China hands Microsoft administrative fine over Xbox venture Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and its Chinese partner in an Xbox game console venture have been fined by China's commerce ministry for breaching antitrust rules but escaped serious punishment after it deemed they did not hamper free market competition. ...
Microsoft just threw Bing and MSN under the bus to promote Windows 10 in China Business Insider Microsoft execs Terry Myerson and Qi Lu | | Six months ago, we reported on a power struggle within Microsoft between the team that makes Windows and the team that oversees Bing and other online services. | At the time, we reported that Terry Myerson — the Windows chief — had won. | Th...
Microsoft Cortana went 11-5 picking NFL games in Week 3 — here are its picks for Week 4 Business Insider Microsoft Cortana — the virtual assistant that picks NFL games on Bing — bounced back after a sloppy Week 2 to go 11-5 in straight-up picks of all 16 NFL games in Week 3. It wasn't as good as Business Insider's almost-algorithmic in-his-success ...
Don’t go making your own, Microsoft’s Hololens receives official design patent Digital Trends Good luck trying to make your own version of Microsoft's Hololens, as the company has now received a design patent for a "headset with a visor," which could prove broad enough to forestall anyone trying to produce something similar. | The post Don...
Microsoft Dual-Band Wireless Display Adapter for $39.99 + free shipping CNET As one of its daily deals, Best Buy via eBay offers the Microsoft Dual-Band Wireless Display Adapter, model no. CG4-00001, for $39.99 with free shipping. That's tied with our mention from two weeks ago and the lowest total price we could find by $3. ...
Microsoft Xbox JV fined for breaching antitrust rules in China The Times Of India BEIJING: Microsoft Corp and its Chinese partner in an Xbox game console venture have been fined by China's commerce ministry for breaching antitrust rules but escaped serious punishment after it deemed they did not hamper free market competition. ...
Microsoft addresses the Windows 10 privacy paranoia Mashable It’s not hard to get people riled up about Internet privacy. | Privacy policies can seem long and technical, and it’s easier to listen to the digital shouts of the Twittersphere and the media. | After Windows 10 was released this summer, people s...
NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars WorldNews.com NASA Press Release | New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. | Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes where mysterious streaks are seen on the Red Planet. These darkish strea...
Twitter may expand 140-character limit with new product Deccan Chronicle Twitter is finally waking up to the idea that some things just cannot be summed up in 140 characters. The micro-blogging website operator is working on a new product that will allow users to share tweets longer than 140 characters, technology website Re/code reported on Tuesday. The company's executives are also discussing changes to how the charac...
