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IanYates82

Alpha Member Since Aug 2016

3 Posts
844 Comments
Upvotes 97%
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    Photos app downloading LOTS from OneDrive every day
    By IanYates82, 4 years ago
    6 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    IanYates82 Microsoft Windows 4 years ago 6 Replies
    "Calling" one of the assistants via a phone number from Bluetooth
    By IanYates82, 4 years ago
    0 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Mobile
    IanYates82 General Discussion Mobile 4 years ago 0 Replies
    Task scheduler failing in Windows 10 AU
    By IanYates82, 5 years ago
    4 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    IanYates82 Microsoft Windows 5 years ago 4 Replies

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    Use a password manager that also knows how to calculate the TOTP rolling code values. Or use phone-to-pc softw

    Posted 2 weeks ago on GitHub to Require 2FA by the End of 2023 – 5 Comments

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    We watch very little free-to-air TV in our house - the kind that has ad breaks every X minutes with 5-6 ads sh

    Posted 2 weeks ago on Amazon’s Original Shows Will Soon Use CGI for Product Placement – 7 Comments

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    I work with a *lot* of scanners. HP network-connected ones have done nothing to impress me in the past. I'll c

    Posted 2 weeks ago on HP Launches Scanners for the Hybrid Work Era – 8 Comments

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    I'm not familiar with the mentioned tools as I'm not a Mac user. Is Alfred like Everything from Voidtools? Tha

    Posted 1 month ago on More Mobile: Trying the OS Alternatives (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    From memory, the internal use rights were going. Frankly they are what gives us the best benefit of being a Mi

    Posted 2 months ago on Microsoft is Making Major Changes to its Partner Program – 10 Comments

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    They wanted to make changes 3-4 years ago. I was worried we wouldn't qualify anymore. They backed down though,

    Posted 2 months ago on Microsoft is Making Major Changes to its Partner Program – 10 Comments

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    When the screen goes to sleep, does it disconnect peripherals from the PC? Eg a headset connected to the usb p

    Posted 2 months ago on More Mobile: External Display (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    I'm time poor most of the week, so opening a game I touched 3 days ago and being right back at the pause menu,

    Posted 2 months ago on March Xbox Update Lets Users Pin Games to Quick Resume – 7 Comments

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    Context is important please. Saying the stock was boosted to $22.49, without any hint of what it previously wa

    Posted 2 months ago on Google Acquires Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion – 5 Comments

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    I have had 4 Samsung phones in a row, since the S6. I've seen bixby maybe 10 times (mostly on the S10, or was

    Posted 2 months ago on A Few Thoughts on My Temporary Return to the Pixel (Premium) – 36 Comments

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    It's like Microsoft, Google, and Apple all want to emulate each other. So many things are arbitrarily pushed i

    Posted 2 months ago on Google Delivers the March 2022 Pixel Feature Drop – 5 Comments

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    I had a W500 - great laptop. Have been through a lot of ones in the interim with the most recent being an X1 e

    Posted 2 months ago on Lenovo Offers New ThinkPads, ThinkBooks, and More at MWC – 6 Comments

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    The fn/ctrl issue doesn't bother me too much - I only have lenovo laptops so it's what I'm used to. This does

    Posted 2 months ago on Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 Review – 3 Comments

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    Yep. Would require maui or avalonia (I think that's the X-plat WPF). Uno may be worth a look tooPerhaps instea

    Posted 2 months ago on Ask Paul: February 18 (Premium) – 9 Comments

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    Thanks for the extra info (this sort of stuff is useful context I'd like to see in this sort of article fran

    Posted 3 months ago on Outlook for Android Will Soon Require Android 8.0 or Newer – 11 Comments

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    Do Intel Chromebooks get the Android apps, or is it only the ARM ones? If the latter then I suspect we won't s

    Posted 3 months ago on Quick Look: Google Chrome OS Flex – 26 Comments

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    I know I've heard the word AltSpaceVR before but it was some years ago and I never would've assumed it was a M

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft’s Altspace VR Platform Drops Social Hubs and Improves Safety – 1 Comments

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    Interesting. Firstly, I hate this idea.... I don't think it's using punycode though - more like that Yat site

    Posted 3 months ago on Opera is Bringing Emojis to the Address Bar – 11 Comments

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    No. It's the IDE itself, not necessarily the compiler or base librariesAnd 2019 is still getting security upda

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft to Drop Support for Older Visual Studio Versions – 5 Comments

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    TPM is to protect secrets and secure the boot process from the very start - the boot code being signed shows i

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft Temporarily Addresses New Windows Vulnerability with a Workaround – 8 Comments

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    No. It means if they knew about 1000 compromised accounts per year prior to this change, they're saying there'

    Posted 3 months ago on Google Required 2SV and Account Compromises Fell by 50 Percent – 17 Comments

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    Oi! I read thurrott's site in the morning and then, having just started Wordle a few days ago, was going to do

    Posted 3 months ago on The NYT is the Worst-Possible Home for Wordle (Premium) – 24 Comments

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    To help their own users who have to communicate with non-apple usersImagine if Google Docs refused to support

    Posted 4 months ago on Google Launches Assault on Apple’s iMessage Abuses – 149 Comments

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    Sad but probably true. Losing the page up, down, home and end keys is a real drag. I think it's also missing a

    Posted 4 months ago on Second Look: HP Elite Dragonfly G3 – 10 Comments

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    It's a dumb patent. It's core claim isn't that I can group multiple speakers. It's that I can use a single vol

    Posted 4 months ago on With Defeat to Sonos, Google to Remove Smart Speaker Functionality – 44 Comments

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    I got a major update to my Samsung S21 ultra a few days ago. One UI v4 which I'm pretty sure means Android 12.

    Posted 4 months ago on Google Finally Addresses the December 2021 Update for Pixel 6/6 Pro – 27 Comments

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    My T570 has TPM 2.0.7th gen CPU though. I installed 11 insiders on it just prior to the CPU news. It is still

    Posted 5 months ago on Windows Terminal to Become Default Windows 11 Command Line Experience – 23 Comments

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    So are these Z2 things better or worse than the flagship Pro?Pro is described as the best (flagship) but the Z

    Posted 5 months ago on OnePlus Announces OnePlus Buds Z2 Wireless Earbuds – 5 Comments

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    Agreed. It was a fantastic game. It's been on game pass before (or games with gold) as I don't think I paid

    Posted 5 months ago on Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for December – 6 Comments

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    My guess is Paul is appropriately lazy (as I would be) and copied the headers/layout from a previous month's a

    Posted 5 months ago on Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for December – 6 Comments

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    I know every review of Lenovo laptops talks about Fn & Ctrl, but if it's your only laptop you find it seco

    Posted 5 months ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9 Review – 22 Comments

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    To be fair, an Intel x64 version only came out a few months back

    Posted 5 months ago on Microsoft Preps Native OneDrive Clients for Windows on ARM, M1 Macs – 19 Comments

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    Part of the reason I stayed with 8.1 for a year or so after 10 came out was precisely because 8.1 had the "pla

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft to Kill OneDrive for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 in Early 2022 – 41 Comments

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    In a blog post? Sad... Licensing is the big blocker for this I suspect. I was really holding out for Simpsons

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Adds Over 70 Games to Xbox Backward Compatibility – 5 Comments

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    Donte expands on the issue by talking about aimbots in a follow up post

    Posted 6 months ago on Surprise! Halo Infinite Multiplayer Beta is for Everyone, Available Now – 6 Comments

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    Agree. The 21 ultra I'm using to type this has been fantastic. The fingerprint reader is miles better than it

    Posted 6 months ago on Power Problems (Premium) – 32 Comments

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    I think that is part of his usual routine, given he had a US power board on hand

    Posted 6 months ago on What I Use: Paris 2021 (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    Moving out is a fun party game. It was on Game Pass and I missed the deadline to buy it before it left... I gu

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for November – 3 Comments

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    I liked "a way out" that was a mandatory co-op game on EA Play (and thus game pass) I assume It Takes Two is s

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Highlights First Xbox Game Pass Titles for November – 4 Comments

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    I would like to see a journalist report on this where they've got some inside contacts on the .net team and ca

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Backs Down From Open-Source Mistake – 30 Comments

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    I do wonder about AdDuplex a bit these days.Who's writing these apps for the store that embed ads, and more im

    Posted 6 months ago on Windows 11 is Already on 5 Percent of PCs – 10 Comments

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    Had a similar thing when we preordered 4x Samsung galaxy devices through Amazon back in early 2021. Used Amazo

    Posted 6 months ago on Google Tries to Make Up for Pixel 6 Preorder Mess – 9 Comments

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    Many new apps that regular consumers (not visitors of this site) see and use do not have a Windows version. If

    Posted 6 months ago on Hands-On with Android on Windows 11: Not as Seamless as Promised – 19 Comments

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    Does the pixel work with Your Phone in Windows? As good as the Samsung phones where you can launch multiple ap

    Posted 6 months ago on Google Pixel 6 Pro Preview – 24 Comments

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    I have a powered dock/hub I use at work that will work as both thunderbolt 3 OR usb-c. One cable but it's appa

    Posted 7 months ago on More Mobile: Hubs and Docks (Premium) – 36 Comments

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    Play anywhere, as in being able to access my xbox console remotely to play the game? I didn't realise games ha

    Posted 7 months ago on Quake Gets a Big Update for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 – 5 Comments

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    Probably commented on this article, instead of the "new version of Paint" article, by mistake.

    Posted 7 months ago on Microsoft Whiteboard is Getting a Big Update – 14 Comments

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    I'm also a premium subscriber. Had to sign in again using the site this morning, like I'd lost cookies or some

    Posted 7 months ago on New Microsoft Edge Lands on Xbox – 15 Comments

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    Same concept as Personal Vault in OneDrive.

    Posted 7 months ago on Google Announces New Android Features – 6 Comments

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    AgreeOne USB-A port would make a lot of sense. Typical consumer sees that port and calls it USB. Their existin

    Posted 7 months ago on Surface is Back, Baby (Premium) – 55 Comments

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    Reminds me a bit of the acer r7 I used to use. Tilting screen, etc. Surprising they couldn't still keep one US

    Posted 7 months ago on Surface Laptop Studio Specs and Photo Gallery – 38 Comments

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    The top of the article says "two thunderbolt 2 ports" I was ready with my pitchfork to ask why they weren't at

    Posted 7 months ago on Surface Pro 8 Specs and Photo Gallery – 19 Comments

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    Apps start with no permissions and ask for them as required. This resets permissions granted to apps that have

    Posted 8 months ago on Google is Bringing Permissions Auto-Reset to Billions of Android Apps – 4 Comments

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    Lost Words is a brilliant game. So engrossing, and a touching story over which you get a slight bit of control

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for September – 1 Comments

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    Your recollection is right, depending on when you set it up. I had to do the same back when I forced 2fa origi

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Account Goes Passwordless – 26 Comments

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    A nice misleading way to achieve something times something is 6, knowing that everyone assumes that the fist s

    Posted 8 months ago on What Apple Didn’t Highlight During Its September Event (Premium) – 44 Comments

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    I remember a version of Opera I installed that took over being my default browser without asking... It used UI

    Posted 8 months ago on Mozilla Bypasses Default Apps Interface in Windows 11 – 26 Comments

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    The couch co-op thing to me is smart. It's something I wish gamepass would address as it expands. Some of the

    Posted 8 months ago on Amazon Expands Its Luna Gaming Service – 5 Comments

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    We're in something like the 600th day of March 2020 at the moment...

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul: September 10 (Premium) – 12 Comments

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    You couldn't direct users to your own site before. No link, and not even any text indicating it was possible N

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic Wins Big in Case Against Apple – 104 Comments

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    The ruling isn't retrospective. Epic pays due to the agreement in place at the time - Apple's 30% cut. But tha

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic Wins Big in Case Against Apple – 104 Comments

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    I find it almost laughable how the leader of a multi-billion dollar business (the windows & surface divisi

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Teases Updated Photos App for Windows 11 – 21 Comments

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    Fair. However the hardware security protects against fairly sophisticated threat models. The typical security

    Posted 8 months ago on Germany Takes an Aggressive Stance on Right to Repair – 33 Comments

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    Yep. For me I got a family plan which has YT music and YT premium. Keeps wife happy with music, and kids happi

    Posted 8 months ago on YouTube Music Has Over 50 Million Paid Subscribers – 17 Comments

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    I agree with all of what's written here Paul. BravoI also think people miss that this will help break the loc

    Posted 8 months ago on Lying Liars Who Lie (Premium) – 43 Comments

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    Agreed. I have the same two laptops, although both of mine came with the dongle. I leave one at home for easy

    Posted 8 months ago on ASUS ExpertBook B9450 Review – 18 Comments

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    Do you get to ask questions when pre-briefed? A lot of sites repeated the "50% extra crashes" claim verbatim.

    Posted 8 months ago on The Great Windows 11 Dipsy-Doo (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    More is relative here. The 50% was chosen as a big number. If I have two kids, and then have one more, I've gr

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Keeps Windows 11 Hardware Requirements, But Will Placate Enthusiasts – 65 Comments

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    Not electron - it's now using the webview2 control (so edgium, built for Windows primarily, instead of Chrome

    Posted 8 months ago on New Windows 11 Build Updates Chat, Widgets, Store – 24 Comments

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    Surface Studio 2 - looks lovely but is going to be a giant paperweight. You don't buy that machine to be stuck

    Posted 8 months ago on Panos Panay Elevated to Microsoft Senior Leadership Team – 32 Comments

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    Is calculator still open source? It'd be interesting to see the conversion from C++ to C#

    Posted 9 months ago on New Windows 11 Build Arrives with App Updates – 71 Comments

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    Yeah, choice is good. Encryption is *hard*. Rolling your own is not for the faint of heart. For consumer vpn I

    Posted 9 months ago on ExpressVPN Offers a More Modern VPN Protocol – 10 Comments

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    Agreed. I use Private Internet Access and they've had WireGuard available as an option for at least a year now

    Posted 9 months ago on ExpressVPN Offers a More Modern VPN Protocol – 10 Comments

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    Ctrl+Shift+Esc is the best way to launch it. Works when Explorer is dodgy, and works in remote desktop / teamv

    Posted 9 months ago on Windows 11 Feature Focus: Start – 88 Comments

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    I'd read that this also allows for streaming from Series X|S consoles. Is that the case? I just installed that

    Posted 9 months ago on Xbox Cloud Gaming Comes to Xbox App for Windows – 7 Comments

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    Umm, no. Share that link please? Our problem in Australia is supply. People want it and can't get it. That's s

    Posted 9 months ago on Microsoft to Require Vaccinations at All U.S. Locations – 115 Comments

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    This could be more artificial scarcity than real. Windows 365 would be its own business unit - under more pers

    Posted 9 months ago on Microsoft Pauses Free Trials of Windows 365 – 8 Comments

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    Makes sense.Also, several features in Windows 10/11 rely on Hyper-V as part of a security boundary, or just as

    Posted 9 months ago on Hands-On with Microsoft Windows 365 – 59 Comments

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    Yeah. It's a site that covers Microsoft and other tech companies If they got a new ceo, it's not about tech it

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

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    Those other viruses are not circulating in the community *because* of high vaccination. That's why you don't h

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

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    So this is why "refresh" moved location in that earlier build (not defending or praising, but I can at least s

    Posted 10 months ago on Developers Can Extend Context Menus and the Share Dialog in Windows 11 – 24 Comments

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    Trying to square in my mind how they'll have the Alexa button on the remote, but Alexa is only arriving for th

    Posted 10 months ago on Amazon Alexa Comes to Third-Party Smart TVs Powered by LG webOS – 7 Comments

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    I suspect they can do both

    Posted 10 months ago on Xbox Wants to Expand its Early Access Program – 4 Comments

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    It'll likely still "click" at the bottom. I have a lenovo exactly like it. It's fine

    Posted 10 months ago on HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8 First Impressions – 20 Comments

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    Best thing to do here is to remove the azure ad from the device. Then join to your regular domain. Are you syn

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Talks Windows 11 Lifecycle and Servicing – 34 Comments

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    Regarding the "Your Phone" app as if exists in Windows 10...I found it not very useful with my galaxy S10. Mir

    Posted 10 months ago on Ask Paul: July 2 (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    It's a shame Microsoft couldn't be so clear with their own toolEven the new version of their tool won't run fo

    Posted 10 months ago on Tip: Find Out Why Your PC is Incompatible with Windows 11 – 97 Comments

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    Yeah I saw that omission. Maybe Paul meant for Skype to be there?

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

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    Reading through I was like "he should get a cpap machine", and of course, then it's revealed you have one. I g

    Posted 10 months ago on Health Hacking: Mexico City (Premium) – 25 Comments

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    Yeah, he made a quality contribution there. I think he also misses that it's not Microsoft designing these mon

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Adds Monitors to its “Designed for Xbox” Program – 20 Comments

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    These seem fun based on their names, but I feel exhausted just thinking about clicking on each of these, waiti

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft Announces 40 New Indie Game Demos for Xbox Consoles – 3 Comments

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    Might be dependent on graphics hardware availability, or at least defaulted off in a VM for perf reasons

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 11: A Few More Observations – 68 Comments

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    Yep. I disconnect from the network during setup, make a throwaway local user, then domain join after setup. Te

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 11: Clean Install – 81 Comments

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    Not a premium so much on the apple services from the consumer side.... But those service providers, taking pay

    Posted 11 months ago on Better Together (Premium) – 71 Comments

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    Yeah, I took it as chrome OS. Which makes the bit at the end about Edge not really applicable.

    Posted 11 months ago on Google to Skip Chrome 95 in Move to New Release Cycle – 10 Comments

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    I wonder if they'll force a way to allow content purchased on platform X to be used on platform Y. Lots to wor

    Posted 11 months ago on U.S. Government Moves to Take on Big Tech – 39 Comments

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    I can see the original "play games on your phone, on the go" plan wouldn't have had this goal.... But I'd like

    Posted 11 months ago on Question for 6 11? – 16 Comments

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    Xcloud / xbox news from this week has been very sensible and probably smart of them to get hardware news out e

    Posted 11 months ago on Question for 6 11? – 16 Comments

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    Hi Paul. The xbox news this week is great - building in to TVs, making a standalone stick, and allowing to run

    Posted 11 months ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, June 11 – 10 Comments

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    I moved from an OG xbox one to the Series X. That has been welcome. Load times are now fantastic and I'm lovin

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

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    Exynos chips were always seen as the less-favourable option for Samsung phones sold in most of the world. My l

    Posted 11 months ago on Next-Generation Samsung Exynos Chipsets to Feature AMD Graphics – 8 Comments

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    Thin clients based on Windows, and even the less thin ones that were really windows 7 for the most part, have

    Posted 11 months ago on Ask Paul: May 28 (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    Agree. Sounds more like an extension, but better yet, a feature of Bing. Or put it into windows calculator.

