Category: Microsoft

Google Expands Cloud Data Center Plans, Asserts Hardware, Connectivity Leadership

Google has added three locations to the list of cloud data center construction projects it is doing to expand geographic reach of the physical infrastructure that supports its enterprise cloud services, investing billions to catch up with its biggest rivals in the space – Amazon, and Microsoft. Urs HA lzle, the company’s senior VP for technical infrastructure, announced the plans from stage Thursday at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco.

Mellanox to Showcase Cloud Infrastructure Efficiency With…

Technologies, Ltd. , a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems , today announced that it will work with Microsoft to showcase the Open Networking solution with its flagship Open Compute Project compatible Spectrum Ethernet Switches running production-ready networking operating system based on Microsoft’s Software for Open Networking in the Cloud at 10, 25, 40, 50 and 100Gb/s speed. This combined solution demonstrates continued momentum behind the Open Ethernet initiative, as highlighted by interoperability, high availability, operational simplicity, and end-to-end efficient data movement based on Remote Direct Memory Access over Converged Ethernet .

Wikileaksa release of secret CIA files seen as a very, very damaginga

WikiLeaks published thousands of documents Tuesday described as secret files about CIA hacking tools the government employs to break into users’ computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung. The documents describe clandestine methods for bypassing or defeating encryption, antivirus tools and other protective security features intended to keep the private information of citizens and corporations safe from prying eyes.

Robot Tax = Protectionism Against Progress

Prophets of the impending automation apocalypse predict that robots will soon take 7 percent to almost 50 percent of all American jobs. Recently, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates suggested that the job-stealing robots should be taxed just like the workers they replace.

Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

If you ask anyone who knows me, I’m probably the biggest Apple fan they know. Ask for a suggestion of what computer to get, and I’ll almost certainly either tell you the MacBook Pro, or to wait, because Apple is about to update its hardware finally.

Here’s how Windows 10 Game Mode is going to make your PC games run more smoothly

Windows 10 Game Mode is coming soon in Creators Update, and Microsoft has provided more detail on how it works. One of the more interesting features coming in the impending Creators Update is Game Mode , which aims to improve gaming performance in Windows 10. Gaming remains important to Microsoft, and Game Mode could help solidify Windows 10’s status as the PC gaming platform of choice.

How does Game Mode speed up games in Windows 10 Creators Update?

Microsoft has promised that the arrival of Game Mode in Windows 10 Creators Update will improve the performance of games. This sounds great in principle, but how does it work? Microsoft has already said a little about what’s going on, but really it has not gone far beyond saying that more processor and GPU cycles will be dedicated to compatible games.

The Coolest VR Headsets at GDC Aren’t for Sale

Three of the most talked-about virtual reality headsets – the Oculus Rift , HTC Vive , and PlayStation VR – are less than a year old, but if you stopped by the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week you’d be forgiven for concluding that they were as obsolete as an Apple eMac . That’s because much of the buzz at this year’s GDC, an annual hobnob of bigwigs from the gaming and consumer tech industries, was about augmented reality glasses and standalone VR headsets – the kind that require neither a PC nor a smartphone to run.

Amazon said to be developing its own suite of office productivity apps

For the longest time, there have been two titan when it comes to office productivity software: the ever enduring Microsoft Office suite, and the more recent web-based Google Docs. But there soon could be a new challenger in the form of Amazon , as sources have indicated the company is planning to beef up its Amazon Web Services platform with a productivity suite that will attempt to lure enterprise customers away from Microsoft and Google.

Blizzard to End Support for Windows XP and Vista

And yet, despite Microsoft ending mainstream support for XP and Vista in 2009 and 2012 , Blizzard has continued to support World of Warcraft, StarCraft 2, Diablo 3, Hearthstone, and even Heroes of the Storm under the decrepit operating systems. Personally, we don’t see any wrong with relying on an old Windows system but this is unless you are a fan of games from Blizzard Entertainment.

Battle of the clouds: Amazon Web Services vs. Microsoft Azure vs. Google Cloud Platform

Amazon Web Services is the consensus leader of the IaaS public cloud computing market according to industry watchers, but they credit Microsoft for closing the gap with Azure and say Google with its Cloud Platform has made considerable strides as well. Gartner says as much in its annual in-depth comparison of these three cloud players based on a list of 234 evaluation criteria.

