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Beneath a Surface Commentary: A Hard Computer Science Problem (Premium)

In what was started as a simple forum message, quickly became a meme among Surface…

Xbox Series X: Two Weeks Later – The Best Console You Should Not Buy, Yet

The Xbox Series X is a fantastic console that you probably should not buy for…

Smartphone Sales Declined Again in Q3

Smartphone makers sold 360 million units in the third quarter of 2020, a decline of…

HP’s PC Revenues Were Flat in Previous Quarter

HP performed well overall in the previous quarter, but PC revenues were flat despite exploding…

Bill Gates Looks Back on “The Road Ahead”

25 years ago today, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates published his first book, The Road Ahead.…

Games with Gold Says Goodbye to 2020

Games with Gold will be back in December with four more games, but I have…

Flight Simulator Gets an Enhanced U.S. Flight Experience

Microsoft announced today that it has released its second World Update for Flight Simulator, which…

Vivaldi Launches Mail, Calendar, and Feed Reader

Vivaldi has taken a page from the Netscape Communicator playbook with the release of Mail,…

Sidewalk is Amazon’s Latest Creepy Service

Amazon alerted users of its Alexa-powered devices that it will soon enable a potentially dangerous…

Microsoft Expects Xbox Apps for Your TV in 2021

Microsoft will be bringing an Xbox app to a TV near you in the next…

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Living with Game Streaming (Premium)

I’ve been gaming exclusively on Xbox since the release of the Xbox 360 in 2005.…

Microsoft 365 Business Premium is On Sale

Well, this doesn’t happen very often: Microsoft 365 Business Premium is now on sale for…

The PS5 has Launch Hardware Issues Too

Every time new hardware is released, there will always be defective units but is Sony's…

Amazon, Apple, Microsoft Want Their Data Kept Private from Google in Court Case

A group of technology companies that includes Microsoft has filed a motion in Google’s antitrust…

Google Extends Chrome Support on Windows 7

Google announced last night that it will now support Chrome on Windows 7 through January…

Microsoft Edge WebView2 is Now Available for .NET Apps

Microsoft announced today that it’s Edge-based WebView 2 is now available for developers to use…

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