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Zak Killian - Fri, Sep 22, 2023
After what feels like ages and ages (but has really been less than two years), Microsoft is finally drawing near the finish line of its $68.7 billion dollar attempt to purchase Activision-Blizzard. The last roadblock, placed in the way of...
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Tim Sweezy - Fri, Sep 22, 2023
Microsoft announced its new Surface Laptop Studio 2 with RTX graphics and a dedicated AI chip yesterday. The tech giant also revealed its latest Surface Laptop Go 3 and Surface Go 4.
Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2
The Surface Laptop...
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Nathan Ord - Mon, Sep 18, 2023
Misconfigured cloud storage seems to be a recurring problem for Microsoft, who just last year had customer information leak through an exposed Azure Blob Storage server. Now, the Redmond-based company has had 38TB of private internal data...
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Aaron Klotz - Fri, Sep 15, 2023
Microsoft will reportedly announce a pair of new Surface devices next Thursday on September 21, including the new Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Surface Go 3. The new Laptop Studio 2 in particular will reportedly come with Intel’s latest...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Sep 12, 2023
I'm dating myself here, but in the old days of gaming, players competed to see who could earn the highest score (the Atari 2600 generation knows all about sending in Polaroid evidence of a high score). This is still a thing in the world of...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Sep 07, 2023
Bethesda's Starfield is a huge hit, according to Head of Xbox Phil Spencer, as he reports the game has reached the incredible milestone of 1 million concurrent players across all platforms. The news comes after Starfield officially...
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Tim Sweezy - Tue, Sep 05, 2023
Apple is insisting that its iMessage feature is not popular enough to be designated under EU legislation as a "gatekeeper." Microsoft is also arguing that its Bing search engine is not popular enough to be considered a gatekeeper under the...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Sep 04, 2023
As the saying goes, no matter how much CPU, RAM, or storage you have, developers will find a way to use it. That doesn't necessarily mean that the way will be good or useful, mind you. According to some folks, Windows 11's File Explorer is...
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Tim Sweezy - Sun, Sep 03, 2023
After a 30-year run, Microsoft WordPad is being put out to pasture in favor of newer software. Microsoft says there is no need to worry, however, as it offers two options to take its place.
As Microsoft has updated its Windows OS...
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Tim Sweezy - Fri, Sep 01, 2023
As Bethesda's highly-anticipated Starfield video game lifted off into early access, those who had pre-purchased either the Premium or Constellation Edition were reporting having issues. Gamers with an Intel Arc graphics card said they were...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Aug 28, 2023
Gamers eagerly awaiting the official release of Bethesda's Starfield video game were given an unofficial online sneak peek recently by a 29-year-old man who is now facing criminal charges. Darrin Harris posted a 45-minute video of...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Aug 24, 2023
Starfield and Tempur have teamed up in order to create the ultimate cockpit in the Starfield Tempur Dream Chair. This incredible re-creation of an in-game cockpit can be taken for a test flight at Gamescom 2023.
Many are eagerly...
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Aaron Klotz - Wed, Aug 23, 2023
Despite the fact that Microsoft’s Dynamic RGB lighting software is still in the testing stage with Windows Insiders, a tool has appeared that allows you to test the new RGB software without signing up for Microsoft’s Windows Insider...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Aug 23, 2023
If you're against the Microsoft purchase of Activision-Blizzard-King, what would be some potential reasons that you might present in a court to convince the judge that the deal shouldn't proceed? Would you talk about Call of Duty, or...
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Nathan Ord - Sat, Aug 19, 2023
Twenty-eight years ago, Microsoft was faced with the rapid expansion and commercialization of the Internet. Then-CEO Bill Gates saw this change coming and sent out an internal memo calling this phenomenon “The Internet Tidal Wave.” Now...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Aug 18, 2023
Using keyboard shortcuts in Windows is a great way to save time and make you more productive. That's not news to many of you reading this who have long since mastered the basics, like CTRL-X to cut, CTRL-V to paste, ALT + Tab to quickly...
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Aaron Klotz - Tue, Aug 08, 2023
A very powerful internal testing tool was accidentally shared with the public by Microsoft, known as the StagingTool, which has the ability to unlock hidden features of preview builds of Windows 11. As a result, users can now circumvent...
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Nathan Ord - Sat, Aug 05, 2023
Cybersecurity incidents are constantly on the rise, with many threat actors launching targeted or widespread opportunistic attacks. In what effectively amounts to cyberterrorism, these acts are not limited to large companies and...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Aug 02, 2023
Microsoft has begun selling replacement parts for its Xbox controllers that will allow tech-savvy owners to make much-needed repairs to their beloved gamepad. Parts include things such as a replacement input PCBA to buttons, triggers, and...
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Aaron Leong - Wed, Aug 02, 2023
Gamers and fans can a expect quite a lot of good things at the Xbox booth at Gamescom this year, with much-anticipated sequels to some endearing franchises.
In a recent Xbox Wire news article, the Xbox team shared that it would be...
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Mark Tyson - Thu, Jul 27, 2023
Apple and Google are increasingly dominant players in the maps provision business. Such is the scale of their domination; some might say the Silicon Valley pair control a duopoly. This hasn't gone without note among other tech titans, and...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 26, 2023
Forget about shrinking PC shipments, tough economic conditions, and every other challenge that technology companies face. The industry is in the early stages of an artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush, and partially for that reason...
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