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Microsoft takes Surface Laptop Studio pre-order in India, sale begins Mar 8

Priced Rs 1,56,999 onwards, the Surface Laptop Studio is touted by the company as its most powerful Surface-series device ever

Microsoft to fully reopen its headquarters on February 28 as Covid subsides

The company said that based on improving local health metrics, its Washington state work sites will move to the sixth and final stage of the hybrid workplace model, effective February 28

Buffett's Berkshire bought Activision shares before Microsoft takeover

Microsoft announced its plan to buy Activision Blizzard on January 18, in its largest ever acquisition

Microsoft to let Sony PS fans play CoD for years: Brad Smith

An obvious concern was that Microsoft could make CoD available exclusively on the Xbox console, undermining opportunities for Sony PlayStation users

L&T, Microsoft sign pact to develop regulated sector-focused cloud offering

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Microsoft India on Monday announced signing of a pact to develop a regulated sector-focused cloud offering to empower customers with the best-of-breed cloud computing and infrastructure services. In line with emerging regulations, L&T and Microsoft will co-engage with a defined set of large customers in regulated sectors to develop architectures and road maps to modernise their traditional data centres to potentially hybrid models and advance their digital transformation goals. Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the two industry leaders will set up a joint governance group to define future platform designs, investments, and commercial/business models to service the regulated sectors' emerging technology requirements, according to a statement. Senior leadership teams of both the organisations will be engaged collectively on this as the association evolves. "India is at the cusp of enormous cloud adoption, as innovation, scale and agility .

High attrition, employee cost casts spell on IT stks; buy on dips: Analysts

The nervousness in the IT stocks, analysts believe, is on account of rising employee costs at a time the business growth has been modest year-on-year in the December 2021 quarter (Q3FY22)

Windows 11 adoption happening twice as fast as Windows 10, says data

In October, 2021, Microsoft released Windows 11 to the masses and now a new data has revealed that more people are upgrading to Windows 11

35 US states, Microsoft back Epic Games in its fight against Apple

A coalition of 35 US state Attorneys General, Microsoft and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have come forward to support Fortnite maker Epic Games's ongoing court battle with Apple.

Cloud biz helps Microsoft's December quarter sales go past $50 billion

The results beat predictions from analysts

Microsoft offers strong forecast driven by cloud computing unit

The outlook soothed concerns about growth from the results of the holiday quarter, and shares erased earlier after-hours losses, trading 3% above the closing price

Tech giant Microsoft to add support for hyperlinks feature to Excel

Tech giant Microsoft is reportedly adding support for hyperlinks feature to Excel.

Sony wants Microsoft to ensure that Call of Duty stays across platforms

Sony, which saw its stock tanked after Microsoft acquired gaming company Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, said it expects to ensure that games like Call of Duty remain available across platforms

LIVE: Delhi govt fixes maximum price for RT-PCR tests in pvt labs at Rs 300

Rapid antigen test to detect Covid to be done at Rs 100, says govt

Microsoft, Telangana seal deal for Rs 15,000-cr data centre in Hyderabad

Telangana is one of the few states that came out with a data centre policy in India, way back in 2016

Microsoft takes pre-orders for Surface Pro 8 in India, sale begins Feb 15

Alongside the Microsoft Surface Pro 8, the Surface Pro 7+ will be available at select retail stores and online on Amazon and Reliance Digital from February 15

World Bank chief flays Microsoft's $69 bln, questions capital allocation

David Malpass says more capital needed to flow into poor countries, but such allotments have been disrupted.

Top headlines: Microsoft, Telangana seal deal; Budget may give tax breaks

Microsoft and the Telangana government have finalised a deal to set up a Rs 15,000-crore data centre in Hyderabad

Activision sexual misconduct fallout prompted Microsoft to pursue deal

The goal, according to a person familiar with the matter, was to offer support to a key partner and make it clear that Microsoft had concerns about the treatment of women at Activision

Microsoft-Activision deal may face scrutiny by antitrust enforcers in US

Microsoft Corporations proposed $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. is likely to receive a close look from antitrust enforcers in US, in tech sector, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Microsoft brings next-generation AR headset HoloLens 2 to India

Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its mixed reality headset HoloLens 2 is now available in India.