Microsoft has decided to shutter Nokia’s plant in Salo, Finland and has also revealed that it will be axing 2,300 jobs from the country. Decisions, which Microsoft claims are part of a…
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Microsoft pushes out IE patch to address critical flaw; Windows 10 affected as well
Microsoft has released an “out-of-band” patch to address a critical vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer on all flavours of currently supported Windows operating systems. According to Microsoft, the patch fixes…
Microsoft Cortana for Windows 10 rolling out to seven more countries this year
Microsoft has announced its personal digital assistant Cortana, which has been scheduled to debut on Windows 10 in seven countries including the U.S., UK, China, France, Italy, Germany and Spain on July…
Microsoft reports biggest ever quarterly loss of $3.2 billion
Microsoft has reported its biggest ever quarterly loss of $3.2 billion (£2bn, €2.9bn) for the three months period ending June 30, which also includes the impact of the $7.5 billion (£4.8bn, €6.8bn)…
Microsoft rolls out emergency patch for major Windows bug
Microsoft has rolled out an emergency patch for a security flaw present in all supported Windows versions, including even Windows 10 Technical Preview, which if exploited will let hackers take remote control…
Microsoft Windows 10 to arrive on USB flash drives
Reports of Windows 10 being shipped on USB flash drives has finally been confirmed by Microsoft. Redmond has officially confirmed the news saying “Windows 10 will be available on USB drives for…
Microsoft’s new tool will let you teach machines how to learn
Microsoft is rolling out a new teaching tool that will help people teach their machines how to learn. The tool will basically let people without a machine learning background teach their systems…
Microsoft to roll out at least six new Lumia smartphones this year: evleaks
Microsoft will roll out at least six new Lumia smartphones later this year, prolific leakster Evan Blass aka ‘evleaks’ has revealed. Blass, in a tweet, said that at least six new handsets…
Microsoft decides to kill Photosynth and a trio of its MSN apps
Microsoft confirmed Friday that it is shutting down a host of unpopular mobile apps including cross-platform Photosynth app and a trio of its MSN apps- MSN Food & Drink, MSN Health &…
Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile build 10166 released for fast ring users
Microsoft has rolled out Windows 10 Mobile build 10166 for fast ring users in the Insider program, right ahead of the OS’s July 29 final release. The latest build 101066 is mainly…
Microsoft Surface Pro 4’s release to get delayed until 2016, report claims
Recent reports suggest Microsoft’s much anticipated Surface Pro 4 laptop/tablet hybrid release will get delayed by another year. Previously, the Surface Pro 3 successor was expected to be launched at the same…
Microsoft confirms fresh round of layoffs
Satya Nadella has confirmed in an email to Microsoft employees that the company is eyeing fresh round of layoffs in a bid to curb costs amid lackluster demand for some of the…
Microsoft Xbox Music is now ‘Groove’; Xbox Video rebranded to ‘Movies & TV’
Microsoft has rebranded its Xbox Music and Xbox Video service as ‘Groove’ and ‘Movies & TV’ respectively. In addition to the new name, Groove is also getting some new features, including redesigned…
Microsoft Azure prices increased; UK unaffected
Microsoft has increased the price for Azure cloud in a bid to take on fluctuating global exchange rates. The price rise will be effective from August 1, this year and it will…
Microsoft begins rolling out Surface 3 4G tablet in UK exclusively via O2
Microsoft has begun rolling out a version of the Surface 3 tablet with built-in 4G LTE in the UK exclusively via O2. “We’re happy to announce Surface 3 (4G LTE) will become…