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Microsoft

Mar 5, 2015, 2:28 PM

Hands-on: Windows 10’s built-in game recording makes it easy to share awesome moments

SAN FRANCISCO–Aiming to boost Windows 10’s gamer cred, Microsoft will enhance the PC gaming experience with features that have proven… Read More

Mar 5, 2015, 10:20 AM

Microsoft launches preview of Office 2016 for Mac, full release coming later this year

Microsoft launched a public preview version of Office 2016 for Mac that allows users of Apple’s platform to get a… Read More

Mar 4, 2015, 2:23 PM

Microsoft engineer working on HoloLens augmented reality project killed in car crash

Mike Ey, a 30-year-old software engineer working on Microsoft’s HoloLens project, was killed on Saturday after another driver rear-ended him going 100 miles an… Read More

Mar 4, 2015, 12:23 PM

Microsoft announces wireless adapter that lets Xbox owners bring their controllers to the PC

SAN FRANCISCO–Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed a new wireless adapter at Microsoft’s keynote session at the Game Developers Conference designed… Read More

Mar 4, 2015, 10:51 AM

Live from GDC: Microsoft’s Phil Spencer on Windows 10 and the future of games

Xbox head Phil Spencer will take the stage here at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to talk about… Read More

Mar 4, 2015, 9:24 AM

Microsoft teams with Deutsche Telekom to promote Lumia sales in Europe

Microsoft has inked a partnership with Deutsche Telekom to promote its line of Windows-powered Lumia smartphones to users in Europe.… Read More

Mar 4, 2015, 6:07 AM

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gets its own system update preview program

Owners of the nearly decade-old Xbox 360 console will soon get a chance to sign up for their very own… Read More

Mar 2, 2015, 12:31 PM

Microsoft continues its cross-platform march with a universal foldable keyboard

Android? iOS? Windows? Microsoft doesn’t care. Or, at least, its newly announced foldable keyboard doesn’t. The company today unveiled the… Read More

Mar 2, 2015, 10:53 AM

Microsoft reportedly eyeing purchase of social news reader Prismatic, along with Apple and Yahoo

Microsoft is interested in expanding its recent acquisition spree by picking up social reader application Prismatic, a social reader application, according to… Read More

Feb 26, 2015, 3:54 PM

Microsoft encourages employees to donate their time to non-profits with new program

Microsoft just launched a new Tech Talent for Good program that encourages its employees to get out into the community and… Read More

Feb 26, 2015, 12:50 PM

Immigration attorney: H-1B visa changes will benefit – and may create – tech startups

On the heels of a new U.S. Department of Homeland Security move this week to allow work permits for some spouses of… Read More

News Brief
Feb 26, 2015, 12:24 PM

Microsoft will shut down two manufacturing plants in China

When Microsoft acquired Nokia’s devices and services business last year, the deal included some of the company’s manufacturing plants. Around… Read More

Feb 26, 2015, 11:49 AM

Microsoft’s mind-blowing vision of the future: 3D holograms, smart surfaces, next-gen wearables, and ‘fluid mobility’

What will the world be like in another 5 to 10 years? Microsoft is answering that question with a new… Read More

Feb 26, 2015, 9:10 AM

Your next nurse may be powered by Kinect

Okay, open wide. Wait, I can’t see clearly. Could you step a little closer to the Kinect? That imaginary dialogue may… Read More

Feb 25, 2015, 10:02 AM

Your chance to avert a global crisis! Microsoft to power diplomatic simulations at new U.S. museum

Visitors to the upcoming U.S. Diplomacy Center will use Microsoft technologies including the large-screen Surface Hub computer, Bing Maps and Skype… Read More

Feb 25, 2015, 9:55 AM

Microsoft Garage rolls up its doors to reveal new Android, Windows Phone apps

Open the Garage bay doors, Redmond. For the second time since October, Microsoft has rolled out a fleet of cross-platform apps… Read More

Feb 25, 2015, 5:00 AM

Top tech internships of 2015: How Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and other giants rank

For the best internship experience at a tech company with an interview of only average difficulty, pick Facebook. The social network tops… Read More

Feb 24, 2015, 4:00 PM

Microsoft drops support for Facebook, Google chat from Outlook.com

Microsoft is dropping support for Facebook and Google chat from its Outlook.com web-based email service. In an email to Outlook.com… Read More

Feb 24, 2015, 12:45 PM

Apple takes smartphone market share from Android thanks to strong iPhone sales

  Apple’s strong sales of iPhones during the fourth quarter of 2014 gave the company a greater piece of the… Read More

Feb 23, 2015, 10:26 AM

Microsoft Band gets first big update: Cycling app, web dashboard, SDK and more

Microsoft this morning issued the first major software update for its 3 month-old Microsoft Band fitness tracker and smartwatch — including… Read More

Feb 23, 2015, 6:02 AM

Chef and Microsoft team up to enhance Azure’s automation

Microsoft and Chef announced a partnership today focused on helping businesses automate their cloud workloads and move them into the… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 1:14 PM

Microsoft updates Windows Defender to protect against problematic Lenovo adware

Microsoft has updated Windows Defender to help users clean up after a piece of adware that was pre-installed on some… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 8:04 PM

Amazon Web Services dominates cloud survey, but Microsoft Azure gains traction

Amazon Web Services continues to dominate cloud computing, with 57 percent of technical professionals saying in a new survey that… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 11:00 AM

Microsoft boosts Azure’s big data chops with general availability of Machine Learning service

Microsoft Azure is getting new capabilities to handle big data workloads. The company announced a host of new features in… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 4:00 PM

Microsoft reportedly opening up Xbox One app development later this year

Xbox One users can look forward to a bunch of new apps on their home console later this year. According… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 9:23 AM

Microsoft Office adds cloud support for Box, iCloud Drive and more

Microsoft opened up its Office productivity suite for integration with outside cloud storage providers today, giving users the ability to easily access files… Read More

Feb 16, 2015, 10:24 AM

Microsoft says its cloud services are first to adopt new privacy standard

Microsoft announced today that its cloud services are compliant with a new international standard for privacy. Called ISO 27018 (it just… Read More

Feb 13, 2015, 1:03 PM

Google changes security disclosure policy, offers 14-day grace period to patch vulnerabilities

Google is changing its security disclosure policy after Microsoft criticized it for releasing information about a vulnerability two days before… Read More

Feb 13, 2015, 10:51 AM

Microsoft starts touting partnership with Real Madrid, debuts ‘fan sticker album’

The new partnership between Microsoft and Real Madrid is starting to take shape. Microsoft, the “official technological partner” of Real… Read More

Feb 13, 2015, 9:11 AM

Microsoft apps on Samsung’s Galaxy S6? Here’s why it makes sense

A report this week by the SamMobile news site, saying that Samsung will pre-install Microsoft apps on the upcoming Galaxy S6… Read More

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