Microsoft denies its Surface is unreliable
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Thursday, 02 November 2017 11:30

Microsoft denies its Surface is unreliable


Works fine when you give it a push

Microsoft has denied its Surface range is as unreliable as a Reliant Robin and said that fewer than one in 100,000 have been borked.

Microsoft officially unveils Surface Pro with LTE
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Wednesday, 01 November 2017 15:13

Microsoft officially unveils Surface Pro with LTE


Coming in December and starting at US $1,149

Just as expected, Microsoft has now officially unveiled its new Surface Pro with LTE Advanced at an event in London, packing Qualcomm's Snapdragon X16 LTE modem, Intel Core i5 chip and 12.3-inch 3:2 PixelSense screen.

Microsoft presentation gives up on Edge
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Wednesday, 01 November 2017 11:51

Microsoft presentation gives up on Edge


Installs Chrome instead


A Microsoft engineer carrying out a demo before assorted hacks had to abandon his Edge browser and install Chrome after his Vole-approved default browser froze.

Microsoft sued for discriminating against women
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Wednesday, 01 November 2017 11:48

Microsoft sued for discriminating against women


This is fast getting out of control

The outfit whose CEO once said women could obtain good karma for taking lower salaries than men is being sued in a court case which is getting bigger by the day.

Microsoft working on Apple’s next “breakthrough”
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Foldable notebook pen and digital-ink functionality

Software king of the world, Microsoft, is working on a foldable device with an emphasis on pen and digital-ink functionality that runs Windows 10.

Cloud boom helps big tech bottom line
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Friday, 27 October 2017 12:41

Cloud boom helps big tech bottom line


Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Intel cash in

Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Intel are making a killing from the Cloud.

Microsoft kills off Kinect
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Thursday, 26 October 2017 12:08

Microsoft kills off Kinect


End of an error

The software king of the world Microsoft has given up on its depth camera and voice recognition microphone.

Tech giants spend fortune buying US politicians
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Wednesday, 25 October 2017 11:12

Tech giants spend fortune buying US politicians


Buy one get another free

US tech giants are spending a small fortune on "lobbying" politicians and the situation is getting worse.

Microsoft’s Open Source cloud slap to Google
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Wednesday, 25 October 2017 10:34

Microsoft’s Open Source cloud slap to Google


Azure Container Service built on Kubernetes

Microsoft has unveiled the Azure "Container Service", a new service for the Azure cloud computing platform that's built on Kubernetes.

Cray expands HPC in the cloud
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017 11:49

Cray expands HPC in the cloud


Chummy with Microsoft

Cray continues to expand its HPC in the cloud plans and has teamed up with Microsoft to bring supercomputer-as-a-service solutions to Microsoft's cloud.