Tagged: Microsoft
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Microsoft lets Siri do the talking in scathing new Windows 8 ad (video) News
24.05.2013 It’s nothing new to try and turn Siri against her maker and Microsoft has made use of the iOS personal assistant in a comparison ad meant to put the iPad to shame. -
#OI2Dublin - Interview with Intel researcher Chris Woods on the future of the cloud (video) News
22.05.2013 Intel researcher Chris Woods believes we are at an interesting time in the cloud revolution and predicts the onset of proxy devices in homes and cars that provide cloud... -
Tech firms in Ireland donate €5.3m to charities and community groups News
23.05.2013 Tech giants AOL, eBay, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle contributed more than €5.3m to local community groups and charities in 2012, according to Business in the Community... -
TV, sports and Call of Duty are focus of Xbox One event, to gamers’ dismay (video) News
22.05.2013 A YouTube user has condensed last night’s Xbox One reveal into just 1 minute and 40 seconds of TV, sports and Call of Duty. Oh, and dogs. -
Microsoft unveils the Xbox One, blurs lines between gaming and TV News
21.05.2013 Microsoft has brought the Xbox One to light as its next-generation console at a press event at its Redmond, Washington, HQ. But to call it a games console doesn’t actually do it... -
The week in gadgets: a thumb-sized PC from Dell, hybrids from HP and Xbox on top News
20.05.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as Xbox celebrates 28 months as the top games console in the US, HP unveils two new hybrid laptops, and Dell gets ready to ship its thumb-sized PC... -
Microsoft’s Surface Pro to go on sale 30 May News
16.05.2013 Microsoft’s next computer, the Surface Pro - a machine that looks like a tablet computer but has the full power of a Windows 8 notebook computer - will go on sale in Ireland and... -
Microsoft confirms ‘Windows Blue’ will be officially called Windows 8.1 News
14.05.2013 Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8.1 will be the official name for the impending update to its latest operating system, previously know by the code name Windows Blue. A... -
Ex-Google products chief launches social network for graduates and employers News
14.05.2013 Collegefeed, a new social network led by former Google head of product marketing Sanjeev Agrawal, opens its doors today. The new social network describes itself as a kind of... -
Microsoft appoints Amy Hood as its first female CFO News
10.05.2013 Microsoft has promoted Amy Hood, the CFO of its US$24.1bn business division, to CFO of the entire company, making her Microsoft’s first female chief financial officer and the... -
Barnes & Noble shares rise following reports of Microsoft’s US$1bn Nook acquisition News
09.05.2013 Pre-market trading saw shares in Barnes & Noble rise 23pc following a report claiming that Microsoft is planning to buy up Nook Media’s digital assets.Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions, Digital Media -
More small businesses are adopting cloud computing in Ireland - Microsoft/Amárach Cloud Index News
09.05.2013 More organisations across Ireland are implementing cloud computing, in particular, companies with five to 50 employees, the second annual Microsoft/Amárach Cloud Index reveals. -
‘The PC is very much alive and increasingly mobile’ – Microsoft exec talks Windows 8 figures News
07.05.2013 With Windows 8 now at the 100m licence milestone and Windows Blue on the horizon, Microsoft executive Tami Reller talks numbers for the six-month-old OS but remains tight-lipped... -
IIA and Enterprise Ireland to hit the road with series of Cloud Adoption events News
07.05.2013 The Irish Internet Associaion (IIA) has teamed up with Enterprise Ireland on a Cloud Adoption Event Series – a cloud roadshow sponsored by Microsoft Ireland that intends to... -
Microsoft sets National Cloud Week afloat with €600,000 software donation to Barnardos News
07.05.2013 National Cloud Week is the second annual series of events organised by Microsoft in Ireland to raise awareness of the benefits of cloud among businesses in all sectors. This... -
13-year-old Irish coder and CEO to address the titans of Silicon Valley News
02.05.2013 Jordan Casey, a 13-year-old from Waterford who taught himself how to write code and who at 12 was one of the youngest entrepreneurs to publish an app in the App Store, is to... -
Global tablet computer sales surge 142.4pc – Android has 56pc of market News
02.05.2013 The tablet computer segment of the technology industry is continuing to enjoy exponential growth, with IDC reporting 142.4pc growth in the first quarter, with 49.2m devices... -
Microsoft planning to launch 7-inch and 9-inch Surface devices in June News
02.05.2013 Reports from the Far East indicate that second-generation 7-inch and 9-inch Surface devices from Microsoft are in the works, with a big reveal planned for June.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers