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    That doesn't even make sense, do you know what a tantrum is? :) I lost all respect to this guy during the pand

    Posted 3 weeks ago on Elon Musk to Buy Twitter for $44 Billion – 43 Comments

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    Just see his past behaviour. He has more class than Trump, but both are toddlers going into tantrums when not

    Posted 3 weeks ago on Elon Musk to Buy Twitter for $44 Billion – 43 Comments

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    The obsession of the media with Musk is reaching the annoying levels of the obsession with Steve Jobs. Both ar

    Posted 1 month ago on Elon Musk Wants to Buy Twitter for $43 Billion – 43 Comments

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    With that I agree, they can be nagging.

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft’s Your Phone App Becomes Phone Link – 38 Comments

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    I wish they will make their "Film & TV" app available on Android. Even if just as a player of already boug

    Posted 1 month ago on Report: Microsoft Adds New Android Division Following Internal Reorg – 34 Comments

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    Well, I use this app a lot, hopefully the name change won't lead to killing the service like with many MS serv

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft’s Your Phone App Becomes Phone Link – 38 Comments

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    As an iPhone user, you should be OK with unwanted stock apps you can't remove.

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft’s Your Phone App Becomes Phone Link – 38 Comments

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    My kids uses that, so I'm locked in, but with each passing day I hate this service more and more. Horrible app

    Posted 4 months ago on Netflix Raises Prices Again – 32 Comments

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    Buying an iPhone doesn't mean he will use Apple Maps, just like using Android doesn't mean you're using Google

    Posted 4 months ago on I’m Switching to the iPhone – 147 Comments

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    If you dislike the Pixel 6, but prefer Android - why won't you just switch to one of the other Android phones?

    Posted 4 months ago on I’m Switching to the iPhone – 147 Comments

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    What do they want us to use it for? The games and web searches are just gimmicks. We do however use it daily f

    Posted 4 months ago on Report: Amazon Alexa Has an Engagement Problem – 52 Comments

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    With every article and news item I read about Windows 11, I'm happy with my decision to stay with Windows 10 f

    Posted 5 months ago on Oh, Microsoft (Premium) – 81 Comments

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    Wait, what ? You can't select "Combine Taskbar buttons when taskbar is full/never" any more ?

    Posted 5 months ago on Microsoft Confirms It Could Update Windows 11 Before October 2022 (UPDATED) – 41 Comments

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    Maybe US only ? I don't get any pop-up from Canada when trying to d/l Chrome.

    Posted 5 months ago on Microsoft Edges Tries to Convince Users Not to Download Chrome – 53 Comments

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    You can just go to settings and disable it if it's not working well for you. Still a solid browser.

    Posted 5 months ago on Microsoft Edges Tries to Convince Users Not to Download Chrome – 53 Comments

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    I agree. It's just a nice feature to offer, and I find it a much better way to introduce people to Edge vs wha

    Posted 5 months ago on Clarity Boost is Coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming on Microsoft Edge – 15 Comments

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    I don't think they will remove "Movies and TV", at least as long as they offer to rent/buy movies on Xbox.

    Posted 6 months ago on New Windows 11 Media Player App Appears for Insiders – 31 Comments

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    It was a nice read, as I use both cloud primary/local secondary backups as well, but the thing that was most s

    Posted 6 months ago on More Mobile: NAS No More (Premium) – 40 Comments

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    Yes, because having non working breaks on a moving vehicle is 100% the same as experiencing 3% efficiency loss

    Posted 6 months ago on AMD, Microsoft Deliver Windows 11 Performance Fixes – 20 Comments

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    Maybe it's just me, but I found this whole thing to be a non-issue, and was surprised by the how dramatic tech

    Posted 6 months ago on AMD, Microsoft Deliver Windows 11 Performance Fixes – 20 Comments

    comment
    Maybe it's not worse, but why is is better ? What's improved ? Not trying to troll. People are talking about t

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 11 Review: Fresh, Familiar, Incomplete – 84 Comments

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    What's illogical about it ?

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 11 Review: Fresh, Familiar, Incomplete – 84 Comments

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    "You can’t get to Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar anymore" Are they OK over there ? This is crazy

    Posted 7 months ago on Let’s Fix Windows 11 (Premium) – 44 Comments

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    I admit that I didn't follow Windows 11 as I used to follow previous versions, but looking at this list I don'

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 11’s Broken Promises (Premium) – 52 Comments

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    I'm vaccinated, and think people who can but are not are idiots, but I don't like what Google is doing. What w

    Posted 9 months ago on Google Will Require Employees to be Vaccinated – 163 Comments

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    Don't you need MS account anyways in order to install and use Live Tiles apps from the store or MS services ?

    Posted 10 months ago on Cortana, Skype, More are Being Removed or Deprecated in Windows 11 – 123 Comments

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    From the screenshots it looks as "Live Tiles" just moved to the widget screen. I can see weather, photos etc.

    Posted 10 months ago on Cortana, Skype, More are Being Removed or Deprecated in Windows 11 – 123 Comments

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    I don't fully understand why people are so upset with MSA, but are OK with having a Google account or Apple ID

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Unveils Windows 11 – 185 Comments

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    Hmm.. Won't lie, I don't like much, but even if I did it wouldn't have mattered. It is what it is and such is

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 11 First Impressions – 136 Comments

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    Thanks for the screenshots. Could you please take one with an open left alignment Start Menu.

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 11: A Few More Screenshots – 60 Comments

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    True. It actually made me stop playing FH4 on the XOX shortly after getting it. I just couldn't handle the loa

    Posted 11 months ago on Xbox Series X Revisited – 29 Comments

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    How was the initial sync ? What if Laptop 1 has different files from laptop 2, or if one of them is the main f

    Posted 1 year ago on What I Use: OneDrive Folder Backup (Premium) – 24 Comments

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    In reply to Minke:I agree. Reviews as self contained read for these products, I find them a bit pointless as u

    Posted 1 year ago on The Downgrade Test (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to RM:No, that's not what I said. I don't like to use "for the price" as an excuse. Why wo

    Posted 1 year ago on First Impressions: Xbox Wireless Headset – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:It's not. It's not trash, but it's not good. I don't think that I will

    Posted 1 year ago on First Impressions: Xbox Wireless Headset – 11 Comments

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    Can we get real life example of someone using PWA for their daily life ? I don't know anyone that's

    Posted 1 year ago on Firefox 85 is Here, But Mozilla is Killing PWA Features – 73 Comments

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    They can do what they want, but I do hope they will get lots of bad PR because of that, and migration/adoption

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Raises the Price of Xbox Live Gold – 16 Comments

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    Same here, never experienced it. But it's great that they're acknowledging and working on fixing it.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Will Fix Xbox Wireless Controller Issue – 9 Comments

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    You're right, and it sucks. We need to deal with storage management for now, and think about where and ho

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series X|S: Storage Woes – 42 Comments

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    For me that's the more interesting console to learn about. I'm curious to see how it'll turn it

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series S Review – 23 Comments

    comment
    Today I've learned that outlook has a problem. I'm using both the Web client, the Android app and th

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Will Finally Try to Fix Its Outlook Problem – 65 Comments

    comment
    Yay, nothing like micro-manage your devices all the time by re-download/copy from another drives!

    Posted 1 year ago on 1 TB Expansion Card for Xbox Series S/X Costs $220 – 32 Comments

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    We still need to learn how much the 1TB expansion dongle for Xbox will cost. People are ignoring this, but it&

    Posted 1 year ago on PlayStation 5 Arrives November 12th, Starting at $399 – 30 Comments

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    I hate to say it, but it's a waste of time to even write about this product, let alone thinking about may

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Duo … or Surface DOA? (Premium) – 88 Comments

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    "Microsoft launched the original Xbox One in November 2013 with a focus on 1080p video gaming and digital cont

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Has Stopped Making Xbox One X, S All-Digital Edition – 5 Comments

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    In reply to JustinMSalvato:"This is a gradual rollout to general public so you may not be able to download imm

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Launcher 6 is Now Available – 27 Comments

    comment
    They want Windows to fail. They have zero interest with consumers. Just want the cloud. Also, they should stop

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 Pro Users Can No Longer Defer Windows Updates – 40 Comments

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    Given they're got rid of almost all of their consumer projects, there was little reason to keep these ope

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Closing Its Retail Stores for Good – 166 Comments

    comment
    The only reason to do that is to kill the after market community, which I find a disgusting move. Anti consume

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Codename Roma Arrives as Digital Direct – 5 Comments

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    It's a nice tip, thanks! Having said that, I would rather just either pay extra to get more storage or, a

    Posted 2 years ago on Master 365: Get 6 TB of OneDrive Storage for $100 Per Year (Premium) – 15 Comments

    comment
    In reply to Maelstrom:That's why I wrote "Just unsubscribe newsletters you don't read" :) I use inbo

    Posted 2 years ago on Outlook Could Soon Be Getting Inbox Tabs – 23 Comments

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    I don't understand the need for these filters. Just unsubscribe newsletters you don't read. This is

    Posted 2 years ago on Outlook Could Soon Be Getting Inbox Tabs – 23 Comments

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    It'll be a great phone by the end of 2021, when the price is around $500. $1400 US before tax for a[ny] p

    Posted 2 years ago on So, I Pre-Ordered a Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G – 24 Comments

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    OK. It's not like we have a shortage of mobile phones manufactures.

    Posted 2 years ago on Essential Throws in the Towel – 8 Comments

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    In reply to Minke:I disagree. What you're doing is artificially avoiding screen to do things that are are

    Posted 2 years ago on Subscription Fatigue (Premium) – 62 Comments

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    Unless it can/will run heavy duty win32 apps, it won't do good. Video editing, architecture etc. includin

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10X is the Next NT (Premium) – 107 Comments

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    You could always rotate the video ones (as in every three months something else), and I think it's legit

    Posted 2 years ago on Subscription Fatigue (Premium) – 62 Comments

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    In reply to Minke:Maybe he's talking to his wife during their evening walk or when they're at the ba

    Posted 2 years ago on Subscription Fatigue (Premium) – 62 Comments

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    In reply to proesterchen:This is true for every product of an eco system, from iPhone to Google Home to Alexa.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Previews Next Major Version of Launcher – 45 Comments

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    So... It's not final specs, based on a dev kit, not "revealed" but hinted by sources. What a click bait a

    Posted 2 years ago on The Ports on the Xbox Series X – 30 Comments

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    In reply to manicscholar:Well, it's not that "Siri" or "Alexa" makes sense either, or easy to pronounce a

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Killing Cortana for Android and IOS – 51 Comments

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    Cortana is dead for many years now. It was very US centric, without any mobile market and slow in development.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Killing Cortana for Android and IOS – 51 Comments

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    I guess that's what the young kids prefer, as with all weird consumer tech decisions being made. They wil

    Posted 2 years ago on YouTube Music Replaces Google Play Music in Android 10 – 30 Comments

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    The fact that titles will get pulled, are a deal breaker for me. Just like Netflix, it can become a supporting

    Posted 2 years ago on The End of Ownership? (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:"Sometimes"

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Unveils Next-Gen Xbox Details – 27 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:Why would I do that to a cop ? You can get shot just by saying "Hello". It's not rude i

    Posted 2 years ago on Huawei Responds to Android Ban – 36 Comments

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    In reply to Lewk:What's rude about it ?

    Posted 2 years ago on Huawei Responds to Android Ban – 36 Comments

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    All of that, for a product no one really will use after the first 2 days of wow factor. I understand human

    Posted 3 years ago on Galaxy Fold Teardown Reveals That Samsung Has Big Problems – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:"before any discounts"It's cheaper to pay full price for this bundle than to pay full

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s GamePass Ultimate SKU Will Help Lower The Cost of Gaming – 13 Comments

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    Even today the passwords syncs between Edge for Windows 10 (EdgeHTML version) and Edge for Android, so I see n

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Microsoft Edge on Chromium a No Brainer? (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    In reply to waclark57:True. It doesn't have to be one over the other, just the balance will/could go the

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One S “All Digital Edition” Expected in April – 42 Comments

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    In reply to red.radar:I'm not, as nothing beats the quality of 4K UHD discs, and I like to re-visit cinem

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One S “All Digital Edition” Expected in April – 42 Comments

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    Well, at least we still have Azure access I can get my friends next Christmas. Gotta love the new anti consume

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Microsoft Band Apps – 42 Comments

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    "It certainly was a cool idea, but the execution? Not so much."That is true for Windows 10 as a whole. My peop

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Could Be Killing the My People Feature in Windows 10 – 23 Comments

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    As long as the disc drive is an option, why not. I just hope they're not turning it back into a 100% gami

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Building a Disc-Less Xbox One for Release in 2019 – 68 Comments

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    Worth noting it's also Xbox One X enhanced BC title.

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Crackdown is Free for Xbox One and Xbox 360 – 3 Comments

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    In reply to Illusive_Man:Three things to consider -#1 - You might not need/want this, but other might.#2 - Com

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung Unveils Its Foldable Phone – 56 Comments

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    In reply to spd09232:It's not that you shouldn't trust it, but more of - do we want to give all of t

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Without* Google? – 149 Comments

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    I De-googled my S8 as much as I could as I don't user their services. It's much easier to do than w

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Without* Google? – 149 Comments

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    When will people stop automatically use Google just because it's Google.... Name one thing that Chrome go

    Posted 3 years ago on Oh, Google (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    "And this situation is so bad, I’ve considered switching consoles just so I can play COD and get new content

    Posted 3 years ago on Finally, Some Good News for Call of Duty Fans on Xbox – 9 Comments

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    15 millions installs, but how many didn't uninstall it after one session and how many active player ? 15

    Posted 3 years ago on 15 Million People Have Installed Fortnite on Android – 18 Comments

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    In reply to rainbowlynx:set tabs aside is actually really nice. It's a nice touch for the pages you don&#

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Edge is What’s Wrong with Windows 10 (Premium) – 68 Comments

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    In reply to Bdsrev:People are using Chrome for the same reason they used IE. It's just the default thing

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Edge is What’s Wrong with Windows 10 (Premium) – 68 Comments

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    I see you as a Google guy just as a Windows guy to be honest, so I assume the natural progress would be to use

    Posted 3 years ago on Replacing Windows? (Premium) – 87 Comments

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    It's still telling me that it's for RS5 only. I have the latest apps installed (both on phone and pc

    Posted 3 years ago on Your Phone App Now Available for Windows 10 Version 1803 (updated) – 24 Comments

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    "An idea that a low-cost Windows PC doesn't have to suck"The Surface Go is anything but "low cost". It ha

    Posted 3 years ago on So Predictable (Premium) – 57 Comments

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    I read everything here, but for the first time in my life - felt nothing. Not excitement, not anger, not curio

    Posted 3 years ago on Carmel, Libra, and Andromeda are the next wave of Surface Devices – 81 Comments

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    Once you go Deezer, you can't go back.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google to Launch YouTube Music Next Week – 35 Comments

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    In reply to winlonghorn:I'm with you, and as I find MP to be the same shallow gaming experience over and

    Posted 3 years ago on Activision Formally Launches Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – 16 Comments

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    Well, of course these systems will have tons of updates and dated look 6-9 years after their release date. The

    Posted 4 years ago on Want to Feel Better About Windows 10? Go Back in Time (Premium) – 37 Comments

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    They don't want nor need your money anymore. Excluding Xbox, they're not into consumer market anymor

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft’s Leaving Money on the Table with OneDrive – 82 Comments

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    While easy on the eye, they are more of a demo computer than a real one. If you're into that high end PC,

    Posted 4 years ago on Fake News: Microsoft to End Surface in 2019? – 54 Comments

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    I'm starting to realize I'm a victim of abusive behaviour. Let's just make it simple, cancel al

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Ends Groove Music Pass, Offers Transition to Spotify – 215 Comments

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    In reply to aelo1010:People can change their mind, you know. From following Paul I've come to learn that

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    Is there such a things as a "de-Googled Android device" ?

    Posted 4 years ago on It’s Official: Android 8 is “Oreo” – 48 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Timed exclusives.

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One X to Debut at $499 – 47 Comments

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    Who are the people that are using these share features ? I've yet to meet a person, geek or "normal user"

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Photos Adds Photo Books, Archiving – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Jeff Jones:That's true what you said, but even with technology it's harder to switch for

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    Posted 5 years ago on I’m Returning the Samsung Galaxy S8+ – 87 Comments

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    I don't understand why choosing not to use Google on your most used device is a bad decision. You don

    Posted 5 years ago on Making the Right Personal Technology Choices (Premium) – 63 Comments

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    This update is OK, what I don't like is the ad on the new guide.

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Delivers the Xbox One Creators Update – 29 Comments

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    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Needs to Get the Scorpio Launch Just Right – 47 Comments

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    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Needs to Get the Scorpio Launch Just Right – 47 Comments

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    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Needs to Get the Scorpio Launch Just Right – 47 Comments

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    "Xbox Game Pass members will also be able to purchase games “at an exclusive discount,” Microsoft says, th

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Takes on PlayStation Now with Xbox Game Pass – 33 Comments

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