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Pentagon awards $9 bn Cloud project to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle
San Francisco: Ending the bitter Cloud war, the Pentagon has awarded its multi-billion dollar Cloud-computing contract to all the major players — Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle – that can reach up…
- Technology
Microsoft enters 10-yr deal with Nintendo for ‘CoD’ games
San Francisco: Microsoft has entered a 10-year agreement with Japanese gaming giant Nintendo to bring ‘Call Of Duty’ (CoD) games on Nintendo consoles if the Activision Blizzard acquisition closes. Microsoft Gaming CEO…
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Microsoft may build ‘super app’ to fight Apple & Google
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft will reportedly build an all-in-one ‘super app’ to compete with Apple and Google mobile dominance. The application might combine shopping, messaging, web search, news and other services…
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Microsoft to train, certify over 1 lakh Indian software developers in a month
New Delhi: IT company Microsoft will train and certify over 1 lakh software developers in India in a month under its pan-India “Future Ready Champions of Code” program, the company said on…
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Microsoft offers 10-year deal on new ‘CoD’ games to Sony
San Francisco: Microsoft has offered a 10-year contract to Sony to make future ‘Call of Duty’ (CoD) games available on PlayStation, if its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition goes ahead. Microsoft president Brad…
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Microsoft to raise Xbox first-party game prices in 2023
San Francisco: Microsoft will reportedly raise its first-party Xbox game prices from $59.99 to $69.99 next year. The new full-priced Xbox Game Studios games, including Redfall, Starfield and Forza Motorsport, will be…
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Microsoft India hikes prices of products, services by up to 11%
San Francisco: Microsoft has announced a huge price hike of up to 11 per cent for its software and services in India due to currency fluctuations. The company said the “Indian rupee…
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IIT Guwahati receives 168 placement offers on Day 1
Agartala: Placements for the 2022-23 academic year at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) began on a strong note on Thursday with a total of 168 offers made by 46 companies,…
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Microsoft, LinkedIn empower 7.3 mn learners in India, announce new skills
New Delhi: Microsoft and its subsidiary LinkedIn on Wednesday announced it has empowered 7.3 million learners in India to acquire digital skills for in-demand jobs. To date, Microsoft has engaged 14 million…
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Apple makes about Rs 1.5L every second, Microsoft pockets Rs 1.1L
New Delhi: Do you know how much profit Apple makes every second? It is a staggering over $1,820 (over Rs 1.48 lakh), making the iPhone maker the world’s most profitable company —…
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Microsoft adds ‘Portrait mode’ feature to PowerPoint for iPhones
San Francisco: Microsoft has added a new feature — ‘Portrait mode’ in PowerPoint for iPhones and iPad users so that they can easily switch between portrait and landscape mode when creating new…
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Hackers exploited discontinued web server at Tata Power: Microsoft
New Delhi: Microsoft has warned that state-sponsored hackers are attacking critical energy infrastructure in India via exploiting a discontinued web server, with the most recent attack it observed was on Tata Power…
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Nvidia, Microsoft team up to build AI supercomputer
San Francisco: Nvidia has announced a multi-year collaboration with Microsoft to build one of the most powerful AI supercomputers in the world. The supercomputer will be powered by Microsoft Azure’s advanced supercomputing…
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Microsoft rolls out new update Discord voice chat to Xbox users
San Francisco: Microsoft has rolled out a new update which will provide users the ability to connect their Discord voice channels directly from their Xbox console, making it easier to chat with…
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Microsoft India announces pre-orders of new Surface devices
New Delhi: Microsoft on Tuesday announced the pre-orders for new Surface products — Surface Laptop 5 and Surface Pro 9 — in India. Surface Laptop 5 is priced at Rs 1,07,999, and…
