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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

Microsoft’s Surface Book Hits The UK

UK launch also marked with software update for both Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 to address battery issues

9 years ago

Office 2016 Installation Routine Deleting Older Standalone Apps

NEWS ANALYSIS: If your company depends on Microsoft Office applications that are installed separately from the ubiquitous productivity suite, installing…

9 years ago

Microsoft Reveals The Last Lumia Phone

Lumia 650 is a low-cost business-focused device with the power of Windows 10 Mobile

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Cloud In 2016

How much do you know about cloud computing? Take our quiz to find out!

9 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Back To Usual Numbers

Return to normal numbers. Second update of the year sees 13 bulletins, six rated as critical

9 years ago

Not Another Amazon Web Services Is Winning Public Cloud Article

RightScale's State of the Cloud 2016 report lays bare AWS dominance but shows hope for Azure

9 years ago

Microsoft Goes Live With Azure IoT Hub

IoT Hub moves into general availability meaning everyone can now use Microsoft for IoT

9 years ago

Microsoft Turns On Yammer For Office 365 Customers

Enterprise social network push. Microsoft activates Yammer for all eligible Office 365 business customers

9 years ago

Microsoft Snaps Up UK Startup SwiftKey For £174m

Microsoft gains yet another productivity app and AI technology in SwiftKey

9 years ago

Windows 10 Starts Forcibly Installing Itself On Older PCs

Resistance is futile, it seems, as “recommended update” begins self-installing

9 years ago

Microsoft Vulnerabilities Grew Sharply In 2015

Report from IT security firm Avecto reveals huge increase in vulnerabilities in 2015, with almost half deemed critical

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