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft Previews a Math Solver for Edge – 18 Comments

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    The in-box drivers have been getting fewer, partially to reduce disk space However have you tried click the "w

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft Details Deprecated and Removed Features in Windows 10 Version 21H1 – 45 Comments

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    Yep. I see the defender bit as enterprise level containerisation, and perhaps that'll flow down to consumers o

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Confirms 10X Death, Will Bring Some Features to Windows 10 – 64 Comments

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    Amazon, as a Spotify competitor, doesn't take a cut of the money you, as a Spotify customer, send to Spotify.

    Posted 1 year ago on Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos are Coming to Apple Music for Free – 74 Comments

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    Amazon doesn't have an OS platform of any note where it, as the platform maker, pre-installs its app, neuters

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Music Makes HD/Lossless Music Available for No Additional Cost – 33 Comments

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    You can right click the app shortcut rather than locate the exe, but still, not discoverable. It's also a weir

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft to Broaden Windows 10 Color Management Support – 9 Comments

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    Are we losing anything with the loss of smart glass? Didn't some games let you use it as a second way of contr

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces the May Xbox Update(s) – 12 Comments

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    It's a nice idea.It took too long to get developed. Great that it's tight, and done in assembler, etc. But tha

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Says it Will Move Towards No Passwords – 35 Comments

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    Nice idea. Wonder if it works with YouTube videos? If it does, I expect Google to get rather upset as playing

    Posted 1 year ago on Brave Announces Playlist on iOS, New Usage Milestones – 3 Comments

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    Yeah, a top down "here's the keyboard layout, no perspective distortion" would be very helpful.As I type this

    Posted 1 year ago on Acer TravelMate Spin P4 First Impressions – 5 Comments

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    Paul's right. The "apps" written for Windows are within the Enterprise for the most part these days. There a

    Posted 1 year ago on HP Elite Folio First Impressions – 44 Comments

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    Maths Paul... :)The US doesn't have 33 billion peopleMaybe 0.6% of the population - 0.33 billion (330 million)

    Posted 1 year ago on Verizon Sells AOL and Yahoo – 24 Comments

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    I'd read elsewhere about this that the revenue split may be an option to devs who choose to license their game

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft’s Store Fee Change Could Come to Xbox Too – 10 Comments

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    Cool. I'll check this method out today

    Posted 1 year ago on Tip: Install Windows 10 Version 21H1 Right Now – 47 Comments

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    So a person could get either ISO and not be on the insider program but end up with the RTM build? I have a mac

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Gets Ready for Windows 10 Version 21H1 – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Gedisoft:Behind my screen is joking that the way to really know between lower i and upper L is to

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Wants a New Font – 104 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:That's not targeted at you Chris Kez... Might have come across a bit cranky ?Just

    Posted 1 year ago on Spotify Now Has 356 Million Users – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:Not true I'm a YouTube music user, but still had the Spotify app on my Android phon

    Posted 1 year ago on Spotify Now Has 356 Million Users – 4 Comments

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    Our ACCC has usually been pretty good. If nothing else it will get the issue more in the public mind here.

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    This reminds me of the Windows Phone achilles heel where a platform function (eg contacts) wants to control so

    Posted 1 year ago on Roku May Lose YouTube TV – 26 Comments

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    In reply to matsan:WSL1 was closer to what you describe - a layer that shimmed the Linux system calls and dire

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows Insider Build Adds Linux GUI App Support – 32 Comments

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    They should at least also offer this to business. Keep the high 20-pen/pack requirement. That'd be fine.T

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Classroom Pen 2 Arrives Next Week – 6 Comments

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    Mutli action support has been available for a long time. Is it like saying "put the kids to bed" and it knows

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Assistant Gets 5 Useful New Features – 8 Comments

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    And very plain azure AAD didn't have sync in the first place. That always required a higher level account

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now Too (UPDATED) – 58 Comments

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    Seems a lot like the galaxy buds I got with my S21 earlier in the year.

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Announces 2nd-Generation Echo Buds – 12 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:As someone else said, you could use Windows on ARM to run your x86, and soon x64, ap

    Posted 1 year ago on Parallels Desktop 16.5 Ships with Native M1 Support – 41 Comments

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    Amazing. Would love to see some part of the Dragon find its way in to windows and/or office. Fantastic speech

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $19.7 Billion – 18 Comments

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    In reply to fishnet37222:I believe that you need to proudly deregister your number from your apple account. Ot

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Didn’t Bring iMessage to Android Because of its Lock-In Strategy – 118 Comments

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    Nice laptop, although that keyboard is a deal breaker for anyone even trying to do light development / system

    Posted 1 year ago on Razer Book 13 Review – 17 Comments

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    Regarding the Bose headphones, I got my first pair of wireless "bud" headphones with noise cancelling with my

    Posted 1 year ago on New Year, New Travel Tech (Premium) – 16 Comments

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    Your ipad experience mirrors some of what I've had when using the one ipad I've owned - it's gr

    Posted 1 year ago on New Year, New Travel Tech (Premium) – 16 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:I'm so glad to live down under these past 12 months (well generally anyway, but esp

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Reveals Its Plans for Opening Up Its Offices – 23 Comments

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    Do they mean 2x faster than it being emulated under Rosetta, or that the M1 version is 2x faster on the M1 tha

    Posted 1 year ago on Opera Says Its Browser Runs 2X Faster on M1 – 14 Comments

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    I'd love some more multiplayer couch games - 3 players and up.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for April – 1 Comments

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    In reply to SRRLX1986:Yep. They have a PC client. It's in the wild. Let us use it, even if it's ju

    Posted 1 year ago on Backward Compatible Games Come to Xbox Cloud Gaming – 7 Comments

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    I read a blog post by the contributor of the new high perf utilities that are in the pack. A great read and go

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Releases Windows Community Toolkit 7 – 5 Comments

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    Not being able to run a tab as administrator in terminal made it tricky for me to use when I last gave it a go

    Posted 1 year ago on New Insider Build (Finally) Pours on the New Features – 45 Comments

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    Google assistant is much better than siri, and has more market share here in australia than Alexa. I use a bun

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Discontinues the HomePod – 54 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:The trouble with this market, compared to something like groceries, is that your ultimat

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Sues Apple and Google in Australia – 38 Comments

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    Odd of them to talk about mobile app changes in the context of an xbox dashboard update.

    Posted 1 year ago on The March Xbox Update is Rolling Out – 7 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:Yeah, YouTube kids is far too restrictive. I get why they did it though - content con

    Posted 1 year ago on Google TV is Getting an Interface for Kids – 3 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:Does that type of connection work? I was excited when Google said they added Bluetoot

    Posted 1 year ago on Harman Kardon Removes Cortana from Invoke – 55 Comments

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    What's annoying here is that I still have an exchange server doing nothing as I left it running minimally

    Posted 1 year ago on Hackers Have Exploited at Least 30,000 Exchange Servers – 21 Comments

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    In reply to simont:Two Krebs now in security sees them mixed up a lotChris is the new kid on the block (for me

    Posted 1 year ago on Hackers Have Exploited at Least 30,000 Exchange Servers – 21 Comments

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    Streaming the console to the pc.... So it was a regular xbox one, or does he also have the new streaming tool

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Starts Testing ‘New’ Edge for Xbox – 6 Comments

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    In reply to netkruse:Your answer here is a lot more comprehensive than what I just minutes to tap on the mobil

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: March 5 (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    The worry about the safelink is worrying about the horse after it's bolted. Microsoft literally has your

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: March 5 (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    Or go to the 8 week schedule for "embedders?"

    Posted 1 year ago on Google is Speeding Up the Chrome Release Schedule – 11 Comments

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    Dart hasn't really caught on. I'll have to give it another look as it seems like it's not going

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Unleashes Flutter 2 And a New Era of Apps – 22 Comments

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    That EA Play deal is working out well for them

    Posted 1 year ago on Here Are the First Titles Coming to Xbox Game Pass in March – 6 Comments

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    It seems doubly short-sighted of them to cancel Minecraft Earth... Make it the consumer entry to this way of t

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces its Mesh MR Platform – 25 Comments

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    I've signed upI suspect it's just a mailing list, but maybe we'll get more? I can't see it

    Posted 1 year ago on Qualcomm Launches the Snapdragon Insider Program – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Jester:I have been able to in the past, although it can be hit & miss in that regard.

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Suffered a Big Outage Last Night – 17 Comments

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    In reply to thalter:The bit they can update is the Android bit. That's also the bit you want to disable.

    Posted 1 year ago on Google TVs to Support a Basic Mode – 21 Comments

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    Streaming does seem like a smart approach. There are games I'd run locally for the FPS sensitivity, or ju

    Posted 1 year ago on Call of Duty is the Digital Download Nemesis – 23 Comments

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    I want to like this... If I had one I'd use it for sure. But I wouldn't buy one at that price How do

    Posted 1 year ago on Lenovo ThinkPad Fold X1 First Impressions – 18 Comments

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    I use the classic snipping tool dailyIn the past couple of days I've noticed I can now take a new snip, c

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Brings Another FEP to the Windows Insider Beta Channel – 9 Comments

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    Hey Paul, If you're able, moving the Petri article earlier in the week would be absolutely fine for all o

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: February 19 (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    I recently bought a Google TV. It has done wonders to turn a dumb flat panel TV into something smart, and its

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple TV+ Comes to Google TV – 15 Comments

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    In reply to crunchyfrog:It'll effectively be a snapshot of the Office 365 client apps taken at a point in

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces Office 2021 – 28 Comments

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    Related.... Facebook banned the sharing of news site links for Australians today, and the entire world cannot

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Starts Paying for News in Australia – 27 Comments

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    Nice Oxford comma addition there ;-)

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Finally Announces Windows 10 Version 21H1 – 23 Comments

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    We've seen the other extremes of the approaches with WSL v1 vs v2 - they form a bit of a triangle of brid

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Investigating M1-Like OS Translation for Fuchsia – 4 Comments

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    In reply to JH_Radio:Or it's plugged into a Fast Ethernet switch (which like the original high/full speed

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Hardware Compatibility – 85 Comments

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    Was the leaked app from last year an electron app? If not, I reckon it has been scrapped and we'll see an

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Cloud Gaming for the PC Moves Closer Towards Release – 2 Comments

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    Do you think it's "last device" or is it a toggle between the remembered xbox console and the remembered

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Reveals Secret Xbox Wireless Controller Feature – 5 Comments

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    It's a fun game! Cross platform play finally arrived. Now I just need to be able to access my xbox save g

    Posted 1 year ago on Minecraft Dungeons Now Reaches 10 Million Players – 3 Comments

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    Miracast: I find the Microsoft dongle is reliable. Other things, especially when built in to the device, can b

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: February 5 (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    In reply to jchampeau:It was one of the software patents held up as everything that was wrong with software pa

    Posted 1 year ago on Bezos to Step Down as CEO as Amazon Posts $126 Billion in Revenues – 15 Comments

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    Apple's approach of having devs write to specific dimensions was good for a while with developer simplici

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1): Initial iPhone and iPad App Compatibility – 30 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:A family plan is sorely neededFor now we have my old Xbox One set as my "home" xbox (

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Two: The Unforced Errors (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    Australian person here who uses Google news daily I still don't get why our govt is doing this, apart fro

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Threatens to Pull Search From Australia – 42 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:Now I'm past my rant.... The Medium looks great! Keen to play. I've done a bi

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for January – 5 Comments

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    It's tedious that they keep using Android in the platform description. Can't they have just kept the

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for January – 5 Comments

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    In reply to madthinus:Pretty much Or to a younger audience, BitTorrent with its DHT mode in use (no need for t

    Posted 1 year ago on Brave Adds Integrated IPFS – 13 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Given you're running this in Hyper-V, couldn't you just right-click the VM

    Posted 1 year ago on Quick Hands-On with Windows 10X for Single Screens – 66 Comments

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    In reply to cyclequark:I find the Twitter app works OK.Although I see people using more and more extensions fo

    Posted 1 year ago on Tip: Use Firefox for Web Apps – 25 Comments

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    I don't mind the current approach I bought a play & charge kit for one of my new controllers, and in

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Denies Xbox/Duracell Rumor – 22 Comments

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    In reply to Althalus:Agree. The low battery indicator comes on much faster using the new controllers. I'v

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

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    I know the descriptions and headings are lifted straight from Microsoft, but it's weird to see it saying

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles of 2021 – 5 Comments

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    I signed up for a beta but it never came to Australia as far as I know. We're a country that could actual

    Posted 1 year ago on Minecraft Earth is Shutting Down – 15 Comments

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    To make things easy for us, could you indicate what ET is relative to GMT/UTC? Most timezone converters I'

    Posted 1 year ago on Join us for our Live AMA on December 29th at 7PM ET – 76 Comments

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    In reply to BeckoningEagle:I keep the acronym in my head... Weird how that works out hey?

    Posted 1 year ago on COD DOA (Premium) – 57 Comments

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    In reply to davidl:Little Nightmares was great. I bought the add-ons too, all in one pack a few months ago whe

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for January 2021 – 4 Comments

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    I suspect they'll do the same optimisation Apple did to make the x86 emulation work efficiently... Althou

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Reportedly Designing Its Own ARM Chips – 76 Comments

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    Australia was among the first to ban Huawei from 5G, partially at the behest of the US and other five eye nati

    Posted 1 year ago on Germany Approves Huawei for its 5G Networks – 8 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:Link to generic Intel page on doing this... https://www.intel.com.au/content/www/au/en/

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 957: Schrodinger’s Fluent – 5 Comments

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    Sent you a note on Twitter Paul... Try to clear the cmos of the nuc. I have had similar experience and the cmo

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 957: Schrodinger’s Fluent – 5 Comments

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    ISV is independent software vendor - not hardware maker. I can see them being near the top of software vendors

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Duo is Coming to 4 New Countries in 2021 – 37 Comments

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    Interesting how they've blended content from multiple providers on to the one screen - eg Mandalorian fro

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Fire TV Now Has 50 Million Monthly Active Users – 8 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:You did tell it previously, but I'd forgotten about it until now :DRipper of a

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, December 7 – 13 Comments

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    We're very good at remembering how something made us feel. Much more so than the details of something.

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, December 7 – 13 Comments

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    Not so sure about auto opt-in for some of these things. Shortened urls will confuse many people. Having to opt

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Edge 87 is Now Available – 29 Comments

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    Do ARM apps install in program files? And then x86 apps go in program files x86? (like how wow64 does things?)

    Posted 1 year ago on Photoshop Comes to ARM on Windows and macOS – 24 Comments

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    In reply to BeckoningEagle:Cross play for coop would be great! Full screen each. I tried cross play the other

    Posted 1 year ago on Halo 4 Remastered Arrives on PC – 5 Comments

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    In reply to richardbottiglieri:Nice. My console arrives next week. I've given up asking reviewers here, a

    Posted 1 year ago on Halo: The Master Chief Collection is Now Optimized for Xbox Series X|S – 7 Comments

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    Good article - my pre-ordered X comes in another week or so.Really keen to hear you or Paul try out these two

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series X – The First 24 – 10 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:My screenshot didn't seem to come with the post sorry...

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft: Stop Using SMS for MFA – 27 Comments

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    In reply to Dashrender:There's a whole page in the security settings page (go to account dot microsoft do

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft: Stop Using SMS for MFA – 27 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:Agree. I back up to both OneDrive and Google Photos. I have a couple of Google display

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Photos Will No Longer Offer Free and Unlimited Storage – 25 Comments

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    I signed up for it this morning (Australia)It asks for which carrier you're with... I'm with Optus,

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Expanding xCloud to New Regions – 5 Comments

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    Good games. I've already fetched some. Thanks!

    Posted 1 year ago on EA Play is Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass – 4 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:It's worked on me. I was considering trying it in December when we have school h

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Subscribers Get Disney+ Perk – 6 Comments

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    Wonderful. We have a pc in our conference room that's logged on as a generic user but we also need to get

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Teams to Get Multi-Account Support (Updated) – 12 Comments

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    In reply to proftheory:I think it's a bit of an Americanism (at least I don't hear Aussies, Kiwis o

    Posted 1 year ago on Halo Infinite Leadership Shakeup Continues – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Vladimir:I read somewhere it's going to be out in the next couple of months (January maybe)

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Luna is Now Available in Early Access – 11 Comments

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    Love the insertion of the Oxford comma into that quote ;)

    Posted 1 year ago on Mozilla Says It Will Be Victimized by U.S. Action Against Google – 38 Comments

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    In reply to RonH:Agree. Works very well for me

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pixel 5 Suffers From Alarming Build Quality Problem – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Patrick3D:Yup. I suspect Your Phone relies on subnet broadcast to find the phone to do things. Sim

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: October 16 (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    In reply to Dashrender:Really? It's a rectangle. Quite inoffensive to me frankly. I'm really not

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series X Gets Unboxed A Little Early – 11 Comments

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    In reply to lezmaka:Each app must offer signup within it for new users, and the signup must use Apple payment

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Has a Plan for Cloud Streaming on Apple Devices – 32 Comments

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    Sync your files from teams (which is really a SharePoint site, aka a OneDrive for business library). Then they

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: October 9 (Premium) – 16 Comments

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    In reply to ecumenical:Yeah, at least remember the answer with a cookie

    Posted 1 year ago on A Quick Summary of the House Judiciary Committee Report (Premium) – 45 Comments

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    In reply to geschinger:Doesn't Apple add APIs to allow better apps and services because it wants its cust

    Posted 1 year ago on A Quick Summary of the House Judiciary Committee Report (Premium) – 45 Comments

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    In reply to madthinus:Agree. This does smack of them getting something out there for people to hang on for 3,

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Previews Rocket Lake Processors – 13 Comments

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    Good points in here, thanks.I brought a Chromecast with me on a family trip once but since then have used a Mi

    Posted 1 year ago on What I Use: 2020 Road Trip (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    In reply to digiguy:I shopped around for my new laptop, comparing to Surface, etc. Ended up with a Lenovo X1

    Posted 1 year ago on A Surface Reboot? (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    Another point of difference between xbox and the apple app store is that xbox apps are welcome to advertise to

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple TV App for Xbox is being Developed – 17 Comments

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    I just had to turn this off for pictures two nights ago for personal OneDrive. My newish laptop had the issue

    Posted 1 year ago on SMB Tip: Never Lose a Document or Other File – 17 Comments

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    Being able to tell the users there's an alternative goes a good way to mitigate the issues Apple has with

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Developers Have One Year to Switch to Google Billing – 47 Comments

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    In reply to jwpear:My understanding was that Apple, at least, mandated you charge the same price in app as you

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pulls an Apple with Play Store Rules – 83 Comments

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    Interesting... I wonder why they, and stadia, put the logic in the remote rather than leaving it to an app lik

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Announces Luna, Its Cloud Streaming Game Service – 10 Comments

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    In reply to gardner:WinPhone had deep links back in the day where you had an app - say the maps app - and coul

    Posted 1 year ago on App Store Revisions Are a Middle Finger to Microsoft (Updated) – 124 Comments

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    In reply to jgraebner:100% agree.

