News for '-microsoft'

Microsoft rushes out fix to prevent attacks on Office PCs

Microsoft rushes out fix to prevent attacks on Office PCs

Rediff.com6 Nov 2013

The vulnerability affects customers using Office 2003 and Office 2007 as well as those running Office 2010 on Windows XP and Server 2003.

What Modi told Bill Gates about India's digital dreams

What Modi told Bill Gates about India's digital dreams

Rediff.com29 Mar 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday identified agriculture, education and health as three sectors where he believes technology can play a big role, and highlighted efforts of his government.

Microsoft's largest facility outside US opens in H

Microsoft's largest facility outside US opens in H

Rediff.com12 Aug 2008

This building, the third in the campus at Gachibowli on the outskirts of the city, has been constructed to meet global quality standards and can house more than 2000 employees, Microsoft officials said.

Investors' desire for buybacks, dividends highest in 9 yrs: BofA

Investors' desire for buybacks, dividends highest in 9 yrs: BofA

Rediff.com28 Mar 2024

Investors' desire for companies to prioritise returning cash to shareholders through share buybacks, dividends or mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is at the highest level since July 2015, said a survey by BofA Securities (BofA). Nearly 30 per cent of respondents wanted companies to do so. As many as 226 respondents with $572 billion worth of assets under management (AUM) participated in the March fund manager survey (FMS), said BofA.

Microsoft Office XP suite price cut by 15%

Microsoft Office XP suite price cut by 15%

Rediff.com1 Aug 2003

The estimated retail prices of Microsoft Office XP business suite in India would be lesser now by about 15 per cent following the company's decision to extend the price reductions for these products to Asia-Pacific countries.

My Advice To Youngsters Is...

My Advice To Youngsters Is...

Rediff.com5 Jul 2024

'To those who have just finished engineering or MCA or BSc, BBA, I will say they should take up whatever internship opportunities they are getting.' 'They should look for opportunities to learn the latest tools.' 'They should think innovative and try to solve problems. Only when you sharpen your skills, you will remain relevant.'

How to get hired by Microsoft in India

How to get hired by Microsoft in India

Rediff.com29 Jan 2008

Chitra Sood, staffing director at Microsoft India Development Centre, talks about opportunities available to young graduates and interns at MSIDC.

Service tax dept charges Indian arm of Microsoft

Service tax dept charges Indian arm of Microsoft

Rediff.com26 Sep 2008

The department found that Microsoft India's Gurgoan unit carried out marketing activities for its India operations and not for the Singapore unit as it had claimed in its reply to a show cause notice served by the department earlier. Microsoft officials, however, said they have not received any official communication from the tax department in this regard.

Cong eyes Microsoft to reach out to rural masses

Cong eyes Microsoft to reach out to rural masses

Rediff.com17 Jun 2010

Congress is keen to deploy Microsoft display technologies that enable projection into any surface including walls to interact with rural masses from its headquarters in Delhi, a top official of the software giant's Indian entity said on Thursday.

1.5 Million Vacancies In Cybersecurity!

1.5 Million Vacancies In Cybersecurity!

Rediff.com3 Mar 2023

'The skilling gap is a serious issue.' 'We partner with the government on skilling, but as a company we have several skilling programmes, and we work closely with the partner ecosystem.

Lumia 540: Microsoft's got a winner

Lumia 540: Microsoft's got a winner

Rediff.com17 Jun 2015

A detailed look at the promising Windows Phone from Microsoft

Yahoo! chief on why the Microsoft bid failed

Yahoo! chief on why the Microsoft bid failed

Rediff.com6 May 2008

Internet's second most popular search engine Yahoo! has said it was open to selling itself to Microsoft, but the software giant's chief executive Steven A Ballmer and his deal makers were not keen to negotiate and ultimately withdrew their proposal. Microsoft had offered to buy Yahoo, second only to Google, for $31 a share, or $44.6 billion, in February, but the search engine felt it was worth more.

Indian students runners-up in Microsoft competitio

Indian students runners-up in Microsoft competitio

Rediff.com4 Mar 2003

Three students of a Mumbai institute won the award for a software solution for the healthcare industry to empower doctors and surgeons to diagnose and treat patients more efficiently.

