Microsoft
Microsoft continues to take on US government over data disclosures from foreign server
11 Dec 2014
Microsoft has chosen to continue taking on the US government in a legal battle over whether US authorities could use a warrant to extract data from servers located abroad
Barnes & Noble to buy Microsoft's 17% stake in Nook e-reader unit
05 Dec 2014
The largest US bookstore chain, Barnes & Noble Inc operates Nook, one of the web's largest e-commerce sites, which features more than two million titles for its electronic reader, Nook Bookstore
Microsoft acquires startup email Accompli
02 Dec 2014
Microsoft Azure cloud-computing service suffers serious outages
19 Nov 2014
Many customers relying on Azure to host websites were hit, including Microsoft itself, whose MSN.com site was inaccessible yesterday
Microsoft pips Exxon to become world's second-most valuable company
15 Nov 2014
Helped by a bull run in Microsoft's stock in the past year, Microsoft Corp has emerged the second-most valuable company in the world after Apple, pushing energy giant Exxon Mobil to the third spot
Microsoft starts work on data centres in India
14 Nov 2014
Google, Facebook, Microsoft vie for a slice of `Digital India’
10 Nov 2014
More enticing for the tech giants is the ‘Digital India’ programme, which besides the $1.2 billion smart cities plan, has components such as virtual classrooms and technology start-ups, besides a plan to connect 2.5 lakh village panchayats through fibre optic cables