FAST: ‘More to do’ on anti-piracy initiative

A new development on pirated films and music online comes as a step forward on the road to reducing mass copyright infringement. However, for the UK’s Federation Against Software Theft , as intellectual property plays an important role in supporting the UK’s economy, the Government must take a keener interest in enforcement measures to protect it.

LinkedIn will help people in India train for semi-skilled jobs

Microsoft has launched Project Sangam, a cloud service integrated with LinkedIn that will help train and generate employment for middle and low-skilled workers. The professional network that was acquired by Microsoft in December has been generally associated with educated urban professionals but the company is now planning to extend its reach to semi-skilled people in India.

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Why on earth I have to spend a half an hour tho get rid the Microsoft Office Upload Center, that I didn’t asked for at the first place and that can not do nothing in any case as I have no target account to upload to!!! $%^# &@$ Microsoft!!! — EDIT — After getting rid of it, just learned, that it is probably an other attempt to get some telemetry data uploaded to MS… Skipper: We’ll fix it.

Social Media: Another insight on PSFK for Members

Companies are always trying to figure out how to better connect with audiences on social media, but leave it to Apple to take tweeting to another level. In lieu of a simple reply, the tech giant has taken four real-life tweets and answered them in a new series of ads for its iPad Pro.

Is Apple Pushing iPads Again?

Now despite the fact that Mac sales are stable, and the iPhone is growing again, the iPad has remained a drag on Apple’s numbers. Profits are surely high, but sales keep dropping, quarter after quarter, after reaching a peak in 2013.

Satya Nadella meets IT Minister Prasad

New Delhi, Feb 21 – Indian-born Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday met Union IT and Electronics Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad here. The details of the meeting and the talks were yet to emerge but Nadella, after visiting Bengaluru on Monday, was scheduled to call on the minister before heading to address Future Decoded –Microsoft’s two-day flagship technology and business conference in Mumbai that kicked off on Tuesday.

Google, Microsoft agree to crackdown on piracy sites

For the first time, global tech giants Google and Microsoft have agreed to tighten up their search engines as part of a crackdown on piracy sites illegally streaming events and films. Google and Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, have signed up to a voluntary code of practice and will ensure offending websites are demoted in their search results.

Data is new natural resource; need to be mindful of AI impact on jobs: Satya Nadella

Data is the new natural resource that can empower every citizen in a country like India, Microsoft ‘s India-born CEO Satya Nadella said on Monday during a discussion on the digital world, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. There is need for “recognising that data is the new natural resource instead of looking at it as being unevenly spread” for empowering every citizen of India, Nadella said in a dialogue with Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani.

Google and Microsoft will demote piracy links in UK search results

Both Microsoft and Google have agreed to demote piracy links in search results in the UK, it has been announced, in their latest efforts to help crack down on Internet piracy. This move, if it proceeds, will be a first of its kind, and will result in Google Search and Bing demoting websites in search results that give access to copyrighted content without the authority to do so.

Google, Microsoft agree to Crack down on Internet Piracy

Websites that stream or host pirated material may find it harder to feature on the first pages of two leading search engines as Google and Microsoft, which uses Bing search engine, have agreed to a new code of conduct designed to demote such websites in Britain, media reported on Monday. The code brokered by Britain’s Intellectual Property Office aims to stop search engines from driving traffic to illegal websites, the Telegraph reported.

Better Buy: Microsoft Corporation vs. Oracle Corporation

But Oracle’s late start — thanks to Ellison’s early dismissal of cloud computing as nothing more than “the latest fashion” — could work in investors’ favor because it translates to tremendous upside from here. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s decision to name Satya Nadella as CEO three years ago has proven to be an absolute game changer.

Microsoft throws its weight, AI & Cloud beind transforming healthcare

For many tech companies the healthcare industry is hot property, it’s an industry that won’t go away and it costs hundreds of billions to run, just look at the NHS. Microsoft’s approach to making greater inroads into the sector is to create the Healthcare NExT initiative that aims to bring research and health technology product development to the sector so that it can tap into Microsoft’s AI and cloud capabilities.