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Snubbing Amazon, Pentagon Hands Microsoft $10B ‘War Cloud’ Deal

October 25, 2019October 28, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amazon, Defense Department, Microsoft, Trump administration

The Pentagon has awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract, snubbing early front-runner Amazon, whose participation drew criticism from President Donald Trump and its business rivals.

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Government International Technology 

Microsoft Says Iran-Linked Group Tried to Hack US Campaign

October 4, 2019October 7, 2019 JACK RODGERS
data breach, Elections, Emails, hacking, Iran, Microsoft

A hacking organization linked to the Iranian government launched attacks on Microsoft email accounts associated with an undisclosed U.S. presidential campaign, the tech giant said Friday.

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Business Government International 

Bribery in Hungary to Cost Microsoft $26 Million

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 JOSH RUSSELL
bribery, corruption, Justice Department, licensing, Microsoft, retail

A Microsoft subsidiary agreed Monday to pay more than $26 million to resolve claims that its employees bribed Hungarian government officials to tie up software-licensing deals.

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Business Government Politics Science Technology 

Amazon, Microsoft Wage War Over the Pentagon’s ‘War Cloud’

July 9, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amazon, cloud storage, Microsoft, military, Sci4, Trump administration

Amazon and Microsoft are battling it out over a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud” computing system. But Amazon’s early hopes of a shock-and-awe victory may be slipping away.

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Government Technology 

Microsoft Offers Software Tools to Secure Elections

May 6, 2019May 7, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elections, Microsoft, security, software

Microsoft announced an ambitious effort it says will make voting secure, verifiable and subject to reliable audits. Two of the three top U.S elections vendors have expressed interest in potentially incorporating the open-source software into their proprietary voting systems.

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Business Economy Employment Regional Technology 

Microsoft Pledges $500 Million to Tackle Seattle Housing Crisis

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
computer, housing, Microsoft, Seattle

Microsoft pledged $500 million to address homelessness and develop affordable housing in response to the Seattle region’s widening affordability gap.

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Government International Politics 

Microsoft Uncovers More Russian Attacks Ahead of Midterms

August 20, 2018August 21, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elections, Microsoft, Russian hacking

Microsoft said Tuesday it has uncovered new Russian hacking attempts targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the midterm elections.

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Business Civil Rights Consumers Criminal Government Law Politics Regional Technology 

Microsoft and Google Urge Veto of Georgia Cybersecurity Bill

May 7, 2018May 10, 2018 KAYLA GOGGIN
cybersecurity, Georgia, Google, Microsoft, veto

Microsoft and Google are among the tech giants who are urging Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to veto a proposed state law that would make unauthorized computer access a crime punishable by up to a year in prison.

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Appeals Government International Technology 

Microsoft Warrant Case Tossed From High Court

April 17, 2018 BARBARA LEONARD
digital data, Ireland, Microsoft, U.S. Supreme Court, warrant

The Supreme Court closed the book Tuesday on a search warrant dispute concerning Microsoft customer information that the tech giant maintained on an overseas server.

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Government National Politics Technology 

Budget Bill Likely Would End Supreme Court Email Search Case

March 22, 2018March 23, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Budget, Congress, digital data, Emails, Microsoft, warrant

The budget bill before Congress includes an update to federal law that makes clear that authorities with a warrant can obtain emails and other data held by American technology companies but stored on servers overseas.

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Civil Rights International Technology 

Human Rights Groups Denounce Proposed Global Data Sharing

March 16, 2018March 19, 2018 ADAM KLASFELD
bills, cloud storage, Congress, digital data, Facebook, Google, human rights, Microsoft, privacy

With a pleasant-sounding name and acronym, the CLOUD Act stands for Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data, but human rights groups take a far less sunny view of the bill than the tech giants pushing for its passage through Congress.

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Appeals Government Media Technology 

Microsoft, US Spar at High Court Over Emails Stored Abroad

February 27, 2018 TIM RYAN
Diplomacy, Emails, Ireland, Microsoft, telecommunications, U.S. Supreme Court, warrant

Resisting a search warrant for emails stored on Irish servers, Microsoft told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that ruling against it would create diplomatic headaches.

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Technology 

Microsoft v. Corel

December 20, 2017December 20, 2017 ROBERT KAHN
Brief, Microsoft, patent, software

A federal judge granted Microsoft summary judgment on all but one of Corel’s counterclaims in a patent dispute over the look and feel of “graphical user interfaces in software applications.”

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Business Civil Rights Education Employment Government 

Trump Rollback of Dreamer Program Spurs Suit by Princeton, Microsoft

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 EVA FEDDERLY
DACA, higher education, immigrants, Microsoft, Trump administration

Microsoft teamed up with Princeton University and one of its students Friday for a federal complaint over the rollback of a program that offers legal protections to qualifying young immigrants.

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Business Technology 

Microsoft Asks Judge to Take Down Barium Hackers

November 2, 2017November 3, 2017 DANIEL W. STAPLES
computer, Cyberattacks, hackers, Microsoft, National2, Social Media, Virginia, West Virginia

Saying that it spends more than $1.3 million responding to each intrusion by the Barium cybertheft ring, Microsoft has brought a federal complaint to take down the hackers.

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Criminal Government International Technology 

US-Microsoft Fight on Irish Server Heads to High Court

October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 BARBARA LEONARD
drugs, Ireland, Microsoft, telecommunications, U.S. Supreme Court, warrant

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a law that predates the modern internet allows U.S. prosecutors to seize Microsoft emails abroad.

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Business Education 

DNA Patents

May 3, 2017May 18, 2017 BRIEF
Amazon, Brief, DNA, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Oracle, patent, Tennessee

The University of Tennessee Research Foundation claims Amazon, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Oracle and SAP infringed on its patents for parallel processing and high-performance database design, which are used for storing DNA profiles.

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Consumers Technology 

Class Sues Microsoft Over Windows 10 Update

March 24, 2017March 27, 2017 LORRAINE BAILEY
Class Action, computer, Fraud, Law4, Microsoft, negligence, product liability, warranty

A class of Illinois PC users claims upgrading to the new Windows 10 operating system destroyed their hard drive or caused them to lose data, forcing them to either buy a new computer or pay for repairs.

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Appeals Consumers 

High Court Signals Defeat for Xbox 360 Gamers

March 21, 2017February 6, 2018 TIM RYAN
certification, Class Action, gaming, Microsoft, U.S. Supreme Court, video games

A group of gamers trying to hold Microsoft liable for their scratched-up Xbox 360 discs may have run out of lives Tuesday at Supreme Court oral argument.

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Civil Rights Technology 

Judge Refuses to Toss Microsoft’s Anti-Snooping Lawsuit

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 NICK MCCANN
Microsoft, Surveillance

A federal judge Wednesday refused to dismiss Microsoft’s constitutional lawsuit against the Department of Justice for prohibiting tech companies from telling customers when the government reads their emails and other data.

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