Tag: Microsoft
The Man That Launched Task Manager
You may never have thought about where one of the handiest tools on your Windows powered PC came from, but if you are curious you should take a look at The…
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Personal Skype Is Still Open For Business
It is common knowledge that Skype For Business has just over a year to live, with EOL scheduled for July 31st as companies are migrated to Teams. We also recently...
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Microsoft’s New Intel Powered Surface Book 3 And Surface Go 2
Microsoft announced two new Surface devices, the Surface Go 2 and the Surface Book 3, the former of which will launch May 12th and the latter can be picked up now. …
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Microsoft Announces Rust/WinRT on GitHub
WinRT is the Windows Runtime, and it forms the basis of Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications. It can also be used for things like drivers, which lends itself to high-performance, native code.…
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Microsoft’s Chromium Flavoured Edge Overtakes Firefox
According to NetMarketShare's recent data Edge overtook Firefox as the second most used browser back in March, hitting 7.59% of the market while Firefox could claim only 7.19% of the...
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The Big Cloud Providers Try To Shore Up Internet Routing Security
The big names in Cloud services including, but not limited to, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Akamai, and Netflix have announced a project to tame the current insecure mess which is routing on…
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Microsoft Announces DirectX 12 Ultimate
Microsoft has revealed the newest version of their DirectX API, and rather than adding a version number it is called "DirectX 12 Ultimate". The announcement comes as Microsoft kicks of...
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Meet The XBox Series X
Microsoft has spilled the beans on the new Series X console and there is a lot to go through, enough to impress even a hardened PC gamer. At the heart...
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World Got You Down? Cheer Up As Millions Of Spammers Get Shut Down!
We could all use a little good news right now and Microsoft has just the thing to put a smile on your face. They have shut down the Necurs botnet, which has…
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Microsoft’s Azure Sphere Is Almost Here
Microsoft has been touting the merits of Linux and the IoT for two years now, claiming that their Azure Sphere solution will be arriving any day now and today is that day. …
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Special bug for those who really want to keep using Windows 7
A bunch of sites are reporting that a bug is preventing some Windows 7 users from shutting down. As far as I can tell, while the bug first arose about a...
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A New Head Of Windows Surfaces At Microsoft; Panos Panay
If have some favourites at Microsoft to curse at, you might want to update your list to match the news out of The Register who have tallied up the extensive...
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Microsoft Windows 7 Is On The Edge Of Death This Week; While Edge Is About To Be Reborn
This is a big week for Microsoft as Windows 7 hits EoL tomorrow, January 14th, and the very next day sees the beginning of the roll out of the new...
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Microsoft’s Christmas Present, The Return Of Ads
You may recall the outrage last year when Microsoft started inserting ads of their other products into the mail and calendar apps which ship with Windows 10, which they finally removed after…
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Windows 7 Complains “I’m Not Dead Yet!”
Just a friendly reminder that there is exactly one month to go before Win7 goes belly up and you will no longer receive updates unless you are running Windows 7 Pro or…
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Allows Disabling Anti-Cheat
Apparently mod support is coming to Halo: The Master Chief Collection. If you installed this game (either by purchasing it on Xbox or Steam, or by installing it with the Xbox Game…
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First Impressions: Xbox Elite 2 Wireless Controller
I have been using the new Microsoft Xbox Elite 2 wireless controller for a little over two weeks. I also have the original Xbox Elite controller from 2015, and...
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Microsoft Will Offer Three Types Of e By 2020
As of mid-January, techs in large corporations are going to find themselves providing simultaneous support for three version of Microsoft browsers as the Chromium version of Edge is scheduled to arrive on…
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