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Jules_Wombat

Member Since Dec 2016

41 Posts
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    Is it realistic to expect Devs and IT Ops staff to get along ?
    By jules_wombat, 1 year ago
    12 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Dev
    jules_wombat General Discussion Dev 1 year ago 12 Replies
    How do I get rid of MSN Bing Tab on Opening New Edge
    By jules_wombat, 1 year ago
    19 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Microsoft
    jules_wombat Microsoft Microsoft 1 year ago 19 Replies
    Why are people not buying electric cars
    By jules_wombat, 1 year ago
    161 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Hardware
    jules_wombat General Discussion Hardware 1 year ago 161 Replies
    Anyone been to the London Microsoft Store, Oxford Circus yet ?
    By jules_wombat, 1 year ago
    8 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Microsoft
    jules_wombat Microsoft Microsoft 1 year ago 8 Replies
    OK what diet is Terry Myerson on ?
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    7 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Health of Tech
    jules_wombat Microsoft Health of Tech 1 year ago 7 Replies
    Whatever Happened to Andromeda ?
    By jules_wombat, 1 year ago
    27 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    jules_wombat Microsoft Mobile 1 year ago 27 Replies
    Android Launcher Review from a Windows Phone Live Tile Refugee
    By jules_wombat, 1 year ago
    8 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    jules_wombat Microsoft Mobile 1 year ago 8 Replies
    Brilliantly navigated ‘the End of Windows’
    By jules_wombat, 1 year ago
    7 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Microsoft
    jules_wombat Microsoft Microsoft 1 year ago 7 Replies
    What did you think of Build Keynote
    By jules_wombat, 1 year ago
    5 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Microsoft
    jules_wombat Microsoft Microsoft 1 year ago 5 Replies
    So Much for the Microsoft Band Rebate
    By jules_wombat, 1 year ago
    6 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Hardware
    jules_wombat Microsoft Hardware 1 year ago 6 Replies
    So what are the most compelling Apps Launchers out there?
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    15 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Mobile
    jules_wombat General Discussion Mobile 2 years ago 15 Replies
    How do I Make Android Tolerable with Square Home Live Tiles ?
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    1 Reply
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Mobile
    jules_wombat General Discussion Mobile 2 years ago 1 Reply
    Americans Work Too Hard
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    58 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Health of Tech
    jules_wombat General Discussion Health of Tech 2 years ago 58 Replies
    Finally the Surface Phone
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    1 Reply
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    jules_wombat Microsoft Mobile 2 years ago 1 Reply
    Recommended Free Music Player for Windows
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    25 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Music + Videos
    jules_wombat Microsoft Music + Videos 2 years ago 25 Replies
    Windows Defender blocks VS Code
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    2 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    jules_wombat Microsoft Windows 2 years ago 2 Replies
    What is Andromeda ?
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    25 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    jules_wombat Microsoft Mobile 2 years ago 25 Replies
    The Rise and Fall of Nokia
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    8 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    jules_wombat Microsoft Mobile 2 years ago 8 Replies
    Anyone know where to see the Build 2018 Sessions
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    4 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Dev
    jules_wombat Microsoft Dev 2 years ago 4 Replies
    And this is why the future of Windows is irrelevant
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    39 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Microsoft
    jules_wombat Microsoft Microsoft 2 years ago 39 Replies
    Microsoft still doesn’t get gender equality
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    46 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Microsoft
    jules_wombat Microsoft Microsoft 2 years ago 46 Replies
    Ask Paul or Brad ?
    By jules_wombat, 2 years ago
    1 Reply
    Forum: Community Feedback
    Category: Podcasts
    jules_wombat Community Feedback Podcasts 2 years ago 1 Reply
    So what can we do (advise users) about Spectre Threats right now ?
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    5 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Hardware
    jules_wombat Microsoft Hardware 3 years ago 5 Replies
    CES 2018 So do we really need all this ****
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    7 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Smart Home
    jules_wombat General Discussion Smart Home 3 years ago 7 Replies
    Is Microsoft releasing W10 1709 to Phones ?
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    19 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    jules_wombat Microsoft Mobile 3 years ago 19 Replies
    Newsnight interview with Satya
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    3 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Health of Tech
    jules_wombat Microsoft Health of Tech 3 years ago 3 Replies
    Cat ate my Google Home Mini
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    3 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Hardware
    jules_wombat Google Hardware 3 years ago 3 Replies
    Why doesn’t Microsoft buy Unity Game development ?
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    1 Reply
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    jules_wombat Microsoft Windows 3 years ago 1 Reply
    So will XBox Support Nueral Net API for Machine Learning ?
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    1 Reply
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Games
    jules_wombat Microsoft Games 3 years ago 1 Reply
    Summers here, so more lay offs :(
    By jules_wombat, 3 years ago
    3 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Uncategorized
    jules_wombat Microsoft Uncategorized 3 years ago 3 Replies

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    This is pretty embarrassing when we are told the future is all cloud and Azure services. Just when we all need

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Teams Goes Down Amid Increased Usage – 19 Comments

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    I like Bill.Microsoft needs to strategy vision, perhaps it is simply Enterprise Cloud services. I just feel th

    Posted 10 months ago on Bill Gates Is Stepping Down From the Microsoft Board – 5 Comments

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    Whatever happened to the Hololens ? The Hololens 2 was announced early last year, but there has been nothing r

    Posted 10 months ago on Questions for 3/13? – 15 Comments

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    With HoloLens 2 having failed to deliver. Everyone is now waiting for Apple.

