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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

Microsoft Browsers Fixed In Latest Patch Tuesday

Microsoft's Edge and Internet Explorer browsers gain fixes for critical flaws in latest security update

9 years ago

Skype Ends Support For Smart TV Applications

Skype will halt development of smart TV apps to focus on other clients, but says its up to manufacturers whether…

9 years ago

Microsoft Previews SQL Server For Linux

The move is Microsoft's latest to accommodate the popular open source platform

9 years ago

GDPR: Verdict Of Google, Microsoft & Adobe Privacy Leaders

Much work to be done, as confusion ensues over GDPR's 200 pages of uncertainty

9 years ago

Microsoft: We Gave Police Info On Paris Terrorism Suspects Within 30 Minutes

Microsoft says tech companies must play their part in national security, but also have to protect customers

9 years ago

Reviewed: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Microsoft’s latest work tablet is pretty close to perfection - but one issue holds it back

9 years ago

Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition Arrives Next Month

“We’ve made a lot of progress”, Microsoft says as it also reveals the hardware powering HoloLens

9 years ago

Microsoft Boosts Office 365, Azure Security With Analytics And Visualisation Tools

Microsoft says new capabilities for its cloud services are part of a new vision of security outlined by Satya Nadella…

9 years ago

The Cybersecurity And Technology Leap

It's not just years that leap. We've take a taken a look at the leap technology has made since the…

9 years ago

Microsoft Buys Xamarin To Help Devs Port Apps To Windows 10, Kills Off Project Astoria

Xamarain cross-platform tools hope to make Android porting easier, but Microsoft explains clashes with iOS 'Bridge' programme mean its curtains…

9 years ago

McAfee Offers To Crack iPhone, As Facebook, Twitter Praise FBI Refusal

Maverick John McAfee offers to break the encryption on the iPhone of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook

9 years ago

Microsoft Expands Azure Container Service Preview

Microsoft opens the Azure Container Service floodgates, allowing more users to try its cloud-based container management offering

9 years ago