Microsoft Corp executives are in talks with equity firms considering bids for Yahoo Inc! saying that Microsoft might be willing to offer “significant financing” for their efforts, tech news site Recode reported on Thursday. However,…
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Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Comcast Partner to Secure Email
Amidst the ongoing Apple-FBI controversy, some of the biggest tech companies have joined forces to deliver a new email mechanism called SMTP STS that is aimed at making user information more secure. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo,…
Former Microsoft CEO Ballmer Does About-Face on Linux Technology
Fifteen years after calling the open-source operating system Linux a “cancer,” former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has softened his position. Speaking on Wednesday night at a dinner hosted by Fortune magazine, Ballmer said…
Microsoft Says Still Accepts Bitcoin, Apologises for ‘Inaccurate Information’
False alarm, everyone. Microsoft isn’t dropping support for payments via Bitcoin currency from theMicrosoft Store. The Redmond, Washington-based said on Monday that it conveyed inaccurate information over the weekend. Bitcoin community took a big blow…
Microsoft Pulls Bitcoin Support From Windows Store
Microsoft no longer accepts payments in Bitcoins on the Microsoft Store, a limitation that stretches to the Windows Store. The company updated its support page to note that it has dropped support for the aforementioned…
Microsoft Contributes Its Sonic Linux Networking Suite to Open Compute Project
Microsoft is taking a major step in the world of free, open-source software. The Windows maker has announced that it is giving away Sonic, its own designed software, to users for free. At the…