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft to Host Mixed Reality Dev Event – 3 Comments

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    I thought Joe Belfiore was going to sea on another sabbatical.

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft Reorg Puts Panos Panay in Charge of Windows – 19 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:That's unreasonable. If you were running a reasonable Taxi firm in a Town, restaura

    Posted 11 months ago on Fake Tech – 32 Comments

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    These are NOT consumer devices. They are Enterprise and Business use devices, so will be bought by IT departme

    Posted 11 months ago on I think the duo and neo are a mistake – 22 Comments

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    In reply to m_p_w_84:Why ?Do we ask Cisco, Facebook, Amazon, 3M, Google to move entirely out of the US and int

    Posted 11 months ago on EU Recommends Limiting Huawei, Not Banning It – 7 Comments

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    Yeah well, not much sympathy for the consumer here. These Apps thrive because we the consumer expect services

    Posted 11 months ago on Fake Tech – 32 Comments

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    Thankfully a rationale decision by my government, not to fall into cheap unfounded hysteria by the US. No cred

    Posted 11 months ago on Britain Will Limit, Not Ban Huawei from Its 5G Network – 13 Comments

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    Microsoft is Not a consumer brand. There is really little to no point in Microsoft retail stores, or in brick

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    In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:Thanks I have been trying all sort of Setting Options, and taken the advice below o

    Posted 1 year ago on How do I get rid of MSN Bing Tab on Opening New Edge – 19 Comments

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    In reply to robinwilson16:Yes this is exactly what I am experiencing. I cannot get rid of, or change, the dam

    Posted 1 year ago on How do I get rid of MSN Bing Tab on Opening New Edge – 19 Comments

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    In reply to lwetzel:Thanks for the effort in posting the suggestion. Unfortunately it makes no difference to t

    Posted 1 year ago on How do I get rid of MSN Bing Tab on Opening New Edge – 19 Comments

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    In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:Sorry, not clear, but how do you change the URL for the "New Tab Page ? It presumes

    Posted 1 year ago on How do I get rid of MSN Bing Tab on Opening New Edge – 19 Comments

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    In reply to lwetzel:And how do you suggest I 'Don't click on "+"' before the Browser even open

    Posted 1 year ago on How do I get rid of MSN Bing Tab on Opening New Edge – 19 Comments

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    In reply to bmatusz:Yes but that is just customising the page I want to disable the New Tab from appearing.

    Posted 1 year ago on How do I get rid of MSN Bing Tab on Opening New Edge – 19 Comments

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    How do I get rid of MSN Bing Tab on Opening New Edge

    This should really be simple and obvious but I am stumped.

    I really don't like or use MSN or Bing Search, and simply only want Google page to appear when opening the New Edge browser. But its not obvious in the settings where to disable MSN start page from being loaded. I don't Seem to have any Option of disabliing [MSN] "New Tab" from being opend upon startup. I can set Google to open on startup, but it is a Tab hidden behind MSN garbage. The Settings: "New tab page", only appears to have options on how to configure the MSN page contents.


    Quite frankly this obsfucation puts me right off using this browser.

    Posted 1 year ago on How do I get rid of MSN Bing Tab on Opening New Edge – 19 Comments

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    In reply to jumpingjackflash5:Microsoft is a Cloud and Enterprise centric business. That is their future, and

    Posted 1 year ago on How it rolls when Cortana goes – 7 Comments

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    So why is this a surprise. No one really believed the Google hype did they ?

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    Is it realistic to expect Devs and IT Ops staff to get along ?

    I know that DevOps is trying to get us to work together, but is that realistic in large projects ? We are entirely different types of people, and aptitudes. Why should we be expcted to get along ?

    I would be interested in where established organisations (not startups) see value between Apps and software staff, and the deployment and IT staff ?

