Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Let’s just get this out of the way: Your NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket is going to be a train wreck. Not only are there are a multitude of nearly unpredictable upsets, but chances are that when it comes to men’s college basketball, you are an idiot. And we say that with loving kindness. Because […]... →

In the latest sign of support for Apple’s ongoing security legal battle, Box, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech behemoths have filed an “amicus brief,” meaning that they have aligned interests and want their voice to be heard in the upcoming appeals. This is a different amicus brief than the one filed by Square, Twitter, LinkedIn and others earlier today. The… Read More... →

ANALYSIS: Despite the volume of, ahem, material revealed prior to the show, this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain still proved to be one of the more exciting conventions in recent years. Almost every major phone manufacturer had significant products to show off, save for a few noteworthy omissions (looking at you, Microsoft and Motorola). What follows […]... →

Cloud file syncing and sharing company Box today is announcing that it will formally show its support for Apple in the ongoing Apple-FBI encryption battle by filing an amicus curae brief in Apple’s defense. A Box spokesperson told VentureBeat that the company would file the brief later today alongside Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. “The […]... →

Want to develop for Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality platform but don’t want to pay $3,000 for the developer kit? Until now, it looked like you were out of luck, but as Microsoft announced today, you will soon be able to use a HoloLens emulator to write your applications even if you don’t own the actual hardware. The emulator, as well as all of Microsoft’s other… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced that in the second quarter of this year it will release the “spring wave” update of its Dynamics CRM 2016 software for online customers. Some of the biggest additions to the customer-relationship management software are coming by way of Microsoft’s acquisition last year of Adxstudio, a company that made web portals for […]... →

Персональные компьютеры смогут запускать игры, разработанные для консолей... →

Microsoft held an Xbox spring showcase last week, showing a bunch of games to the press. Here’s a summary of what they announced, as well as links to the interviews we did during the event. We saw a hands-on preview of the first act and first full video episode of Quantum Break, the big exclusive coming […]... →

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer gave a passionate defense of encryption today, saying his coming stood with Apple in its legal battle with the FBI. He made his remarks during a keynote address at the RSA security conference in San Francisco. “There is no technology better than encryption,” Smith said. “Despite the best intentions, the path to… Read More... →

Oh what a tangled web we weave … when we’re playing and watching Quantum Break. I discovered that the story behind the big Xbox One and Windows 10 video game coming from Microsoft and Remedy Entertainment is very complicated. That’s the hallmark of Remedy, which made memorable story-based games such as Alan Wake and Max Payne […]... →

After years of development and demos, virtual reality’s moment of truth is approaching. And that’s pretty exciting for Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, which Facebook bought for $2 billion in 2014. Luckey has been touting the virtues of VR for several years, and he was out again at Microsoft’s Xbox spring showcase to […]... →

PREVIEW: Pit People is not going to win Microsoft the console wars. It’s not going to get more gamers on the PC. But it just might be silly enough to attract a small smattering of fans who like this sort of thing. I saw a preview of developer The Behemoth’s Pit People for the Xbox One […]... →

Phil Spencer, head of Xbox at Microsoft, says that his company’s push into Windows 10 gaming isn’t coming at the detriment of the Xbox One video game console. Rather, moving titles such as Remedy’s upcoming Quantum Break to run on both Windows and Xbox is good for the gamer, Spencer said at a recent Xbox […]... →

Microsoft is announcing today that it will give away a full racing game, Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, to Windows 10 gamers for no charge. The free game is intended to draw more PC fans into the Forza racing franchise as the company seeks to shore up fans on both the Xbox One game console and […]... →

PREVIEW: We had a good look at the first full act of Microsoft’s exclusive Windows 10 and Xbox One title, Quantum Break. The new story-based shooter from Remedy Entertainment, the maker of Alan Wake and Max Payne, features Jack Joyce (played by actor Shawn Ashmore) as a man who can manipulate time because of a scientific experiment […]... →

PREVIEW: Microsoft showed off a hands-on demo of Minecraft in virtual reality on the Oculus Rift VR headset. The preview experience was cool, but it also made me sick from too much motion. In an interview with GamesBeat, Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey said Minecraft in VR was an important game, but not necessarily critical to […]... →

Microsoft announced a new tool today called Windows Defender Advanced Threat Detection designed to help IT detect threats to Windows 10 machines after a threat has penetrated the network. While most security strategy to this point has focused on keeping bad actors out of the network, there is a sense of inevitability that no matter how careful a company is that the defenses will break down… Read More... →

Microsoft has lifted the lid on a new security service designed to identify and respond to “advanced” attacks on companies’ networks. With Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft is looking to further bolster the security credentials in Windows 10 — its latest operating system and one that the company has long-touted for its protection against […]... →

Заместитель Генерального директора в Российской ассоциации энергосервисных компаний (РАЭСКО) Ремир Мукумов вложился в компанию ДИВТЕХ, которая разрабатывает системы сбора данных в ЖКХ. Инвестор получил 10% компании.  Как он сообщил Firrma, прединвестиционная оценка ДИВТЕХ составила 90 млн рублей. Деньги будут направлены на доработку аналитической системы, алгоритмы расчета, визуализацию, производство (сертификацию) приборов учета и оформление в реестр измерительных приборов. А также сотрудничество с корпора... →

Microsoft’s augmented reality development kit costs $3,000, and that’s because it shares some components that you’d normally find in spacecraft, guided missiles, and drones. HoloLens, the head-mounted display that mixes digital imagery with the real world, starts shipping to developers March 30, and preorders are open right now. Of course, you’ll need to drain a […]... →