    Posted 1 year ago on App Store Revisions Are a Middle Finger to Microsoft (Updated) – 124 Comments

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    In reply to JH_Radio:They're still streamed - the dowload would be a launcher & stream host. Still s

    Posted 1 year ago on App Store Revisions Are a Middle Finger to Microsoft (Updated) – 124 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:Maybe Microsoft could ensure edge on iOS at least supports gamepads well, and if they c

    Posted 1 year ago on App Store Revisions Are a Middle Finger to Microsoft (Updated) – 124 Comments

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    Weird edge isn't available for it yet. I suspect it will be quickly What's not changing is that you&

    Posted 1 year ago on Tip: Choose a New Default Browser in iOS 14 – 20 Comments

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    In reply to bschnatt:If the games could run in a phone's Web browser we'd not be thay excited about

    Posted 1 year ago on App Store Revisions Are a Middle Finger to Microsoft (Updated) – 124 Comments

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    "way the f back in April...." haha, love it

    Posted 1 year ago on New Insider Build Offers a Few Changes – 20 Comments

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    In reply to BigM72:Yeah I was wondering the same Can I shuffle a 100GB game off to usb storage and move it bac

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Provides More Details About Xbox Series S – 38 Comments

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    As an OG Xbox One user I'm now torn between going with this - since I only have a 1080p TV anyway - or go

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Officially Announces Xbox Series S, Specs Revealed – 29 Comments

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    In reply to jgraebner:It being a bluray player was a huge incentive for many people. I remember my Dad bought

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft, Announce the Xbox Series S Already (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    Miracast supports using a keyboard/mouse from the display end to control the "brain" device. It's a sham

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with Samsung Wireless DeX – 18 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:I really hope they don't remove the function - they were doing well with Miracast

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10’s Wireless Display Feature is Now Optional – 20 Comments

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    The projecting to the PC thing was quite handy for me at the start of the "work from home" thing that we start

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10’s Wireless Display Feature is Now Optional – 20 Comments

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    Whilst we wait for xCloud and/or remote-from-home console streaming to be available on the PC, does DeX, or "Y

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with Samsung DeX for Windows, One Year Later – 24 Comments

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    Once you're done with the Note 20 review it'd be interesting for you / us to see if an Android emula

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with Samsung DeX for Windows, One Year Later – 24 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Oh that's nice to know. A lot of people don't realise Miracast does allow

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with Samsung DeX for Windows, One Year Later – 24 Comments

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    For clarity - would really like to hear this from someone in the know - if you bought the cheaper version of t

    Posted 1 year ago on Activision to Charge Extra for Next-Gen COD Console Upgrades – 10 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Actually it's petty common at many Australian retailers to disclose if you pay by c

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Airs Its Apple Grievances – 64 Comments

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    In reply to sgbassett:If you have Zoom cloud recording enabled then you can grab the audio-only download from

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Brings Transcription, New Voice Commands to Word for the Web – 10 Comments

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    In reply to Hawaiianteg:I saw their action as they'd like to make the apple vig transparent to the user.

    Posted 1 year ago on Judge Issues Split Decision in Epic v. Apple – 55 Comments

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:It's ended up that way but I think they're hoping to reign it in again ov

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Brings WSL 2 to Windows 10 Versions 1903, 1909 – 6 Comments

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    In reply to kshsystems:Some of these services have html files included in the download thay act as a bit of a

    Posted 1 year ago on A Little Google Takeout (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    Moved from a T570 to an X1 Gen 2 extreme a couple of weeks ago It's been a nice upgrade for the most part

    Posted 1 year ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga First Impressions – 16 Comments

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    Many will read this and assume it means no support in Windows for either browser... Not the case - they'l

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Says Goodbye to Internet Explorer, Legacy Edge – 21 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:How much do you think it costs Apple to host files for Facebook and instagram on a CDN?

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Retaliates Against Epic – 108 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Small, however significant, difference for the console market is that console hardware

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Retaliates Against Epic – 108 Comments

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    Reverting fortnight wouldn't be a backdown, so seems like a smart thing to do - clear stake in the ground

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Retaliates Against Epic – 108 Comments

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    I still have a Surface Pro 3. It was, and still is, great (albeit a bit long in the tooth). I've since

    Posted 1 year ago on Even Microsoft is Still Trying to Figure Out Surface Duo (Premium) – 63 Comments

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    In reply to Skolvikings:Switching from Costco to Walmart doesn't hurt you. You don't have to throw

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Sues After Apple Removes Fortnite from App Store – 129 Comments

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    In reply to travishill:It's similar, although Epic's own CEO (Tim Sweeney) says he sees the differen

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Sues After Apple Removes Fortnite from App Store – 129 Comments

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    This is so similar to Microsoft not giving the base numbers and only giving growth for azure so you are given

    Posted 1 year ago on Chromebook Sales Growth Outpaced Laptops by 3X in U.S. – 59 Comments

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    Weird that this needs country by country support. I get that they may not have localised the words into variou

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 Dev Channel Build Introduces a New Post-Update Experience – 10 Comments

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    I thought it was free to anyone with a "edu" email address... I guess notThe little coding robot in there make

    Posted 1 year ago on Minecraft: Education Edition Comes to Chromebook – 4 Comments

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    I'd forgotten about the parental control apps saga. An early example of app store rule shenanigans suppos

    Posted 1 year ago on Russia Finds Apple Guilty of Antitrust Abuse – 26 Comments

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    Is home console streaming moving too? Do you need game pass ultimate to do home streaming? The 15 million... H

    Posted 1 year ago on Cloud Gaming Arrives in the Xbox Game Pass Beta App Tomorrow – 5 Comments

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    In reply to ProgrammerAl:Maybe this will be the compromise. Works well in Windows 10. Works well in the Androi

    Posted 1 year ago on Hubris, Thy Name is Apple (Premium) – 126 Comments

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    In reply to Hawaiianteg:How is allowing an xcloud app on iOS going to ruin the pristine experience for you? Ge

    Posted 1 year ago on Hubris, Thy Name is Apple (Premium) – 126 Comments

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    In reply to Skolvikings:The tech is actually quite similar, just optimised differently. Remote desktop is opti

    Posted 1 year ago on Hubris, Thy Name is Apple (Premium) – 126 Comments

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    In reply to Hawaiianteg:Does this change any of the facts about not allowing an iPhone user to buy content the

    Posted 1 year ago on Hubris, Thy Name is Apple (Premium) – 126 Comments

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    Wow the comments on this are a hornet's nest. Paul told people sticking with Windows phone to the very en

    Posted 1 year ago on Hubris, Thy Name is Apple (Premium) – 126 Comments

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    This could only appeal to the anti-Windows crowd that still has to run Windows apps. Beefing up a Chromebook

    Posted 1 year ago on Parallels is Bringing Desktop Virtualization to Chrome OS for Enterprise – 9 Comments

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    In reply to MattHewitt:Here's my suspicion...I used the "play your own home console on your Android phone

    Posted 1 year ago on Cloud Gaming is Coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on September 15 – 15 Comments

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    In reply to SRLRacing:That dongle looks awfully "wide" to me. I get why - it's for a phone. I'd wo

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Shows Off Xbox Mobile Gaming Accessories – 4 Comments

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    In reply to SRLRacing:This isn't crazy - you may be on to something. The Facebook investment is often fo

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Confirms Its Interest In Buying TikTok – 64 Comments

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    In reply to mattbg:I recall years ago that Microsoft was an early investor in facebook, back around early wind

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft in Talks to Acquire TikTok – 44 Comments

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    Portal knights looks like fine. My kids and I are almost through Minecraft dungeons on the apocalypse level -

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for August – 4 Comments

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    ..... As to the “kill” part of the strategy, Skype alleges that Microsoft... Think you mean Slack here rat

    Posted 1 year ago on Copy, Acquire, Kill (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    In reply to JH_Radio:As hard as it is to make iPhones or Surfaces from components, making a chip is exponetion

    Posted 1 year ago on The End of an Era at Intel – 36 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Better WSL? Niche, I know, but I've just set up a new laptop and wanted to get it o

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 Version 20H2 Just Got a Little Interesting – 30 Comments

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    The Skype word is valuable and Microsoft should do better with it. It is a manufactured verb we all understand

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: July 24 (Premium) – 24 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:Yeah, there's a big migration area in the admin section of Office 365 about whether you

    Posted 1 year ago on Slacks Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft – 78 Comments

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    In reply to will:You're not wrongHowever, they also need good files integration - dropbox or box in the m

    Posted 1 year ago on Slacks Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft – 78 Comments

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    Is it odd that the Edge change is in Windows itself rather than in Edge? What version of Edge do they ship in

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20175 – 13 Comments

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    I thought I'd had all of these for a while... Then remembered I'm still on the dev channel, so yeah,

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Releases Edge 84 – 16 Comments

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    In reply to compunut:Yes, that's the traditional thin client and is closer in spirit to the definition of

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: July 17 (Premium) – 33 Comments

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    In reply to sheffieldiswonderful:Even at its worst, Nokia is worth more than ~1/3 of a fitbit, surely? So is

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pledges to Meet EU Data Demands for Fitbit – 13 Comments

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    In reply to evox81:That's all quite true. 99% of software notices the change.What can be fiddly for some

    Posted 1 year ago on Life After Fetch (Premium) – 16 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:What is correctly perceived as gradually reduced battery life is often a sign of a device "g

    Posted 1 year ago on iPhone User? You Might Be Owed a Settlement Payment – 15 Comments

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    They didn't say why this change was being made. Security concern? Or just lack of use?

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Retiring OneDrive File Fetching – 14 Comments

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    Mutli-window in teams would have my vote. Tearing off a couple of channels because I'm doing work in a co

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: July 10 (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    In reply to Vladimir:You'd be using Safari on the [email protected] would be using some Chrome derivative, or

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Announces Thunderbolt 4 – 47 Comments

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    Recall when office switch from MDI to SDI so each word doc had its own separate window? Excel was a holdout fo

    Posted 1 year ago on Coming Around on ALT + TAB for Edge Tabs (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    Just bought the dlc for minecraft dungeons. I thought we got the hero version with game pass but it seems not.

    Posted 1 year ago on Here are the First Xbox Game Pass Titles for July – 4 Comments

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    Keen to see more. I'm wary this still isn't quite a direct comparison as we'd like due to the s

    Posted 1 year ago on First Apple Silicon Benchmarks Destroy Surface Pro X – 73 Comments

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    Customers can use hotel aggregation sites - Expedia or whatever - to book a hotel room. Those same customers

    Posted 1 year ago on Our CEO’s take on Apple’s App Store payment policies, and their impact on our relationship with our customers – 2 Comments

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    In reply to lefrinj:You're quite welcome :)

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    I finally got console streaming working for me. Spent an hour playing minecraft dungeons with the kids whilst

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    Years ago I used to load up the kb articles at Microsoft and just browse through recent ones. All sorts of int

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Delivers Fixes for Windows 10 Printing Issues – 6 Comments

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    Everyone's making a huge deal of this, but it's kind of obvious I'd have thought. The console t

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series X Gamers Will Get Optimized Games Automatically – 2 Comments

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    For the "capture screen during login..." Install Teamviewer. For what you want it'll be free. Boot up th

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: June 5 (Premium) – 47 Comments

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    Paul, I think the xbox back compat question was driving at something else. That is, Microsoft has said their f

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: June 5 (Premium) – 47 Comments

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    In reply to christian.hvid:The thing is though, the browers deliberately go out of their way for a site to not

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Sued for Tracking Private Browsing – 29 Comments

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    In reply to SAPaleAle:Yeah I must say the 2x Chromecast devices I have are working very well now. For a month

    Posted 1 year ago on Leak Reveals Google’s Android TV Streaming Device – 9 Comments

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    In reply to iantrem:Yeah, that's a website issue where the xaml was escaped for HTML display, and then th

    Posted 1 year ago on The Next App Project (Premium) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:They're preparing to launch one

    Posted 1 year ago on Tile Says Apple Changed iOS to Harm Its Business – 7 Comments

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    Player count... As in filter the games that allow 2, 3, 4+ players to play locally? Awesome!! I'd asked t

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Launches Simpler New Xbox Guide – 3 Comments

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    In reply to darkgrayknight:Nope. Just ok google or hey google as far as I'm aware.

    Posted 1 year ago on Hey Cortana, It’s Time for You to Go (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    In reply to brothernod:Cortana does flow off the tongue better than Microsoft Also, I use Hey Google rather th

    Posted 1 year ago on Hey Cortana, It’s Time for You to Go (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    Fun how they've removed things from cortana but phrase it as being updated and enhanced

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Details Deprecated and Removed Features in Windows 10 Version 2004 – 25 Comments

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    In reply to SherlockHolmes:I finally got 1909 on my laptop after being stuck on 1803 for ages. Tried Windows s

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 Version 2004 is Now Available – 51 Comments

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    In reply to MacLiam:Every event viewer I've examined in the past couple of years - server or workstation

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 Version 2004 is Now Available – 51 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:They won't get around to testing such a niche device from an obscure hardware maker for

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 Version 2004 is Now Available – 51 Comments

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    Has been working well for my wife and I for a couple of years. Those worried about this being a "hack" need n

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

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    Ignoring the slippery slope arguments. Ignoring general creep factor. Others have addressed these for and agai

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple, Google Join Forces to Build COVID-19 Contact Tracing Tech – 18 Comments

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    I hate conversation view in email, but quite like the focussed inbox. I could see myself using this once it�

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

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    In reply to lundp:Same, but on Windows. Really want to use the background stuff. I've been through our ad

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Updates on New Teams Features – 22 Comments

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    In reply to TheJoeFin:Yep. Something a desktop user may not notice unless they keyboard has media controls on

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10’s Volume Flyout Might Finally Get a Much-Needed Makeover – 8 Comments

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    Since an installation of new Edge replaces old Edge, I think it's fair enough to combine them. It'd

    Posted 2 years ago on In-Chredge-ulous: Microsoft’s New Browser is Number Two? – 24 Comments

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    In reply to TheJoeFin:Yep, the same can work in Teams too. Works very well in modern browsers.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reminds the World That Skype Exists – 42 Comments

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    It's a huge missed opportunity - hopefully they can claw back some share. Most people - me included - di

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reminds the World That Skype Exists – 42 Comments

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    In reply to slerched:And Apple then threatening to remove apps if they dare add 30% to the subscription fee to

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Makes First Major Concession to In-App Vig – 31 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:It doesn't cost Apple $30/user/yr to handle maybe 12 office updates of 300MB each -

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Makes First Major Concession to In-App Vig – 31 Comments

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    Nice to see. The scroll chaining - couldn't have known the name for it - was indeed something I've s

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Details Improved Scrolling for Edge, Chromium – 1 Comments

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    Looks like fun. Another good reason to have game pass I wonder, can you buy the DLC at a discounted rate on ga

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Pushes Minecraft Dungeons to Late May – 3 Comments

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    In reply to TheJoeFin:I use ScreenToGif. Some of the Microsoft polish on its rough edges would be fantastic.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases PowerToys 0.16, Details Future Roadmap – 14 Comments

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    Country selection on the sign up page is rather restrictive... Australia not mentioned ?At least I could pick

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Previews Its New Consumer-Focused Features for Teams – 20 Comments

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    So Apple built it instead of Google...? :D

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Launches New COVID-19 Screening Tool – 8 Comments

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    It'll be like Windows phone, some apps will come over due to Huawei throwing money at the devs - at least

    Posted 2 years ago on Huawei’s P40 Series Is All About the Cameras – 5 Comments

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    In reply to pk driven:Mehedi wrote up the headset a few days ago: https://www.thurrott.com/hardware/233208/hp-

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 3/27? – 11 Comments

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    Outlook (desktop client) & Teams had a feature announced the other week where I could have an email in Out

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 3/27? – 11 Comments

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    My daughter in year 5 uses an ipad for her school work - Office, Teams, etc all on there.Her one big annoyance

    Posted 2 years ago on Ten Years Late, the iPad is a Game Changer (Premium) – 80 Comments

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    In reply to Rycott:I thought so too, until the end where it's explained that a 12U game will run on only

    Posted 2 years ago on DirectX 12 Ultimate is the Missing Xbox Series X Link – 10 Comments

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    In reply to JH_Radio:Non-fox news has been telling us this for weeks

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Shuts All Its Retail Stores Worldwide Amid Coronavirus Concerns – 7 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:I read on Ars Technica's article about the expandable storage that option (a) is i

    Posted 2 years ago on The Series X Features that Didn’t Make the Headlines – 3 Comments

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    Good info. Thanks.With the expandable storage, do you think there might be an option to move an Xbox One Seri

    Posted 2 years ago on The Series X Features that Didn’t Make the Headlines – 3 Comments

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    I was hoping you might publish the editorial email on the website and had been meaning to write back to sugges

    Posted 2 years ago on Crisis – 54 Comments

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    Nice to see

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s GitHub Acquires npm – 2 Comments

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    I haven't kept up to date on super specifics of the cameras... When you say the iPhone's portrait m

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s Next iPhone Could Feature a Depth-sensing Camera on the Back – 1 Comments

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    I suspect your Teams admin will have to enable this for the tenant as it could be a bit of a governance issue.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Teams Will Soon Let You Communicate With Skype Users – 12 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:(ignoring Microsoft's own shenanigans with "Commercial Cloud" and whatever that me

    Posted 2 years ago on Google’s G Suite Now Has More Than 2 Billion Monthly Active Users – 19 Comments

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    I feel this isn't a useful number if it just includes regular people with a gmail account.When my two kid

    Posted 2 years ago on Google’s G Suite Now Has More Than 2 Billion Monthly Active Users – 19 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:"Bruce" from Microsoft at least chimed in during the chat over at User Voice to indicat

    Posted 2 years ago on Quick Hands-On with Windows 10X Emulator Build 19578 – 15 Comments

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    In reply to MikaelKoskinen:I didn't realise they only supported nested virtualisation on Intel CPUs for t

    Posted 2 years ago on Quick Hands-On with Windows 10X Emulator Build 19578 – 15 Comments

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    I only recently tried the first Ori game. Looks good, and it had my attention for a bit, but I felt a bit str

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Launches “Ori” Sequel, Drops Xbox One X Price to $399 – 6 Comments

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    This is similar to the issue with chromebooks where, whilst you can say X years of support since manufacture d

    Posted 2 years ago on First-Gen Philips Hue Bridge Exits Support in April – 24 Comments

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    Always good to see more of this series. Thanks for writing it.For the very last bit, I've been bitten en

    Posted 2 years ago on The WPF Files: The End is Near (Premium) – 18 Comments

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    Congrats. It's such a nice feeling when these things click together. The frustration of debugging somethi

    Posted 2 years ago on The WPF Files: A Few Successes (Premium) – 19 Comments

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    In reply to simont:He didn't - he was given a test unit by Intel (topic of first paragraph)

    Posted 2 years ago on Intel NUC 10 First Impressions – 56 Comments

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    I just tried this. An interesting previewAnyway, I then followed Paul's idea and got the file via deskto

    Posted 2 years ago on Fluid Framework Comes Into Focus (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    You mentioned this in a FRD episode earlier in the week, and explicitly said you had your ISP's box in br

    Posted 2 years ago on Rethinking Whole-House Audio: Sonos (Premium) – 30 Comments

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    I don't get the US centric focus always used here. I get it for other languages, but surely Britain, Aust

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reiterates Cortana’s Role in Windows 10 – 30 Comments

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    Neat. The NaCL component in Chrome is being deprecated, right? So this move makes sense. I'm loading i

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Earth Now Works on Non-Chrome Browsers – 4 Comments

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    In reply to robinwilson16:They are removing the app for legacy edge, or at least making it hard to launch. Th

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Begins Testing the Automatic Rollout of the New Edge – 12 Comments

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    In reply to red77star:What do you use instead?

