Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 119 of 234

Oct 21, 2014, 6:05 AM

Search under way for missing Microsoft program manager after car found at Deception Pass

Krishna Venkatesh, a Microsoft Windows program manager, will be the subject of a search Tuesday morning at Deception Pass State Park,… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 3:40 PM

Microsoft board gives CEO Satya Nadella a $3.6M cash bonus in annual performance review

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received a cash bonus of $3.6 million for the company’s 2014 fiscal year —141 percent of his… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 3:04 PM

Microsoft launches Azure Marketplace to help companies sell cloud apps

SAN FRANCISCO — As a part of its big cloud event today, Microsoft announced the Azure Marketplace, an online market… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 1:27 PM

Microsoft boosts Azure with high-performance instances, hybrid cloud hardware

SAN FRANCISCO – Businesses that want to handle high-performance workloads in the cloud will soon have a new tool at their… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 10:52 AM

Microsoft hires longtime Amazon VP Suresh Kumar to run cloud infrastructure

Microsoft has quietly hired a veteran of Amazon’s retail business, Suresh Kumar, as its new corporate vice president in charge of… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 10:31 AM

Live from Microsoft’s cloud event in San Francisco

Microsoft is taking to the cloud once more on an overcast day here in San Francisco in a move to… Read More

Oct 19, 2014, 7:50 PM

Microsoft smartwatch could beat Apple Watch to market

Microsoft plans to announce and release its own health-tracking smartwatch “within the next few weeks,” according to a Forbes report… Read More

Oct 17, 2014, 9:47 AM

Microsoft completes ‘Halo: The Master Chief Collection’ for Nov. 11 release

Halo fans, start your energy swords. Microsoft’s 343 Industries, the internal studio responsible for the blockbuster Halo franchise for Xbox, announced this… Read More

Oct 16, 2014, 3:20 PM

Republican political candidate and former Microsoftie Pedro Celis says women are ‘less nerdy’ than men

Former Microsoft engineer Pedro Celis, a Republican who is challenging incumbent and former Microsoft exec Suzan DelBene for the seat… Read More

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Oct 16, 2014, 3:20 PM

Microsoft to hold key event for developers next month

There are three words that make a very particular subset of people very excited: new developer tools. For them, a… Read More

Oct 16, 2014, 9:37 AM

Microsoft to gather enterprise professionals around a campfire at new Ignite conference

When Microsoft announced that it wouldn’t be holding a bunch of different smaller enterprise events earlier this year, it promised a… Read More

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Oct 15, 2014, 9:51 PM

Xbox One October update: New Snap features, improved TV viewing, and more

Microsoft is starting to roll out its monthly update to the Xbox One. There are changes coming to the console’s… Read More

Oct 15, 2014, 7:46 PM

Internal Memo: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sets new diversity plan after ‘humbling’ experience

A week after his controversial comments about women and pay raises, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today again apologized for the remarks,… Read More

Oct 15, 2014, 8:51 AM

Microsoft teams with Docker to make containers work with Windows Server

Microsoft and Docker announced today that the two companies have forged a partnership targeted at bringing support for containerized applications… Read More

Oct 15, 2014, 8:13 AM

Finland prime minister blames Apple for country’s troubles

Apple’s amazing innovations over the years have caused some of the biggest names in technology to take a back seat,… Read More

Oct 14, 2014, 4:44 PM

Microsoft fixes vulnerability used in ‘Sandworm Team’ attacks

What do NATO, the Ukraine and European telecom companies all have in common? They’ve all been targeted by a hacking… Read More

Oct 14, 2014, 3:11 PM

Microsoft issuing takedown notices on YouTube videos containing Windows-related content

Update, 4:45 p.m. — Microsoft sent us a statement, citing stolen product keys embedded in YouTube comments as the reason… Read More

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Oct 14, 2014, 1:44 PM

Microsoft debuts Vine app for Xbox One

Xbox One owners can officially watch an endless amount of 7-second looping video clips, as Microsoft today debuted the Vine app… Read More

Oct 14, 2014, 9:24 AM

Skype launches Qik, an app that lets friends talk with videos

If there’s one thing the mobile app industry has right now, it’s a glut of messaging apps. Now, Microsoft has… Read More

Oct 14, 2014, 9:18 AM

Video game analyst: Xbox One finally passes PS4 in monthly U.S. sales

Update: Official NPD numbers show the PS4 still on top for the month of September. See our followup story. Giving away… Read More

Oct 13, 2014, 3:35 PM

Google’s Eric Schmidt: Our biggest search competitor is Amazon — not Microsoft or Yahoo

When it comes to competition for search engine traffic, Google isn’t most worried about Microsoft Bing or Yahoo as a threat… Read More

Oct 13, 2014, 2:04 PM

Microsoft Bing launches new election portal with predictions, personalized ballots

As November approaches quickly, Microsoft Bing today launched a new election portal that aims to help inform citizens of issues and… Read More

Oct 13, 2014, 1:01 PM

1 million people have signed up to test the next version of Windows

Two weeks ago, Microsoft launched the Windows Insider Program, a program that allows users to download and install Windows 10,… Read More

Oct 13, 2014, 10:48 AM

Women coders respond to Microsoft CEO’s controversial comments on asking for a raise

Satya Nadella set off a firestorm last week after advising women to not explicitly ask for a raise, but rather rely on “good… Read More

Oct 10, 2014, 8:48 AM

eBay, HP and Symantec: Is it time for Microsoft to join the breakup bandwagon?

eBay is doing it, so is HP. And just yesterday Symantec — a security software and storage company that was… Read More

Oct 9, 2014, 7:41 PM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella apologizes for women pay comment after backlash

Just hours after his comments about women asking for raises, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has issued an apology. During an… Read More

Oct 9, 2014, 4:09 PM

Microsoft CEO under fire for saying women should trust HR systems to deliver pay raises

Update, 6:15 p.m. — Nadella wrote an email to Microsoft employees after the interview noting that he “answered that question… Read More

Oct 9, 2014, 10:48 AM

How Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella keeps up his work-life balance

Heading up a company is a tough job, and one that can easily become all-consuming. When asked about his approach… Read More

Oct 9, 2014, 8:38 AM

Microsoft tells businesses: We’re committed to the Surface Pro 3

We are committed to the Surface Pro 3. That’s the vibe from Microsoft’s blog post today directed at businesses who may… Read More

Oct 8, 2014, 5:49 PM

Surprise! Apple now one of the world’s top 5 PC makers

Back in the 90s, anyone who said that Apple would one day be among the top five personal computer manufacturers in… Read More