Microsoft to offer version of SQL Server software for Linux The Seattle Times It’s one of the biggest actions yet in the company’s effort to move beyond Windows and comes in an area its executives harshly criticized in the past. ... ...
Microsoft cancels Fable Legends and proposes closing Lionhead Studios Venture Beat Microsoft has delivered some unexpected bad news today. | The company announced today that it is cancelling Fable Legends, the next installment in the fantasy series that has been an Xbox staple since its debut in 2004. Microsoft also said that it has proposed completely closing Fable developer Lion...
Updated: Microsoft Surface Pro 3 TechRadar Introduction and design | Update: Sure, people are still going on about the Surface Pro 4. (And with good reason – it's pretty fantastic.) But, you know that, considering your needs, you might not even have to pay up big for the latest and greatest...
What he thinks of VR, the presidency, and Microsoft's Linux push PC World No, Michael Bloomberg is not running for president. And neither (surprise!) is Bill Gates. | Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates dropped by Reddit for his fourth “Ask Me Anything” session on Tuesday, a random collection of question posed to Gates b...
Open Source-happy Microsoft Joins Eclipse Foundation Slashdot alphadogg writes to note that just a day after announcing it would be bringing SQL Server to Linux, "Microsoft has announced that it is joining the Eclipse Foundation, an open source community for developers launched more than 10 years ago." Microsof...
Kinect developers face extinction following Microsoft Studios website update Digital Trends Microsoft has removed many of its partnered development houses from the official Microsoft Studios website, suggesting that the company has more closures in mind following its recent shuttering of Lionhead and Press Play. | The post Kinect developers...
The Lobby - The Division, Fable Legends, Is Microsoft Trying to Monopolize PC Gaming? Gamespot The Lobby is LIVE 2PM Pacific where we talk to Scott about his time playing the Division, look back at the cancelled Fable legends and what it meant for Microsoft, and discuss whether or not Microsoft is really trying to monopolize gaming on PC. ... ...
Epic Games Founder Rails Against Microsoft's Walled Garden TechNewsWorld Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney last week called on Microsoft to remove the walls it's building around the Windows Store with its Universal Windows Platform initiative. | The problem is that it is impossible to install and update UWP apps from third-p...
Microsoft joins Eclipse Foundation. Odd thing for a competitor to do The Register We do Linux. We do Java. Second surprise in a week from the Windows company. | Microsoft is joining the Eclipse Foundation as a Solutions Member, according to an announcement today at the EclipseCon event in Reston, Virginia. ... ...
The ‘ridiculously’ warm Arctic just set another ominous record Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The warmth of the Arctic this year — featuring temperature departures many degrees Celsius above normal — has scientists floored. They used words such as “absurdly” or “ridiculously” to describe how warm the region has been. ... ...
BMW’s concept car celebrates 100th birthday, flexible bodywork Ars Technica BMW | The Vision Next 100 is inspired by BMW designers' dreams of the future. | 4 more images in gallery | BMW announced a concept car today that will be on display this year as part of the company’s 100-year anniversary celebration. The car, a sedan that BMW is calling the “Vision Next 100," eschews excessive homage to the past and leans hard ...
