Engineers At NSA Vs Engineers At Big Tech Companies

Nowadays we almost daily see news regarding the spying done on the large Internet, PCs, networking companies by NSA, which obviously puts a big question before the public, and it’s whether the engineers at NSA are better than the engineers at other top tech companies like Google and facebook. Ian Webster, an engineer interviewed by both Facebook and the NSA …

HealthCare.gov Will Now Be Executed By Former Microsoft Exec Kurt DelBene

According to an announcement by President Obama, Kurt DelBene will serve as a senior advisor on HealthCare.gov. Earlier he woked as an executive in Microsoft. In july, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had announced about DelBene’s retirement from the company. However, working in HealthCare.gov, he will guide Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and lead ongoing efforts. “The group discussed …

Xbox Programming To Be Out Early Next Year

Microsoft’s president of entertainment and digital media Nancy Tellem hopes of launching the first Xbox original programming in early 2014, according to recent reports. “We’re hoping we will be able to put something up in the first quarter, at minimum second quarter,” said the president. “We aren’t Netflix, we aren’t Amazon,” Tellem said after being asked questions on the slow …

Microsoft On Defence Against NSA’s Snooping

Microsoft is presently showing its brave side by facing NSA, which is snooping into corporate databases, Internet traffic, and cellphone locations have put the technology industry on the defensive. The lead companies like Google, Mozilla, Twitter, Facebook and Yahoo have shielded their customer data against spying eyes without search warrants or legal subpoenas well. In a blog post Tuesday, Microsoft …