Apple slumps and Microsoft overtakes
Will beat it to become the first one trillion dollar company
Software king of the world Microsoft is on course to beat Apple, Amazon and Google and become the world's first company worth one trillion dollars, according to Morgan Stanley beancounters.
Spring Creators Update will take 30 minutes to install
Better than one to two hours
Software King of the World Microsoft has sped up the amount of time it will take to upgrade its Windows 10 major feature upgrade.
US politicians try backdoor to take foreign data
Bipartisan deal will force US Cloud companies to hand over data
Buried in a federal spending bill released late is bipartisan legislation to clarify a law that would require Cloud companies to hand over data stored overseas.
Says DXR benchmark is coming
Following Microsoft's DirectX Raytracing (DXR) announcement, Futuremark has unveiled its new DXR tech demo at the Game Developers Conference held in San Francisco, showing a first glimpse of what can be achieved with Microsoft's latest DirectX 12 feature.
Gamekeepers helps poachers
Software King of the World Microsoft is joining Red Hat, Facebook, Google and IBM in helping the open source movement how it can sort out its licensing woes.
Microsoft and AMD bring FreeSync to Xbox One
Both Xbox One S and Xbox One X
Microsoft said that its Xbox One S and Xbox One X will be getting AMD's FreeSync 2, a offering variable refresh rate over HDMI on supported displays.
Huge numbers of complaints about gender discrimination or sexual harassment
Software King of the World Microsoft, whose boss said that women would get bad karma if they were aggressive about getting money for their work, is suffering from a wave of internal complaints about gender discrimination or sexual harassment.
Microsoft to jack more AI into Windows 10
Microsoft looks forward to working with more primitive biological lifeforms
Microsoft, whose staff apparently have not seen 2001: A Space Oddysey, is planning to jack more AI capabilities inside Windows 10.
IBM settles trade secrets case with Microsoft
Ending chief diversity of option
IBM has settled a trade secrets lawsuit it brought against its former chief diversity officer who left for a similar job at Microsoft.
Ghana teacher demos Office without computer
Internet sensation
A teacher in Ghana who educates his students on computer technology - without any computers - has become an online hit.