Tag: technology

  • Microsoft puts the blame on Israeli group for selling hacking tool

    Microsoft puts the blame on Israeli group for selling hacking tool

    Microsoft is making the claim that an Israeli group sold a tool that was capable of cracking into the Windows operating system. An Israeli group sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday, shedding light on the growing business of finding and selling tools…

  • Pentagon cancels JEDI contract with Microsoft

    Pentagon cancels JEDI contract with Microsoft

    I don’t know what to make of this news yet. Certainly disappointing for Microsoft. Pentagon officials on Tuesday canceled the JEDI cloud-computing project—which has been mired in litigation from Amazon.com Inc. and criticism from lawmakers—and said it would start anew with a revised cloud project. “The Department [of Defense] has determined that, due to evolving requirements, increased cloud…

  • The Yield – Week ending July 2, 2021

    The Yield – Week ending July 2, 2021

    Cars selling above sticker price, Microsoft strikes a deal with AT&T, a good jobs report, investors may be overly optimistic, and more!

  • AT&T to use Microsoft’s cloud

    AT&T to use Microsoft’s cloud

    Microsoft, which analysts believe to be the second largest cloud computing provider by revenue behind rival Amazon Web Services, has been building out specific cloud computing offering to go after carriers, and AT&T is the Redmond, Washington-based company’s first major win. The two also said that Microsoft will purchase software and intellectual property developed by…

  • The Yield – Week ending June 25, 2021

    The Yield – Week ending June 25, 2021

    Microsoft unveils Windows 11, consumers spending flat but shifting sectors, Whitehouse reaches deal on spending?, short sellers avoid financial stocks, and more

  • Microsoft will discontinue Internet Explorer

    Microsoft will discontinue Internet Explorer

    I think the user base largely took care of this for them. Who still uses IE? Edge is a great browser and it’s the one I’m using right now. Google needs to get a handle on Chrome. It’s a mess of a browser that is way too resource intensive. Internet Explorer has faded gradually from…