Opposition grows to Microsoft's make-Chrome-use-Bing plan for Office 365 customers
Resistance has mounted over the last several days to Microsoft's decision to change the default search engine of Google's Chrome to Bing.
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Microsoft to force Bing on Chrome users in the enterprise
IT admins can block the the search engine change using either a group policy or by configuring Office 365 with Intune or Configuration Manager.
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Once-declining Java cements its lead in language popularity index
Once-faltering Java is beginning to run away with the Tiobe language popularity index, with the language getting a shot in the arm from last year's Java 8 release.
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JavaScript rules the school, but C++ climbs in popularity
C++ is making big gains in the monthly Tiobe language popularity index, while JavaScript continues to rule the day.
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Longtime Microsoft partner Yahoo tests search with Google
Just months after Yahoo extended its long-term search agreement with Microsoft, Yahoo is testing a search partnership with Google.
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Microsoft hides $US43bn Apple-esque business in plain sight
Microsoft has created a $43 billion business, a potential Apple-and-OEM-esque company-within-a-company, that could be used to take up the slack if some of its computer-making partners falter.
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What's the future for Windows Phone?
Despite rumors that Microsoft is about to kill Windows Phone, some industry observers say that's unlikely for several reasons, especially the expected gains from the rollout of Windows 10, which will run on smartphones and other devices.
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How machine learning ate Microsoft
At the Strata big data conference yesterday, Microsoft let the world know its Azure Machine Learning offering was generally available to developers. This may come as a surprise. Microsoft? Isn't machine learning the province of Google or Facebook or innumerable hot startups?
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Is the ASUS X205 Microsoft's Chromebook killer?
The ASUS X205 is one of three Windows 8.1 notebooks, all released in November, designed to halt the encroachment of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2290210/wireless/119373-8-reasons-why-Chromebooks-aren-t-going-away.html">Chromebooks</a> into the low-end Windows notebook market. (The other two are the HP Stream 11 and HP Stream 13.)
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Cognoscenti anoint Nadella as next Microsoft CEO
After sustained reports surfaced that Microsoft is close to naming its third-ever CEO, Satya Nadella, a 21-year veteran of the company, is now seen as the heir apparent.