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Microsoft’s ‘abusive’ efforts to push Windows 10 on the public annoys millions of Chinese consumers
Microsoft and its perhaps over-zealous efforts to sway consumers to upgrade to Windows 10 has done a fair bit damage on American soil so far. The tech giant has come under fire lately for a number of reasons relating to the big push to Windows 10, which has included automatic upgrades, incorrigible advertising and worst ...
Not one, but two new Xbox One consoles on the way
It looks like the rumors that Microsoft is on the verge of bringing out something big for the Xbox is true, in light of recent reports. For a while now speculations have been abundant as to what Microsoft will reveal at this year’s E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) taking place at the Galen Center in Los Angeles ...
Microsoft’s latest sneaky Windows 10 upgrade push called “indefensible”
Microsoft is certainly not winning people over with the way in which it is pushing Windows 10 down users’ throats, and things just got worse. It seems the company is making a series of final pushes before the free upgrade offer ends on July 29, but it also seems that Microsoft’s zealotry concerning Windows 10 is ...
Microsoft to get tough on terrorism, but leave Bing mostly uncensored
Microsoft has vowed to crackdown on content shared by terrorists, or supporters of terrorists, when that material is viewed as dangerous. The company will implement this crackdown by banning anyone from its services who disseminates material supporting terrorist groups, or people endorsing such groups within consumer services such as Xbox Live or Outlook webmail. In a blog ...
Mr. Robot is back with Season 2, and it’s trying to mess with your head
After watching just a couple of episodes of USA Network’s hacking series Mr. Robot, we knew it was going to be outstanding; not only because it would be the first TV show to appease technophiles used to seeing television clumsily portray technology with as much verisimilitude as a scene from the muppets, but because it’s a ...
Microsoft is building a bot that may outshine Google’s virtual assistant
Just as soon as we hear about Google’s virtual assistant, announced this week at Google’s annual I/O conference, we find out that Microsoft is building its own virtual assistant, the ‘Bing Concierge Bot’. The assistant, according to a job posting found by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, will communicate on a number of platforms. The posting, ...
Now it really looks like the end of the line for Lumia phone
There has been speculation for some time now that Microsoft will put to bed the Lumia phone, and while it’s no secret that the company has been concentrating on other ambitions outside of phones, only just recently following the selling of its feature phone production business to Chinese manufacturing firm Foxconn for $350 million, have ...
Microsoft says Britain should stay in the EU or there could be consequences
Microsoft has spoken out against the possibility of Britain leaving the EU, perhaps the largest company so far to do so. The Redmond-based tech giant is not alone in its opposition to Brexit (British Exit); Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM, among others, have also joined Microsoft in its stance that such a move is bad ...
Change your hapless Xbox Live gamertag and you might start winning again
Ok, so being James99910 for a while now hasn’t done much for your gaming cred while playing Xbox Live. Now is the time to get that great name you’ve always wanted, after Microsoft revealed just now that plenty of names, or gamertags, will be freed-up. “Nearly 1 million previously used XBL gamertags are going to ...
Don’t be fooled by bots hype, but do enjoy the show
2016 so far, within the tech milieu at least, seems to be the year of the bot. Much of the excitement surrounding the rise of the bots is partly a consequence of big companies such as Microsoft and Facebook working on, and investing in, their own personal assistant bots. On top of this there is ...