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Fluent Design Revamp for OneDrive Lands on Android – 2 Comments

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    Of these, I've only played batman. Can recommend - great game. I'll try the others for sure. More co

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces Xbox Games with Gold Titles for March – 2 Comments

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    Wasn't the lack of a share button a big issue on Windows Weekly last week? Prayers answered it seems ?

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Edge Ships New Dev Channel Update With New Features – 3 Comments

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    Good to see.One minor nit: "where a friendly URL is translated into a domain name"... Not quite right. It&#

    Posted 2 years ago on Firefox Begins Rollout of Encrypted DNS Over HTTPS (DoH) – 10 Comments

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    In reply to legend:Thanks. Weird. I literally set up my new yoga a week ago and had to use an app password. An

    Posted 2 years ago on Office 365 Commercial, Windows 10, Azure AD, and You (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to HellcatM:Oddly enough, in Australia, Star Trek Discovery comes via Netflix and Star Trek Picard co

    Posted 2 years ago on ViacomCBS Expects 16 Million Streaming Video Subscribers in 2020 – 11 Comments

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    Just ran in to this the other day on my new X1 Yoga and I was listening to your podcast mid-week when you ment

    Posted 2 years ago on Office 365 Commercial, Windows 10, Azure AD, and You (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to bassoprofundo:Agree on the fingerprint sensor. I loved the simplicity of it on my S8. With the cas

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

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    In reply to ponsaelius:I have a galaxy S10 (using it right now) I don't see any crapware at all during a

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

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    In reply to Cubkyle:Interesting... Again though, this warning should appear to brave, Vivaldi, opera, etc user

    Posted 2 years ago on Google is Up to Its Old Tricks With the New Edge – 36 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Yep. And why even have a test? If I visit there in Firefox I couldn't even use the

    Posted 2 years ago on Google is Up to Its Old Tricks With the New Edge – 36 Comments

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    In reply to DXtremeBob:It wouldn't be. And applications expecting to spawn other processes, pipe data bac

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: February 21 (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Have a "thanks, got it" so you don't see it again.Also, these are for paid services

    Posted 2 years ago on Programmer Calls Out iOS as Adware – 59 Comments

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    I might give it a go, but not keen on buying games and a controller when I'm already all-in on xbox. Ass

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Stadia Will Support More Phones Starting This Week – 5 Comments

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    In reply to SherlockHolmes:Ink is one of those things that, if you find it useful, it's *really* useful.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Publishes a New Roadmap for the New Edge – 30 Comments

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    Nice. I'll give this a try. Linking in with planner and a terms channel would be handy too perhaps

    Posted 2 years ago on Outlook’s New Spaces Feature Revealed, Lets You Organize Your Projects Better – 25 Comments

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    Weird that some gameplay mechanics would be different. It sounds like detecting trigger held down (for automat

    Posted 2 years ago on Comparing iOS and Android xCloud Streaming – 7 Comments

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    In reply to FaustXD9:I thought that, or possibly it's that MS had to assert the rating of the content ava

    Posted 2 years ago on Project xCloud Comes to iOS in Limited Preview – 10 Comments

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    How does the fast charging work? By that, I mean is it from 0% (flat) to 50% in 30 minutes, and then the rema

    Posted 2 years ago on HP Elite Dragonfly Review – 12 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:I think it's that the Teams app runs using a single account - one email / password

    Posted 2 years ago on IBM Adopts Slack for All 350,000 of Its Employees – 23 Comments

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    In reply to remc86007:It's odd to me (but good for me) that as Australian ISPs started offering decent un

    Posted 2 years ago on What’s the Xbox Series X Mystery Port? It’s for Expandable Storage – 21 Comments

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    I hope they fix the issue where the console streaming is useless for me due to my console, physically in Brisb

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Details New Features Coming to Xbox in February – 4 Comments

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    I just ctrl+click a few tabs and then drag them away. Works in Chrome as far as I recall. Opera too

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Bringing One of Edge’s Tab Management Features to Chrome – 12 Comments

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    Multi-browser theory seems apt.I use new Edge for my browsing now and use Opera for my dev work since it has t

    Posted 2 years ago on Opera Now Has 68 Million Users on Desktop, 232 Million on Mobile – 10 Comments

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    Is it still deemed as 8 years of support from the release date of the particular Chromebook model?There has to

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Will Support New Chromebook Education Devices for 8 Years – 4 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I'd like the mid-size one but with all of the bells and whistles... Probably won�

    Posted 2 years ago on Full Specifications Leak for the Samsung Galaxy S20 – 19 Comments

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    Trouble with this for me in Australia unfortunately. My connection speed tests from Brisbane to Sydney at 25ms

    Posted 2 years ago on Xbox Console Streaming Preview Expands to All Countries – 7 Comments

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    In reply to starkover:Edge stable and edge beta (along with dev and canary) are installed side-by-side. Beta i

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Launches the New Edge – 54 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:I hope this is handy for someone :)

    Posted 2 years ago on You’ll Be Able to Run New Edge and Edge Legacy Side-by-Side – 25 Comments

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    I've just gone to enable this on my domain. Had some trouble getting the group policy editor to display

    Posted 2 years ago on You’ll Be Able to Run New Edge and Edge Legacy Side-by-Side – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Vladimir:It's already freely available?

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

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    Keen to try on my Android tablet.I was on the beta program for the phone, but won't switch to this very-n

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

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    I find Chromecast is *amazing* but can be spotty even with things like Netflix.I can frequently start a show f

    Posted 2 years ago on Rethinking Whole-House Audio (Premium) – 90 Comments

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    In reply to ivarh:True. But if you're on a home network the only real zero-days you need to worry about

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Edge to Follow Chrome Support Schedule on Windows 7 – 8 Comments

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    I'm curious to see how long Microsoft continues to support new Edge on Windows 7.Will they just rely on G

    Posted 2 years ago on Google to Support Chrome on Windows 7 Through at Least Mid-2021 – 6 Comments

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    I feel this may be more about dwindling marketshare and taking a leaf out of the old patent-wars from about a

    Posted 2 years ago on Sonos Suing Google for Stealing Wireless Speaker Tech – 9 Comments

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    I notice you're using Security Essentials on this PC but went with one of the freebie (AVG or Avast - can

    Posted 2 years ago on Living with Windows 7: Up and Running on the NUC (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    In reply to RichCampbell:You're right, many Microsoft Server products utilise .NET underneath. SharePoin

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Hello, C# (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    In reply to karlinhigh:Big Outlook certainly supports things like MAPI and drag/drop of attachments (using it

    Posted 2 years ago on Living with Windows 7: Applications (Premium) – 19 Comments

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    I'm super curious. Too early for me to adopt.Does the keyboard slot over the bottom "half" of the screen

    Posted 2 years ago on Lenovo Joins Foldable PC Party With New ThinkPad X1 Fold Device – 14 Comments

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    Regarding xcloud, I feel the words Chris chose were too careful, and there's knowledge he has (obviously)

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: January 3 (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    Keyboard is a deal breaker for me. But I'm not the target market for this, despite really wanting somethi

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung Announces Galaxy Book Flex Ahead of CES – 8 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Yuck. It's not my content but I feel violated on your behalf. Gross behaviour.

    Posted 2 years ago on Huawei Shipped 240 Million Smartphones in 2019 – 41 Comments

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    True about Spotify being a one-trick pony. They don't have anything else going to cover the losses where

    Posted 2 years ago on Why Do We Still Pay Only $10 a Month for Music? – 4 Comments

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    Great windows weekly episode, and a great prize to win this time of year!

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaway: Surface Pro X, Pro 7, and Laptop 3 – 2573 Comments

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    I watched his test video. Fair points.What would have been even more compelling is to open the Developer Tool

    Posted 2 years ago on Vivaldi 2.10 Improves Site Compatibility, Themes – 19 Comments

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    It'd be nice to see how these compare to their non-LITE counterparts in terms of camera, general phone sp

    Posted 2 years ago on Details on Samsung’s S10 Lite and Note10 Lite Devices Leak – 6 Comments

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    It was a great Windows Weekly Episode.... Keen to win (although the hardware would be even better!!). This i

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaway: Office 365 Home – 1116 Comments

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    I'll enable this. As a Web-based line of business app user, I'll have customers still using legacy e

    Posted 2 years ago on You’ll Be Able to Run New Edge and Edge Legacy Side-by-Side – 25 Comments

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    The batman telltale game was great.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reveals January’s Games with Gold Early – 4 Comments

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    In reply to kevinbouwman:Dont worry about the guest thing (as in, not necessary to adjust). But SMB1 may be us

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: December 20 (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    In reply to kevinbouwman:Drop to the command line. net use \nas /user:nasaccount passwordWhere nas, account an

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: December 20 (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    You have to wonder what possible technical limitation exists to restrict this to US-only.... It's litera

    Posted 2 years ago on Bing Adds Visual Search to the Windows 10 Search – 3 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I think you can turn this off using a flag?(or just switch to new Edge?)

    Posted 2 years ago on Chrome OS 79 Adds Media Controls, More – 4 Comments

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    I love that this is in metric for once :)I think they should've included a game case in the photo too, if

    Posted 2 years ago on Xbox Series X: Sizing Up The Hardware Iterations – 10 Comments

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    In reply to csalese:Yep, contact sync using device-to-device comms is a long dead thing. Use a cloud service

    Posted 2 years ago on Your Phone Now Supports Phone Calls in Preview – 15 Comments

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    Does this mean the "magic window" won't be a thing anymore, since if you're always running the fresh

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 Build to Fast Ring – 17 Comments

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    In reply to dsamuilov:IE is hanging around for quite some time. The rendering engine is embedded into probabl

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Details Its Migration Plans for the New Microsoft Edge – 15 Comments

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    In reply to karlinhigh:Probably salting... Although then if every user has a unique hash due to the salting,

    Posted 2 years ago on FTC Could Block Facebook’s Plans to Integrate Instagram and WhatsApp – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Sykeward:I've gathered that a lot of games will run on all of the xbox systems. Similar to ho

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Unveils Xbox Series X, The Next Generation Xbox – 35 Comments

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    In reply to Orin:ToDo has become useful in recent months. With new features that let it reach in to other pla

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft to Shut Down Wunderlist in 2020 – 17 Comments

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    In reply to jwpear:A kickstand on the book is a pretty neat idea.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Patent Suggests Surface Book (and Pro?) Changes – 13 Comments

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    I saw a third party battery base for Google Home & Home Mini that ended up offering similar utility. It�

    Posted 2 years ago on Amazon Launches First Battery-powered Portable Echo Speaker – 7 Comments

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    I've just been digging into printing in our own code...The PrintDocument is as Petzold described. The On

    Posted 2 years ago on The WinForms Notepad Project: New Window, Printing Basics (Premium) – 6 Comments

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    Request files sounds very handy. Great idea.

    Posted 2 years ago on OneDrive Will Soon Let You Request Files – 3 Comments

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    It'd be nice if Microsoft created a Google assistant bot to let me build up a sticky notes list, just lik

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Bringing Sticky Notes to Outlook on the Web – 8 Comments

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    I don't get the whole "reduce lag" thing. If it's connected to a PC via USB, and that PC has an Ethe

    Posted 2 years ago on Google’s Stadia Controller to Get Wireless Support for Phones, Desktops in 2020 – 3 Comments

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    Shame about the vid card requirement. This would be nice for casual things on the go. Also, i don't see w

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung Now Lets You Stream Games on Your Phone From Your PC – 1 Comments

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    And that friend can then use a regular xbox or ps4 controller with chrome to access stadia? (ie, no purchase o

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Stadia Releases Buddy Pass After Failing to Deliver During Initial Launch – 4 Comments

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    I wonder how much of this is flowing back upstream to chromium? Great to see this kind of thing. An option to

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Edge is Getting New PWA Features on Windows 10 – 6 Comments

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    Switching between work and personal makes good sense. I'd happily keep Cortana limited to work things gi

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Previews New Cortana Features on Windows 10 – 9 Comments

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    It took me 20 minutes the other day to find where to domain-join a fresh Windows 10 Enterprise 1909 install...

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Made Major Setup Changes in Windows 10 Version 1909 – 38 Comments

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    The "give me the news" feature works fairly well here in Australia. However the sources it draws upon vary in

    Posted 2 years ago on Your News Update Comes to Google Assistant – 1 Comments

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    I set this up when the beta came out. Has been handy!

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Assistant Comes to Xbox One – 6 Comments

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    I don't have access to such a device. Can you or Brad please post screenshots of some things like task ma

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reportedly Working on 64-bit App Emulation for Windows on ARM – 16 Comments

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    I still can't get my laptop to go to 1903 from 1809. Multiple attempts but it always aborts after a coupl

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Version 1909 – 32 Comments

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    Neat. It irks me when I read things like "Spring 2020". At least here in australia we don't have such a f

    Posted 2 years ago on Cortana Gets Deep New Outlook Integrations and a Male Voice – 8 Comments

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    In reply to Rcandelori:Apparently that specific feature is coming very soon

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Continues to Modernize Outlook Everywhere but on Windows – 46 Comments

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    I installed a really neat Android emulator on my kids' PCs - MEmu. Has the Play Store, etc. Free too.Yo

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft, Please Bring Outlook Mobile to Windows 10 (Premium) – 49 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Good idea.However the suggested approach would corrupt the clipboard - the act of pa

    Posted 2 years ago on The WinForms Notepad Project: Fixes, File New, and Zoom (Premium) – 10 Comments

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    Does the Google Backup and Sync app for Windows integrate with Windows' Files-on-demand functionality, or

    Posted 2 years ago on Living with Chromebook: Embracing Google (Premium) – 6 Comments

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    Sherlock Holmes: good to see it in here as it's interesting gameplay but definitely not worth the price.J

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces Games with Gold Titles for November – 1 Comments

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    In reply to captobie:I think you're right here.Sometimes a "fan" will have a thing they think is clever t

    Posted 2 years ago on From the Editor’s Desktop (Monday, October 28) – 39 Comments

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    Continuing a good series! :)For the caret position, seehttps://stackoverflow.com/a/526545/1053381which then li

    Posted 2 years ago on The WinForms Notepad Project: File Save and a Stub Status Bar (Premium) – 10 Comments

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    I'll stick with GPM until they have it completely stop working. Not out of spite, or particular dislike

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Play Music reaches 5 billion Play Store downloads – 6 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Not a time waster. I am a professional dev and I'm enjoying reading along anywa

    Posted 2 years ago on The WinForms Notepad Project: A Little Refactoring (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Smart lights, etc throughout the home get the most engagement through Google devices

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: October 25 (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    Do these chips get used in any non-Samsung phones?

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung’s Latest Exynos Processor Is More Powerful, but Doesn’t Come With Built-In 5G – 6 Comments

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    Nice description of the functionality.One thing though... The galaxy S10, whilst offering buttons to choose be

    Posted 2 years ago on The Pixel 4 XL Photography Advantage – 22 Comments

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    In reply to dallasnorth40:I suspect not, despite it maybe being a bit easier from a comp science problem due t

    Posted 2 years ago on Adobe Photoshop for iPad is Almost Ready – 23 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Wow! That's quite a bit, but reasonable for home IF you have the connection. I us

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: October 18 (Premium) – 18 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:(and I see the photo with the display & keyboard - appreciated... I opened in a new

    Posted 2 years ago on Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Review – 12 Comments

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    Sounds like good value. Great review.However, as someone looking for a new laptop soon, I'd love some ph

    Posted 2 years ago on Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Review – 12 Comments

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    This is good. I don't know if I'd do restrictions. It's about trust and discussions, until they

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Now Lets You Set App Usage Limits Across Android, Windows 10, and Xbox – 12 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:My kids run the MS Launcher. It works well - they prefer it anyway. (they're also

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Now Lets You Set App Usage Limits Across Android, Windows 10, and Xbox – 12 Comments

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    Brad, is build 18999 a 19h2 release or a 20h1 release? It's not related to the rest of the article, or do

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Expands Your Phone ‘Calling’ Functionality to More Android Devices – 19 Comments

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    Your conclusion makes sense. Microsoft has control of UWP and could theoretically work to emulate it on Andro

    Posted 2 years ago on Android is the Right Choice for Surface Duo (Premium) – 63 Comments

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    As a Delphi user at the time, who was familiar with Visual Basic but not at all a regular user, one big advant

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: COOL (Premium) – 7 Comments

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    Sidecar sounds quite useful.Does anyone know of a similar Windows utility? Where I could use my Surface Pro a

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Launches MacOS Catalina – 12 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Definitely.The outreach to communities and so on was nice to see, but that seemed to

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows Insider Program is Leaderless – 30 Comments

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    In reply to alexoughton:You can set your linked music app for your Google assistant. I've got mine set to

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

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    In reply to Thom77:?? Why do we need an article about Notch? Or more stuff about Epstein, particularly on a te

    Posted 2 years ago on Spotify Tests Much-Awaited Siri Integration on iPhones – 5 Comments

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    Works pretty well.The setup was a bit disjointed as the login page failed, and then it showed up in my Google

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Assistant Can Now Control Your Xbox – 9 Comments

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    It's funny/sad to see the same behaviour in some more modern incarnations of companies.Google and its sea

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Five Words Apart (Premium) – 7 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I often use the phrase slightly differently anyway - "calls a spade a [email protected] shovel"

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft PowerPoint Now Helps You Deliver the Perfect Presentation – 6 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I'd read too that the TB3 docks won't "downgrade" to USB 3 mode. It's a

    Posted 2 years ago on Living with Chromebook: One Loss, One Win (Premium) – 19 Comments

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    Nice. Looking forward to this arriving on my S10. I just got the latest security updates - they tend to come

    Posted 2 years ago on Galaxy S10 Line Gets Front-Facing Night Mode, Link to Windows Integration – 4 Comments

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    Hope it has chromecast support and an xbox app

    Posted 2 years ago on Disney Opens up Public Pre-Orders for Disney+ – 17 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Foxpro, the visual one, is still used by a few major products in the Australian healthca

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Visual Studio (Premium) – 12 Comments

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    In reply to pepesilvia:I'll check it out. Thanks

    Posted 2 years ago on Tip: Get Dark Mode on Thurrott.com (and Elsewhere) – 21 Comments

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    In reply to alexoughton:Yep. Stops the "evil maid" attack. Firewire had a similar issue but wasn't as wel

    Posted 2 years ago on Intel NUC + OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock – 16 Comments

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    I didn't quite understand until half way through.. The hidden flag is something you as the original poste

    Posted 2 years ago on Twitter Now Lets You Hide Replies in U.S., Canada, Japan – 9 Comments

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    In reply to beatnixxx:Yep. Even on a brand new, out of the box Galaxy S10, you can sideload apps. Download the

    Posted 2 years ago on Huawei’s Mate 30 Bootloader Will Be Unlockable So You Can Sideload Google Apps – 15 Comments

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    In reply to darkgrayknight:Same.

