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Microsoft Office Apps For Android Tablets Now On Google Play
Microsoft Office apps now available for likes of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
CES 2015 – Microsoft Revives Nokia Phones With $29 Nokia 215
Super-affordable Nokia handset looks to connect the next one billion mobile users
Don’t Worry – We Haven’t Forgotten About Windows Phone, Says Microsoft Office Team
Range of Office and Windows Phone announcements coming soon following iOS and Android launch
Lizard Squad Hacker Arrested In London
A man linked to the Lizard Squad has been arrested amid reports of a second arrest in Finland
Microsoft To Ditch Internet Explorer For ‘Spartan’ Browser?
RIP Internet Explorer? Microsoft reportedly develops an entirely new web browser for Windows 10
Sony Restores PlayStation Network Following Christmas Hacker Disruption
The online gaming networks of Sony and Microsoft were unavailable on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day after they were targeted by hackers
Is This The First New Android Smartphone From Nokia?
Nokia C1 could be first release since its buyout by Microsoft
Microsoft Band Wearable Sold Out Until 2015
Buyers hoping to snap up Band—Microsoft's entry into the hot wearable device category—for the holidays are out of luck until 2015
Microsoft No Longer Has To Advertise Browser Rivals To New Windows Users
European Commission's Browser Choice update expires
Microsoft Has Revealed The Cause Of November’s Mass Outage
Azure's Root Cause Analysis shows bad 'flighting' was the issue
Microsoft Gains Allies In Overseas Data Legal Tussle
Microsoft's legal battle against attempts to access customer data held overseas gains influential backers
Salesforce Cosies Up With Microsoft For Universal File Sharing
External files, including from Microsoft’s OneDrive for Business, can be natively embedded into Salesforce business processes
Accenture Looks To Hire 1,600 UK Staff In 2015
Consultancy on the prowl for IT experts across UK cities
Skype To Translate Speech And Text With New Preview
Skype can now translate text into 40 languages and speech into English and Spanish
Windows 10 Leak Reveals Cortana Integration
Desktop Cortana will act just like her Windows Phone counterpart
Microsoft To Open Source ‘Orleans’ Cloud Framework
Microsoft's Extreme Computing Group is set to take Project Orleans open source following public previews earlier this year
Microsoft Jumps Aboard Bitcoin Bandwagon
Microsoft becomes the latest firm to accept payments made using the bitcoin virtual currency
6 Simple Steps To Surviving Windows Server 2003 End-of-life
Peter Tsai, Spiceworks IT analyst, explains how IT departments can avoid migration misery in 2015
Microsoft Expands Document Inspector for Office Suite
Microsoft updates its Office Document Inspector to stop users leaking personal data when sharing documents
Microsoft Azure Government Cloud Hits General Availability
After more than a year in preview, Redmond makes general available its Azure Government Cloud service
Microsoft Azure RemoteApp To Deliver Windows Apps To Android, iOS
Microsoft Azure RemoteApp available to everyone later this month, promising remote delivery is better than a native app
Microsoft Calls It Time On The Nook Tablet
Loss-making Nook e-reader device, launched by bookseller Barnes & Noble has suffered from major drop in sales over last year
Microsoft Acquires Mobile Email Start-Up Acompli
Acompli's software is available on Android and iOS and allows users to manage email from sources including Outlook, Gmail and others
HP To Offer Office 365 With Enterprise Support
HP will let customers choose in which data centre their Office 365 documents are stored
Microsoft Planning Lumia 1020 Successor?
Leaked images seem to show upcoming Lumia device with super-sized camera
Microsoft Lets Slip Acompli Acquisition
Oops. Has Microsoft let the cat out of the bag regarding a possible acquisition of email startup Acompli?
Fitness Devices ‘Will Dominate The Wearable Market’
Juniper Research findings estimate wearable usage will treble as more high-profile devices are launched
Real Madrid Fans And Staff To Gain From Microsoft Tech Deal
Microsoft becomes the European Champions' official tech partner, providing the club with devices and services
Microsoft Releases Emergency Windows Server Security Fix
Microsoft says vulnerability has been exploited in the wild and can't wait for the next Patch Tuesday