Microsoft develops technology for speech, hearing impaired

Microsoft develops technology for speech, hearing impaired

Rediff.com17 May 2012

Microsoft India employees have developed a technology that would help the hearing and speech impaired to communicate with others.

HC quashes criminal proceedings against Microsoft India

HC quashes criminal proceedings against Microsoft India

Rediff.com19 Mar 2012

Justice Suresh Kait set aside the trial court order for initiating criminal proceedings against the website.

NIIT signs pact with Microsoft

NIIT signs pact with Microsoft

Rediff.com5 May 2004

NIIT on Wednesday joined hands with Microsoft to launch an IT skills enrichment programme for faculty as well as students of engineering colleges and IT educational institutions.

Microsoft may share source code in India

Microsoft may share source code in India

Rediff.com16 Dec 2002

Microsoft Corp, which plans to invest $400 million in India, is considering sharing the closely guarded source code of its Windows platform with its Indian clients, a company official said on Monday.

Microsoft, BSNL up sales pitch

Microsoft, BSNL up sales pitch

Rediff.com12 Aug 2005

Microsoft, HCL tie up to see jobs coming to India

Microsoft, HCL tie up to see jobs coming to India

Rediff.com10 Apr 2009

Computer giant Microsoft has signed a $170-million, five-year contract with India's HCL for outsourcing work for its online business productivity suite.

Maran takes dig at Microsoft

Maran takes dig at Microsoft

Rediff.com11 Jul 2005

IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Monday took a dig at software major Microsoft saying the poor computer adoption in India was due to the 'high priced' software, while the MNC claimed that it has already reduced the price of one of its entry level opera

HP-Google deal could rattle Microsoft

HP-Google deal could rattle Microsoft

Rediff.com6 Apr 2009

If Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest PC maker, were to install Google's operating system on netbooks, Microsoft Windows could face strong competition

Finnish phone maker HMD plans to make India its manufacturing hub

Finnish phone maker HMD plans to make India its manufacturing hub

Rediff.com10 May 2024

Finnish phone manufacturer Human Mobile Devices (HMD Global), which acquired the Nokia brand name from Microsoft, is planning to make India a key manufacturing hub for its phone exports. The company only began exporting late last year with the Nokia 105 Classic. What started mainly with feature phones will now extend to smartphones - it announced the global launch of models under the HMD brand for the first time a few days ago and these will be available in India too.

Will Bill Gates step down as Microsoft chief?

Will Bill Gates step down as Microsoft chief?

Rediff.com30 Jul 2007

One year has passed since his startling declaration, but there are no apparent signs that Gates is ready to step away, said The New York Times.

Saregama, Microsoft in music pact

Saregama, Microsoft in music pact

Rediff.com16 Sep 2004

Zoho looks to compete with Microsoft, Google in India

Zoho looks to compete with Microsoft, Google in India

Rediff.com20 Nov 2014

In the US, Zoho gets close to 80 per cent of its revenue from small companies, while the remaining comes from large ones.

CBI books 5 in Delhi for looting US citizen of $400K

CBI books 5 in Delhi for looting US citizen of $400K

Rediff.com7 Jul 2023

The CBI has booked five people for allegedly posing as Microsoft tech support and siphoning off USD 400,000 (Rs 3.37 crore as per current rates) retirement funds of a US citizen, officials said on Friday.

A look at Microsoft's new tablet PC

A look at Microsoft's new tablet PC

Rediff.com24 Sep 2009

Microsoft is developing a tablet personal computer Courier, a move that could put the software major in competition with the planned tablet from Apple.

Microsoft Devices launches Nokia 225 for Rs 3,329

Microsoft Devices launches Nokia 225 for Rs 3,329

Rediff.com4 Jun 2014

An intenet phone; it comes with 2.8-inch display and 2MP camera.

As Microsoft's Internet Explorer bows out, a look at its chequered life

As Microsoft's Internet Explorer bows out, a look at its chequered life

Rediff.com21 Aug 2020

The potted history of the browser wars indicates how much the online space has altered in the last 25 years. Chrome's dominance, says Devangshu Datta, is unlikely to last forever.