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: The End of an Era (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    In reply to will:Agree. The vendor tools to keep things updated are great, but their extra stuff that fiddles

    Posted 2 years ago on Weird Screenshot Issue in Windows 10 is “Resolved” – 17 Comments

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    Leaked to coincide with the Apple announcements? :)

    Posted 2 years ago on Google’s Pixel 4 Leaks in New Pictures – 4 Comments

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    We did a LOT with NT 4, terminal server edition, back in the day. Really innovative stuff for local business w

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Windows DNA (Premium) – 11 Comments

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    In reply to harmjr:Because so many PCs and laptops have one, maybe two usb-c ports (and if just one, it could

    Posted 2 years ago on Logitech MX Master 3 Review – 27 Comments

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    In reply to Bryan75:I'd love to still have a second reader on the back...

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung Galaxy Note 10+: A Quick Follow-Up – 19 Comments

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    In reply to JHeredia:Yep. Same here. Worked very well. Seamless. Paul, you really should try this and then upd

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: September 6 (Premium) – 33 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:Pull request to the github repo?

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s First Rebooted PowerToys Go Live – 14 Comments

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    In reply to LT1 Z51:I hadn't heard this. Nice to know, thanks.I have avoided expensive "smart" appliance

    Posted 2 years ago on There is No Android Update Problem (Premium) – 85 Comments

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    In reply to Untitled1:Yep. I barely noticed the differences when Samsung updated my handset from one major An

    Posted 2 years ago on There is No Android Update Problem (Premium) – 85 Comments

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    In reply to evox81:I'm a huge fan of the ribbons.They particularly shine when the extra "tabs" of the rib

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Civil War (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    The only advantage to the galaxy store is that, for some games, they'll give you cheaper access to in-app

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Final Impressions – 15 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:It was also useful for accessing libraries you may have written in VB, C++, or even

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Hello, VBScript (Premium) – 12 Comments

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    I had this ages ago with a PebbleBee.The whole "having others help track down your lost stuff" idea was great,

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s Tag Device for Tracking Personal Items Detailed in New Leak – 15 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:irda means infra-red right?

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Begins Testing Updated Touch Experience with Latest Windows 10 Release – 33 Comments

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    Interesting... So I can stay in desktop mode on my surface, but remove the keyboard and stay in desktop mode (

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Begins Testing Updated Touch Experience with Latest Windows 10 Release – 33 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:And still if you use COM automation to enumerate active Explorer windows, you get both t

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Hello, HTML – 12 Comments

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    FYI: The Australian language pack seems to work OK for me (in 1809, as 1903 keeps failing to install :( )It�

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: August 23 (Premium) (Updated) – 22 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:(so that someone was me I guess)

    Posted 2 years ago on Disney+ Launching This November on Xbox One, Apple TV, Other Platforms – 13 Comments

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    Surprising to see Australia get it before a lot of Europe, particularly the UK.I'm sure someone will say

    Posted 2 years ago on Disney+ Launching This November on Xbox One, Apple TV, Other Platforms – 13 Comments

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    The sign up page is a bit tricky. I had already signed up. Going to it now doesn't really say I'm si

    Posted 2 years ago on Minecraft Earth Beta for Android Now Open – 3 Comments

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    I remember these days fondly :)Are you going to do an article on '95 OSR2? That was a great release, bri

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Windows 95 (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    In reply to anderb:The J2EE, which Eric refers to, has nothing to do with Android. Unfortunately J2EE has poi

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Hello, Visual J++ (Premium) – 7 Comments

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    This will be quite useful!

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Assistant Picks Up Assignable Reminders – 5 Comments

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    The monitor was done with troy hunt's cooperation. (pretty sure that was the case - he partnered with som

    Posted 2 years ago on Firefox Quantum is Being Renamed to Firefox Browser – 4 Comments

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    They're still improving regular Edge it seems, although it's a notification change so I suppose it p

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 19H2 Builds – 13 Comments

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    Can't they at least give users the choice of allowing the apps to still run in the background?

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple to Limit Third-Party Messaging Apps on iOS – 17 Comments

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    No headphone jack, despite all of that space :(

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung reveals Galaxy Note 10 with upgraded design, S Pen, camera – 7 Comments

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    Hoping a review unit makes its way to Thurrott

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung Announces New Windows 10 Laptop Powered by Snapdragon Processor – 40 Comments

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    Nice!

    Posted 2 years ago on You Will Soon Be Able to Make and Receive Calls on Your Android Phone From Windows 10 – 12 Comments

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    In reply to dab2kab:Or if you mark your xbox as specifically offline then it might work. I've had to do

    Posted 2 years ago on Xbox Live Outage Blocks You From Playing Your Digital Games – 8 Comments

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    I went from a Samsung S8 to an S10.I use the fingerprint reader on the S10 rarely - it's in the display a

    Posted 2 years ago on In-Display Fingerprint Scanners Will Make a Debut on the IPhone in 2021 – 19 Comments

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    August 5/6 is mentioned. That's literally today. This doesn't seem like a lot of notice. If I was

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Trips Takes Its Final Trip – 21 Comments

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    In reply to ecumenical:Agree. It's about letting the chip power down further whilst still keeping your pc

    Posted 2 years ago on Intel Launches the First 10th Gen Ice Lake Processors – 8 Comments

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    In reply to christian.hvid:Unpredictable is the word...But back to Github... Git != Github. Devs may not hav

    Posted 2 years ago on GitHub Restricts Developers in Iran and Syria Following U.S. Sanctions – 26 Comments

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    Would be nice to see google get involved here, but I suspect that won't happen given the stadia competiti

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Kicking Cortana Off Xbox One, Too – 29 Comments

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    A *very* welcome change :)

    Posted 2 years ago on Turning Off Your Lights With Google Home Is Less Annoying Now – 7 Comments

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    In reply to DaveHelps:DOSBox works too

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Hello, DDE (Premium) – 7 Comments

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    This site should be above simple cut & paste of bullet pointsThis one...Windows containers require matched

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 19H2 Build to Some Insiders – 4 Comments

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    In reply to jchampeau:It's taken me quite a few weeks to get the whole "dual" account thing working after

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Redesigns OneDrive for iOS – 5 Comments

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    Failed installation of this 3 times so far.Windows takes probably an hour to get through its 2x reboots. All

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Now Pushing Windows 10 1903 on 1803 Users – 22 Comments

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    It's nice that they do this, but by not really marking it as something obvious on the box, unaware people

    Posted 2 years ago on Nintendo Launches Refreshed Switch With Improved Battery Life – 6 Comments

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    The whole A|B testing thing is frustrating to hear. Turns me off wanting to take the risk of being an insider

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 19H2 Gets New Insider Preview Build – 6 Comments

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    I thought bookmarks were present in the browser & desktop (Win10) version already?

    Posted 2 years ago on Twitter Launches Brand New Twitter.com Experience – 3 Comments

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    In reply to ibmthink:Yep - dealbreaker for me to even consider this unfortunately.

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with the Acer Swift 7 – 14 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:AgreeLike all things unfortunately, if you were doing C++ programming all along, you

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Hello, MFC (Premium) – 3 Comments

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    What's odd is that I thought they claimed they'd fixed the external drive blocking issue a while bac

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Finally Fixes Windows 10 Version 1903 Blocking Issue – 17 Comments

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    In reply to garumphul:Agree. I found COM to be smart. Versioned interfaces, etc. Transparent DCOM sounded neat

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: July 12 (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    Nice history continuing here! Thanks for the articleGive your Delphi background, will you cover some of it an

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Visual Basic to the Future (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    In reply to richfrantz:I looked at lightswitch for a little bit to see if I could farm out some embedded parts

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Visual Basic to the Future (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    Shame. I just got my daughters set up with their first PCsRefurbished HP all in ones, big touchscreen, etc. I

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Planning to Shutdown Remix3D – 22 Comments

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    Prime on chromecast is welcome. I have a Prime subscription but hand't bothered to really use it - I had

    Posted 2 years ago on YouTube Returns on Amazon Fire Devices – 10 Comments

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    I haven't played the game yet. Might see if it's on Game Pass. After hearing how difficult it is I

    Posted 2 years ago on Netflix Is Adapting Cuphead Into a New Animated Series – 1 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:276MB for Windows 1.11.... How times have changed :D

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Windows 1.11 App Now Out for Netflix’s Stranger Things Fans – 9 Comments

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    In reply to TJA:I had that yesterday, but today it's available. Worth trying again.I'm up to episod

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Windows 1.11 App Now Out for Netflix’s Stranger Things Fans – 9 Comments

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    I thought I'd give the Skype one a try. It turns out it wants you to become a Windows insider. Nope - n

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Creates a Hub for All Insider Programs – 5 Comments

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    I'll give this a crack as I use SwiftKey on my Samsung S10.However I think they should make this a separa

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Copied the iPhone’s Animoji and Made It More Accessible – 18 Comments

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    Great to hear TMS Software are still around. I had a *lot* of their controls back in the day :)I run a small

    Posted 2 years ago on My rant about Microsoft killing Borland – 9 Comments

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    These look good. Ones I can play with the kids are welcome, and inside looks good (and makes we want to try li

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces Games for Gold Titles for July – 7 Comments

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    Excellent news. We're one step closer to me being able to tell some customers that they can still use th

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Edge Dev Preview Builds Now Available for Older Windows Versions – 5 Comments

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    In reply to MartinusV2:Delphi was amazing.We still have an app that's written in Delphi - although it

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Hello, Windows (Premium) – 23 Comments

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    In reply to Bart:Same, no idea they had such content!

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Making Changes to Mixer, Cutting Original Programming Staff – 11 Comments

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    I like the little floating keyboard. I noticed it on my Surface a few weeks ago in Windows 10 (it's stil

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and macOS Catalina Public Betas – 20 Comments

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    In reply to Skolvikings:It's be Windows on ARM. So any ARM app, plus any 32bit x86 app.

    Posted 2 years ago on It’s Time to Bring (Real) Windows 10 to the Raspberry Pi (Premium) – 43 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:PoE would be smart.I'm using injectors at work to power some phones. Can you get a

    Posted 2 years ago on Raspberry Pi 4 Launches With More Power and Options Than Ever Before – 28 Comments

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    In reply to MarkPow:Agreed.It worked really well, to the point where if released then it would've meant n

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Foldable Surface Device Will Reportedly Run Android Apps – 30 Comments

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    In reply to will:Agree. The Ninja Cat thing was fine so long as it wasn't the only thing that came out o

    Posted 2 years ago on 19H2gate (Premium) – 57 Comments

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    In reply to mattbg:I've got a Thinkpad T570, and also a T560 we use as a demo machine.Quite thin & li

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: June 21 (Premium) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Shmuelie:Yeah I saw that I never had a Win 10 phone but I'm sure someone on this site does.

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows Terminal Shows up on the Microsoft Store – 16 Comments

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    In reply to evox81:I thought so too. Probably to do with some hacks made to games expecting certain video card

    Posted 2 years ago on Xbox’s Backward Compatibility Comes to an End – 24 Comments

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    I wish Simpsons Road Rage was brought forward... Loved that game!! Crazy Taxi is *not* a good substitute at al

    Posted 2 years ago on Xbox’s Backward Compatibility Comes to an End – 24 Comments

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    Fantastic for when I travel. Home internet should be good enough (100/40mbps) and mobile phone speed should be

    Posted 2 years ago on You’ll Soon Be Able to Stream Your Xbox Games From Anywhere – 16 Comments

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    Sounds nice! ?

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

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    In reply to gstevenb:It's not only that, but the classic Americanism where what's written is the opp

    Posted 2 years ago on Facebook Blocks Huawei From Pre-Installing Instagram, WhatsApp on Its Phones – 33 Comments

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    In reply to Kevin_Costa:Nope, not yet . Will soon though.If you visit the download page from Windows 7 or 8 yo

    Posted 2 years ago on ARM64 Version of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge Leaks – 11 Comments

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    In reply to VMax:It's hair splitting to some extent. If I enroll my device to inTune, I'm using Mic

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Quietly Reinstates Rival Wellness Apps on iOS – 17 Comments

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    I suspect Microsoft will continue the work of porting Chromium over to ARM even if Google won't. MS needs

    Posted 2 years ago on Qualcomm is Planning a Snapdragon 7cx for PCs, Too – 17 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:I agree. I wonder though if it's not so much the surfaces to worry about since most pro

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Fixes USB Bug Preventing Users From Updating to Windows 10 Version 1903 – 12 Comments

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    This whole article is on point. I can see where people are picking nits for various bits, but imho Paul's

    Posted 2 years ago on Oh, Apple (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    One issue for them, to be charitable, is that they'll engage with their fnas and get told UWP all the way

    Posted 2 years ago on The Future of Windows, Vaguely (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    In reply to Wiredcoach:You're saying you recompiled it using VS 2019 and your app is now significantly fa

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Previews New Visual Studio Code Icons – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Igor Engelen:And few other companies are as opaque & secretive about their updates

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Pledges to Be More Upfront About iPhone Performance – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Dan1986ist:Good question. I think they've fixed that - it wasn't expected to hang around

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10’s Latest Major Update Now Available With Light Theme, Windows Sandbox, More – 32 Comments

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    Big fan of The and A getting ignored in titles when sorting!

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Launches May 2019 Xbox Update – 5 Comments

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    Clicking the link for the testing program tells me I need to sign up for, or be invited to, that testing progr

    Posted 3 years ago on Mozilla Releases Preview of New Firefox Browser for Android Devices – 1 Comments

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    In reply to Bart:See here... Tells how to enable developer mode, etc.https://www.best4geeks.com/reduce-animat

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Digital Wellbeing Slowing Down Pixel Handsets? – 19 Comments

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    In reply to bassoprofundo:You're not wrong.I have YouTube Music but haven't bothered even trying it

    Posted 3 years ago on Google’s Music Streaming Services Surpass 15 Million Users – 16 Comments

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    Google Play Music has been a no brainer. Paying for full YouTube and getting GPM for free on the side, for up

    Posted 3 years ago on Google’s Music Streaming Services Surpass 15 Million Users – 16 Comments

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    In reply to christian.hvid:Agreed. A language is just one half of the equation - the libraries / framework ar

    Posted 3 years ago on Build 2019: Microsoft Announces .NET 5 – 15 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I think they mentioned FUSE, but that's not quite the same thingThey're talkin

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 to Include a Linux Kernel for WSL – 62 Comments

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    Marooners looks fun for local multiplayer. The kids and I play Knight Squad, Speedrunners, some rainbow jump

    Posted 3 years ago on Games with Gold for May Debuts a Day Early – 5 Comments

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    I almost bought Wolfenstein II during the big sale a couple of weeks ago. Glad I didn't :)

    Posted 3 years ago on Wolfenstein II, Wargroove, More Coming to Xbox Game Pass – 5 Comments

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    In reply to feek:I had trouble getting in to it. I liked the idea, but at the time wasn't able to play e

    Posted 3 years ago on Wolfenstein II, Wargroove, More Coming to Xbox Game Pass – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Trickyd:My guess is that if you're using this as a dock then you have a USB keyboard and USB

    Posted 3 years ago on Plugable Launches Its Smallest USB-C Docking Station – 14 Comments

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    In reply to wolters:Someone actually used the iOS porting tools! I was wondering what happened to them. I re

    Posted 3 years ago on Facebook Messenger is Coming to Windows, Mac – 15 Comments

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    I like how he even has 26 tabs open in the demo. It's a good fake.Except that 26 tabs was far too low ?.

    Posted 3 years ago on Chrome Mobile Susceptible to Phishing Attacks – 5 Comments

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    In reply to bharris:I use Pushbullet at the moment.It's very noisy at first but as notifications pop up o

    Posted 3 years ago on Phone Notification Sync is Rolling Out to Windows 10’s Your Phone App – 19 Comments

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    This should be nice. I use Pushbullet to get notifications on the PC, and it works pretty well. But it'

    Posted 3 years ago on Phone Notification Sync is Rolling Out to Windows 10’s Your Phone App – 19 Comments

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    Windows dictation has been horrible for a long time, but it now seems that could be due to English (AU) not be

    Posted 3 years ago on New Windows 10 Insider Preview Build Brings Your Phone Improvements – 8 Comments

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    How does this work with the WIM format for Windows installs? I've never had such an installation, but II

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Version 1903 Requires at Least 32 GB of Storage – 40 Comments

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    In reply to Kevin_Costa:Yep. There are also quite a few devices out in the wild that just don't have 64-

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Version 1903 Requires at Least 32 GB of Storage – 40 Comments

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    Great to see the change in sorting. So many games under "The"...With the "Play later" that sounds semi-useful

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Details Improvements Coming in Xbox System Update 1905 – 3 Comments

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    As a dev, window management is a tricky thing. Grafting sets onto misbehaving apps, some not updated in 15 ye

    Posted 3 years ago on Sorry, But Sets is Dead – 52 Comments

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    In reply to mrdrwest:I did, until the Skype integration became very buggy. It kept asking me to add my wife&#

    Posted 3 years ago on Suddenly, Windows 10 Doesn’t Suck (Premium) – 72 Comments

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    In reply to kshsystems:For quite a long time to come

    Posted 3 years ago on New Edge Canary Expands to Support Windows 10 32-Bit – 5 Comments

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    The only issue with the 8 -> 8.1 transition was that Server 2012 did *not* get an automatic and free update

    Posted 3 years ago on Yes, Windows 8 is Still Unsupported – 22 Comments

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    I might actually make use of my Prime Video then. Neat.

