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Antoine Leblond, a longtime executive for Windows and Office, is leaving Washington, US-based software giant Microsoft on Monday to explore his opportunities outside of the firm.

Developers have modified the open source Bitcoin software and released a new version to resolve the transaction flaws and to prevent a Mt Gox-like incident from happening again.

After 14 years of service in Microsoft, Xbox Chief Product Officer Marc Whitten will be departing and heading over to Sonos to take the same position for an unspecified reason.

If you want to get a Samsung gadget, head to best buy. Nearly every Best Buy store has a space for Samsung products in its store-within-a-store concept, TechCrunch reported.

ValueAct Holdings President Mason Morfit plans to influence Microsoft on how it sells Windows, the operating system that is behind most of the software giant's products, Bloomberg reported.

Boston, US-based secretive startup ClearSky Data raised $12 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst and Highland Capital Partners, according to a report published by Boston.com.

Cryptolocker thieves are taking advantage of the $1,000 surge of the Bitcoin value by spreading malware that threatens to encrypt computer data and collecting anonymous Bitcoin ransom from unwitting victims.

Ballmer made an impassioned plea to investors of Microsoft stock as well as took stock of his work as CEO of Microsoft.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Acer would retreat from using Windows and embrace the Android operating system for its mobile devices.

The shift from using web to mobile devices in accessing the internet hurt Microsoft's core.

Recent reports confirm that any Windows RT related gadgets are not selling at all.

Analysts predict that the most logical move for investors at the moment would be to sell their shares in Microsoft and buy Apple instead.

Investors said that Microsoft's stock performance was "sub-par".