Microsoft forced into more chip development
All the AI stuff
It is starting to look like there will be a new kid on the chip block, as Microsoft is being forced to hone skills of its own.
Python is top programming language
At least according to the IEEE
IEEE Spectrum's annual report on the top programming languages has decided that Python is the top programming language.
Industry giants back Apple in Qualcomm case
Trust me, we’re industry giants
A group that represents industry giants has sided with Apple fighting a legal case Qualcomm has made has sent the US International Trade Commission (ITC) comments that take the side of the fruity cargo cult.
Microsoft moves US jobs to China
Global outsourcing is continuing to Make America grate again
While the US right wing press has been claiming that Donald Trump is bringing jobs back to America, it is starting to look like this is all spin.
Microsoft’s typeface at centre of government corruption case
High calibri row
A typeface which was created in 2004 and made a default option on PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and WordPad by Microsoft in 2007, is currently sitting at the centre of a corruption investigation involving Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif.
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
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
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
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
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.