Centaurus could be out soon
Just don't get it drunk
Microsoft announced it will be holding a Surface hardware event in New York City on 2 October and is expected to unveil its dual-screen Surface laptop/tablet hybrid.
Apple's former boss leaves in search of intelligence
Joins Microsoft's AI unit
Bill Stasior, the former head of Apple's Siri division, is leaving the company after nearly a decade to join Microsoft's artificial intelligence division.
Microsoft throttles Surface Pro 6 and Surface Book 2
As fast as a Pentium 2
Software King of the World Microsoft appears to be throttling its Surface Pro 6 and Surface Book 2 down to 400 MHz – which is about the speed of an old Pentium 2.
Big hole found in Microsoft protocol
Been there since Windows XP
A little known Microsoft protocol, which has been used by all Windows operating systems since Windows XP is insecure and a doodle to exploit.
Microsoft provides tools to find holes in Azure
Boosts bug bounties
Software King of the World, Microsoft has released Azure Security Lab, a sandbox-like environment for security researchers to test its cloud security. The company also doubled the top Azure bug bounty to $40,000.
LinkedIn is moving to Microsoft’s Azure public cloud
Expected after the buy-out
LinkedIn said it’s finally migrating computing workloads from its own equipment to the Azure public cloud and giving Microsoft its critical data.
Microsoft invests a billion in OpenAI
Will develop tech for Azure
Microsoft today announced that it would invest $1 billion in OpenAI, the San Francisco-based AI research firm cofounded by CTO Greg Brockman, chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, with backing from luminaries like LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and former Y Combinator president Sam Altman.
Microsoft pays $25 million to make a bribery charge go away
A little ironic -- don't cha think?
Software king of the world Microsoft has agreed to pay $25 million to settle US government investigations into what now must be called "alleged" bribery by former employees in Hungary.
A fifth of big corporations are still on Windows 7
Hackers rub paws with glee
With just six months until Microsoft officially ends support for its nine year old operating system Windows 7, almost a fifth of large enterprises still haven’t migrated to Windows 10.
Microsoft has not killed off its dedicated streaming Scarlett
Still working on it
Microsoft is still making a dedicated streaming device to complement its next-gen Scarlett console offering.