Microsoft (MSFT) Will Start Notifying Users of Government Spying on Accounts

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Exclusive: Microsoft to warn email users of suspected hacking by governments

December 30, 2015 7:08 PM EST

By Joseph Menn

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it will begin warning users of its consumer services including Outlook.com email when the company suspects that a government has been trying to hack into their accounts.

The policy change comes nine days after Reuters asked the company why it had decided not tell victims of a hacking campaign, discovered in 2011, that had targeted international leaders of China's Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular.

According to two former employees of Microsoft, the company's own experts had concluded several years ago that Chinese... More

Microsoft (MSFT) Said Planning Possible 'Xbox Light' to Compete with Apple TV, Others

December 30, 2015 3:19 PM EST

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) might be having a tough time in the hardware game outside of the Xbox line, but the company is planning to forge ahead...and into users' living... More

Microsoft's (MSFT) Best Cloud Days Are Ahead - FBR Capital

December 30, 2015 10:43 AM EST

FBR Capital analyst Dan Ives said the Cloud remains the "Rock of Gibraltar" for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and sees the company's best cloud days ahead.

Ives commented: "While Microsofts commercial cloud transition has set the bar for other tech stalwarts, we... More