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Microsoft Azure Launches Face Tracking, Emotion Detection In Preview
Azure Media Analytics puts Azure Media Face Detector and emotion detection into preview, can recognise happiness, sadness, anger, fear
Microsoft Launches Azure Container Service Into General Availability
Azure Container Service gives choice between Mesophere’s DC/OS and Docker’s Swarm and Compose for container deployment
Microsoft Is ‘Rapidly Growing’ Its Enterprise SaaS Revenue
Still a long way behind market leader Salesforce, but Microsoft is playing hard to catch up
Talks to Merge Toshiba, Vaio, Fujitsu PC Units May Be Falling Apart
Vaio reportedly left the negotiations, while Toshiba and Fujitsu officials disagree on which vendor will hold a majority stake in a new company.
Review: Microsoft Surface Book
Microsoft’s latest flagship is a triumph of design and engineering, but how does it cope with daily use?
Microsoft Knows It Needs To Be ‘Explicit And Transparent’ With Customer Data
As Microsoft sues US gov for the right to alert customers when their data is snooped upon, its cloud director tells TechWeekEurope 'trust' is at heart of Azure strategy
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Tackles Tame Badlock Flaw
Much hyped “critical” Badlock flaw tamer than first thought, and only warrants “important” label
Microsoft Will Open German Data Centres In June
Microsoft’s two German data centres will be opened on a rolling basis, with Office 365 coming in September, three months after the Azure launch
PC Sales Fall Again, But Windows 10 Could Offer Reprieve
Worldwide PC shipments fall yet again as expected, according to IDC, but not all hope is lost for manufacturers
Microsoft Supports EU-US Privacy Shield Framework
Microsoft thinks new Safe Harbour 2.0 framework is a "clear framework that ensures key protections of EU citizens"
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
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
Windows 10 Preview Adds Native Bash Support
Windows 10 insiders can test out new Linux development tools, with a few caveats
Hyper-V Containers Headed To Windows 10
Microsoft reveals that its homegrown container technology is coming to the Windows 10 operating system
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
Microsoft Rapidly Patches Serious Phishing Flaw
The bug, which could have allowed attackers to take over user accounts, was patched in 48 hours
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
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 event
Microsoft ‘Poaches’ Top Linux Executive From Oracle
Oracle loses Linux VP Wim Coekaerts to Redmond as Nadella prioritises open source
Microsoft Officially Launches Azure Service Fabric
Build 2016 - Azure Functions goes into preview as AWS Lambda rival, Azure IoT Starter Kits ready for purchase
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 Bluemix Garage Method
Microsoft Is Letting Windows Phone Be (For Now)
Lack of focus on smartphones evident at Microsoft Build as company focuses attention elsewhere in 2016
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
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
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 10
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 artificial intelligence
Microsoft Apologises For Offensive Chatbot Tweets
Microsoft's artificially intelligent bot began tweeting inappropriate messages and had to be deactivated within a day
Microsoft Office 2016 Blocks Malicious Macros
Microsoft released a new feature in Office 2016 that helps administrators prevent macro-based malware infections
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