Microsoft, Twitter, Google and Facebook reach agreement with NSA The Examiner In an agreement with the NSA, the tech giants Microsoft, Twitter, Google and Facebook all released data to authorities every six months as a result of secret court orders according to their disclosure for the first time on Monday, reports the Guardian. | As part of a transparency deal reached last w...
Challenges for Satya Nadella, the new man in Microsoft's office The Independent Satya Nadella must surely have one of the busiest in-trays in corporate America. The 46-year-old has been given the mammoth task of fixing Microsoft, the once-market leading technology giant now floundering. | The self-confessed cricket and poetry lo...
New brooms at Microsoft necessary for a company seeking relevance The Irish Times What a week it has been for Microsoft. After a wait of many months, the company at last announced its new chief executive, Indian-born company insider Satya Nadella. | However in addition, it said company founder Bill Gates would step down as chairma...
Was Microsoft choice for CEO a safe bet? The Oklahoman • Modified: February 5, 2014 at 6:57 pm • | SAN FRANCISCO — After compiling a list of more than 100 CEO candidates, Microsoft settled on Satya Nadella a home-grown leader who joined the software maker in the early 1990s. | Saty...
Was Microsoft smart to play it safe with CEO? The Oklahoman • | SAN FRANCISCO — After compiling a list of more than 100 CEO candidates, Microsoft settled on Satya Nadella a home-grown leader who joined the software maker in the early 1990s. | Tuesday’s hiring of Nadella as Microsoft’s CEO after a f...
Microsoft hopes new, old leaders can rekindle magic Malaya  | The 46-year-old India native and former enterprise business chief takes on the monumental task of exploring new directions - but with Gates as his consigliere, and on a strategy that Ballmer orchestrated with the board. |  | That uphill endeav...
>Crow Canyon Software Releases New Reporting Tools for Microsoft SharePoint Seattle Post Crow Canyon Software announces the release of two new reporting tools for its Service Desk, Customer Support, and Asset Tracking applications for Microsoft SharePoint. These tools provide robust reporting and analytical capabilities for Crow Canyonâ€...
Riviera Beach native takes Bill Gates’ spot as chairman of Microsoft Palm Beach Post Bill Gates stepped down this week as chairman of Microsoft, and Riviera Beach native John W. Thompson stepped up. | It’s just the latest milestone in an unlikely career. Thompson, who attended segregated schools in Riviera Beach, has referred to hi...
Chinese scientists sound warning over new bird flu The Times Of India PARIS: Chinese scientists sounded the alarm on Wednesday after a new bird flu virus, H10N8, killed an elderly woman in December and infected another individual last month. | The fifth novel influenza strain to emerge in 17 years, the virus has a worrying genetic profile and should be closely monitored, they reported in The Lancet medical journal. |...
Vanity Fair Finally Decided To Put More People Of Color On The Hollywood Issue Cover San Francisco Chronicle Vanity Fair's much-hyped annual "Hollywood Issue" is notorious for including few, if any, people of color on its covers — but this year is different. | 2014's special issue of the magazine, shot by Annie Leibovitz, features a whopping six black actors of the 12 total cover stars. | In addition to usual suspects Julia Rober...
