Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 74 of 234

Jun 19, 2017, 4:24 PM

What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs

As promised, some of the world’s top tech CEOs from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google and many others met… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 9:20 AM

Trump to talk policy with tech CEOs Bezos, Nadella, Cook and others in Washington D.C.

Follow-up: What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs An all-star contingent of tech CEOs will meet Monday… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 12:15 PM

Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition might take some cloud revenue off Microsoft’s table

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Friday also took a major customer away from its closest rival in the… Read More

Jun 15, 2017, 9:24 AM

Why Amazon (and others) might want to acquire Slack

There’s not much of a dilemma as to why Amazon might consider buying Slack for $9 billion; just about any… Read More

Jun 14, 2017, 10:43 AM

Waka waka waka wow! Microsoft researchers use AI to gobble up record score on Ms. Pac Man

The Ms. in “Ms. Pac-Man” might as well stand for Microsoft now. The software giant has achieved the highest score… Read More

Jun 14, 2017, 7:00 AM

Associated Press to pilot Microsoft’s Power BI for data analysis and visualization

The Associated Press will use Microsoft’s Power BI technology to create and share interactive graphics for large-scale data journalism projects… Read More

Jun 13, 2017, 4:06 PM

Reviews: Microsoft’s Surface Laptop is a winner … but Windows 10 S is less of a hit

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop starts shipping tomorrow, and for those interested but still unsure of the device, the wide world… Read More

Jun 13, 2017, 3:30 PM

Microsoft’s open-source redemption tour continues, joins Cloud Foundry Foundation

Microsoft’s once-unthinkable evolution into a major open-source player continued Tuesday with its decision to join the Cloud Foundry Foundation. Microsoft… Read More

Jun 12, 2017, 10:42 AM

Microsoft releases Power BI Premium, expanding reach of data visualization technology

Microsoft released a new premium version of its Power BI data visualization software, with a flexible distribution and pricing model… Read More

Jun 12, 2017, 9:18 AM

Microsoft wins U.S. Supreme Court ruling in decade-old case over scratched Xbox 360 games

Microsoft won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a complex case that goes back close to a decade, involving scratched… Read More

Jun 11, 2017, 3:54 PM

Microsoft: Xbox One backward compatibility expanding to original Xbox games

Now there’s a logo you wouldn’t have expected to see at Microsoft’s 2017 Xbox E3 press event. That’s the original Microsoft… Read More

Jun 11, 2017, 2:10 PM

Microsoft unveils Project Scorpio console as ‘Xbox One X,’ set to debut Nov. 7 for $499

Updated with pricing and other details. Microsoft just announced that its new “Xbox One X” console, previously code-named Project Scorpio,… Read More

Jun 8, 2017, 10:37 AM

Microsoft agrees to acquire Hexadite to beef up Windows 10 security automation

Microsoft said it has agreed to acquire Hexadite, a Boston company that automates investigations of cyberattacks and improves defenses in… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 3:56 PM

Cloudy with a chance of profit: Cloud drives value for tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft

Three hundred billion dollars and growing: that is the size of the cloud market in front of Amazon, Microsoft and… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 10:59 AM

Apptio, which helps CIOs monitor IT spend, reveals which cloud platforms customers are adopting

Apptio sits at a unique position in today’s rapidly-changing enterprise technology world, as the Bellevue, Wash.-based publicly-traded company helps CIOs understand spending… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 10:41 AM

Microsoft Azure chief Scott Guthrie on competing with Amazon, and standing out in the cloud

Amazon and Microsoft are at the top of the food chain in the growing cloud world, battling for everything from customers… Read More

Jun 6, 2017, 10:20 AM

Microsoft hit with anti-trust complaint from Russian cybersecurity firm over Windows Defender

Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab said it has filed complaints with regulators in Germany as well as the European Union… Read More

Jun 5, 2017, 9:46 AM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to headline GeekWire Summit following debut of upcoming book

We’re excited to announce that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be a featured speaker at the 2017 GeekWire Summit in Seattle in October,… Read More

Jun 2, 2017, 9:15 AM

When standards aren’t standard: Inside a growing movement to shape the booming cloud industry

What’s the best way to shepherd the promising technologies underpinning a sea change in computing? The Cloud Native Computing Foundation… Read More

Jun 1, 2017, 12:13 PM

Microsoft goes along for ‘The Ride,’ uses Kinect to produce unique motion-activated art of bike race

The art of cycling took on a whole new meaning during last month’s Amgen Tour of California, thanks to a… Read More

Jun 1, 2017, 8:38 AM

Microsoft gives Skype a Snap-y new redesign, adds Stories-like feature and custom options

Microsoft this morning announced a redesign of Skype that will look pretty familiar to Snapchat users. Billed by the company as… Read More

May 31, 2017, 12:56 PM

Why the Pacific Northwest will be a data center powerhouse for years to come

Abundant clean energy sources, business friendly tax incentives, and new undersea fiber-optic cables will keep the Pacific Northwest as one… Read More

May 31, 2017, 12:06 PM

Kleiner Perkins’ Meeker: Concerns over cloud vendor lock-in are soaring

As part of this year’s sprint through more than 300 slides on the state of technology, Kleiner Perkins’ Mary Meeker… Read More

May 31, 2017, 10:58 AM

Charts: Tech giants Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are world’s most valuable companies

Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report is out, and the 355-page dive into all things tech shows just how big… Read More

May 31, 2017, 9:00 AM

Microsoft’s Deis releases Draft, another gateway drug to Kubernetes

Microsoft’s newest acquisition has joined the ranks of companies making the container-orchestration platform Kubernetes easier to use with the release… Read More

May 25, 2017, 6:00 AM

Microsoft game-streaming service Beam is now ‘Mixer,’ with new features to take on Amazon’s Twitch

Nine months after Microsoft’s Xbox group acquired Beam, the game streaming service is getting a new name and a host… Read More

May 24, 2017, 12:49 PM

Microsoft reportedly eyeing Israeli security company Hexadite

If you want security talent, you go to Israel. Microsoft has reportedly bought Hexadite, a security company using artificial intelligence… Read More

May 23, 2017, 6:01 AM

Microsoft’s new ‘Windows 10 China Government Edition’ lets country use its own encryption

Microsoft this morning officially confirmed a new version of Windows designed for use by the Chinese government and state-owned entities,… Read More

May 23, 2017, 5:00 AM

Microsoft unveils new Surface Pro and ‘fastest digital pen on the planet’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwWs2jIy4js Microsoft just announced the next generation of its popular Surface Pro at an event in Shanghai. It’s the successor… Read More

May 22, 2017, 10:20 AM

Cult TV classic ‘Twin Peaks’ returns with familiar faces — including Microsoft’s Surface

David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” a cult classic TV show set and taped in Washington state, returned this weekend with a follow-on… Read More