Ballmer: I would do Windows phone differently now
Published in Mobiles


Regrets, I’ve had a few

The shy and retiring, softly spoken and delightfully understated former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, has been talking to Bloomberg about Microsoft’s failed move into mobile.

Microsoft swallows open sourcy cloud container Deis
Published in News


Vole snuffles more cloud

Microsoft has written a cheque to buy Deis, an open source container orchestration company which allows for the creation and management of apps on top of Kubernetes.

Vista off life support today
Published in News


Death of a legend


Software king of the world Microsoft has finally pulled the plug on what must be its worst product ever.

OS/2 Warp version finally found
Published in News


Only 25 years too late from when Microsoft and IBM still loved each other


A version of OS/2 2.0 which went missing for 25 years has finally turned up.

Macs are an attack magnet
Published in News


460,000 malware samples uncovered


The myth that Macs were somehow more secure than other operating systems too another battering today in the latest Threat Report by McAfee Labs.

Microsoft spills the beans on Scorpio
Published in Gaming


Where's the mango?

Software king of the world Microsoft unveiled last year that it will be launching a super-specced Xbox One variant -- codenamed Project Scorpio and now Vole has split the beans on what they will look like.

Project Scorpio announcement this week
Published in Gaming


After a year of waiting

Software king of the world Microsoft is expected to make an announcement on its Project Scorpio this week.

Android eclipses Windows
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Turn around bright eyes 

In March 2017, beancounters at web-analytics company StatCounter's officially declared that Android has became a more popular operating system than Windows.

Windows 10 Creators Update ISO available early
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Windows 10 build 15063 goes RTM

Although Microsoft is set to officially release its Windows 10 Creators Update to the general public on April 11th, the company has already made the ISO files available for download on its official site on Thursda,  just before the end of the Q1 business cycle and the last day of March.

Jeff Bezos is now the second richest person in the world
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Just behind Bill Gates 

Online book-seller Jeff Bezos is now the second richest person into the world, leap-frogging Amancio Ortega, and Warren Buffett.