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Privacy concerns rise after former Microsoft Bug Bounty developer asked to decrypt laptop at French airport
Katie Moussouris, chief policy officer at HackerOne who played a major role in developing Microsoft’s Bug Bounty Program, has aired her concerns after she was not only asked to turn on her laptop (standard procedure) at France’s Charles de Gaulle airport recently, but was asked to log-in to her device. After tweeting the incident, netizens became ...
Office for Android tablet impresses early users as preview becomes available to anyone
After gaining positive feedback following Microsoft’s invite-only Office for Android preview last November, the Redmond company is now letting anyone download the preview apps from Google Play. The preview is available to users with 7-10.1 inch Android tablets with an ARM processor, now eligible for KitKat and Lollipop. After Microsoft released Office for iPad last year ...
Microsoft targets developing markets with world’s cheapest Internet-ready phone
In a move to gobble up the phone market in developing countries, Microsoft has recently unveiled an internet-ready device that will go on the market for just $29. The Nokia 215, Microsoft says, is the “most affordable” phone yet with Internet capabilities. It will be available in select countries throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East ...
Xbox One powers up for developers as Microsoft strives to stay ahead in the console war
If gamers were wondering lately why certain games were performing better on Microsoft’s Xbox One compared to other consoles, including Playstation 4, they now have their answer. Xbox One developers have been given the opportunity to use more CPU power, according to information disseminated by the hacking group H4LT. Developers, who previously only has access ...
Microsoft sues scammers based in India offering bogus technical support for US customers
Earlier this month Microsoft cracked down on fraudsters working on US soil for offering bogus technical support using the Redmond company’s trademark, and now they’ve spread their net to India where a team of scammers are alleged to have a similar modus operandi. The fraudsters, who claim to be a legitimate team affiliated with Microsoft, ...
Xbox Live founder leaves Microsoft, following long list of exiting Xbox execs
On the back of a difficult week for Xbox Live its founding member, Boyd Multerer, has said his farewells to Microsoft. Along with a string of the Xbox One team working under the new games focused vision of Xbox chief, Phil Spencer, Multerer tipped his cap to the company yesterday and left the tweet, “Goodbye ...
Young hackers blast Microsoft and Sony for being ‘retarded monkeys’ after ruining Christmas for Xbox and PS4 users
We did it for the “lulz”, said a barely-out-of-high-school hacker who was reportedly partly responsible for a world-breaking denial-of-service (DOS) attack against Microsoft and Sony Corp. during the holidays. In an interview with The Daily Dot, Vinnie Omari, a spokesperson for the group who brought down Xbox Live and Playstation Network services worldwide, lambasted both tech giants for ...
Microsoft and Google team-up against hotels blocking personal Wi-Fi
In an effort to block hotel chains controlling Wi-Fi at their locations, Google and Microsoft have formed an unlikely alliance. The two tech giants, as well as other tech companies, are lobbying in opposition to a petition by the hotel industry, including large chains such as Hilton and Marriott, to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) ...
A changing tide in tablet sales? New Microsoft site pushes Surface Pro 3 on MacBook users
In the consumer tech days of yore when the now mighty Apple Inc. was still playing catch-up to the seemingly insuperable Redmond giant Microsoft Corp. it was the former who were often seen tempting people to ‘switch over’ to their products by implementing informational acts of persuasion into their marketing regime. Microsoft, having found itself ...
Microsoft axes free website service from SharePoint Online as part of Office 365 ‘evolution’
As was expected, but not officially confirmed until now, Microsoft Corp. is discontinuing the SharePoint Online Public Website service, a feature enabling users to create public-facing websites in SharePoint. The discontinuation will be effective January 2015. While new customers won’t have access to the service, existing customers will be able to use the feature for ...
