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FoxConn will pay Microsoft royalties to produce Android, Chrome phones and televisions
Taiwan tech giant Hon Hai, parent company of FoxConn, will pay royalties to Microsoft to ward off a lawsuit over its production of devices using rival Google’s Android and Chrome platforms. A Microsoft statement late on Tuesday did not reveal the amounts the US company will be paid however. The…
Tech industry hindered by lack of highly skilled immigrants
As the US government opened up visa applications Monday for highly skilled immigrants, debate flared anew on the tech sector’s demands to be able to hire more foreign workers. The US tech sector has long complained of a shortage of workers with specialized skills, but the debate is further complicated…
U.S. investigates Microsoft for bribery in China, Italy and Romania
US authorities are investigating whether Microsoft or its partners bribed officials in China, Italy and Romania to get software contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Microsoft responded to the reports by calling for a full review of the facts. “We take all allegations brought to our attention seriously, and…
Microsoft switches Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com
Microsoft said Tuesday it had begun switching Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com as it officially launches its revamped email service. “Starting today, Microsoft will begin to upgrade every Hotmail user to Outlook.com.,” the company said in a statement. “The upgrade is seamless and instant for Hotmail customers; everything including their @hotmail.com…
Australian court summons Microsoft, Apple and Adobe to answer for high prices
Global technology giants Microsoft, Apple and Adobe were on Monday ordered to appear before a pricing inquiry examining the often-higher cost of tech goods in Australia compared with other economies. The lower house committee holding the probe, which was launched last May, said it had summoned the trio to appear…
Microsoft says ‘botnet’ hacker hijacked online searches
Software titan Microsoft and computer security giant Symantec said Thursday that they smashed a hacker-infected computer network that was hijacking Internet searches. A Bamital “botnet” raked in an estimated million dollars annually by routing Internet users to websites that generated revenue with bogus online ad “clicks.” “The Bamital botnet defrauded…
Microsoft rolls out Office as a cloud subscription
Microsoft on Tuesday began letting people subscribe to Office as a service in the Internet cloud, shedding the need to buy the popular productivity software on a disk. “It’s kind of a reflection of how most of us live nowadays,” said company official Oliver Roll. “The same way you get…
Only iPads stolen in raid on Microsoft office in Silicon Valley
Apple products were the only items taken when thieves targeted Microsoft’s research and development centre in California. Microsoft’s reputation as the “less cool” rival to Apple appears to have been reinforced, after thieves raided its Silicon Valley offices – but only stole a collection of iPads. The thieves made away…
Veteran Microsoft strategy officer steps down
Microsoft announced on Monday that company veteran Craig Mundie has stepped down from his post as chief of research and will retire in the year 2014. Mundie, who was one of two executives who assumed responsibilities left behind by Bill Gates when the Microsoft co-founder retired in 2008, will now…
Windows 8 sales hit 40 million: Microsoft
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft said Tuesday it sold 40 million licenses for its Windows 8 operating system in the first month after a launch which got a mixed reception. One of the new heads of the Windows unit, Tami Reller, made the announcement to an analysts’ meeting and Microsoft provided…
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