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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 two will hit Tokyo and Oregon this year

Cloud

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 Microsoft will boost the region in 2016

Cloud

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 the craic

mobile OS

Windows 10 Mobile ‘Set To Launch Tomorrow’

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

eCommerce

Microsoft Confirms It Does Accept Bitcoin After All

Yesterday's posting was "inaccurate" Microsoft admits

Innovation

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

ePayment

Microsoft Blocks Bitcoin Payments For Windows 10

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

Cloud

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.' - HPE's Colin Mahony

Open Source

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

Cloud

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 agree.

Browsers

Microsoft Browsers Fixed In Latest Patch Tuesday

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

Networks

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 they continue to offer software

Software

Microsoft Previews SQL Server For Linux

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

Governement-IT

GDPR: Verdict Of Google, Microsoft & Adobe Privacy Leaders

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

Governement-IT

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

Mobility

Reviewed: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

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

Innovation

Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition Arrives Next Month

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

Authentification

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 last year

Innovation

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 last Leap Year in 2012

Mobile Apps

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 for Project Astoria

Authentification

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

Mobility

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

Office Suites

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 Office 2016 will remove them.