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Hacking series ‘Mr. Robot’ could be the show of our times
It’s only three episodes in, but USA Network’s hacker series Mr. Robot has already gained widespread plaudits from critics and viewers. And for good reason; it’s eminently likable. Its paranoid vision of the cyber world; the struggle we all have in keeping things private; and not falling prey to consuming too much while living so ...
Microsoft Office 2016 officially released for Mac, with a promise of better support in the future
Office 2016 is out of preview (the largest beta ever of Office for Mac) and officially available for Mac users, although the fine-tuned productivity suite is for the time being only available for Office 365 subscribers. At the moment Mac users with Office 365 Home, Personal Business, Business Premium, E3 or ProPlus can get their hands ...
Next likely steps for Microsoft mobile
After announcing a layoff of up to 7,800 employees (a massive 7% of workforce) at Microsoft, most of which will affect employees working in the company’s phone business, we might wonder what happens next. In a bid to what CEO Satya Nadella calls ‘restructuring’ the smartphone business, which entails the writing off $7.6 billion as ...
Microsoft looking to academics to take HoloLens into the future
Microsoft is looking to the world of academia to try and find out what its augmented reality headset, HoloLens, might best be used for. Redmond announced recently that a total of five $100,000 grants will be awarded, as well as two HoloLens development kits for each recipient, to universities and non-profit researchers that meet the ...
Final edition of Windows 10 will be with PC makers by the end of the week
Microsoft is making history with Windows 10, the operating system that we’ve been told is the last in a long line due to the fact this OS will receive ongoing constant updates. Windows chief Terry Myerson talking about Windows as a service reiterated this last week, saying “we will never be done” concerning upgrades. But ...
The future is now: Four sci-fi writers that predicted the future of tech
Thirty years ago this month the first film in the Back to the Future franchise hit the screens when director Robert Zemeckis sent Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) back to 1955. Time travel, and its myriad implications, is usually difficult to grasp and full of migraine-inflicting paradoxes – the brilliant sci-fi film primer claims to ...
Microsoft and Kyocera make up, agree to cross-licensing deal
Back in March Microsoft and Japanese electronics company Kyocera Corporation came head to head when Microsoft sued the latter for violating seven patents on three of its products: Duraforce, Hydro, and Brigadier Android smartphones. At the time Microsoft asked a Seattle court for a sales injunction of the said phones, stating that Kyocera had infringed ...
Why Sony is still killing it: Microsoft admits Xbox One has got to do better after PS4 Sales Report
Bragging rights go to Sony Inc.’s PlayStation 4, as far as sales are concerned in Europe. We reported recently that the PS4 has a “significant market leadership” across the pond and beyond, even though on the world stage Xbox One is faring well in some countries. Nonetheless, Microsoft is not just a little behind in ...
Microsoft gives Edge an update, shows off new default desktop image in two new Windows 10 Builds
At the end of this month Microsoft will officially release Windows 10, but before that happens, Windows Insiders in the Fast ring can see a few more updates to the new OS as of now. At first, Build 10158 was released, which contained a bunch of new features, and then just a day after, Microsoft ...
Microsoft will release Visual Studio 2015 just days before the arrival of Windows 10
It’s all about developers, developers, developers, Microsoft said at its Build conference earlier this year. And with that in mind Microsoft has said that on July 20th, nine days before the official release of Windows 10, it will target developers with the release of Visual Studio 2015, Team Foundation Server 2015 and .NET Framework 4.6. ...