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Microsoft’s Bing has correctly predicted the Super Bowl and World Cup winners; more recently Microsoft turned its attention to Sunday’s Academy Awards. Of the top 24 categories at this year’s Oscars, Microsoft’s Bing correctly predicted 20 winners for an 83 percent accuracy score, including all of the most prestigious Academy Award picks.

Windows is more secure than the Fort Knox-like Linux and OS X. This fact has been revealed by National Vulnerability Database that details security issues detected in different operating systems and software titles.

Domestic smartphone maker Lava has expanded its Xolo portfolio with a new Windows-based smartphone, Xolo Win Q1000. The smartphone, priced at Rs 8,499, features a 5-inch HD (720x1280p) IPS display with OGS technology and is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor.

Lenovo launched the Yoga 3 Pro ‘ultrabook’ notebook in India, with prices starting from Rs. 1,14,990. The ultrabook features Lenovo’s signature 360-degree hinge design concept. The device comes with Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit operating system options, with 8GB of RAM, a choice of a 256GB or 512GB SSD, Wi-Fi 802.11ac and an Intel Core M-5Y70 Processor.

Government involvement to raise IT spending is something that companies like Microsoft appear to be counting on for the coming year. Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India, said, “Programs such as Digital India, smart cities and Skill India require creation of technological infrastructure that needs budgetary support. A policy framework for industry and SMEs in particular that encourages innovation and adoption of technology can boost the Make in India initiative.”

Microsoft is looking to improve Web performance in Windows 10 by bringing in Mozilla’s asm.js JavaScript subset for inclusion in its Chakra JavaScript engine. Delivering an interoperable and specification-compliant JavaScript engine with the performance for modern experiences has been a key goal for since the inception of Chakra, Guareth Seth and Ed Maurer of the Chakra team said.

With enterprises rushing to embrace DevOps processes, Chef Software reached an agreement to advance its longstanding partnership with Microsoft by directly engaging the software giant’s network of cloud partners and jointly going to market. “This is really the big next step in the relationship with Microsoft and Chef,” Jay Wampold, Vice President of Marketing at Chef.

Microsoft is working on a location sharing app named ‘People Sense’ which would allow users to chat and share their real-time location with friends and family members. The app will also integrate with Bing Maps.