Microsoft abandons MCSA, MCSD and MCSE certifications
Vole only interested in role-based training and certifications
Microsoft will retire MCSA, MCSD and MCSE certifications on June 30, 2020 which means that if you put it on your CV some freshly scrubbed HR person is going to wonder what it is.
Cyberpunk 2077 for Xbox Series X upgrade will be free
It will get an updated version
CD Projekt Red is among the first developers/publishers to go on record and confirm that there will be an updated version of Cyberpunk 2077 game for the Xbox Series X console, and it will be free, which is in line with Microsoft's Smart Delivery feature.
Microsoft shares more Xbox Series X console details
12 TFLOPs from AMD RDNA 2 GPU and custom AMD Zen 2-based CPU
Microsoft has revealed a few more details about its new Xbox Series X gaming console, including details about the GPU, CPU, new features, and backward compatibility.
Microsoft to invest $1.1 billion in Mexico
No question of making Mexican government pay for it
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said the technology giant will invest $1.1 billion in Mexico over the next five years, according to a promotional video released by the Mexican government on Thursday.
Microsoft changes Windows 10 icons
Iconoclasm never ended well
Microsoft is rolling out updates to the icons for Windows 10's core apps over the months ahead, starting with the Calendar and Mail apps in a new Release Preview for Windows Insiders in the Fast ring.
Clippy will start searching for Sarah Conner
Software King of the World Microsoft is sitting on a new AI language model which is so scary it is not letting it out of the lab.
IBM snubs Microsoft Teams
Cuts it some Slack instead
Big Blue has snubbed Microsoft's Microsoft Teams and chosen Slack for its more than 350,000 employees it what is being seen as a big test for the software.
Bill Gates is not buying a super yacht
Bizarre rumour debunked
Over the weekend the interweb tubes were blocked by a story that software King of the World Sir William Gates the III was splashing out on a huge hydrogen-powered superyacht which has turned out to be totally made up.
Windows 7 refuses to shut down
You don't have permission
While Microsoft has done its best to kill off Windows 7, a new bug in the software suggests that it does not want to die.
Microsoft’s borked Windows 10 search excuse was rubbish
Here is what we did to fix it
Last week, searching in Windows 10 was borked, with a black bar showing where search results should be, even for those who tried to perform a local search of their files.