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Microsoft Defies Judge, Refuses To Hand Over Customer Emails

Posted on September 2, 2014 by DRenegade

Microsoft looks set to be found in contempt of court after defying an order from a US judge that it should hand over data stored in Ireland. Judge Loretta Preska, chief of the US District Court in Manhattan, has lifted … Continue reading →

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Microsoft cuts 18,000 jobs

Posted on July 17, 2014 by DRenegade

The software giant said it would cut 18,000 jobs within the next year — about 14% of the company’s 125,000 employees. That’s by far the largest round of layoffs in the company’s history. The previous record came during the lowest … Continue reading →

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What You Need to Know About Microsoft’s Spying Ways

Posted on October 21, 2013 by DRenegade

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE I had a conversation the other day with the best and most knowledgeable computer guy I know. After discussing privacy threats, he made this statement: Everybody buying a Windows computer today is a traitor to humanity. Now, this is … Continue reading →

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Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages

Posted on July 11, 2013 by DRenegade

Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company’s own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian. The files provided by Edward Snowden illustrate the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft attack puts spotlight on Greek tensions

Posted on June 27, 2012 by DRenegade

Gunmen driving a van packed with gas canisters firebombed the Athens headquarters of Microsoft on Wednesday, underscoring the threat of instability as Greece asks for more time and less hardship in cutting its crippling debt. Fire gutted the ground floor of the … Continue reading →

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