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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

Microsoft currently employs 2,000 people in Ireland

200 jobs to be created at Microsoft in Dublin

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

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

Microsoft shares at all-time high after bumper results

Business / 20 Jul

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

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

Microsoft urges regulation of facial recognition tech

The ten-storey building includes four basement levels

RCSI campus is public's favourite new building

Dublin / 08 Jun

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

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

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

Amazon now has a market capitalisation of $768 billion

Amazon is now second most valuable US-listed company

Business / 21 Mar

Since CEO Satya Nadella took the helm in 2014, Microsoft's cloud business has emerged as a major growth area

Microsoft's cloud computing business grows

Business / 01 Feb

Microsoft holds the number one spot in a new 'Top 100 Global Technology Leaders list'

Microsoft tops Reuters 100 global tech leaders list

Business / 17 Jan

Ibec said the brief is intended to assist the court in its hearing of a US government appeal of a decision by the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Ibec files brief with US court on Microsoft case

Business / 12 Jan

Microsoft said in a support blog that it was working with AMD to resolve the patch issues

Microsoft halts some AMD chip Meltdown patches

Business / 09 Jan

The case centres on an email held on a Microsoft server in Ireland

EU makes submission in Microsoft email case

Technology / 07 Dec 17

Microsoft and SAP have laid out a common product road map for joint customers

Microsoft, SAP to use more of each other's services

Business / 28 Nov 17

Apple chief executive Tim Cook at the launch of the iPhone X

Apple pulls Skype app from Chinese app store

Business / 21 Nov 17

A fifth of the cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo is mined by hand by informal miners including children

Apple leads way in tracing cobalt from Congo - Amnesty

Business / 15 Nov 17

The LTE version of the Surface Pro

LTE is coming to the Surface Pro

Technology / 31 Oct 17

Microsoft's chief executive Satya Nadella has been focusing on the company's cloud business

Cloud services boost Microsoft's quarterly profits

Business / 27 Oct 17

The Fall Creators Update is the fourth major upgrade offered to the operating system

Latest Windows 10 update rolled out

Technology / 17 Oct 17

Microsoft, which has 100 data centres in 40 countries, was the first US company to challenge a domestic search warrant seeking data held outside the country

US Supreme Court to decide Microsoft email fight

Business / 16 Oct 17

Windows Mobile has struggled to get a foothold in the competitive mobile operating system market

Microsoft to stop developing Windows 10 Mobile

Technology / 10 Oct 17

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