A Chinese antitrust regulator conducted new raids on Microsoft Corp and its partner in China Accenture, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing the agency website. The State Administration for Industry and ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
... he use of Microsoft's operating system Windows 8 on new computers procured by the government. Foreign antivirus companies have their servers overseas, which means information is sent back and forth to ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
... are giant Microsoft (MSFT.US) revealed it is being probed for monopolistic business practices. Other major western multinationals have been probed for similar anti-competitive behavior in the latest y ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
... eloped by Microsoft’s Bing team in Beijing. The US tech giant places high hopes on her to revive Bing, its search engine service that has been a non-starter since it entered China two years ago, South ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
Microsoft Corp. is cranking up its anti-piracy effort in the mainland, this time targeting Chinese internet start-ups. One such company in Shanghai paid 60,000 yuan (US$9,710) to settle piracy claims ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-01
Stephen Elop, executive vice president of Microsoft's devices and services division, gave a sneak peek at its new "selfie" phone featuring a 5 megapixel front camera at an internal meeting this week, ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
The Chinese government raided four Microsoft offices located in China on Monday, in what looks like an antitrust probe. Microsoft, an American multinational corporation best known for its operating sy ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
Government agents paid sudden visits to the Chinese offices of Microsoft Corp. on Monday apparently as part of an antitrust investigation, Reuters reported. Personnel from the State Administration for ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
A US judge has cleared the way for the US$2 billion sale of Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, dismissing objections raised by the team's co-owner Donald Sterling, ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella plans to narrow the software giant's operations in mobile phones, the Xbox games console and Bing search engine in a bid to sharpen the focus of its strategy, t ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-23
Microsoft Corp. will shed up to 18,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce, over the next year in the deepest cuts in the company's 39-year history, Reuters reported Thursday. The retrenchments will ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-18
With the World Cup coming to an end, it is now time to look at the hits and misses of those in the predictions game. Technology titans Microsoft and Baidu and investment bank Goldman Sachs were among ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-15
... ve banned Microsoft's Windows 8 from use in government offices, citing potential security threats. In the past week, rumors have been swirling that there are some security problems with regard to the ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-07
Beijing will fine Microsoft's China unit and four other companies for exceeding their carbon emission quotas, the first such move by the city government since it launched a carbon trading scheme last ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-04
... ple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-26
... ibitor -- Microsoft -- will be launching a new Xbox One model. The US firm will make 50 Xbox One consoles available for players to try. The device is said to cost about HK$3,380 (US$434). Microsoft ex ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-25
What do some of the world's richest people talk about when they get together in Beijing on a Tuesday night? Philanthropy, according to the Twitter account of former Microsoft chief Bill Gates. China N ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-19
... 00 a pop. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has a trove of science-fiction memorabilia that includes Captain Kirk’s chair and the robot from the movie Lost In Space. Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, who ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has decided to play hardball after all and sue rather than sell his NBA basketball team to former Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer. Sterling was banned for life ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-10
... form, and Microsoft’s Windows platform, Apple is deepening the integration between iOS and Mac OS to ensure users' loyalty to the Apple family of products. The move assumes significance as the technol ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
