In an interview on the sidelines of the BlueHat cybersecurity conference held in Tel Aviv, Microsoft’s Vice President of Security, Bharat Shah, told Reuters that the company plans to continue its annual billion-dollar expenditure on cybersecurity research and development. That’s important, but obvious, as one of the world’s leading provider …

At the beginning of this century, Microsoft was flourishing thanks to all the hype of the dotcom-era. March of 2000 is when Microsoft had the highest market valuation it has ever had – a little over $550 billion. Windows ME wasn’t out yet, and Windows 95’s extreme success had allowed …

Microsoft’s HoloLens’s creative use across several industries is a testament to how much impact virtual and augmented reality can have on simple tasks. Technicians use HoloLens to maintain elevators, museums to make space where none exist, even NASA has found it useful for inspiring the young minds. The University of …

It’s the time for every cinephile to rejoice; Pioneer today announced two new Blu-ray disc drives for the PC, both capable of reading Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray discs. This is 2017, and PC disc drives are still a thing. They are still a thing because Blu-ray has much higher bitrate …

Microsoft today published its earnings report for the 2nd quarter of fiscal 2017 – that’s the 4th quarter of calendar 2016. The company has managed to beat analyst expectations; the revenue sits at $24.1 billion GAAP ($26.1b non-GAAP) with the net income at a comfortable $5.2 billion GAAP ($6.5b non-GAAP). …

In June last year, HP announced a voluntary global recall of a few laptop batteries that came with its laptops between March 2013 and August 2015. Today, HP has drastically expanded the recall program; batteries or laptops purchased from March 2013 until October 2016 must be checked for a potential hazard. …

Microsoft has opened up a survey asking for feedback from the Windows Insiders – not on Windows, but on the Insider program itself. Those who participate in the survey – and submit their Microsoft account email address – will join the Sweepstakes with a prize of $1,500. The Survey The …

Microsoft Germany today announced ‘Office 365 Germany’; the new offering is identical to Office 365 that’s already available across the European continent, but with a key difference. The datacentres that Microsoft has been building across Europe are paying off; Office 365 Germany will be provided as a service in parallel …

The Xbox One just became a little more accessible for everyone; the first-ever Xbox Insider build has arrived, and it brings an incredible accessibility feature: Copilot. Two is One The Copilot feature is an interesting one; it allows the gamer to take two physical controllers, and combine them to appear …

In the cold winters of December last year, Mike Ybarra of Xbox mentioned in a tweet that the Xbox team was actively looking into the possibility of allowing custom gamerpics on the Xbox platform. Today, the Xbox team has managed to fulfill one of the most demanded features by the …