Microsoft

Touch-friendly Office apps for Windows phones

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Friday unveiled a long-awaited suite of touch-friendly Office apps that allow… Read More

Microsoft and Yahoo amend search deal

REDMOND: Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc amended a 2009 search partnership, giving Yahoo more control… Read More

Microsoft, Yahoo update search agreement

NEW YORK: Microsoft and Yahoo have updated their search partnership to allow more flexibility in… Read More

Microsoft starts program to hire workers with autism

NEW YORK: US technology giant Microsoft has launched a pilot program to hire autistic workers… Read More

Microsoft buys Office collaborator app LiveLoop

NEW YORK: Microsoft said Friday it has purchased the office mobile app LiveLoop, which allows… Read More

Microsoft reaches into Android

WASHINGTON: Microsoft on Monday unveiled partnerships with Samsung and other manufacturers to install its services… Read More

Windows 10 devices to allow sign in with face, iris

WASHINGTON: The new Windows 10 operating system will allow users to sign in to a… Read More

As hacking grows, biometric security gains momentum

WASHINGTON: With hackers seemingly running rampant online and millions of users compromised, efforts for stronger… Read More

Windows PCs also vulnerable to 'Freak' attacks

BOSTON: Hundreds of millions of Windows PC users are vulnerable to attacks exploiting the recently… Read More

Microsoft buys Sunrise

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has acquired hit mobile calendar application Sunrise… Read More

Microsoft launches Outlook for rival iOS, Android

WASHINGTON: Microsoft on Thursday launched an Outlook app for rival handsets running on Apple's iOS… Read More

Japan's Nintendo says Apr-Dec net profit surges six-fold to $504 mn

TOKYO: Japanese videogame giant Nintendo said Wednesday its April-December net profit soared six-fold to $504… Read More

Microsoft stock punished as concerns multiply

SEATTLE: Investors wiped $35 billion off Microsoft Corp's market value on Tuesday without any clear-cut, single explanation. Read More

Xbox Live back up, PlayStation Network still down

NEW YORK: Microsoft Corp's Xbox Live was back up on Friday while Sony Corp's PlayStation… Read More

Skype moves toward auto-translation

WASHINGTON: Microsoft announced Monday a new step toward real-time translation, launching a Spanish-English test program… Read More

Facebook dumps Microsoft Web search results

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc has stopped including results from Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine on… Read More

Windows 10 expected in Autumn

Microsoft Corp expects to have its new Windows 10 operating system on the market by… Read More

Break up Google: EU lawmakers

BRUSSELS: European Union lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a motion on Thursday urging anti-trust regulators to break… Read More

Skype for web browsers tested

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Friday released a test version of Skype that lets people make… Read More