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MIcrosoft faces backlash for hiring female dancers at GDC party
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MIcrosoft faces backlash for hiring female dancers at GDC party
Pixel Dynamo
In a strange turn of events, Microsoft had decided to hire a group of scantily-clad, dancing schoolgirls as part of their Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2016 party—and this is at the very same event that the company held its annual “Women in Games” luncheon. This has, without fail, lead to a...
Microsoft''s Xbox Kinect to help people with respiratory illnesses
Zeenews
Microsoft`s XboxKinect- a popular sensor-based gaming console - can assess the respiratory function of patients and spot conditions such as cystic fibrosis, researchers including an Indian origin scientist report. ... ...
Google To Challenge Amazon, Microsoft In Cloud Computing War
Forbes
Google will attempt to show how it aims to scramble into cloud contention at its first global cloud users conference, NEXT, starting today in San Francisco. ... ...
Veeam Introduces Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure
Scoop
Auckland, New Zealand: March 23, 2016 - Veeam® Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™, today announcesrting!...
Why Microsoft Should Pick Up Evolution Studios
ThisGenGaming
Earlier this month Microsoft announced that it would be closing down Lionhead Studios, the developers behind the Fable series. And shortly afterward it was reported that Sony was trying to hire some Lionhead employees right away, and in a surprise an...
One Spark competitors cut to 66; 10 finalists compete for $120,000 from Microsoft
The Florida Times Union
One Spark narrowed its applicants to the final list of creators who will line Laura Street during the event. | Spokeswoman Kristen Sell said 70 creators were chosen from the 190 applicants and 66 of those accepted. Festival officials said last week u...
Smaller iPad Pro can use Microsoft Office for free, while larger iPad can't
PC World
Here’s one point Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller didn’t make in calling the new 9.7-inch iPad the ultimate PC replacement: if you buy it, you won’t have to pay for an Office 365 subscription to use Microsoft’s iOS Office apps. | But if y...
Microsoft elaborates on HoloLens pre-order process
Digital Trends
Developers looking to grab a HoloLens might be in for a wait, as Microsoft details the process they will have to go through to secure their hardware, set to begin shipping at the end of the month. | The post Microsoft elaborates on HoloLens pre-order...
Science
Zika virus
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Development of Zika virus vaccine underway in India: WHO
DNA India
--> | India is among five countries where projects are underway to develop vaccines to fight the Zika virus currently circulating in 38 countries. | The World Health Organization's Director-General Margaret Chan said that in less than a year, the status of Zika has changed from "a mild medical curiosity" to a disease with severe publi...
Technology
Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest has passed away aged 45
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Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest has passed away aged 45
Digital Spy
Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest has reportedly passed away at the age of 45. The news was first announced on Twitter by DJ Chuck Chillout, who wrote: "RIP to phife dog of tribe called quest." His cause of death has yet to be confirmed. The rapper had been battling health problems for years, having developed diabetes in 1990....



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