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Feeling more secure? Windows 10 moves beyond passwords with biometrics from Microsoft
In a bid to strengthen cyber-security and address the problem of remembering multiple passwords Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will support FIDO (Fast Identification Online) with an aim to having eye-scanning and fingerprint scanning capabilities on all devices in the future. The new OS will support the newest version of FIDO, FIDO 2.0. FIDO ...
Microsoft and Google’s measures to curtail child pornography searches has been a huge success
After pleas in November 2013 by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron that tech companies do more – as part of their “moral duty” – to prevent internet users from searching for sexual material related to children, the two tech giants Microsoft and Google put new controls on their search engines which has resulted in a massive ...
Respected hedge fund loses faith in Apple and bets on Microsoft
Bridgewater Associates, a huge hedge fund – largest in the world says Institutional Investor – based in Westport, Connecticut, has revealed that it has diminished its holdings in Apple by almost 50 percent, according to its regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This comes at a time when Apple’s shares have gone up by ...
Microsoft patches lingering bug that affects all versions of Windows
Microsoft has announced that it has taken care of a bug that may have been around for some 15 years, and could have put millions of PC users running all version of Windows at risk of giving attackers complete control of their machine. The vulnerability, codenamed Jasburg, which Microsoft says took a year to clean-up, still remains a critical ...
Cloud freebie wars: Microsoft OneDrive giveaway overshadows Google Drive’s free 2 Gigabytes
Microsoft has announced that it is now giving away 100 GB of OneDrive cloud storage for free, for two years. This was announced on the same day that Google let it be known that it was giving away 2 GBs of Google Drive storage, forever. Both freebies come with small stipulations, but nothing to be ...
Microsoft and Samsung end dispute over Android patent-licensing
After Microsoft filed a patent-royalty suit in August last year that alleged that the South Korea-based Samsung had not made Android royalty payments on time resulting in $6.9 million in interest fees, the two companies have settled the issue after months of attempted reconciliation. A joint statement from the two companies read, “Samsung and Microsoft are pleased ...
Supporting marriage equality at work is the ‘right thing’, says Microsoft, and also good for the bottom line
Following last month’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where diversity and inclusion in the workplace was a key issue under discussion, Microsoft has said it wants to share the company ethos that supports the rights of the LGBT community. Brad Smith, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs ...
Microsoft claims we can all take and create stellar snaps with its updated Image Composite Editor (ICE)
Since the inception of digital photography and the ongoing advances in smartphone photographic technology even the most haphazard and ill-framed shot can end up looking like it was shot by a professional. Microsoft has just promised to make the amateur’s snaps even more appealing with its updated ICE 2.0 software, that will use computer vision ...
Microsoft releases first part of preview for Universal Office apps for Windows 10
Microsoft has just released a technical preview for Word, Excel and PowerPoint available on PCs, laptops and tablets, as part of the Windows Insider Program. Users who are already part of the Windows 10 Technical Preview can access the new apps by searching for them in the Windows Store Beta. Microsoft also mentions that the ...
Bing blocking Google? Microsoft’s new Android app could divert Google lovers
Coming straight outta Microsoft’s Garage, a creative nexus in which the company’s hackers, makers, artists, tinkerers, musicians, inventors get together and throw around ideas, is a new Android app that goes by the name of Picturesque Lock Screen. The app basically functions as a time-saving feature to bring up important information when your screen is still ...