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- Microsoft secretly beheads notorious botnet http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/355852/microsoft-secretly-beheads-notorious-botnet 10 comments
- The secret project Notch, Microsoft, Linus and Bjarne Stroustrup are working on https://medium.com/@lp1/the-secret-project-notch-microsoft-linus-torvalds-and-bjarne-stroustrup-are-working-on-1bb51f763199 2 comments
- Ex-Microsoft employee who leaked company secrets sentenced to three months in prison http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/12/ex-microsoft-employee-who-leaked-company-secrets-sentenced/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589 6 comments microsoft
- Microsoft downs whistleblower site Cryptome after top-secret guide published http://news.techworld.com/security/3213603/microsoft-downs-site-after-top-secret-guide-published/ 104 comments programming
- Microsoft Creates Top Secret Generative AI Service for US Spies https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/microsoft-creates-top-secret-generative-ai-service-for-us-spies 11 comments worldnews
- Epic Games lawsuit was secretly driven by Microsoft, says Apple - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/21/epic-games-lawsuit-microsoft/ 4 comments technology
- Huawei executive accused of stealing trade secrets from microchip company backed by Microsoft and Dell https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/22/huawei-executive-accusetd-of-stealing-trade-secrets-from-axas-company-backed-by-microsoft-and-dell.html 7 comments law
- A Silicon Valley chip startup backed by Microsoft Corp. and Dell Technologies Inc. has accused a top executive at Huawei Technologies Co., Deputy Chairman Eric Xu, of participating in a conspiracy to steal its trade secrets, court documents show. https://www.wsj.com/articles/huawei-executive-is-accused-of-involvement-in-trade-secrets-theft-u-s-startup-said-in-court-filings-11558550468 102 comments hardware
- Microsoft details secret ‘pocketable’ Surface device in leaked email https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/29/17518582/microsoft-surface-dual-screen-andromeda-device-pocketable 3 comments technology
- Overseas Microsoft staff to have access to servers storing secret Australian data https://www.itwire.com/government-tech-policy/82974-overseas-microsoft-staff-to-have-access-to-servers-storing-secret-australian-data.html 2 comments technology
- Microsoft Corp’s secret internal database for tracking bugs in its own software was broken into by a highly sophisticated hacking group more than four years ago, according to five former employees, in only the second known breach of such a corporate database http://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-cyber-insight/exclusive-microsoft-responded-quietly-after-detecting-secret-database-hack-in-2013-iduskbn1cm0d0 45 comments worldnews
- Microsoft sues US government over secret data requests http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36050151 5 comments worldnews
- Microsoft confirms Windows 10 tried to secretly install itself on old machines https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-tried-secretly-install-itself-231003076.html 153 comments technology
- Windows 10: Microsoft may be about to backtrack on secret instant updates policy http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2424126/windows-10-microsoft-may-be-about-to-backtrack-on-secret-instant-updates-policy 3 comments technology
- Former Microsoft employee gets 3 months in jail for leaking Windows 8 secrets http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/former-microsoft-employee-gets-3-months-in-jail-for-leaking-windows-8-secrets/ 15 comments sysadmin
- Microsoft’s secret list of Android-killer patents http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/chinese-govt-reveals-microsofts-secret-list-of-android-killer-patents/ 90 comments linux
- Microsoft made a secret book for Nokia employees before its takeover http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/15/5719840/microsoft-nokia-one-book-photo-essay 31 comments windowsphone
- Former Microsoft employee arrested for allegedly stealing Windows 8 trade secrets http://www.zdnet.com/former-microsoft-employee-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-windows-8-trade-secrets-7000027499/#ftag=rss0966a21 18 comments technology
- Meet Microsoft, the world's best kept R&D secret http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020268/meet-microsoft-the-worlds-best-kept-randd-secret.html 71 comments technology
- Intel and Microsoft’s secret weapon against Apple http://techland.time.com/2012/03/26/intel-and-microsofts-secret-weapon-against-apple/ 7 comments technology
- Microsoft Has Secretly Acquired 15 Companies In The Last Year http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-acquisitions-2010-10 10 comments business
- Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet 312 comments technology
- Microsoft Accidentally Sends Secret File On Journalist, To That Journalist. Oops. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/28/microsoft-accidentally-sends-secret-file-on-journalist-to-that-journalist/ 2 comments reddit.com
- 'Secret' Microsoft Project Ties IronPython to ASP.NET http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2053498,00.asp?kc=ewrss03119tx1k0000594 6 comments programming
- Google And Facebook Secretly Track Your Activity On Porn Sites, Microsoft Reports https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/07/19/microsoft-exposes-google-and-facebook-for-secretly-tracking-users-on-major-porn-sites/#89420e42f7ad 230 comments worldnews
- Jared Kushner, Google’s Schmidt and Microsoft’s Nadella to attend secret Bilderberg Meeting https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/kushner-google-and-microsoft-to-attend-secret-bilderberg-meeting.html 53 comments politics
- Microsoft may be in secret negotiations to purchase Canonical, the Ubuntu company http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/ubuntu-conspiracy 21 comments opensource
- Microsoft: We'll No Longer Search Your Personal Email, Even If We Think You Stole Our Secrets http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-reverses-email-policy-2014-3 5 comments technology
- Secret Microsoft policy limited Hotmail passwords to 16 characters http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/secret-microsoft-policy-limited-hotmail-passwords-to-16-characters/ 67 comments programming
- Xbox Surface: Microsoft's 7-inch gaming tablet. Microsoft's secret project for a mini Xbox http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/6/3608432/xbox-surface-xbox-tablet-7-inch 14 comments microsoft
- Rudy Huyn: If you want to know why I was silent, here's why! We've gathered the best developers and worked in secret on the new Microsoft Store! I've spent years of my life building apps for the Store, it was time for me to make a change and build a much better Store for our users & devs! https://twitter.com/RudyHuyn/status/1408166440344055808?s=20 35 comments windowsphone
- Microsoft teases its secret dual-screen Surface device [x-post from /r/surface] https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18648919/microsoft-surface-dual-screen-centaurus-device-teaser 34 comments windowsphone
- Microsoft's decision to take on the U.S. government's habit of stamping "Secret" on court orders demanding data stored on the company's servers was largely motivated by business concerns, a legal expert says. http://www.computerworld.com/article/3056788/cloud-computing/business-imperatives-drove-microsoft-to-sue-u-s-government.html 8 comments technology
- One of Microsoft's Best-Kept Secrets - Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS) http://www.hanselman.com/blog/oneofmicrosoftsbestkeptsecretspythontoolsforvisualstudioptvs.aspx?repost=true 10 comments programming
- Chinese gov’t reveals Microsoft’s secret list of Android-killer patents | Microsoft crows about transparency, but it didn't reveal this list of 310 patents. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/chinese-govt-reveals-microsofts-secret-list-of-android-killer-patents/ 12 comments technology
- Microsoft's HoloLens secret sauce: A 28nm customized 24-core DSP engine built by TSMC, capable of 1 trillion operations per second http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/22/microsoft_hololens_hpu/ 34 comments technology
- All about PlayReady 3.0, Microsoft's secret plan to lock down 4K movies to your PC http://www.pcworld.com/article/2908089/all-about-playready-30-microsofts-secret-plan-to-lock-down-4k-movies-to-your-pc.html 16 comments technews
- Skype developed a backdoor access system for the NSA before the Microsoft acquisition as part of a secret project involving only a dozen people and created by the government. http://news.softpedia.com/news/skype-provided-backdoor-access-to-the-nsa-before-microsoft-takeover-nyt-362384.shtml 951 comments technology
- Microsoft details secret ‘pocketable’ Surface device in leaked email - A new and disruptive dual-screen device to blur the lines between mobile and PC https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/29/17518582/microsoft-surface-dual-screen-andromeda-device-pocketable 39 comments technology
- I live in the Central African bush. We pay for slow satellite internet (per MB d/l). Just ONE of our computers has secretly d/l'ed 6GB for Windows 10. We track & coordinate anti-poaching rangers in the field with these PC's + GPS. F* You Microsoft! https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4mcdon/i_live_in_the_central_african_bush_we_pay_for/ 3785 comments technology