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On cloud nine: Microsoft betting its future on the cloud as profits bounce back
Microsoft has revealed significant growth in its cloud computing service helped boost profits to more than $3bn.
Forget life in the Cloud, Microsoft sees a future under the sea…
Microsoft wants to create data centres that can operate hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean. An ocean-floor lair sounds like something...
Microsoft axes 7,800 jobs and writes off the $5bn it paid for Nokia
Microsoft is cutting 7,800 jobs as it seeks to charge up its sluggish phone hardware business.
Microsoft axes 7,800 jobs and writes off the $7.6 billion it paid for Nokia
Microsoft is cutting 7,800 jobs as it seeks to charge up its sluggish phone hardware business.
Microsoft axes 7,800 jobs and writes off the $5bn it paid for Nokia
Microsoft is cutting 7,800 jobs as it seeks to charge up its sluggish phone hardware business.
Microsoft developers conference falls flat, is Apple next?
CEO Satya Nadella is leading Microsoft’s developers conference today, outlining Windows 10 and a series of new apps.
Microsoft unveils new smartphones with Free Office and Windows 10
Microsoft has announced two new mid-range smartphones, both of which will work with Windows 10 when it launches later in the year, and come with Microsoft...
Facebook stops using Microsoft’s Bing search results
Facebook has stopped including results from Microsoft’s Bing search engine on its social networking site as the company has revamped its own search...
Microsoft Azure cloud computing service hit by major global outage
A fault in Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform has knocked some customer sites offline, with issues being felt globally according to the software’s...
Microsoft fixes 19-year-old Windows bug
Microsoft Corp issued patches on Tuesday to fix a bug in its Windows operating system that remained undiscovered for 19 years.
In effort to rival up-and-comers, Microsoft makes Office free on mobile
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said users of its Office suite of applications on Apple Inc.’s iPad would be able to create and edit documents for free...
Microsoft makes Office free on mobile
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said users of its Office suite of applications on Apple Inc.’s iPad would be able to create and edit documents for free...
Microsoft takes on Apple Watch by launching $200 wearable fitness band
Microsoft unveiled its first fitness band Thursday joining a crowded market of connected devices for tracking and analysing personal health data.
Microsoft’s gender pay row boss receives $84m package for 2014
Microsoft has given its new boss Satya Nadella a pay package worth 84.3 million dollars.
Microsoft to unveil new Windows on Tuesday, but will it have a new name?
Microsoft will unveil a new name for its best-known product on Tuesday when it offers the first official glimpse of its latest Windows operating system.
Microsoft agrees to buy Minecraft maker Mojang for eye-watering $2.5bn
Microsoft is to buy the maker of the popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion. The technology giant said it will buy Stockholm-based games firm Mojang.
Getty Images fires lawsuit at Microsoft for ‘massive’ copyright infringement
Microsoft has pulled a new tool from its Bing service after being accused of “massive infringement” of copyrighted photographs.
Microsoft to slash 18,000 jobs in biggest cuts in its history
Microsoft has confirmed plans to “eliminate” up to 18,000 jobs worldwide as part of efforts to simplify the company’s operations and...
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