While there has been a lot of speculation about just how much technology companies were contributing to government surveillance as part of PRISM, Microsoft has denied any real violations for customers. For awhile they even denied having knowledge that the program existed. But now details have emerged thanks to secret […]
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Microsoft’s reorganisation will enable innovation and focus on devices and services
Most tech companies that go beyond the startup phase will begin to break off into departments that have their own mission statement. When a company gets as big as Microsoft, you will have dozens of departments with an even larger number of strategies as they work on their own projects. […]
What to expect from Microsoft Build 2013 Conference
Last year Microsoft’s Build 2012 Conference led to the announcement of the Surface tablets and details about their new Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. With Build 2013 coming, rumors are swirling like crazy about what might be on the horizon. While we can’t know for sure what they are […]
Xbox One vs PlayStation 4 – The battle rages on
When it comes to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles, the debate is right now more intense than ever before. We still see the console wars raging, but now there are fewer choices to battle it out. Old school gamers will remember the console wars in the 80’s and […]
Microsoft showed us a piece of Windows 8.1
Surprisingly, earlier today Microsoft showed us at Computex 2013 some of the features of the upcoming Windows 8.1 OS. It’s surprising because we’re just few weeks before Build Conference, where Microsoft will surely announce some interesting things(both hardware and software). We all know that there have been more than a […]
Microsoft unveiled Xbox One gaming console
This week marked the end of a difficult period for gaming enthusiasts as Microsoft finally decided it was time to officially announce the next-generation Xbox console. Although all rumours led to Xbox 720 name, they were all wrong. Microsoft next gaming console is called Xbox One. Like everybody since PS3 […]
EU fines Microsoft with €561 million for browser antitrust issue
After breaking the browser antitrust commitment made in 2009, Microsoft was fined today by the European commission with €561 million. Microsoft was found guilty for not giving their users the chance to choose their desired Internet Browser. It appears that between May 2011 and July 2012 at least 15 million […]
