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Microsoft ends support to Bitcoin within Microsoft Store
14 Mar 2016
Microsoft had introduced bitcoin support in December 2014 and allowed users to trade in the cryptocurrency at the going market value via third-party bitcoin payment processor BitPay
Microsoft considered buying Slack for $8 bn
07 Mar 2016
Facebook, MS, Google to back Apple decryption battle
27 Feb 2016
The internet giants, normally in fierce competition, plan a joint motion against the FBI demand that Apple create a backdoor entry into the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, as they all share similar privacy concerns
Wikipedia plans search engine to rival Google, Bing
17 Feb 2016
The Wikimedia Foundation says it will be “the internet’s first transparent search engine” - but Wikipedia volunteers are hurt by the secrecy surrounding the project, and feel they have been kept out of the loop
Skype users, beware of new T9000 trojan
10 Feb 2016
Skype is used more and more by businesses as part of the Office suite, so there is the potential for hackers to uncover potentially lucrative information
Microsoft experiments with under-sea data centres to cut power bills
02 Feb 2016
Microsoft has tested a prototype of a self-contained data centre that can operate hundreds of feet below the surface of oceans, eliminating one of the technology industry’s most expensive problems — the air-conditioning bill
Skype’s new security feature to hide IP of users
25 Jan 2016
Microsoft to alert users about state-sponsored hacking
31 Dec 2015
Microsoft will begin warning users of its consumer services including Outlook.com email when the company suspects that a government has been trying to hack into their accounts
Microsoft offers AP technology for public services in push for growth
29 Dec 2015
Microsoft will help the state government build three proof-of-concept solutions for its Azure Machine Learning and Advanced Visualisation tool in the fields of education, agriculture and eCitizen services
Microsoft’s Nadella to sign MoUs with Andhra today
28 Dec 2015
Nadella will also visit T-Hub developed by the Telangana government, which is considered as India’s largest technology incubator
Microsoft in pact to put Windows 10 on Chinese government PCs
19 Dec 2015
Microsoft yesterday entered into a pact with Chinese technology giant CETC to get Windows 10 on government PCs in the People's Republic of China
Ballmer wants Windows phones to run Android apps
07 Dec 2015
Nadella, Pichai to visit India in December
04 Dec 2015
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