After years of rumours and speculation, Microsoft might finally be ready to open its first retail store in the UK. Retail Week reports that the company is in advanced talks with The Crown Estate (the commercial business that controls land and holdings belonging to the royal family) to move into 255-259 Regent Street in London's lucrative Oxford Circus shopping district.

Update: Microsoft has now confirmed Retail Week's report. Details are scarce, but the company will definitely open its first UK store in Regent Street in the near future.