Microsoft worried about Azure source code hack
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Vole communes with its inner source to confirm the problem 

Microsoft says they are investigating claims that the Lapsus$ data extortion hacking group breached their internal Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data.

Nvidia and IBM to follow Microsoft on SSD/GPU
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DirectStorage was a good idea lets open source it

Nvidia and IBM have both decided to follow Microsoft's cunning plan to speed up load times using graphical data from the SSD directly to the GPU.

Internet exploder put out to pasture
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Friday, 18 March 2022 11:36

Internet exploder put out to pasture


Sends us out a reminder 

Software King of the world Microsoft has sent out a reminder that Internet Explorer will be officially killed off in June. 

DuckDuckGo loses the neo-nazis
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Monday, 14 March 2022 12:24

DuckDuckGo loses the neo-nazis


Microsoft search is the root of the "problem"


Search engine outfit DuckDuckGo has lost the support of neo-nazi groups who are upset that their diet of fake news and instructions from Russia has been sabotaged.

Putin might allow software piracy
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Tuesday, 08 March 2022 11:56

Putin might allow software piracy


Oh those sanctions

After years of making a pretence of being against software piracy, the Russian government is expected to give companies and individuals the right to pirate what they like.

A relationship with Bill Gates is apparently toxic
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Melinda Gates points out what many Windows users already knew

The former wife of software king of the world, Sir William Gates III has admitted that it ended when she realised she could not trust his terms and conditions anymore.

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 offers more power and performance
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Replaces the Surface Book

Software King of the World Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 5 is going to offer more power and performance at the top of the portfolio if the leaked details prove right.

Microsoft wants your credit card details
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Thursday, 03 March 2022 13:24

Microsoft wants your credit card details


Windows 11 test build contains unpopular feature

Software King of the World Microsoft seems to think that it is time to insist that its customers hand over their credit cards as part of a Windows 11 install.

Controversial Bobby Kotick set to get $15 million
Published in Gaming


There is no such thing as karma

Microsoft is set to give controversial Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick more than $15 million to go away or $22 million if he sorts out the mess he created first.

Microsoft’s updated data wiping tool now leaves data behind
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Not sure that Vole got the point of a data wiping tool

Software King of the World Microsoft has “improved” its data wiping tool on Windows so that it actually leaves data behind.