    Posted 3 years ago on YouTube is Coming Back to Amazon Fire TV – 22 Comments

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    In reply to dcdevito:I guess they're calling out hypocrisy - Google / Android doesn't make a virtue

    Posted 3 years ago on Mozilla Calls on Apple to Make a Privacy Improvement – 29 Comments

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    In reply to Vladimir:They forked Chrome from WebKit, which was originally forked from Konqueror - that is the

    Posted 3 years ago on Everyone Needs the New Microsoft Edge (Premium) – 121 Comments

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    Paul, my Edgium has "Save to PDF" quite distinct from the "Microsoft Print to PDF" printer. This is the same

    Posted 3 years ago on Living on the (New) Edge: PDF – 8 Comments

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    For those wondering why this is new, I have a theory... Since it requires Bluetooth, and requires Chrome, I su

    Posted 3 years ago on You Can Now Use Your Android Phone As a Security Key – 13 Comments

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    Opera has been a very decent browser since they ditched their Presto engine and went to Blink. For me as a Web

    Posted 3 years ago on Opera Web Browser is Reborn – 13 Comments

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    In reply to jchampeau:Handy for a fixed endpoint. Picture putting an old phone to watch the kids in the pool

    Posted 3 years ago on Skype Is Automatically Answering Some Calls on Android (Updated) – 13 Comments

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    This cash you get back, is it actual cash (albeit paid back as a deduction off your owings on the card) that y

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Announces Its Own Credit Card: the Apple Card – 45 Comments

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    In reply to Dan1986ist:Interesting... Microsoft should offer this option and publicise it. The game playing wh

    Posted 3 years ago on We Have a Release Candidate – 21 Comments

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    Great idea!

    Posted 3 years ago on #MehediTakeover – Ask Me Anything! – 19 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:I'm a little confused - the Microsoft announcement indicates you need Enterprise 1

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Eyes the Finish Line with New Windows 10 19H1 Build – 11 Comments

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    I feel the browser extensions stuff deserved its own article. There's some interesting concepts at play

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Eyes the Finish Line with New Windows 10 19H1 Build – 11 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Not really. An Android phone, and even a Windows PC or a Mac, can be set to only accept

    Posted 3 years ago on Tearing Down Apple’s Feeble Response to Spotify (Premium) – 87 Comments

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    In reply to mattbg:Apple's compensation is that it gets users buying iPhones / iPads due to a working sto

    Posted 3 years ago on Tearing Down Apple’s Feeble Response to Spotify (Premium) – 87 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:You're right. The fee charged here is disproportionate to the service provided.In

    Posted 3 years ago on Tearing Down Apple’s Feeble Response to Spotify (Premium) – 87 Comments

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    In reply to gvan:I feel they should've gone harder on the xbox branding of consumer things back when the

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Should Have Spun Off Xbox. Good Thing It Didn’t (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Xatom:Spotify doesn't have an app store or a smarphone platform? Maybe Apple could raise the

    Posted 3 years ago on Spotify Responds to Apple – 36 Comments

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    In reply to Rycott:Yep. I tried Apex Legends a couple of times and had some guy cranky at me cause I didn

    Posted 3 years ago on Taking a Black Ops Pass: Call of Duty is Losing Me (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    I've just set up my new s10. Good time to look at a new podcast app - currently I backed up and restored

    Posted 3 years ago on Moving Away from Pocket Casts – 36 Comments

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    In reply to lezmaka:I'm hoping not. I can't easily run a test and a production operating system sid

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Edge Insider Add-Ons Site Leaks – 3 Comments

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    In reply to jgraebner:Especially because most things you've purchased for iOS just can't run on a di

    Posted 3 years ago on Spotify’s Complaint Against Apple in EU Could Drive Real Change (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    I hope this gets some traction. Not to be anti-apple, but be anti-lock-in. The 30% fee is excessive. Limiti

    Posted 3 years ago on Spotify’s Complaint Against Apple in EU Could Drive Real Change (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    Oh this will be fantastic.Now just to get my mailbox off our Exchange Server and over to Office 365....We stil

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft To-Do Now Keeps Track of Your Flagged Emails – 8 Comments

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    Could it also be that their 'Edigum' browser will take advantage of DX12 to some extent, so this eff

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Brings DirectX 12 to Windows 7 … For Some Reason – 15 Comments

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    Google seems to be doing pretty well here in Australia. Lots of Home Mini devices given away, and they were o

    Posted 3 years ago on Are You an Amazon or an Apple Family? – 10 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:Yep, I use this feature in Podcast Addict. I have a couple of podcasts set to play at 1.2x

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    Podcast Addict works well for me. Seems to tick the boxes you mentioned - clearly seeing what's been dow

    Posted 3 years ago on I Need a Better Podcast App (Premium) – 103 Comments

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    In reply to simont:There shouldn't be any technical reason why it doesn't support Opera - it's

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Revamps Skype on the Web – 15 Comments

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    Is there a link to that proposal (probably on the Chromium bug tracker?)

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Plans to Bring Smooth Scrolling to Chromium – 30 Comments

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    So glad someone brought this up: Edge/Chromium, Android, passwords, and youI love the daily podcasts - always

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: March 8 (Premium) – 12 Comments

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    I worried going from my Galaxy S6, with fingerprint reader on the front, to the Galaxy S8, with it on the back

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Mate 20 Pro Review – 35 Comments

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    Disc to digital is a good idea.I had worried a couple of years ago about not being able to buy cheap second ha

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

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    Batman will be fun.I'll try the open world games. Takes me a while to get in to them, and I don't q

    Posted 3 years ago on Just Cause 4, Fallout 4, and More are Coming to Xbox Game Pass – 4 Comments

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    I bought my xbox one a month or two before the S was announced. I had a little buyer's remorse at the ti

    Posted 3 years ago on What We Know and Don’t Know, About Microsoft’s Next Gen Consoles – 19 Comments

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    This is fantastic. A lot of our customers won't run non-Microsoft browsers, but in many cases that leave

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s New Chromium-based Edge Browser Revealed in Leaked Screenshots – 39 Comments

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    There was an xkcd comic earlier this week that's rendered moot by this. Surprised it's come to Andro

    Posted 3 years ago on Excel Can Now Turn Pictures of Tables Into Actual, Editable Tables – 8 Comments

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    The good thing for me, as an ISV, is that often our customers will only have the default Windows browser. Tha

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Chromium-Based Edge Browser Could Be Coming to Insiders Soon – 29 Comments

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    Neat first impression. Keen to watch this tech improve and get cheaper over the coming years. I can see even

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with HoloLens 2 – 60 Comments

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:Agree :)Getting this integrating with many things - such as allowing third parties

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Announces the Next HoloLens – 63 Comments

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    Nice. The hoops and screens to jump through when you're out of space are in need of obvious improvement.

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One Getting New Message Requests Feature, Mini Virtual Keyboard, More – 3 Comments

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    Yay! I'll not ever double press the button, so I know which way I'll configure to open bixby. Single

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung Will Finally Let You Configure the Bixby Button on Galaxy Flagships – 13 Comments

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    Regarding window positions... The monitors are being disconnected and reconnected (not physically...), so Wind

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: February 22 (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    The Walking Dead games are fantastic!Keen to try a Batman action game for once - have heard good things (the

    Posted 3 years ago on Batman: Return to Arkham, the Walking Dead: Season 2, More to Join Xbox Game Pass – 3 Comments

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    How does the fingerprint work on the side? Do you need to swipe?

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung’s Take on the iPhone Xr Is a Less Flashier S10 – 7 Comments

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    Typo with the battery stuff?"The device also comes with a 4,500mAh battery compared to the S10 Plus’ 4,500mA

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung Has a 6.7-inch Galaxy S10 With 5G and 7 Cameras – 13 Comments

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    I imagine it's to do with some means of game installation. They had indicated they were even happy for u

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 19H1 Build – 4 Comments

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    That's a lot of phone for the money. Would love to see a hands-on, or even a first impressions, review o

    Posted 3 years ago on Xiaomi’s Newest Flagship Has the Fastest Wireless Charging – 6 Comments

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    In reply to mattbg:Forget the headline number since that's all theory, as you say. The big thing is bette

    Posted 3 years ago on Qualcomm’s Next 5G Modem to Hit 7 Gbps Download Speeds – 8 Comments

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    I actually saw this yesterday when I was browsing through Android Auto compatible apps and say YouTube music.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Brings Android Auto Support to YouTube Music – 5 Comments

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    Neat. I had installed that other extension anyway but it's nice to know thata) Microsoft is investing mo

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Brings Official Windows Timeline Support to Chrome – 6 Comments

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    Pretty sure my Samsung Galaxy S8 has some sort of "flip to shh". The edge lighting feature is sort of an earl

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung’s Upcoming Galaxy S10 Case Has a Weird Effect on the Back – 6 Comments

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    In reply to Sprtfan:I think the point is that they mentioned Alexa and Siri (I'm assuming that's h

    Posted 3 years ago on Google No Longer Considers Cortana a Competitor – 18 Comments

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    Probably time for me to pick up an extra controller... Thanks

    Posted 3 years ago on Yep, Xbox One is on Sale Again – 6 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:I found if I had my photos in folders like 2009_01_07, which is what my old Canon and So

    Posted 3 years ago on Digital Decluttering: Photo Management (Premium) – 18 Comments

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    Sweet. I've been holding off on getting back to the book pending getting this. Will now follow along :)

    Posted 3 years ago on Beneath a Surface Commentary: Early Ambitions – Premium – 10 Comments

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    Neat use of the file system redirector - sits neatly alongside \tsclient :)

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10’s File Explorer Will Soon Let You Access Your Linux Subsystem Files – 14 Comments

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    In reply to christian.hvid:This was also my understanding. Its use is discouraged, but it's the same pro

    Posted 3 years ago on Slow Down Windows 10 Development, You Say? (Premium) – 47 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:And maybe those improvements could even find their way over to Electron apps!!!!

    Posted 3 years ago on Opera Tips Its Latest Browser Redesign – 16 Comments

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    In all the discussion from Windows Weekly about Microsoft Edge moving to a Chrome backend I'm surprised t

    Posted 3 years ago on Opera Tips Its Latest Browser Redesign – 16 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Search for files, vs search the web, should be separate things (not that I need to

    Posted 3 years ago on Here are the Best Improvements in Windows 10 Version 1903 – 70 Comments

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    Looks nice.Keyboards *really* matter. Could you please possibly post a photo of it open, not at an angle, whe

    Posted 3 years ago on HP EliteBook x360 1040 G5 First Impressions – 24 Comments

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    In reply to ldsands:Oh neat. I will give this a try! I've got Google Photos and OneDrive going, but an

    Posted 3 years ago on Digital Decluttering Check-In: Photos (Premium) – 36 Comments

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    In reply to ldsands:I was just wondering about this. Does it require window focus to operate, or did it take

    Posted 3 years ago on Chrome Is Getting Support for Media Keys – 4 Comments

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    In reply to jgraebner:I completely agree with you about the broadcast. It'd be nice to say "Speak to �

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Assistant is Now Available on Nest Secure – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Pierre Masse:I'm sure he read the manual, sent an email to customer support to clarify, and t

    Posted 3 years ago on TomTom Partners With Microsoft to Offer Location Data for Azure – 11 Comments

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    In reply to SoundersFan:Yeah, I agree. I don't need Bixby doing things. I tried it. I tried Cortana on

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung’s Latest Apple Watch Competitor Actually Looks Decent – 11 Comments

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    "on the side"? Fingerprint scanner on the back you mean? (although I don't see it there in the picture)

    Posted 3 years ago on This is the Galaxy S10E – 13 Comments

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    In reply to FullyLoaded:Agree. This article made me thinkThe cloud storage is for save games. How *big* are

    Posted 3 years ago on PS Plus Cloud Storage Expanding to 100GB, Free Games for February – 3 Comments

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    I listened to First Ring Daily this morning when you were discussing this. All sound reasoning. When you sai

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:It is amazing how far we've come. The kids and I watched the new Carmen Sandieg

    Posted 3 years ago on Digital Decluttering: Photos (Premium) – 58 Comments

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    In reply to christian.hvid:Not sure if it's a common term globally, but here in Australia we have editori

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Fighting Fake News? Hilarious (Premium) – 45 Comments

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    Google ending ad-blockers in Chrome... That may well be what pushes the needle far enough for many to switch

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Fighting Fake News? Hilarious (Premium) – 45 Comments

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    In reply to TrevorL:My daughter, starting year 4 next week, is getting a school-issued iPad. We parents were

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Announces Some Education Milestones of its Own – 31 Comments

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    In reply to RonH:I'm hoping the "Cortana available as an assistant to other assistant X" will make this w

    Posted 3 years ago on Cortana Gets New Smart Home Features – 31 Comments

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    In reply to RoHo:I have fond feelings of that phone. But never got a new win phone after it... I did have a ca

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Mobile Is Dead Dead – 102 Comments

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    Whenever you set up 2 factor using a qr code you'll see an option to manually get the text of the two fac

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: January 18 (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:Ahh - I see in their notes that they're separating Start from the other host proce

    Posted 3 years ago on New Windows 10 Insider Preview Build Separates Cortana from Search – 26 Comments

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    In reply to wbhite:I get that on mine a bit too.I can see that in task manager, the shell experience host gets

    Posted 3 years ago on New Windows 10 Insider Preview Build Separates Cortana from Search – 26 Comments

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    In reply to Jackwagon:Yep, back in the day when Google was new, it was competing against Lycos, AltaVista, Ask

    Posted 3 years ago on DuckDuckGo Integrates Apple Maps Into Search Results – 21 Comments

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    In reply to madthinus:Not entirely true. It is supposed to get cumulative updates - even 1803, 1709, etc stil

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft 365 for Consumers Could Fix Our Windows 10 Woes (Premium) – 20 Comments

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    Regarding the 1903 naming scheme. I meant to tell you I saw this in the file / storage team blog post about re

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: January 11 (Premium) – 32 Comments

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    In reply to Polycrastinator:I'd want that. I saw the mini supported bluetooth and actually bought a Bluet

    Posted 3 years ago on Google is Killing Chromecast Audio for Some Reason – 57 Comments

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    Still $59 in Australia according to that website. Hard to rely on their prices though.. Whilst they say $79 fo

    Posted 3 years ago on Google is Killing Chromecast Audio for Some Reason – 57 Comments

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    Part of the original appeal of Netflix was that you could find it *everywhere*. That really helped make it a

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s Embrace of Smart TVs is Smart, Necessary, and Late (Premium) – 35 Comments

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    Only the US... :(Ho hum.Cool idea though

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Now Lets You Earn Rewards by Playing Xbox One Games – 6 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:I'm now trying to remember if UHD is better or worse than QHD...

    Posted 3 years ago on Lenovo Introduces a Surface Studio-like AIO for Creatives – 13 Comments

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    How's this all that different from Android Auto which has the maps & assistant readily available? (I

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Brings Assistant to Google Maps – 4 Comments

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    Xbox Game Pass Office 365

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: The Giveaway [GIVEAWAY CLOSED] – 663 Comments

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    It's a valid point that the Cortana thing during setup is silly, and that video makes the point *very* we

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10’s New Build Pushes Password-less Accounts, Mutes Cortana on OOBE – 11 Comments

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    The multiple products launched in a single quarter didn't gate supply... It gated demand. Specifically, i

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Warns of Quarterly Revenue Shortfall – 78 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Presumably as a sad accident and not the "pawned one too many times" reason :P

    Posted 3 years ago on What I Use: January 2019 (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    In reply to jchampeau:Agreed.The Bluetooth connection screen in my Hyundai is so irritating, it can't pos

    Posted 3 years ago on Why iOS feels faster than Android, and why computers don’t feel as fast as they used to – 26 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:Anti-virus... They keep adding more bells and whistles to AV products - things like "smart

    Posted 3 years ago on Why iOS feels faster than Android, and why computers don’t feel as fast as they used to – 26 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ::( Wish they kept the jack

    Posted 3 years ago on Nokia’s Next Android Flagship Features Five Cameras – 37 Comments

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    In reply to SilentHero117:If I remember correctly, the only way to get 4k Netflix on a desktop / laptop right

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Edge Retains Its Battery Life Advantage in Windows 10 Version 1809 – 19 Comments

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    In reply to Pungkuss:Same JavaScript engine. Same rendering engine. They ought to be very close, but only beca

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Edge Retains Its Battery Life Advantage in Windows 10 Version 1809 – 19 Comments

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    In reply to ryandevega:Play music is great. Haven't tried the YouTube flavour of it yet... I just assume

    Posted 3 years ago on These are the Online Services I Rely On (Premium) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to ryandevega:I use Google photos and onedrive for photo backup - both are on my phone. Google is *mu

    Posted 3 years ago on These are the Online Services I Rely On (Premium) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to cadrethree:It used to be a battery hog. Not so much anymore in my experience.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Launcher’s Digital Health Features, To-Do Integration, Now Available to All Users – 9 Comments

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    In reply to c.hucklebridge:As a fellow Brisbane dweller, I concur with your analogy :)Happy the digital stuff

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Hosts a Last-Minute Xbox Holiday Sale – 8 Comments

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    In reply to javajunkee:Read the technical post from the Ms team about this. You can enable nested virtualisati

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 19H1 Build 18305 Introduces Windows Sandbox, Simplified Start Menu, New Settings UI, More – 29 Comments

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    I assume the games I buy now will be forward compatible? Also, since it seems like it's still Windows 10/

    Posted 3 years ago on Deciphering Xbox Scarlett: Anaconda, Anthem, Danta, Lockhart, Maverick, and Roma – 29 Comments

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    Removed from your devices..... But did you remove the devices from the fitbit? Without that you won't be

    Posted 3 years ago on When S%^t Don’t Work (Premium) – 83 Comments

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    Not full win32 onenote? (I still prefer it and this sounds like a nice feature)

    Posted 3 years ago on OneNote Is Getting Support for Custom Tags – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Daishi:It was a ridiculous week ending a ridiculous year of #auspol :(

    Posted 3 years ago on Tech Industry Consortium Opposes Australian Encryption Law – 24 Comments

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    In reply to rossdelliott:My Lenovo T570 was offered it late last week. I finally let it reboot on Sunday even

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Gets New Cumulative Updates – 5 Comments

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    In reply to DaveHelps:Yeah I paused at that too

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Embrace of Chromium is Historic (Premium) – 24 Comments

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    So like opera, brave, Vivaldi, etc. You'll get a custom user experience - menus, bookmarks, etc wrapped a

    Posted 3 years ago on Yes, the New Microsoft Edge Will Support Chrome Extensions – 49 Comments

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    I'm not an apple user, but I'm surprised webkit doesn't get a lot of mention in this sort of ar

    Posted 3 years ago on Game Over for Firefox? (Premium) – 44 Comments

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    In reply to colin79666:I totally agree. So frustrating that the only built-in "sanctioned" browser in remote

    Posted 3 years ago on What It All Means (Premium) – 50 Comments

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    I get my Google home mini to read me news in the morning.It starts with our ABC news (in Australia ABC is the

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Assistant is Getting AI-Powered Audio News – 5 Comments

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    In reply to maethorechannen:I think you're right. They've settled on a software system now, so apps

    Posted 3 years ago on The Path Ahead for Xbox (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    In reply to MrKirbs:A fancier SMS that's standardised. I can't recall more than that sorry... Would&

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Is Finally Killing Hangouts…in 2020 (Update: or not) – 33 Comments

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    Since it became available...So anyone who wanted an XS /Max got one when they came out. Then when people want

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Finally Speaks About iPhone Sales Woes – 35 Comments

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    Is this the first original XBOX title to be included in the Games with Gold? Neat.

