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Paul Allen passes away: Tech titans remember Microsoft co-founder and great philanthropist

Microsoft co-founder Paul Gardner Allen, who had been long suffering from non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma died in Seattle on October 15, 2018. Here's what Bill Gates, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos and other tech titans had to say about the great philanthropist.

18 hours ago

Microsoft staffers urge tech giant not to bid for US military cloud project - Report

Following Google's exit from a controversial US military Cloud project, an open letter claiming to be from an unspecified number of Microsoft employees has urged the tech giant to also back out of the military project.

1 day ago

Microsoft to invest in Singapore-based ride-sharing service Grab

The companies plan to work together on technology projects, in areas including big data and AI, in an attempt to transform the delivery and mobility solutions in Southeast Asia.

7 days ago

Microsoft's machine learning framework goes open source

Microsoft's cross-platform framework Infer.NET can now be accessible worldwide. Infer.NET was initially envisioned as a research tool and later in 2008 was released for academic use.

9 days ago

Microsoft to integrate machine learning Robot OS to Windows 10

In addition to Robot OS integration with Windows, Microsoft plans to bring hardware-accelerated Windows Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, IoT cloud services, and other Microsoft technologies to home, education, commercial, and industrial robots to augment the human abilities.

16 days ago

Windows 7 users will have to pay monthly fee to receive security updates starting from Jan 14, 2020

Until now, Windows 7 was free to use, but in the future, Microsoft will start charging you for updates on the older WOndows platform.

Sep 11, 2018

Microsoft's next generation smart glass to monitor blood pressure of wearer

The device will incorporate optical sensors, processing, storage and communication components packed compactly in one frame.

Aug 19, 2018

Alexa, Cortana integration now available for public preview

Cortana will help you send an email or browse through your official assignments while Alexa, within the Cortana interface, will help you with personal daily chores.

Aug 16, 2018

Satya Nadella offloads $35.9 million in Microsoft stock; biggest sale in his tenure as CEO

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, whose annual base salary last year was $1.45 million and total compensation exceeded $20 million, is required to have 15 times his base salary in stock.

Aug 11, 2018

Microsoft launches Surface Laptop, Book 2 in India: Price, specs and more

The new Surface Book 2 and the Surface Laptop comes with multiple configuration options with prices ranging between Rs 86,999 to Rs 2,95,999. Read to know the key features of the new Windows-powered hybrid PCs.

Aug 7, 2018

Apple iPad Pro-rival Microsoft Surface Go tipped to debut in India next week: Quick facts

Global software giant Microsoft is hosting an event in New Delhi later this month. In addition to Surface Go, the company is also expected to announce two Surface series products. Read to know the key features of the new devices to compete for market share with Apple iPad Pro and MacBooks.

Aug 5, 2018

Apple won't be alone for long as these three technology giants race to join $1 trillion club

Apple is the US's first publically listed company to hit the $1 trillion market valuation in the history of the Wall Street and it won't be the last. Three American companies are closing on the magic figure.

Aug 3, 2018

Microsoft investors celebrate after stock hits new record high

Growth in its software and Azure cloud services business bolstered Microsoft's stock to $108.20 in early trade, resulting in a market cap of $832 billion after its earnings call. The company is now a close third, in the race with Apple and Amazon to be the first $1 trillion company.

Jul 21, 2018

Google, Microsoft's ambitious project will help users easily move data

Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter are all partnering up to create a new standard called the 'Data Transfer Project' that will allow users to easily port their data from one service to another. Source code now available on GitHub.

Jul 21, 2018

Microsoft sees failure of Russia meddling in 2018 mid-term elections after thwarting cyberattacks

Microsoft has revealed that they stopped a Russia-linked attack targeting three congressional candidates standing for the 2018 mid-year elections.

Jul 20, 2018

After EU fine on Google, mobile industry might face a huge shake-up

The European Union has fined Google for illegally forcing its applications on hardware manufacturers. The ruling could allow makers such as Microsoft and Amazon to launch its own software, without affecting sales in the EU.

Jul 19, 2018

53 bugs attack Microsoft Windows, Edge, Internet Explorer, 17 critical

Internet Explorer affected by 10 critical bugs and other frontal products -- Windows 10, Edge, Internet Explorer -- are under threat.

Jul 15, 2018

Microsoft's collaboration tool 'Teams' gets a giant update; how will Slack react?

Microsoft Teams now offers a free tier with unlimited chats, 10GB team storage, 2GB personal storage and audio and video calling. The update also comes with support for 40 languages.

Jul 13, 2018

Apple iPad Pro rival Microsoft Surface Go makes debut: Know the key features

Initially, only the Surface Go with Wi-Fi will be available for pre-order, and it will begin to hit shelves on August 2. The company has plans to bring LTE version later this year.

Jul 10, 2018

Microsoft fan starts petition to save the much-awaited Andromeda from being shelved

While Microsoft has announced and promised new tech in the past, they have also backed out from releasing the ones that were eagerly awaited. One Zachary Hinski took to Change.org to ensure Microsoft Andromeda doesn't meet with the same fate.

Jul 9, 2018