Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. Its flagship hardware products are Xbox game console and the Microsoft Surface series of tablets. It is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues.
The former NSA sysadmin said in a Guardian interview that cloud providers can earn users’ trust by building their services around encryption and being clear about “where they draw the lines.” Read more »
During the second quarter of 2014 we saw the rise of Docker as well as a few providers pushing harder to the cloud, the government finally beginning to make significant movement… Read more »
Xbox Entertainment Studios, which was to lead the charge into interactive video and other non-gaming content, will be closed as part of broader Microsoft layoffs. Read more »
The House of Lords passed the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill on Thursday without a vote, and it received royal assent hours later. That means DRIP is law after just… Read more »
Amid 18,000 job cuts and the elimination of Android-powered handsets, Microsoft(s msft) is also putting two other Nokia product-lines out to pasture. The Verge received an internal memo written by Microsoft’s Jo… Read more »
If the search engines insist on playing judge and jury on so-called “right to be forgotten” requests in Europe — something they could sidestep in many cases — then they have… Read more »
Depending on how you define Microsoft’s new “core” areas, employees in Qi Lu’s or Scott Guthrie’s groups are relatively safe. Those working on Windows client stuff? Maybe not. Read more »
Microsoft recognizes the fastest growing smartphone segment is the low-cost market. In a note to employees, Stephen Elop reiterated that with renewed focus on markets where Microsoft is already succeeding. It’s… Read more »
When Microsoft purchased Nokia it became a Android hardware manufacturer through the Nokia X line. But soon Microsoft will shift those devices to Windows Phone and the Lumia brand. Read more »
Wow. Just wow. The long-reported Microsoft job cuts are here and they are deeper than expected. Microsoft will eliminate 18,000 jobs over the next year and consolidate its phone efforts. Read more »