Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

In June, Microsoft introduced a completely revamped version of its Skype app, designed with a heavier focus on media-sharing, and other social expression tools, like emoji, reactions, and even a Snapchat-like stories feature. Now that new experience is rolling out to desktop users, but in a more limited fashion, Microsoft announced this morning. The new desktop app introduces an updated… Read More... →

CoreOS today announced the general availability of Microsoft Azure support for its Kubernetes-based Tectonic container management platform. It previously only fully supported container deployments on bare metal servers and AWS. Beta support for Azure launched in March and with this new release, Tectonic now offers hybrid support for multi-cloud deployments across its three supported… Read More... →

Руководителем «Яндекс.Переводчика» стал Дэвид Талбот. До прихода в «Яндекс» он работал в лондонском офисе Google, где руководил одной из групп разработки технологий генерации естественного языка. Об этом Firrma рассказали в пресс-службе «Яндекса». В общей сложности Талбот проработал в Google почти 9 лет, из них 2 года — в российском офисе компании. В «Яндекс.Переводчике» Талбот планирует сосредоточиться на внедрении в продукт передовых технологий машинного обучения, среди которых перевод на основе нейронны... →

В проекте участвует выходец из Москвы... →

Microsoft announced a new product in its Azure line-up in preview today that will make it easier for developers to build event-based applications. The Azure Event Grid makes events (like uploading a picture or video, clicking a button, updating a database, etc.) first-class Azure objects. Event Grid complements Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps, Microsoft’s existing serverless offerings. Read More... →

Microsoft wants to build autonomous tech for aircraft that require little to no power to fly. It just completed tests in the Nevada desert of gliders equipped with self-guidance systems that help them track regions of rising hot air and predict their movement, with the aim of staying up in the air for as long as possible. These tests showed that Microsoft’s system for riding the wind holds… Read More... →

Amazon debuts instant pickup to order and pick up your stuff within two minutes, Uber agrees to 20 years of privacy audits, Casper’s new mattress and Microsoft buys Cycle Computing. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Cycle Computing, a twelve-year-old Connecticut-based company that focuses on helping enterprises orchestrate high-performance computing jobs, large data workloads and other “big computing” jobs in the cloud. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. While Microsoft plans to use the company’s expertise to improve its… Read More... →

Что стало самым крупным его пожертвованием за последние 17 лет.... →

Сооснователь Microsoft Билл Гейтс передал на благотворительные цели акции Microsoft на сумму $4,6 млрд. Это крупнейшее пожертвование миллиардера с 2000 года, передаёт Bloomberg.... →

Microsoft today announced the launch of two new Azure regions in Australia. These two new regions will complement Microsoft’s existing two region on the continent and bring the total number of global Azure regions to 42. The plan is for these new regions to go online in the first half of 2018. Microsoft specifically notes that these two new regions will be certified to run both… Read More... →

Новая система получила название Coco Framework... →

Блокчейн сможет быть быстрее и «более частной».... →

Facebook launches Watch Tab, Coinbase raises a $100 million Series D, Consumer Reports pulls its Microsoft Surface recommendation and 500 Startups Australia falls apart. All this on Crunch Report Read More... →

Microsoft today announced a new version of Windows 10 that’s specifically geared toward professional users that use high-end hardware to support mission critical workloads. As rumored, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations will feature Microsoft’s server-grade file system (the Resilient File System), support for persistent memory (NVDIMM-N), faster file sharing with SMB Direct and… Read More... →

The Surface line has been a surprising hit for Microsoft in recent years. What many regarded as little more than proof of concept for Windows 10 has become a leader in the two-in-one tablet category in its own right. But according to a new survey conducting by Consumer Reports, the devices have proven far more unreliable than much of the competition. In fact, things are so bad, the publication… Read More... →

Interest in blockchains is at an all-time high, but there are still plenty of technical issues to solve, especially for enterprises. For them, issues like throughput, latency, governance and confidentiality are still major stumbling blocks for using blockchains. With its new Coco Framework, Microsoft wants to solve these issues and make blockchains more suitable for the enterprise. Read More... →

Microsoft пообещала изменить поведение антивируса Windows Defender.... →

«Лаборатория Касперского» отзовёт все жалобы о недобросовестной конкуренции со стороны Microsoft, поданные регуляторам из-за ограничений для производителей антивирусов в Windows 10. Об этом говорится в блоге компании.... →

«Лаборатория Касперского» готовится отозвать свое обращение в Европейскую комиссию по делу с американской корпорацией Microsoft. В «Лаборатории» отметили, что Microsoft устранила все пункты нарушения антимонопольного законодательства. Об этом сообщает ТАСС. «Мы довольны предложенным Microsoft подходом к исполнению предупреждений ФАС и сроками его реализации. Мы также готовим обращение в Европейскую комиссию и Федеральное ведомство по картелям Германии о том, что у нас к Microsoft больше нет замечаний», — р... →