    Posted 3 years ago on Here Are the Games with Gold for December – 5 Comments

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    Never Alone is an awesome game. My two kids and I worked our way through it. Great little story and good puz

    Posted 3 years ago on Here Are the Games with Gold for December – 5 Comments

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    In reply to zybch:Oh no - really.... We're so backwards with some of the rating stuff here :(

    Posted 3 years ago on Here Are the Games with Gold for December – 5 Comments

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    That porting has to happen - if they want UWP apps written, and they genuinely still do, then you can't r

    Posted 3 years ago on Updated version of Windows 10 SDK now available with Visual Studio 15.9.1 – 1 Comments

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    IMHO, it's not the seek control that's broken. It's the underlying codec. That's why it&

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Version 1809 Breaks Windows Media Player – 56 Comments

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    This is a bit of cut and paste from the release notes. I appreciate that, but it'd be nice to get additio

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Launcher Gets To-Do and Sticky Notes Integration – 20 Comments

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    My TicWatch got a Wear OS update a few weeks back. Since then it's had *much* better battery life. Last

    Posted 3 years ago on Google’s Wear OS Gets Battery Life Improvements – 9 Comments

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    Just went to order the paper version as I still tend to like dead trees. But the shipping internationally to

    Posted 3 years ago on Beneath A Surface – The Inside Story of How Microsoft Built the Billion-Dollar Brand – 61 Comments

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    In reply to jwpear:Apple have ended up in a wonderful position of having people get exposed to the Apple ecosy

    Posted 3 years ago on The New MacBook Air is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Surface Laptop (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    In reply to StevenLayton:Transport Safety Administration... Basically the airport screening people, always t

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is the TSA of Software Development (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    In reply to Bart:Being where developers are, even if tangentially. Also stopped it being bought by a major co

    Posted 3 years ago on GitHub Now Has 100 Million Repositories – 7 Comments

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    curious about this too. Keeping the Jack makes upgrading from my S8 a no brainer when the S10 comes out.My USB

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung to Push Forward with Bixby, Smartphone Notches, and a New UX – 30 Comments

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    Ahhh.. I use the beta and got the little search box a couple of days ago. Had no idea what it was for. Assumed

    Posted 3 years ago on SwiftKey to Pick Up Bing Search Capabilities – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Lucas:I think I recall hearing that if you have IPv6 disabled then this is what will happen in 180

    Posted 3 years ago on Fiasco – 96 Comments

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    In reply to red.radar:I still laugh at how many clock radios were sold with the old 30 pin connector. Then th

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Unveils New iPad Pros With Edge-to-Edge Display, Face ID, USB-C More – 88 Comments

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    Wrong approach IMHO. Without a like button we're just going to get a lot of noise - needing to reply to

    Posted 3 years ago on Twitter Reportedly Thinking About Killing The…Like Button – 30 Comments

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    Google stuff is just so damn convenient. The location history is really neat - I can see where I've been

    Posted 3 years ago on Trusting Google (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    In reply to SenorGravy:It's centred if you ignore the numpad.My Lenovo I'm using right now is the sa

    Posted 3 years ago on HP Launches New Premium Consumer and Business PCs – 22 Comments

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    Paul (or Mehedi if you're an insider), can you test this out for built-in apps like Edge, OneDrive, etc.

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox Insiders Can Now Play Games With Mouse and Keyboard – 18 Comments

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    In reply to markiehill:This!The battery management apps do need to be checked. My Samsung phone has a similar

    Posted 3 years ago on Google’s Reliability Issues Continue with Pixel 3 – 67 Comments

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    In reply to Scott8846:Yep, I read this on the Gates website. I guess the WSJ asked for permission to reproduc

    Posted 3 years ago on Bill Gates: How Paul Allen Changed My Life – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:VS code runs on 32 bit Windows. Same as SSH clients. There aren't that many ap

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung’s Galaxy Book2 is the newest addition to ARM-PC Family – 24 Comments

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    As an Android user I was unaware this was missing from maps on iOS. It's been handy for the very reason g

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Maps Gets Real Time Journey Tracking on iOS – 8 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:I agree with you - I tend to have both Outlook and Mail configured. Mail gives notif

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Now Lets You Uninstall More of the Pre-Installed Apps – 65 Comments

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    In reply to CWood27:It'd be nice if they did.I can't see Siri support, but supporting Google Home wo

    Posted 3 years ago on Get a Free Amazon Echo Dot With a New Xbox One – 3 Comments

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    In reply to TroyTruax:*yourAnd... They stopped putting that message in a couple of releases back (12-18 months

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Begins the “Re-release” of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update – 72 Comments

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    In reply to earlster:The whole site is old fashioned - that's his style.It is taking him *ages* to finish

    Posted 3 years ago on A Better Password Problem – Premium – 57 Comments

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    In reply to Breaker119:You still need a different password at each site.If even one site has a breach, or is r

    Posted 3 years ago on A Better Password Problem – Premium – 57 Comments

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    In reply to mattbg:With any product, if I get it repaired by a third party within warranty period then I lose

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Is Taking Away Your Ability to Repair Your own laptop – 70 Comments

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    In reply to ndwilder:Agreed - this does count against the device imho. I'd rather a few mm of extra thic

    Posted 3 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme First Impressions – 44 Comments

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    This might be my next laptop next year when it drops a bit in price :)I've already got a T560 for demonst

    Posted 3 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme First Impressions – 44 Comments

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    In reply to Rycott:Exactly. It's sooo frustrating to turn up at a business and find half of the PCs are

    Posted 3 years ago on Yes, the New Surface PCs Run Windows 10 Home. Yes, It’s OK (Premium) – 48 Comments

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    In reply to madthinus:You don't do usb c to a display though. The usb c port supports the hdmi / DisplayP

    Posted 3 years ago on Let’s Talk About Surface (Premium) – 71 Comments

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    So is cortana built in, or do you need to be paired to a phone or pc to have that work? I suspect the latter,

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Unveils Surface Headphones – 31 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:There's a similar plugin for Chrome desktop too...

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Timeline Comes to Android Devices – 5 Comments

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    So now cortana & Microsoft launcher on Android are next I presume? Both still tie to wunderlist rather tha

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft To-Do Coming to Outlook.com – 8 Comments

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    In reply to digiguy:Keep usb A for sure. But in my mind the smart thing would be to ditch display port and mak

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Pro 6 Launches With Upgraded Internals, New Black Color – 26 Comments

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    In reply to jbinaz:Does Apple still force safari to be the default browser though? So if you click a link in a

    Posted 3 years ago on Opera Touch Launches on iPhone – 3 Comments

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    Remove mini DisplayPort in favour of a thunderbolt port. That makes a LOT of sense. Keep the A port. I think m

    Posted 3 years ago on Here We Go Again (Premium) – 35 Comments

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    In reply to jprestig:I too appreciated this. It's also because Paul doesn't talk quite that direct v

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: September 28 (Premium) – 18 Comments

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    My problem with this is that it's really making Chrome an extension of your Google experience rather than

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Backtracks on Chrome Auto Sign-Ins – 15 Comments

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    Can you connect multiple mice & keyboards?My kids love playing Minecraft on the xbox. I *think* I heard i

    Posted 3 years ago on Mouse and Keyboard Support Coming to Xbox One – 8 Comments

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    Neat idea for a book. Good timing too! Does the print edition also come with a digital copy? I buy a few manni

    Posted 3 years ago on Beneath A Surface – The Inside Story of How Microsoft Built the Billion-Dollar Brand – 61 Comments

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    Sad news indeed. MY kids and I have been waiting for the next walking dead release coming this week. Apparent

    Posted 3 years ago on Telltale Games is Shutting Down (Updated) – 12 Comments

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    In reply to djross95:It's ridiculous that they haven't got Cortana to sync with ToDo yet :(I will le

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: September 14 (Premium) – 32 Comments

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    Actual numbers for the latency would be nice to know. if it's gone from 2ms to 1ms then it probably does

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Quietly Revs Its USB-C Headphone Adapter – 15 Comments

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    Interesting... I'm a software dev so it's no good for me, but I think the Chromebooks are now at a

    Posted 3 years ago on Chromebooks Will Soon Have Native Network Connectivity with Windows PCs – 20 Comments

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    I listened to the brand new Azure DevOps podcast the other day - https://www.clear-measure.com/community/podca

    Posted 3 years ago on The saga of Microsoft testing – 2 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Different driver model. They're working to change it, but it's the same way

    Posted 3 years ago on Android 9 Pie Open Beta is Available for OnePlus 6 – 10 Comments

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    The WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) core team member that was on Hanselman's podcast the other week was

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Delivers a Windows 10 Version 1809 Release Candidate – 6 Comments

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    Just a 20 hour plane flight away. Sounds like it would be epic, but not worth the dollars to fly or the unplan

    Posted 3 years ago on Coming to Microsoft Ignite? Let’s Get Together (Updated) – 10 Comments

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    I appreciate the comments about this possibly being predatory. However I don't see too much of a downside

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Announces Xbox All Access – 10 Comments

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    Paul, if you've got a USB A (whatever the regular USB 3 port is) to USB-C adapter handy it'd be good

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with the HP EliteDisplay S14 – 21 Comments

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    We still use Lync 2013 in the office primarily for phones. We don't use the instant messaging, etc funct

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Teams Reaches Feature Parity With Skype for Business – 15 Comments

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    If you get to keep the console at the end then this is fantastic.If, instead, you can pay to keep the console

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox All Access Looks Like a No Brainer Game Changer (Premium) – 12 Comments

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    I like the education toggle in the consumer edition. I've been wanting to see what was in that edition a

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Brings Minecraft: Education to the iPad – 3 Comments

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    I saw someone mentioning charging via USB-C. That's neat.Does this thing support Bluetooth or do I still

    Posted 3 years ago on Logitech Just Made a Crazy, Vertical Mouse – 26 Comments

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    In reply to jeradw:Despite the similar name, Skype for business is not at all Skype, but more a renamed Lync S

    Posted 3 years ago on Skype’s Encrypted Chat Feature Comes to Everyone – 4 Comments

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    Good to know, thanks! I'd only ever used Expression Blend, and even then that was when I had considered

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Expression Design is free for download – 1 Comments

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    Glad I didn't buy it in the game sale a couple of weeks back! I'll just get it in game pass now.

    Posted 3 years ago on Doom and Rage Come to Xbox Game Pass – 4 Comments

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    I got offered to install YouTube music today for the first time inside the YouTube app on my s8. Didn't b

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Starts Promoting YouTube Signature Devices – 8 Comments

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    In reply to krabago:This is reading straight from your phone rather than having the phone go to the cloud and

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with Your Phone for Windows 10 – 12 Comments

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    In reply to marshalltm:No. Paul's been on it once before a couple of years ago. Richard Campbell is a c

    Posted 3 years ago on The New Windows with Paul Thurrott – 5 Comments

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    Listened to this yesterday. RunAsRadio is always good - this episodes was no different :)

    Posted 3 years ago on The New Windows with Paul Thurrott – 5 Comments

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    Surprising they don't offer this for Google Play Music (or whatever the new name is) subscribers.I'v

    Posted 3 years ago on You Can Now Wake up to Spotify Songs on Android Because Of Course You Can – 7 Comments

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    Windows 8 managed to have a slider for brightness so Windows 10 could, but doesn't. The "why" is probabl

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: July 20 (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    I noticed the web version has improved with the new ultimate game sale - I can preview details about the games

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Store Gets Improved Design in Windows 10 – 14 Comments

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    In reply to wluck:Same.It's in the Windows store too so it can run on Windows S mode, although the store

    Posted 3 years ago on Brad’s Productivity Workflow to Avoid Distractions – 20 Comments

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    I've already got Gold & Game Pass. Can I buy them again during this sale and just have the cheaper b

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox Launches “the Ultimate Game Sale” – 6 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:But, on my S8, I've never hit the Bixby button on purpose and always regretted the

    Posted 3 years ago on Details of Samsung’s $300 Bixby Speaker Revealed – 15 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:To be fair, you're right. The default Samsung apps are quite fine. My wife uses them

    Posted 3 years ago on Details of Samsung’s $300 Bixby Speaker Revealed – 15 Comments

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    In reply to ibmthink:Exactly. I have a similar machine and think it's splendid. Don't get the low en

    Posted 3 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad L480 Review – 11 Comments

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    I'd been wanting something like this. Thanks

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Add Your Chrome or Firefox Activity to Timeline – 19 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:A half-way point would be to at least show total up-votes versus down-votes (like at

    Posted 3 years ago on Downvotes – 56 Comments

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    RE: Future of Win32My understanding was that they were making it easier to consume UWP features from within tr

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: July 13 (Premium) – 16 Comments

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    Reminds me of Google Play Music - I was pleasantly surprised to find it had quite a few tracks cached for offl

    Posted 3 years ago on Netflix Makes It Easier to Watch Shows on the Go – 5 Comments

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    Downloaded last night. Was surprised at the large size (10GB). I'm sure I've played it in the past

    Posted 3 years ago on Rocket League Comes to Xbox Game Pass – 5 Comments

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    When my laptop failed a couple of years ago I used my SP3 (i5 version) as a dev machine for a couple of weeks.

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

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    I too think PWA makes good sense.But I don't get the calls from many to turn Outlook.com into a PWA. The

    Posted 3 years ago on The PWA Revolution is Off to a Slow Start. Why? (Premium) – 49 Comments

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    In reply to jchampeau:Cross platform is the big appeal. I carried on conversations that I started on my Windo

    Posted 3 years ago on Skype Is Finally Getting Read Receipts – 11 Comments

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    In reply to JerryH:Agreed. Devs in win32 land usually need to specifically accommodate this. It's one o

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with Redstone 5: Display Improvements – 29 Comments

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    In reply to evancox10:Yep. Just look at the wide variety of software that's already cross compiled for Li

    Posted 3 years ago on Snapdragon 1000 Suggests Qualcomm Is Serious About the PC Market – 71 Comments

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    Ran into this by accident on my phone a couple of nights back. Asking for weather in another city for this co

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Home Gets Natural Conversation Support – 3 Comments

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    You probably would've mentioned if you knew, but any info on worldwide availability? Is there a link to

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Brings Visual Search to Bing, Edge, Launcher – 8 Comments

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    The MS Launcher is a must, for me, on an Android device. Probably relates to my Win Phone roots and my intens

    Posted 3 years ago on The Microsoft Launcher Challenge (Premium) – 43 Comments

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    In reply to iantrem:The Google family app has lots of settings for this kind of thing. My kids are pretty good

    Posted 3 years ago on Notice Anything Missing in the WWDC Keynote? (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    In reply to crfonseca:I was thinking along the same lines. Many writing about this seem to have missed that wo

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Bringing SwiftKey to the Desktop, Blocking Auto-Playing Videos – 28 Comments

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    In reply to Scott8846:And 99% of users using that browser get the update. So from a developer perspective you&

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Bringing SwiftKey to the Desktop, Blocking Auto-Playing Videos – 28 Comments

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    In reply to beatnixxx:Similar boat. I forgot it had updated. Only issue for me is that my fingerprint reader d

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Credits AI for April 2018 Update Rollout Success – 61 Comments

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    Do they support a stylus of any kind? (not the fake finger ones, but real active ones like an s pen)

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Brings the MediaPad M5 Tablets to the U.S. – 10 Comments

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    In reply to Ulfvar:Which country? We in Australia are usually in the second or third waves of MS products (usu

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Confirms Xbox ‘Scarlett’ And New Game Streaming Service – 23 Comments

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    The thing about Android, that I like but makes it hard to review, is that I've got a lot of these little

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with Android P Beta 2 – 7 Comments

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    In reply to slbailey1:I envied VS Enterprise, since I just had Premium, back in 2013. When they scrapped Prem

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2019 – 11 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:True. I've used symlinks in the past with great success to work around these sor

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2019 – 11 Comments

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    In reply to innitrichie:I know, right? I joined Wunderlist a long time back since it's what MS Launcher

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft To-Do Picks Up List Sharing and Steps – 26 Comments

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    In reply to iantrem:Yep. I still get weekly reports indicating how little my Surface RT is used by my kids ?Th

    Posted 3 years ago on Notice Anything Missing in the WWDC Keynote? (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    Reminds me of the bridge MS developed to port iOS code to WinRT. Did anyone end up using that for anything hig

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Confirms it is Bringing iOS Apps to the Mac – 60 Comments

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    With all of the hand wringing I saw on Twitter about this, I wonder if them putting Nat Friedman in as CEO wil

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft + GitHub – 73 Comments

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    KoToR was one of my favourite original Xbox games. Definitely grabbing this. I never got much into the secon

    Posted 3 years ago on Four Star Wars Titles Come to Xbox Game Pass – 1 Comments

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    Sounds like a nice machine. I've got a T570 with an i7 and 24GB of RAM. I'm very happy with it, al

    Posted 3 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad L480 First Impressions – 9 Comments

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    What pushed me to Google play music after Pandora packed up in Australia (I was originally using it ad free, f

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Use Google Play Music – 85 Comments

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    In reply to Markld:Agree. Once you've used a Windows touchscreen pc you won't go back. Even for desk

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Moves Decisively to End the Nonsense Era (Premium) – 64 Comments

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    In reply to zybch:Yeah, a few unfortunately. Bioshock comes to mind. I never got around to actually playing

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox Game Pass is Adding 6 New Games in June – 2 Comments

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    Multi WiFi will be very useful. I take mine around a bit as it gives the kids something to do but having to se

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One to Pick Up Game and App Grouping, More in June – 4 Comments

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    In reply to dcdevito:My thoughts too. I have the same bundle. I read elsewhere that I think the bundle ends up

    Posted 4 years ago on Google to Launch YouTube Music Next Week – 35 Comments

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    Brave story. Glad you made it home in the end. Can't imagine that stress level for flying, but, as you sa

    Posted 4 years ago on Fighting The Demon: Why Brad Drove 1100 Miles by Himself (Premium) – 124 Comments

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    The funeral was awesome :PI think you missed "NoDo" (was it the one that brought us the groundbreaking copy &

    Posted 4 years ago on Behind the Scenes: Build 2018 – Premium – 35 Comments

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    In reply to jr.flynn:I didn't bother staying up (Australia time) to watch it like I have in years past. I

    Posted 4 years ago on Build 2018: The World is a Computer (Premium) – 66 Comments

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    In reply to UK User:Yeesh, that last bit is the scary part. It'd be good to know if those files are in a

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 is Getting New Cross-Platform Experiences This Year – 22 Comments

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    That's the least discoverable keyboard shortcut ever. Is it seriously something a power user would know?

