Vole and Volkswagen team up
Published in News
Thursday, 11 February 2021 11:51

Vole and Volkswagen team up


VW gets lebensraum on Microsoft’s cloud

Adolf Hitler’s favourite car company has teamed up with what used to be known as the Evil Empire to streamline efforts to build self-driving cars.

There is nothing wrong with big tech
Published in News
Thursday, 11 February 2021 11:39

There is nothing wrong with big tech


It just needs guidelines, says Nadella

King of the Volehill, Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella, has been telling the world+dog that there is nothing wrong with Big Tech - all it needs is clearer laws and rules.

Intel sues Microsoft defector
Published in News
Wednesday, 10 February 2021 12:41

Intel sues Microsoft defector


Claimed he took trade secrets

Chipzilla sued a former Oregon employee last week, alleging he took trade secrets with him when he left for Microsoft and used the information to gain an advantage in subsequent business negotiations with Intel.

Raspberry Pi is calling up Microsoft
Published in News
Monday, 08 February 2021 11:41

Raspberry Pi is calling up Microsoft


Users up in arms over Volish influence

Raspberry Pi users are upset that the PiOS has started calling up calling up Microsoft all of a sudden.

Microsoft cranks up Viva
Published in News
Friday, 05 February 2021 11:37

Microsoft cranks up Viva


A new take on the intranet idea

Microsoft has launched Viva, a new "employee experience platform", or, in non-marketing terms, its new take on the intranet sites most large companies tend to offer their employees.

Microsoft changes how Windows is offered
Published in News
Friday, 05 February 2021 11:20

Microsoft changes how Windows is offered


Updated by default

Software King of the World, that's Microsoft, has changed the status of the Windows 10 operating system versions 1909 and 2004 to “broad deployment” which means we can expect changes on how the operating system versions are offered on customer devices.

Microsoft is ready to replace Google
Published in News
Tuesday, 02 February 2021 04:58

Microsoft is ready to replace Google


At least in Oz

Software giant Microsoft is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls its search over required payments to media outlets, Aussie Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.

Microsoft doing better than expected
Published in News
Thursday, 28 January 2021 11:53

Microsoft doing better than expected


$40 billion in sales and $15 billion profit

Microsoft surpassed $40 billion in sales and $15 billion in profit in a quarter for the first time.

Microsoft signs deal with Cruise
Published in Transportation
Wednesday, 20 January 2021 11:24

Microsoft signs deal with Cruise


Azure cloud-computing platform for cars

Microsoft is joining GM, Honda and others in a $2 billion investment round in Cruise to help commercialise its self-driving cars.

Industry responds to Qualcomm Nuvia acquisition
Published in Mobiles


Analysis: 22 quotes as Qualcomm partner need a custom ARM CPU core

After the initial article about the acquisition of high performance/high-efficiency Nuvia Phoenix core means for Qualcomm, I wanted to address industry quotes and the overwhelming response. It comes down to a single bottom line. Qualcomm will be able to compete with Apple CPU cores in a few years.