Microsoft

Bing Lets Users Edit Code Samples In Search Results

Microsoft's search engine now displays editable code snippets for common programming problems directly in results

9 years ago

Windows XP Is Still Running On A Tenth Of All Desktops

Veteran software remains the third most popular version of Windows, despite support ending two years ago

9 years ago

Windows 10 Preview Adds Native Bash Support

Windows 10 insiders can test out new Linux development tools, with a few caveats

9 years ago

Hyper-V Containers Headed To Windows 10

Microsoft reveals that its homegrown container technology is coming to the Windows 10 operating system

9 years ago

Microsoft Tests Ad-Free Outlook.com Premium At £2.81

Microsoft tests monthly free for Outlook.com premium, which will offer personalised email, better calendar sharing and remove adverts

9 years ago

Microsoft Rapidly Patches Serious Phishing Flaw

The bug, which could have allowed attackers to take over user accounts, was patched in 48 hours

9 years ago

Microsoft Throws Its Support Behind Blockchain

Partnership with R3 will use Microsoft Azure to help push forward acceptance of alternative currencies in the financial sector

9 years ago

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Woos Business Leaders With PCs, Productivity And Cloud

Ubiquitous computing, business processes, and cloud. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sells his company's vision at its first ever business leader-only…

9 years ago

Microsoft ‘Poaches’ Top Linux Executive From Oracle

Oracle loses Linux VP Wim Coekaerts to Redmond as Nadella prioritises open source

9 years ago

Microsoft Officially Launches Azure Service Fabric

Build 2016 - Azure Functions goes into preview as AWS Lambda rival, Azure IoT Starter Kits ready for purchase

9 years ago

Social Coding: The Origins Of IBM’s Bluemix

IBM's Bluemix cloud application development platform came out of an IBM experiment known as social coding and is now the…

9 years ago

Microsoft Is Letting Windows Phone Be (For Now)

Lack of focus on smartphones evident at Microsoft Build as company focuses attention elsewhere in 2016

9 years ago

Microsoft Looks Beyond Mouse And Keyboard With Windows 10 ‘Anniversary Update’

Free ‘Anniversary Update’ will be available to all Windows 10 users from this summer

9 years ago

Microsoft’s Malfunctioning Chatbot Briefly Returns To Twitter

Satya Nadella acknowledges Tay isn't yet up to scratch, but that bots are very much part of Microsoft's future vision

9 years ago

Microsoft Is Bringing The Linux Command Line To Windows 10

Microsoft is launching a Windows Subsystem on Linux and has partnered with Canonical to deliver ‘Ubuntu on Windows’ for Windows…

9 years ago

IT Life: Microsoft In The UK

Microsoft UK CEO Michael Van der Bel talks about his career in technology, admiration of Dyson and the power of…

9 years ago

Microsoft Apologises For Offensive Chatbot Tweets

Microsoft's artificially intelligent bot began tweeting inappropriate messages and had to be deactivated within a day

9 years ago

Microsoft Office 2016 Blocks Malicious Macros

Microsoft released a new feature in Office 2016 that helps administrators prevent macro-based malware infections

9 years ago

Google Cloud Platform Launches Full On Assault At AWS

Google's NEXT: Google launches plethora of cloud services to aid monitoring, machine learning and interoperability ahead of data centre expansion

9 years ago

Google Set For Massive Cloud Expansion With 12 New Data Centres

Google reveals plans for 12 new data centres in bid to catch up with Amazon Web Services - the first…

9 years ago

UK Lagging In Terms Of Data Centres, But Cloud Giant Expansions Will Change That

UK plays host to less than 5 percent of world's major cloud data centres, but expansions from AWS, Google, and…

9 years ago

What Are Tech’s Biggest Companies Up To In Ireland?

On St Patrick's Day, we take a look at the biggest tech firms attracted to Ireland by talent, taxes and…

9 years ago

Windows 10 Mobile ‘Set To Launch Tomorrow’

Sources reveal Microsoft’s mobile-friendly version of Windows 10 is coming on March 17

9 years ago

Microsoft Confirms It Does Accept Bitcoin After All

Yesterday's posting was "inaccurate" Microsoft admits

9 years ago

Microsoft Opens Up Minecraft For AI Testing

Microsoft's AIX aims to allow researchers to train artificial intelligence agents within the game's complex world

9 years ago

Microsoft Blocks Bitcoin Payments For Windows 10

Microsoft Store will no longer accept Bitcoin across Windows 10 or Windows 10 Mobile, Microsoft confirms

9 years ago

Microsoft Tackles Cloud Data Centre SDN With SONiC

Microsoft's latest contribution to the Open Compute Project is aimed at helping cloud data centre operators more quickly embrace efficient,…

9 years ago

HPE Launches On-Demand Machine Learning-As-A-Service

'We refer to this as 'augmented human intelligence,' so they can generate applications and build these features into their products.'…

9 years ago

Steve Ballmer: Linux Is No Longer ‘A Cancer’

Feisty ex boss of Microsoft ends hostility to Linux operating system and praises Satya Nadella's open source commitments

9 years ago

Om Malik’s Plea For Cloud Transparency Makes Perfect Sense

Blog: It's time for cloud leaders to start reporting with useful and better metrics, writes GigaOM founder Om Malik. We…

9 years ago