(Microsoft photo) Microsoft announced Tuesday morning that the long-awaited debut of its cloud gaming service on the Xbox family of consoles is slated for this holiday season, following previous releases from Xbox Cloud Gaming on PCs and mobile devices. Console owners who subscribe to the Ultimate version of the Game Pass service can play compatible … Read more
Microsoft photo An upcoming Microsoft 365 business software subscription price hike announced this week promises to boost business by up to $ 5 billion annually, an analyst predicts. Microsoft plans to increase the price of its business software subscriptions, including the Office 365 core suite, starting March 1, 2022. The company calls it “the first … Read more
Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft President Brad Smith isn’t done with the fight against Google yet. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, Smith said that Google violated the concept of the open web and “sucked most of the oxygen out of opportunities for people who stopped creating … Read more
Spring is just around the corner, which means the calendar is filling up with high profile tech events. And the newest addition? Microsoft today confirmed that its online-only build developer conference will be held between May 25-27, although it is not yet known when registration will open. (If last year is a clue, our money … Read more
GeekWire file photo According to a new report by security journalist Brian Krebs on Monday, Microsoft was made aware of the first attacks in early January, two months before the release of patches, in which previously unknown vulnerabilities in Exchange Server were exploited. Some estimates suggest that the number of servers at risk from the … Read more