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Google touts Titan security chip to market cloud services
EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc’s Google this week will disclose technical details of its new Titan computer chip, an elaborate security feature for its cloud computing network that the company…
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Google Grabs Nielsen as Business Apps User From Microsoft
EghtesadOnline: Kim Anstett made an unusual decision for a corporate technology buyer. Several months ago, the chief information officer of media measurement firm Nielsen Holdings Plc, moved…
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Google and Facebook Join Cities in Challenging Trump on Climate
EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. are among dozens of companies that pledged their support for policies combating climate change following President Donald…
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Iranians Miffed After Microsoft Drops Maps
EghtesadOnline: In the recent Microsoft Creators Update rolled out to all PCs, tablets and phones running Windows 10 in the past few weeks, several Iranian users are looking with disbelief at…
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Apple Plans Laptop Upgrades to Take on Microsoft
EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc. plans to announce an update to its laptop lineup at an annual conference for app developers in early June, a move that could help offset new competition from Microsoft…
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Security patches for some popular older versions of Windows were only available if companies paid
Microsoft Faulted Over Ransomware While Shifting Blame to NSA
EghtesadOnline: There's a blame game brewing over who's responsible for the massive cyberattack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers. Microsoft Corp. is pointing its finger at the…
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Google success in U.S. schools forces Microsoft, Apple to scramble
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp's announcement of a suite of new education products on Tuesday shows the company's determination to reverse a major shift that has taken place in U.S. classrooms…
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Hackers exploited Word flaw for months while Microsoft investigated
EghtesadOnline: To understand why it is so difficult to defend computers from even moderately capable hackers, consider the case of the security flaw officially known as CVE-2017-0199.
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Microsoft-Probe Blunder Said to Haunt EU as Google Risks Fines
EghtesadOnline: The European Union is seeking to draft “future-proof” solutions for how Google might change its shopping search service according to people familiar with the probe into the search-engi…
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The software maker seeks to cut costs in its Azure cloud business by developing new hardware
Microsoft Pledges to Use ARM Server Chips, Threatening Intel's Dominance
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp. is committing to use chips based on ARM Holdings Plc technology in the machines that run its cloud services, potentially imperiling Intel Corp.’s longtime dominance…
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New unit will partner with the industry, rather than compete
Microsoft Takes Another Crack at Health Care, This Time With Cloud, AI and Chatbots
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp. is trying again in health care, betting its prowess in cloud services and artificial intelligence can help it expand in a market that's been notoriously hard for…
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Google, unlike Microsoft, must turn over foreign emails: U.S. judge
EghtesadOnline: A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside the United States, diverging from a federal appeals court that reached the…
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Apple, Microsoft Borrow Now Instead of Waiting for Tax Shift
EghtesadOnline: This year, tax reform could give U.S. companies access to hundreds of billions of dollars they have stashed overseas. Many corporations can’t wait that long.
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Microsoft Seeks Trump Order Exemption for Workers With Visas
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp. is asking U.S. officials to grant an exception for law-abiding, visa-holding workers and students from President Donald Trump’s immigration order.
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Microsoft's market value tops $500 billion again after 17 years
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp's market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday, after the technology giant's stock rose following another quarter of results…
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Microsoft, Intel, Alphabet Results Buoyed by Cloud Boom
EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp., which all posted quarterly results Thursday, reinforced what’s become a truism in technology: the biggest growth is in businesses…
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Microsoft’s Nadella Warns Against ‘Hubris’ Amid AI Growth
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp. and its competitors should eschew artificial intelligence systems that replace people instead of maximizing their time, Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said…
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Microsoft wins $927 million Pentagon contract: statement
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp has been awarded a $927 million contract to provide technical support to the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday.
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The companies can learn a lot from Microsoft's dismal acquisition history.
How Microsoft and LinkedIn Can Make This Expensive Deal Work
EghtesadOnline: As Microsoft officially swallows LinkedIn, it should have one goal: Make this acquisition different. The company has a track record of big buys gone south, and writedowns have…
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Why Google, Microsoft and Amazon Love the Sound of Your Voice
EghtesadOnline: Speech recognition must get much better if we are to speak naturally to our gadgets. So the tech industry is vacuuming up all the conversations it can.
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Microsoft gains EU approval for $26 billion buy of LinkedIn
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft won EU antitrust approval on Tuesday for its $26 billion bid for professional social network LinkedIn, its largest ever acquisition, after agreeing to a series of modest…
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Web giants to cooperate on removal of extremist content
EghtesadOnline: Web giants YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft will step up efforts to remove extremist content from their websites by creating a common database.
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Microsoft set to win EU approval for LinkedIn buy - sources
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft is set to gain EU approval for its $26 billion buy of professional social network LinkedIn with tweaks to concessions aimed at addressing competition concerns, three…
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Microsoft offers EU hardware, software LinkedIn concessions: sources
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft will still allow LinkedIn's rivals access to its software and give hardware makers the option of installing other services to try to win EU approval for its takeover…
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Elon Musk-backed AI startup and Microsoft sign cloud agreement
EghtesadOnline: OpenAI, the non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research firm backed by Tesla Motors Inc's Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives, has signed an agreement to run most…
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Microsoft offers EU concessions over its $26 billion LinkedIn bid
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft has offered concessions to EU antitrust regulators over its $26 billion bid for social network LinkedIn, the European Commission said on Wednesday, as the U.S. software…
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The former CEO says Microsoft got into the mobile device market too late
Steve Ballmer Says Smartphones Strained His Relationship With Bill Gates
EghtesadOnline: Steve Ballmer said his decision to push Microsoft Corp. into the hardware business contributed to the breakdown of his relationship with longtime friend and company co-founder…
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Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and U.S. political hacks was behind recent cyber attacks that exploited a newly…
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Microsoft Hikes U.K. Prices of Enterprise Products Amid Brexit
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp. will increase the price of its enterprise software and cloud offerings in the U.K. by as much as 22 percent to adjust to the falling pound in the aftermath of…
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Microsoft Shares Soar to Record on Earnings Boost From Cloud
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp. shares soared to a record high Friday after the software giant reported first-quarter sales and earnings that topped analysts’ estimates, buoyed by growing demand…