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Microsoft Snaps Up UK Startup SwiftKey For £174m
Microsoft gains yet another productivity app and AI technology in SwiftKey
Windows 10 Starts Forcibly Installing Itself On Older PCs
Resistance is futile, it seems, as “recommended update” begins self-installing
Microsoft Vulnerabilities Grew Sharply In 2015
Report from IT security firm Avecto reveals huge increase in vulnerabilities in 2015, with almost half deemed critical
IDC: IPad Pro Claims Victory Over Microsoft Surface In Business Tablet Battle
Apple’s super-sized iPad takes top spot but overall tablet sales decline as premium devices become more popular than cheap slates
Microsoft Beats Google In Cloud Email Adoption
Gartner: Microsoft leads cloud email adoption in large public companies
Microsoft Trials Underwater Data Centre
Submarine servers sunk off Seattle, Project Natick could bring cloud closer to cities
Bernie Sanders Suspicious Of Microsoft Azure Vote-Counting App
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders shuns Microsoft's Iowa caucus vote tracker because of Microsoft's 2008 Clinton donations
Microsoft Boosted By Intelligent Cloud Growth And Surface Sales
Microsoft hits revenues of £17.9bn but still hides its true Azure results, which are bundled in with 'Intelligent Cloud' division
Microsoft Launches Azure Stack Technical Preview
Microsoft's 'next step' in hybrid strategy will see customers run Azure in their own data centres
Windows 10 Mobile Looks To Be ‘Delayed Again’
Microsoft tells partners not to expect Windows 10 Mobile until February now
Microsoft Lifts Restrictions On Deep Learning Toolkit, Moves To GitHub
Microsoft's deep learning toolkit is now open to more developers who want to create deep learning models for speech and image recognition
Microsoft Adds More Power To Surface Pro 4 And Surface Book
Souped-up Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book are even available with a golden stylus, but do not come cheap
Dropbox Releases Universal Windows 10 App
Native Windows 10 app for Dropbox will be released in coming days with phone app coming soon
Microsoft To Recall Some Surface Pro Chargers Amid Overheating Risk
Microsoft 'voluntary' Surface Pro charger recall will be formally revealed later this week, offering owners of Surface Pro, Pro 2 and Pro 3 a new power cord
Microsoft Pledges £700m Of Cloud For ‘Public Good’
Microsoft will aid up to 70,000 non-profit organisations and researchers with three-year Azure public cloud effort as part of Nadella's Microsoft Philanthropies strategy
Microsoft To Reveal ‘Last’ Lumia Smartphone In February
Lumia 650 will be Microsoft’s last Lumia device before it switches to 'Surface Phone' branding, according to reports
Microsoft And Chipmakers To Ensure New PCs Only Run Windows 10
Microsoft says that devices powered by the latest chips will not support older versions such as Windows 7 and 8
Microsoft Slashes Azure Costs, Slams AWS Instances
Azure drops Dv2 VM costs by up to 17 percent
Microsoft Delivers Final Patch Tuesday For Windows 8
Older versions of Internet Explorer and Windows 8 OS receive their last ever Patch Tuesday update
Why Is Amazon Web Services Ignoring Canada?
As AWS continues its worldwide expansion, Canadians ask why their country being spurned by Amazon's cloud division
Microsoft’s Azure Blockchain-As-A-Service Ecosystem Expands
The new year means new updates to Microsoft's blockchain effort, including a larger roster of Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service supporters
Microsoft Is Building Its Own SIM Cards
Windows 10-enabled Microsoft SIM will make getting online easier for mobile device users
Microsoft To Pull The Plug On Internet Explorer Next Week
So long IE. Microsoft confirms older versions of Internet Explorer will not longer be supported from January 12
CES 2016 – Volvo Lets You Speak To Its Cars Using Wearables
Drivers can now unlock their vehicles and much more using a Microsoft Band 2
Windows 10 Now Running On More Than 200m Devices
Microsoft claims Windows 10 is the fastest growing operating system it's ever released, with "unprecedented demand" from the enterprise market
Is Windows 10 Mobile Arriving Next Week?
Update for Windows Phones users has been pushed back several times already
Microsoft To Warn Of State-Sponsored Hacks
Collision course? Redmond to warn its users when any government attempts to hack into its services
Microsoft’s Surface Hub Gets Delayed Again
Giant displays also receive a cheeky price hike ahead of launch next year
Oracle Quietly Buys Docker Container Startup StackEngine
StackEngine acquisition will give Oracle the ability to offer Docker services as the cloud-newbie plays to catch up with rivals such as AWS