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Microsoft's researchers want to 'solve' cancer within 10 years
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-09-20 09:27
Microsoft: a technology company best known for Windows, Office, ...and curing cancer? While that last one may be very surprising, the company’s claims to fame may indeed feature some medical miracles in the near future. In fact, Microsoft says it might ‘solve’ cancer in the next 10 years.
Microsoft lays off hundreds of employees this week, largely in Redmond, London
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2016-09-19 22:30
Microsoft is continuing to follow through with the 2,850 additional job cuts company officials announced back in July that they'd be making during fiscal 2017.
The latest round of cuts, which happened this past week, affected both Redmond and London (as well as some other geographies).
Microsoft Patches Zero Day Flaw Used In Two Massive Malvertising Campaigns
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2016-09-15 03:06
Microsoft has patched a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that at least two threat actor groups have used for some time to serve malicious advertisements to between 1 million and 5 million users daily.
Microsoft set to drop Lumia brand by Christmas
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-09-13 21:40
The dark satanic rumour mill suggests that Microsoft will be withdrawing the Lumia brand by the end of the year.
Vole has a cunning plan to replace it with a brand new Surface Phone and kick start its ailing smartphone business.
Lately Microsoft’s Lumia lineup has shrunk to just four models, and there’s nothing to indicate it’s working on a successor. Vole has removed the link to buy them from its US website. On the retail side, stores have started removing units from display, and are trying to shift remaining stock by offering steep discounts.
Microsoft announces Advanced Threat Analytics 1.7 for enhanced enterprise security
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2016-09-02 01:42
Roughly 108 days ago, Microsoft released its Advance Threat Protection service into preview for its eager enterprise customers looking to an early look at latest productivity, security, and device management capabilities coming to Windows 10.
Now, three months later, Microsoft’s threat analytics team has felt confident enough in the feedback they’ve received to release its Advance Threat Analytics (ATA) v 1.7 for public consumption.
