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To be finished in fall 2017, Facebook and Microsoft are laying the groundwork for a new Internet cable running under the Atlantic ocean. It will be the highest-capacity trans-Atlantic cable yet, … Continue reading New Trans-Atlantic Internet Cable Laid by Facebook and Microsoft
If you thought SQL Server on Linux meant Windows was getting cozy with the open-source operating system, now Microsoft is putting Linux tools on its own OS. The Bash shell, a popular command language … Continue reading Bash, Linux’s Popular Command Language Interpreter, Coming to Windows
Microsoft embraces the open-source community again with their latest offering: SQL Server on Linux. SQL Server 2016, the latest version of the database software, will run on Linux now. So … Continue reading Microsoft’s SQL Server 2016 Coming to Linux
With CES wrapped up, rumors are flying about a device that wasn’t announced at the tech trade show: the Windows Surface Phone. The Surface tablet has long been a popular tablet/laptop … Continue reading Windows Surface Phone Rumors
Microsoft’s latest tablet, the Surface Pro 4, is available online and at electronics retailers. Demand is strong; the tablet sold out on preorders at many locations, although it should be … Continue reading Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4
For a professional-oriented product that appeals mainly to networking administrators, Microsoft uses Linux. Last week Microsoft announced Azure Cloud Switch, their home-brewed flavor of Linux designed to maximize flexibility and uniformity for … Continue reading Microsoft, Now with 100% More Linux
Where do Microsoft engineers go to dream and tinker? Their garage! Microsoft Garage is the company’s in-house incubator for the next big ideas in tech. Incubators provide the space, mentors, … Continue reading Meet Microsoft Garage, Microsoft’s In-House Incubator
Windows 10, Microsoft’s newest operating system, will be available in just over a week on July 29th. We’ve already covered a few of the new operating system’s features, including in-place … Continue reading Windows 10 Lands on July 29th
Windows 10 will include seamless support (at least as advertised) for universal apps across all its platforms. That is, your progress in an app will follow you across all your … Continue reading Universal Apps in Upcoming Windows 10
Microsoft Visual Studio now has a GitHub extension. GitHub is a popular repository and version control system for storing code, a great deal of which is open source. With this … Continue reading Microsoft Visual Studio Embraces the Wider Developer Ecosystem
Your Windows Server could be getting a new core soon. A leaked slide deck from earlier this year indicates that soon, a stripped-down version of Windows dubbed “Nano Server” could … Continue reading Nano Server Rumors
There’s a Microsoft vulnerability that, while not entirely new, has been brought to public attention again lately. This week Cylance, a cyber security company, published an article about the latest … Continue reading Microsoft Vulnerability: Redirect to SMB
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