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Microsoft Adds Azure Cloud Data Centres In India, China

Microsoft announces fourth data centre in India and opens fifth Azure region in China with the 'North China' region, as…

3 years ago

Are used software licences an alternative to buying new ones?

Since 1 March 2022, the price increase for Microsoft 365 announced by Microsoft in August 2021 takes effect. The price…

3 years ago

Microsoft Reopening Campuses, Offices As Pandemic Eases

Software giant reopening its offices in Washington State, and giving staff 30 days to return to the office starting 28…

3 years ago

Microsoft Mulls Mandiant Purchase To Bolster Security – Report

Shares in Mandiant rise amid report that software giant Microsoft is considering a purchase of the veteran cybersecurity specialist

3 years ago

Questions Raised About Future Of Microsoft HoloLens

HoloLens 3 has reportedly been cancelled, amid speculation Microsoft is heading towards another car crash for its electronic devices

3 years ago

Windows 11 Adoption Strong, Microsoft Insists

Not the new Windows Vista then? Windows 11 adoption is twice the rate of Windows 10 over Windows 8, Microsoft…

3 years ago

Microsoft To Acquire Activision Blizzard For $68.7 Billion

Huge tech acquisition, as software giant seeks major expansion of its gaming credentials with purchase of leading gaming holding company

3 years ago

Windows 11 OS Struggles To Crack 1 Percent – Lansweeper

Bad news Redmond. New data from Lansweeper shows sluggish uptake of the Windows 11 operating system, three months after its…

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Apple Loses Key Server Chip Designer To Microsoft

Apple loses another key staffer, as Microsoft reportedly hires chip industry veteran Mike Filippo to help in its in-house chip…

3 years ago

LinkedIn Overcharging Lawsuit Dismissed By US Judge

Lawsuit alleging Microsoft's LinkedIn division had inflated its advertising metrics for video ads watched is dismissed by US judge

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CES 2022: Microsoft Follows Others And Pulls Physical Attendance

Software giant Microsoft joins other big names in the tech industry and withdraws its physical presence from the upcoming CES…

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Internet Association To Break Up Amidst Tech Industry Tensions

Once-powerful trade group Internet Association to dissolve at end of year, as Microsoft seeks to distance itself from competitors' policies

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EU Approves Microsoft’s $16 Billion Nuance Acquisition

Six months later European regulators agree with their American counterparts and give Microsoft antitrust approval to acquire Nuance

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China Orders Microsoft Bing To Suspend Auto-suggest Function

Last remaining major foreign search engine still operating in China, ordered to suspend its auto-suggest function by local authorities

3 years ago

Microsoft To Change Hiring Policy After DoJ Finds Immigrant Discrimination

Software giant Microsoft promises changes after US Department of Justice (DoJ) censures it for over zealous data demands for immigrants

3 years ago

EC Gathers Feedback On Microsoft’s Nuance Buy, Despite US Approval

European antitrust regulators are gathering competition data on Microsoft's purchase of Nuance ahead of 21 December decision deadline

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Microsoft Slammed For ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Prompt In Edge Browser

Bloatware? Addition to Edge browser promoting Zip's “buy now, pay later” scheme at checkout webpages, is slammed by users

3 years ago

Pentagon Seeks Cloud Contract Bids From AWS, Microsoft, Google, Oracle

Return of JEDI? US Department of Defense (DoD) last week solicited bids from cloud giants Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle

3 years ago

Ancient Olympia To Be Preserved As Virtual Reality Archive

Olympia of more than 2,000 years ago turned into a virtual and augmented-reality experience under a collaboration between Greece and…

3 years ago

Investors Sue SolarWinds Directors Over Security Breach

Group of investors sues SolarWinds directors over massive 2020 security breach, as Microsoft warns Russian hackers ramping up attacks on…

3 years ago

Yahoo Pulls Out Of China, Citing Challenging Restrictions

Western tech exodus continues. Yahoo becomes latest American tech firm to pull its services from China, amid new restrictive laws

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Bill Gates Advised To End Emails With Female Staffer, WSJ Alleges

Microsoft executives advised Bill Gates to end email correspondence with a female employee in 2008 when he chairman of the…

3 years ago

US Army Delays $22 Billion Microsoft Augmented Reality Headsets

United States Army pushes back deployment date of Microsoft's augmented reality headsets, but insists it still really wants them

3 years ago

Microsoft Shutters LinkedIn In China Over Increasing Censorship

LinkedIn, China's last major US-operated social network, is being closed down, due to Beijing's increasing censorship of the online world

3 years ago

SolarWinds Hackers Stole US Sanctions Data – Report

SolarWinds hackers linked to Russia's SVR intelligence service sought information on US sanctions policies and American counter-intelligence operations

3 years ago

Windows 11 Arrives As Free Update, But Users Should Check Compatibility

Microsoft on Tuesday made available its Windows 11 operating system, but users are advised to check their computer satisfies its…

3 years ago

Microsoft’s Nadella Says Failed TikTok Deal Was ‘Strange’

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella says failed deal to acquire the US operations of TikTok was 'strangest thing I've worked on'

3 years ago

Tech Giants, Car Makers Set For White House Meeting Over Chip Shortage

Big names within the tech and car industry are to virtually attend a White House meeting to discuss the ongoing…

3 years ago

Microsoft Looks Beyond Password Protection For Accounts

Future is 'passwordless' says Microsoft, as it gives users option to delete account passwords and login via authenticator app

3 years ago

Microsoft Indefinitely Postpones Office Return

Software giant is the latest tech giant to respond to ongoing infections, saying it will indefinitely postpone staff return to…

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