Cortana mobile app joins Clippy
Vole gives up on Cortana mobile voice assistant
The Cortana mobile app is going the way of all Microsoft’s assistants.
Microsoft improves EU privacy rules
Discovered it was breaking GDPR
Software King of the World Microsoft is updating the privacy provisions of its commercial cloud contracts after European regulators found its deals with European Union institutions failed to protect data in line with EU law.
Amazon appeals Microsoft's Jedi contract
Declares war on the Pentagon
Amazon is going into battle with the Pentagon over the Jedi Cloud military tech contract awarded to Microsoft.
Microsoft to obey Californian privacy law across the US
"Fiercest and most sweeping data privacy regulations" in the US
Microsoft said that it will honour the "core rights" provided to Californians through the state's landmark data privacy law and expand that coverage across the entire United States.
US claims it has enough antitrust laws to bring down big tech
Just does not use them
The US Justice Department antitrust chief said that existent US antitrust laws were “flexible enough” to address the harm caused by technology companies, in the face of growing criticism that such laws cannot tackle tech monopolies.
Python eats Java
Most popular on Github
Python has climbed over once-dominant Java to become the second most popular language on Microsoft-owned open source code sharing site GitHub.
Microsoft antitrust case killed Windows phone
Gates claims he was distracted
Software King of the World Sir William Gates III has suggested that Windows could have been the world’s dominant mobile operating system had it not been for the antitrust case the US Justice Department brought against Microsoft.
New Edge logo tips up in nightly builds
Still looks like Chrome to us
Software King of the World Microsoft appears to be playing with the logos for its new Edge browser.
Microsoft discovers it is better if voles work less
Productivity went up with a four day week
While most companies believe that working staff for long hours is a good way to make targets, Microsoft has announced the results on its four day working week and found traditional firms are fooling themselves.
BlueKeep vulnerablity attacks taking place
Targets Windows XP
One of the worst wormable Windows vulnerabilities have been seen in the wild and it is targeting unpatched Windows XP machines.