Windows 10 does not like a lot of cores
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 12 July 2017 06:00

Windows 10 does not like a lot of cores


The more cores and the slower the mouse gets


Tech blogger Bruce Dawson has discovered that 24-core (48-thread) Windows 10 rig was having problems everytime he built Chrome.

Microsoft snuggles Office and Windows in a bundle
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Until an anti-trust complaint surfaces 

Microsoft announced plans to start offering Windows 10 and Office together in a single subscription service.

Microsoft’s OneDrive ignores Fat people
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Fat-wah issued on older file systems 

OneDrive users around the world have been upset Microsoft's cloud file syncing and storage system has suddenly stopped working with anything other than disks formatted with the NTFS file system.

EU delivers a nightmare to disposable electronics
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You will have to make it fixable

The EU Parliament is about to tell makers of badly made electronics which are designed not to last past the warranty date that their products will have to last longer and be fixable.

Microsoft lays off thousands more
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Tuesday, 04 July 2017 10:57

Microsoft lays off thousands more


Axeman cometh 

The software king of the world, including parts of the moon and the rings of Uranus, is about to tell thousands of its Volish staff to clean out their desks and collect their pink slips.

New carrier does not “quite” run Windows XP
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It does at the moment, but not for much longer.

The Royal Navy has been a little disappointed that its high-tech aircraft carrier’s launch has been overshadowed by the fact that hacks noticed it was still running Windows XP.

Microsoft releases second Win10 cumulative update in a month
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Reboot again, like you did earlier in the month


For the second time this month, the software king of the world, and parts of the moon, Microsoft, has delivered a cumulative update for Windows 10.

Microsoft adds GPU utilization to Task Manager
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In the latest Windows 10 build

With the latest Insider Build for Windows 10, version 16226, Microsoft has added GPU utilization in the performance tab of the Task Manager.

Microsoft admits Windows 10 disables rivals' AV
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Temporarily


Software king of the world, Microsoft, has admitted that it does temporarily disable anti-virus software on Windows PCs.

Apple's success was because Jobs had problems
Published in Mobiles


He hated being outsmugged by Microsoft so he stole its tablet 

The messiah of the fruity cargo-cult, Steve Jobs, apparently was only interested in hacking off a single Microsoft executive when he stole the idea for the tablet and the smartphone.