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft to Fix Windows 10 Version 1803 Freezing Issue – 100 Comments

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    Everyone, please read... XPS Viewer is still there, it's just not installed by default. For the few per

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Details Deprecated and Removed Features in Windows 10 Version 1803 – 48 Comments

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    The speech recognition looks like a welcome improvement over the garbage version that has shipped in Windows,

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 April 2018 Update Features Showcased in New Videos – 41 Comments

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    And just last week everyone was reporting how iPad apps were coming to the Mac, until that was hosed down.This

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple’s AR and VR Headset Reportedly Packs 8K Displays – 19 Comments

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    In reply to Ruvger:Are you looking in your start menu's startup folder? If so, keep in mind there are pr

    Posted 4 years ago on Yep, We Waited a Year for This (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    In reply to ibmthink:OK - so pretty much build materials. The 570 feels like a classic thinkpad - not at all

    Posted 4 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2018) Review – 19 Comments

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    In reply to dkb1898:Wow - I did not know that. Just checked on my machine and, despite it ending up in progra

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows on ARM Getting Support for 64-Bit ARM Apps (Updated) – 27 Comments

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    I don't need this for me but see it as important for the platform. I'm curious about whether or not

    Posted 4 years ago on iTunes Finally Arrives in the Microsoft Store – 46 Comments

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    In reply to NoFlames:The article reads like you could use Edge debugging tools to debug an issue in Chrome.Tha

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Revamps Mobile Broadband in Windows 10 – 15 Comments

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    My guess is that it's technical.Keep in mind, Windows (and other OSes) don't validate signatures on

    Posted 4 years ago on You’ll Be Able to Get Out of Windows 10 in S Mode Via the Store – 12 Comments

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    Seems remarkably similar to my Lenovo T570 I got last year. It doesn't have the fancy Carbon name but st

    Posted 4 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2018) Review – 19 Comments

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    In reply to gabbrunner:I've use slack heaps, but not for work or calling. Does it have a similar limitati

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul: April 20 (Premium) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to brisonharvey:Same. Would like to hear more about these non-traditional Office apps & tools tha

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul: April 20 (Premium) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Polycrastinator:It's not really a hard problem, I promise :)

    Posted 4 years ago on One Year After Wunderlist’s Death, The To-Do Transition Limps Along – 33 Comments

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    In reply to Igor Engelen:Yep, that's crazy.A To-Do app is literally the thing most JavaScript frameworks

    Posted 4 years ago on One Year After Wunderlist’s Death, The To-Do Transition Limps Along – 33 Comments

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    In reply to bpech:Oh, I didn't realise. Maybe I've been using the pro side without knowing? In any

    Posted 4 years ago on One Year After Wunderlist’s Death, The To-Do Transition Limps Along – 33 Comments

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    In reply to Dan1986ist:Good question! I was going to do the whole magic window thing, but then couldn't b

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Explains Windows 10 Redstone 4 Delay, Issues New Build – 22 Comments

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    In reply to awesmdiver:Absolutely.I found it was very smart & useful to be able to call Cortana via a spec

    Posted 4 years ago on Cortana Is Getting the Ability to Read Messages Aloud – 27 Comments

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    I enjoyed KOTOR 1. Never got to play #2 so this will be great for me. Easy purchase ?

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Bringing 19 Original Xbox Games to the Xbox One – 8 Comments

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    In reply to gvan:One of my favourites. I tried crazy taxi the other week. Apparently simpsons was a rip-off of

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Bringing 19 Original Xbox Games to the Xbox One – 8 Comments

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    In reply to Polycrastinator:I don't know what to say. My OneDrive sync seems to have paused for me in th

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: Connectivity – 16 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Microsoft, Mostlysince lots of other stuff gets discussed, albeit for good reason (

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft’s Role in the Next Wave (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to dkb1898:This is a 32-bit app - uses Visual Studio hosting environment underneath.SQL Server itself

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows on ARM Getting Support for 64-Bit ARM Apps (Updated) – 27 Comments

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    Interesting that a lot of articles are bleating about this being the end of Intel due to the 5% drop in share

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple to Ditch Intel in Favour of Its Custom Chips in Macs From 2020 – 53 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:In a pinch you can (not that you should have to)Open an admin command promptroute printYou&

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: Connectivity – 16 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:Also interesting to see that this mobile connectivity is really what's always been

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: Connectivity – 16 Comments

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    Hey Paul,Regarding..But Windows is also dumb enough not to include any way to automatically throttle other pot

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: Connectivity – 16 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:I'm in the same boat. We used to have little Windows devices around the place t

    Posted 4 years ago on The Future of Windows? (Premium) – 97 Comments

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    Obvious and clever. I've got a bt speaker already but it doesn't get used an awful lot as it's

    Posted 4 years ago on You Can Now Connect to All Bluetooth Speakers With Google Home – 6 Comments

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    In reply to Trickyd:And keep the headphone jack...

    Posted 4 years ago on Huawei Unveils New P20 Flagships – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Simard57:Apple could allow site devs to block a PWA being installed on a device without it coming

    Posted 4 years ago on Yes, Microsoft is Racing to a $1 Trillion Market Cap Too – 10 Comments

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    In reply to wunderbar:No one is asking for every usb port to have thunderbolt. We just need one per device, al

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft, It’s Time to Bring the Thunder(bolt) (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Have you tried ublock origin? It blocks nasty scripts quite well and is super configurab

    Posted 4 years ago on Living on the (Microsoft) Edge in 2018? (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    In reply to andrewtechhelp:That's my guess. They explicitly said they were optimising the office apps del

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: Taking Stock – 75 Comments

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    I don't really see the lack of 64-bit Intel as a big problem. I've still got some small machines do

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: App Compatibility – 59 Comments

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    In reply to Elindalyne:Yeah, I like the fingerprint on my s8-the slim case guides my finger to the right spot,

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Takes Two-Year Lead Over Android Makers With Face ID – 35 Comments

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    I'm surprised they're doing this at all. Linkedin is the last place I'd expect to see Snapchat

    Posted 4 years ago on LinkedIn Isn’t Done Pretending to be Snapchat – 12 Comments

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    I still use wunderlist daily. Not because I think it's great, just happened to be what I started using. C

    Posted 4 years ago on Wonder What’s Happening With Wunderlist? Wonder No More – 43 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:I wonder what the side loading story is like. Can you put your s machine into a dev mode,

    Posted 4 years ago on Living with S Mode: Core Apps (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    In reply to zvonimirm:I was wondering why he didn't use Windows + E again?

    Posted 4 years ago on Living with S Mode: Core Apps (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    It seems crazy to put the video feeds to monitors to then have them captured by other software. I can see why

    Posted 4 years ago on How We Podcast – The Tape and Tech that Makes it Happen – 15 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:I liked the 920. It was definitely "dense" but that made it rugged. I still had a slim c

    Posted 4 years ago on Report: Samsung Galaxy S9 is Not Durable – 39 Comments

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    It sounds like these should just be things you can add on, like themes used to be in Windows (Vista / 7? Neve

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Mixed Reality to Get a New Environment This Spring – 6 Comments

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    "only selling 150,00 pairs with hundreds of unsold units" Can you fix this up in the article? Is it 15,000 uni

    Posted 4 years ago on Snap Isn’t Giving up on Hardware – 7 Comments

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    So calling not available on ARM Android devices? (or should I read between the lines the other way and assume

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Teams Gets Key Features on Mobile – 3 Comments

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    If you didn't do the Project Fi thing last year I think you would've ended up with a Note 8. My wif

    Posted 4 years ago on Samsung Galaxy S9 Has the Best Smartphone Camera, Too – 16 Comments

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    In reply to wolters:I started with Android using an S6 and have now had an S8 for a year. I don't think

    Posted 4 years ago on Report: Samsung Galaxy S9 Has the Best-Ever Smartphone Display – 22 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:I'd only heard of Superhot beforehand, and then it was only good things

    Posted 4 years ago on Games with Gold for March Goes Live a Day Early – 7 Comments

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    All of these look pretty good :)

    Posted 4 years ago on Games with Gold for March Goes Live a Day Early – 7 Comments

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    I can see massive application for this. We're finally moving from on-prem to Office 365. Teams looked n

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Teams Now Lets You Add Guest Users With Any Email – 3 Comments

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    In reply to jbinaz:Same with me. The FPS was never an issue with my slim case on the phone. The cutout makes h

    Posted 4 years ago on Samsung Galaxy S9 Preview: The 2018 Flagships Have Arrived – 45 Comments

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    In reply to dbatools:The s8 has that. The health app is pretty good. Oh, maybe I'm mixing heart rate with

    Posted 4 years ago on Samsung Galaxy S9 Preview: The 2018 Flagships Have Arrived – 45 Comments

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    In reply to Purian23:Premium user here....I agree!!The separation of comments is unhelpful for everyone. By a

    Posted 4 years ago on Huawei Upgrades Its MacBook Pro Clone With a Hidden Camera That Looks up Your Nose – 9 Comments

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    The camera thing doesn't bother me. It is a pretty elegant solution. Sitting in a hotel room at the mom

    Posted 4 years ago on Huawei Upgrades Its MacBook Pro Clone With a Hidden Camera That Looks up Your Nose – 9 Comments

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    Good increments over what's in the S8. Not enough to make me spend the $100 (Australian) for a mid-cycle

    Posted 4 years ago on Here Is What’s Actually New on the Samsung Galaxy S9 – 23 Comments

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    In reply to jrickel96:I don't have your breadth of experience, but I use my s8 a *lot*, but with the thou

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Ships ARCore 1.0 for Android – 12 Comments

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    This serves no one. Like others have said, the deadline forces action. But 90 days at this time of year also i

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Reveals Another Microsoft Vulnerability Before Its Fixed – 96 Comments

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    In reply to kjb434:Oh. I wasn't aware of that. Thanks! Sometimes it'd be nice to just use edge on th

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About Keyboard/Mouse Support on Xbox One (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to mrdrwest:Makes sense to support the market leader, but annoying they don't support their own.

    Posted 4 years ago on Cortana Now Works With Automation Service IFTTT, More Smart Home Devices – 28 Comments

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    Every time Paul or Brad said "why do we still need skip ahead?" this is what I thought... You're in the s

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Ships the First Redstone 5 Build, Launches Windows App Previews – 21 Comments

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    Not a waste of time Debbie downers. I can see this being very useful for education - shared environment so you

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Photos Companion for Android and iOS is Now Available – 21 Comments

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    The font handling code at Apple seems to be incredibly brittle. Every 18 months or so there's some magic

    Posted 4 years ago on This Character Can Crash Almost All Apps on Apple Devices – 11 Comments

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    In reply to dcdevito:Inertia. History. Familiarity for IT. Single sign on and manageability (although mitigate

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul: February 9 (Premium) – 24 Comments

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    In reply to Omega Ra:Which probably explains why the UWP Twitter app *still* doesn't support 280 characte

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Confirms PWA Plans for Windows 10 RS4 – 79 Comments

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    So we'll have RS4 out before Build and I imagine there will be a month's worth of new Insider releas

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Announces Build 2018 Dates, Registration Opens February 15 – 9 Comments

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    Fasting is the tricky one... I really can't ignore feeling hungry.I've tried to distract from that

    Posted 4 years ago on Health Hacking: Anniversary (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    In reply to jr.flynn:Yeah, the 12MP version of photos still look amazing.I just have OneDrive backup turned on

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul: February 2 (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    uBlock Origin, which is available for Edge, seems to do a good job blocking rubbish like crypto miners. Also

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul: February 2 (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    In reply to thea2_:If you really have to just pick one or the other I think I'd go game pass. However, i

    Posted 4 years ago on More Games with Gold for Those Cold Winter Nights – 10 Comments

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    In reply to rbwatson0:It works with the proprietary wireless protocol rather than Bluetooth so should be faste

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft’s New Xbox Wireless Adapter Goes on Sale – 10 Comments

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    This is as clear as mud - could you possibly format their text a bit better?EGEntryIntel Atom/Celeron/Pentium

    Posted 4 years ago on Exclusive: New Windows 10 Consumer SKU Roadmap Revealed – 46 Comments

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    Direct link to the actual Store app rather than a scammy rip-off: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/

    Posted 4 years ago on WhatsApp’s Desktop App Now Available From the Microsoft Store – 15 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:There's no recent Windows version of Safari to turn into a desktop bridge store a

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Edge Making Its Way to the iPad Next Month – 27 Comments

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    I've been using Wunderlist because it's tied in with MS Launcher on Android and even Cortana makes i

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Begins Working on new Features for To-Do – 19 Comments

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    I don't think it's too surprising that Office 2019 won't support Windows 7 since Win 7 be near

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Giveth and Microsoft Taketh Away (Premium) – 35 Comments

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    In reply to wolters:Right-click a folder that you want to treat as "on demand" and choose "Clear Space". Also

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (February 2) – 21 Comments

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    In reply to Nic:Damn :(I was hoping someone had some success with this :D

    Posted 4 years ago on Leaving G Suite (Premium) – 68 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:You'd certainly hope so!I need to do the same with MS, maybe, in the near future.

    Posted 4 years ago on Leaving G Suite (Premium) – 68 Comments

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    It's crazy, and MS have similar things happening on their side too. I'm now in the boat of, like you

    Posted 4 years ago on Leaving G Suite (Premium) – 68 Comments

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    In reply to judgejewelz:I had to deliberately break my OneDrive file sync to stop the silly Photos app from do

    Posted 4 years ago on Latest Microsoft Photos Update Takes Story Remix to the Next Level – 9 Comments

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    My wife has the most recent galaxy note. I've got the s8. When picking out her phone, apart from the larg

    Posted 4 years ago on Samsung Teases Reimagined Camera for Galaxy S9 – 6 Comments

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    In reply to coeus89:Good question... I tend to stick with the 32 bit ones out of habit and compatibility, alth

    Posted 4 years ago on Office 365 Apps Now Available to Everyone in the Windows 10 Store – 47 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:You're a "captive" user ?

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple: Siri Now Has Over 500 Million Active Users – 39 Comments

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    In reply to Markyjns:Your logic sounds pretty plausible and is similar to the way MS counts Edge and Cortana u

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple: Siri Now Has Over 500 Million Active Users – 39 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:Also, it's worth noting that UWP apps can be flagged as having extra special permi

    Posted 4 years ago on Two More Questions About Windows 10 S (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    It's definitely that the setup exe was signed appropriately. You may find that the media creation tool wo

    Posted 4 years ago on Two More Questions About Windows 10 S (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to jbinaz:Good question - I wondered this too after seeing that part of the article.

    Posted 4 years ago on It’s Official: Google Brings Audiobooks to Google Play – 20 Comments

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    In reply to ben55124:This wins the internet today

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft’s Xbox Watch, A Piece Time Forgot – 12 Comments

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    Agree with pretty much all of this. Reminds me of various podcasts where I hear Brad talk about his Apple TV

    Posted 4 years ago on Audiobooks Will Be the Next Google Service to Ignore (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    In reply to harmjr:The ipad and Android apps started this, as they shared a common core of c++ code with os sp

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    Photos app downloading LOTS from OneDrive every day

    Hey. I've got probably over 200GB or so of photos + videos in OneDrive from my mobile phone camera roll over the years.


    I'm running Win 10 1709.


    In the past couple of weeks I get these notifications from OneDrive saying its doing a download of files in the background because the photos app has requested it.


    I get a chance to cancel it, which takes a while but does seem to cancel.


    The problem is that it'll just do it again later anyway when I'm not at the PC.


    Over the past week I've had it download well over 160GB 4 days out of 5. This morning I have 8MB (M!!) of space available again.


    It's easy to get back the space by right-clicking and telling OneDrive to "clear space" in Explorer.


    I've visited the settings area the OneDrive notification suggestions and it doesn't list the "photos" app as something I can prevent from doing these auto downloads. In fact that entire list of apps is empty - would I expect to see some there?


    The only thing I can think of is that I've got the "Auto-Save" location for pictures in the OneDrive settings set to "OneDrive" rather than "this PC only".


    My PC is domain joined... Very small directory though - literally me as the very part-time admin for a business with 4 people. No policies at all configuring the placement of pictures, documents, etc.


    Luckily I now have infinite Internet quota available at work and at home. Fortunately OneDrive is respecting the "metered network" settings for when I'm travelling too.


    Anyone else seeing this crazy behaviour??


    Thanks!

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    "Calling" one of the assistants via a phone number from Bluetooth

    I posted this as a comment on one of the "Thurrott Now" posts but it probably will never be seen by anyone there. Posting here hoping someone has an answer...



    I felt like an idiot the other day in the car. I realised by accident - due to a Game of Thrones podcast referring to Bran as "googling history" - that my S8 supported "OK, Google" through the car bluetooth.


    So during another drive I thought I'd "call my wife".


    I said OK, Google. No response.


    Hey Cortana. No response.


    Hello Bixby. No response.


    Then a few seconds later I got something about "bixby is a ...." through my car speakers.


    It wasn't immediately clear which assistant finally responded.


    Cheating and looking at the phone whilst stuck at some lights, it turns out it was Bixby.


    Getting it to "call my wife" was a *lot* harder than it was using Cortana on my Nokia 920. I loved how you could even "call cortana" via that preset phone number. That made it so easy to integrate with Car Bluetooth.


    Does anyone know if any of the assistants on the S8 (Cortana, Google or Bixby) have a similar function? I'd find that a lot more reliable than hoping the phone / bluetooth hears me and knows I want to start the conversation.


    From what I can tell, the Cortana number was 5555559876 if my Google-fu is working well today :)

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    Task scheduler failing in Windows 10 AU

    Hey,

    I've had 3x laptops that recently applied the AU.  A month ago they were literally unboxed and had Win 10 v1511 on them.  We installed one bit of software and a scheduled task - the laptops don't really get used by a person.

    Anyway, since they applied the AU update, all three have task scheduler issues.  It seems we're not alone as there are many reports on the net about task scheduler breaking things like backup apps.  I'd love to get Paul or Brad to get Microsoft to acknowledge the problem and see when a fix might be coming.  

    Example threads: https://www.2brightsparks.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=12406

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/anniversary-update-version-1607-build14393-breaks/d034ab52-5d49-4b92-976a-a1355b5a6e6d?page=1&auth=1

     

    We just have a simple command line job that needs to run, and if it's closed, start again.  A scheduled task set to run only when there's a user logged in, to not run if already running, and to try to start every minute, was perfect.  That now doesn't work - it just refuses to launch with similar error outputs as per the threads above.  If you right-click the task and run it manually you can get it to start (that might depend on settings - I've been through *many* permutations!)

    Wondering if this is biting many others.

     

    Thanks!

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