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Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox have for years battled as the two leading video game consoles

Video game rivals Microsoft and Sony team up in cloud

Business / 17 May

Under CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has spent the past five years shifting from reliance on its once-dominant Windows operating system to selling cloud-based services

Microsoft tops $1 trillion as it predicts cloud growth

Business / 25 Apr

Microsoft's Alex Kipman unveils the company's new HoloLens headset in Barcelona

Microsoft announces Hololens 2 mixed reality headset

Business / 25 Feb

The new version of the headset is lighter, more comfortable and has had its field of view doubled

MWC19: Microsoft announces HoloLens 2

Business / 24 Feb

A quarter of respondents to the Microsoft survey say they have accidentally shared work-related material with friends and family

Employees can be 'weak link' in cyber security - survey

Business / 18 Feb

Apple's market value stood at $821.5 billion last night

Apple again the most valuable US company

Business / 07 Feb

Microsoft's chief executive Satya Nadella

Microsoft's Azure revenue growth slows, shares fall

Business / 31 Jan

Microsoft is one of Washington State's largest employers

Microsoft pledges $500m to ease local US housing crunch

Business / 17 Jan

Jeff Bezos has led Amazon which has seen remarkable growth

Amazon is world's most valuable company

Business / 08 Jan

Amazon rose by 4.7% at one point in yesterday's trade, putting its market capitalisation at $865 billion

Amazon briefly edges out Apple for most valuable firm

Business / 04 Dec 18

Shares of Microsoft jumped 3% on Wall Street, pushing its market capitalisation up to $848 billion

Microsoft's market value pulls ahead of Apple's

Business / 29 Nov 18

Microsoft hit an overall market capitalisation of $812.9 billion yesterday evening on Wall Street

Microsoft briefly tops Apple as most valuable company

Business / 27 Nov 18

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella

Microsoft's quarterly profit soars on cloud services

Business / 25 Oct 18

Paul Allen died just two weeks after revealing that the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma he fought into remission in 2009 had returned

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies aged 65

The Surface Pro 6 is the most powerful version of the Microsoft hybrid yet

On the Surface - Microsoft unveils new device lineup

Technology / 03 Oct 18

Microsoft currently employs 2,000 people in Ireland

200 jobs to be created at Microsoft in Dublin

News / 17 Sep 18

The S&P 500 share index has been lifted by companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Amazon.

S&P 500 share index hits milestone

Business / 23 Aug 18

Chief executive Satya Nadella said Microsoft had 'an incredible year'

Microsoft shares at all-time high after bumper results

Business / 20 Jul 18

Walmart in deal with Microsoft for wider use of cloud and artificial intelligence technology

Walmart, Microsoft in partnership to use cloud tech

Business / 17 Jul 18

Facial recognition technology raises significant human rights and privacy concerns, Microsoft President Brad Smith said

Microsoft urges regulation of facial recognition tech

World / 16 Jul 18

The ten-storey building includes four basement levels

RCSI campus is public's favourite new building

Dublin / 08 Jun 18

With the deal for GitHutb Microsoft gets a platform universally known by developers

Microsoft to take on Amazon with $7.5 bln GitHub deal

Business / 05 Jun 18

Apple's annual revenue is greater than the GDP of countries including Portugal and New Zealand

Apple almost a $1 trillion company, Amazon close by

Business / 14 May 18

The tech giant said its earnings were up 35% to $7.4 billion in its fiscal third quarter

Microsoft gets earnings boost from 'cloud'

Business / 27 Apr 18

Amazon now has a market capitalisation of $768 billion

Amazon is now second most valuable US-listed company

Business / 21 Mar 18

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