SAN FRANCISCO — There was a time when Miguel de Icaza couldn’t get Microsoft to give him the time of day, let alone a...
Interview: Xamarin co-founder Miguel de Icaza goes from outcast to insider at Microsoft
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Patent that cost Microsoft millions gets invalidated
(credit: US Patent and Trademark Office)
One of the oldest and most profitable patent trolls, Uniloc, has been shot down. Its US Patent No. 5,490,216, which claims to own the concept of "product activation" in software, had all claims ruled invalid by the Patent Trademark and Appeals Board (PTAB).
The process through which PTAB eliminated the patent is called an "inter partes reexam," or IPR....
Microsoft said to be wanting to help out Yahoo buyers with its own cash
Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo. (credit: Google+)
In 2008, Microsoft bid almost $ 45 billion in an attempt to buy Yahoo. That deal fell through, but with Yahoo putting itself on the chopping block and planning to divest its core Internet business, the software giant is once again expressing an interest. This time,...
HP, Microsoft and others invest $73.5M in Mesosphere cloud computing company
Mesosphere, a Silicon Valley cloud computing startup, announced today that it has raised a $ 73.5 million Series C funding...
Microsoft may help finance Yahoo takeover amid board changes
Yahoo’s sale is moving slowly, but new money from Microsoft may help accelerate it.
A new report from Kara Swisher in Re/code today said that Microsoft executives are meeting with private equity firms as they consider a takeover of the struggling internet giant. According to the report, Microsoft is...
Internal email: Microsoft launches investigation into Xbox ‘schoolgirl’ dancer incident; ‘We are not going to tolerate this,’ says HR chief
Microsoft’s top executives were “embarrassed and appalled” upon seeing photos of female dancers in schoolgirl outfits at a Microsoft Xbox-sponsored event at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, the company’s executive vice president of human...
Microsoft apologizes for hiring ‘schoolgirl’ dancers at GDC party, calls it ‘unequivocally wrong’
Microsoft apologized Friday for hiring scantily clad dancers at its official Game Developers Conference after-party in San Francisco.
Reports surfaced Friday morning about the Thursday night party, which had “erotic schoolgirls” dancing on podiums and socializing with attendees.
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Microsoft employees break Guinness record for most people filling out a bracket together
Why Microsoft is finally pushing for cross-platform online gaming
Xbox Live gamers may soon have a new reason to rejoice.
With this year's Game Developer's Conference barely started, Microsoft has already rolled out a major announcement that has the potential to significantly change the console gaming landscape. By allowing for cross-network play on Xbox Live, Microsoft has signaled it's willing to open the doors...
Talking tech with ‘The Professor’: ESPN’s John Clayton on NFL analytics, Twitter, Microsoft Surface
BOSTON — John Clayton isn’t scheduled to speak at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this weekend, but the ESPN NFL reporter was still hanging out with his fellow sports geeks at the Boston...