microsoft Corporation is further extending its reach into the education market. At the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) in ...

Microsoft Corp.'s Encarta multimedia encyclopedia on CD-ROM has an answer to that question. Rather, two answers. Consult the U.S., United Kingdom or German editions of Encarta and you find the ...

Microsoft is preparing to shut down Encarta, the digital encyclopedia it first launched in 1993 as a direct competitor to old reference standbys like Encyclopedia Britannica. The encyclopedia, which ...

But why? I'll admit now that Encarta hasn't always been at the forefront of my mind when researching something; nor has it been a major part of my studies, life in general or search results on Google.

Here's a repost for your consideration while I'm on vacation this week: The other day, my 13-year old was writing an essay for school and told me that “we really need an encyclopedia on our computer.” ...