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Publisher out to pasture

Microsoft Kills Publisher

Microsoft announced to Microsoft 365 commercial customers that Microsoft Publisher will reach the end of…

Windows Insider Program needs an offramp
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Off-Ramp (Premium)

In the good old days, Microsoft would release a new Windows version, and Windows Insiders…

Google Gemini 1.5 Pro context lengths compared

Google Releases Gemini Pro 1.5

Just two months after its initial release of the Gemini AI models, Google today released…

Chrome OS Flex

Chrome OS Flex is One Answer for Those Unsupported Windows 10 PCs

Microsoft doesn't have an answer for the owners of the hundreds of millions of PCs…

Windows 11 Insider Build 26058 is Out With Widgets Board Improvements

The Windows 11 build 26058 brings Widgets board improvements and a new badging experience to…

Microsoft Build 2024

Microsoft Build 2024 Will Be on May 21-23

Microsoft Build 2024 will be held on May 21-23 in Seattle, and the company teased…

My bulk app install script
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Improving My Winget Bulk App Installer Script (Premium)

I've been automating app installs using the Windows Package Manager for the past year or…

Graphic: A Discussion on Neurodiversity

A Discussion on Neurodiversity

Stephen Rose and Paul Thurrott discuss their neurodiversity journeys and the importance of understanding and…

Xbox February Update touch controls Xbox Remote play

Xbox February Update Adds Touch Controls for Xbox Remote Play and More

The Xbox February Update introduces new touch controls for Xbox Remote Play and a thumbstick…

Mark Zuckerberg Meta Quest

Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta’s Quest 3 Headsets Beat the Apple Vision Pro

In a surprising exercise of benchmarking and competition analysis, Meta CEO Mark has publicly claimed…

Vizio Smart TV

Walmart is Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Smart TV Maker Vizio

Walmart could be exploring an acquisition of smart TV manufacturer Vizio to increase its advertising…

PlayStation 5

PlayStation 5 Sales Slip, Sony Lowers Fiscal Year Sales Estimate

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Sony said that it sold fewer PlayStation 5…

DuckDuckGo Sync & Backup experience

DuckDuckGo Browser Adds Private Bookmark and Password Sync

DuckDuckGo is taking a major step forward with its web browser by adding private bookmarks,…

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Mozilla Scales Back Dramatically, Will Focus on Trustworthy AI in Firefox

Mozilla announced a reorganization that will result in layoffs, fewer products, and a new focus…

Android photo picker

Google Adds Google Photos to the Android Photo Picker

I've long wondered why we don't have a more modern "File Open" capability that supports…

Preview of new .NET 9 art

Microsoft Releases First Preview of .NET 9

Microsoft announced the release of .NET 9 Preview 1 today and revealed its two big…

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