    Posted 1 year ago on Is it realistic to expect Devs and IT Ops staff to get along ? – 12 Comments

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    I can also do deep convolutional network training on a gaming PC, and a full python stack. I really don'

    Posted 1 year ago on Why get a gaming PC instead of an Xbox Scarlett? – 6 Comments

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    None of this is relevant. No sensible developer would start any major development on .NET or Windows only plat

    Posted 1 year ago on The next generation of Windows Apps theory – 45 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Yeah, its as if nobody understand s that there is no market outside of the good old US o

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Is Killing Cortana for Android and IOS – 51 Comments

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    This is all pretty much irrelevant now. The developer base has moved on from using any Microsoft technologies.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Explains the Future of the Windows 10 App Platform – 50 Comments

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    OK, so here we go yet again more Bill Gates dishing. Bit Read it carefully, and Bill is merely expressing dis

    Posted 1 year ago on Gates Gets It Wrong Again on Windows Mobile (Premium) – 33 Comments

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    Should have been a UK Only offer :)

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Reveals “Most-Limited” Xbox Controller Design to date – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Bill_Russell:So you agree with Mehedi the Android user base does suffers from serious diversity in

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s iOS 13 Already Powering 50% of All iPhones – 28 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:Oh I guess that is why police always take rifles with them. Oh wait a minute. Duh

    Posted 1 year ago on A device to replace your phone (musings) – 17 Comments

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    In reply to FactoryOptimizr:Exactly - its all pretty confusing and too complex picture for developers to show

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 X : UWP neo – 34 Comments

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    So what launcher 10 configuration is that - with the menu and search bar elevated from the Task Bar ? Looks

    Posted 1 year ago on what about the older start menu is so wildly different from what we have now? – 35 Comments

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    "People buy Apple TO MAKE A STATEMENT. Because have that Apple logo … says something about the person."Well

    Posted 1 year ago on The 2019 Event Was A Disaster – 49 Comments

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    Bring Back Gabe !

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows Insider Program is Leaderless – 30 Comments

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    In reply to Greg Green:Well Trains now run on electricity (certainly in advanced nations). More Rail tracks ne

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    Well obviously a divorce would solve this dilemma.

    Posted 1 year ago on Neo & Duo pricing – 9 Comments

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    So what is the unique value proposition for Microsoft here ? Its just a commodity piece of hardware running

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Is Making a Foldable Android Phone. Yes. – 151 Comments

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    In reply to emanon2121:Agreed. Hardware evolution is all very dull and boring at the moment. What we are looki

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft’s New Surface with ARM Chip Leaks, Along With new Laptop and Pro – 26 Comments

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    In reply to maethorechannen:Well typically those governments, that take in high fuel duties (e.g. in Europe),

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    In reply to xmodal:Just about every motor manufacturer has plans to deliver electric vehicles across their ran

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:Yep absolutely, people and companues, should be (tax) encouraged to live closer to their

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    In reply to txag:Well I hope you stay awake. The falicy of using long distance examples, suggests that sensibl

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    In reply to jedwards87:And I quote "eleven years have gone by, and Artic ice is doing fine"With such stupid st

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Oh I don't know. How about dumping Oil, Gas and Coal and harvesting all that sunshi

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    In reply to sentinel6671:That is a pretty narrow-minded view lacking in foresight.

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    In reply to navarac:Yes it's rather farsical that electric scooters are currently illegal, but cycles and

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    In reply to navarac:I thought that only takes 30 min to recover 40% charge., So a necessary coffee trip on 200

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    Why are people not buying electric cars

    With climate change coming, why hasn't electric cars taken up by consumers, especially in the US where electric car sales are woefully low.

    In Europe electric cars are still expensive, but charging points are at all motorway stations, for the sake of 30 mins for a 50% charge (time fora coffee) The tax incentives are there. Our obsession with gas guzzling cars is surely acronystic.

    Unfortunately electric scooters ( more comfortable and convenient than cycling) are deemed illegal in the UK, so we are losing the opportunity to minimise urban congestion as well as fossil fuel emissions.

    Posted 1 year ago on Why are people not buying electric cars – 161 Comments

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    I hope they cover the nightmare of how to set up coherant python environments. It quickly becomes a dependency

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Launches New Python Video Series – 25 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:Get Resl. How do you explain the significant drop in Windows client native development

    Posted 1 year ago on The next generation of Windows Apps theory – 45 Comments

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    Seriously who cares. Microsoft has dumped on all the core .Net developers at Build 2011, and has not had any c

    Posted 1 year ago on The next generation of Windows Apps theory – 45 Comments

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    Or just use the Android platform. Windows is a dying platform, it certainly does has not any future in Mobile.

    Posted 1 year ago on Keep hearing about boxing 32 win apps and such. Why not Android OS? – 10 Comments

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    Well someone enjoying themselves. l guess I am rather old and out of touch, since I rather liked Windows Phon

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft the Musical – 29 Comments

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    Anyone been to the London Microsoft Store, Oxford Circus yet ?

    Just catching up, realising that the London Microsoft Store opened late July. But I have not bothered to go up to Oxford Circus of late. I wondered if anyone ( i.e. Mehedi) has popped in and had a nose around the store yet?


    I note on the website, that the store holds tutorial, gaming and minecrate sessions through the whole week. Holding more Microsot Office sessions in London would be quite effective.



    Posted 1 year ago on Anyone been to the London Microsoft Store, Oxford Circus yet ? – 8 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:I also don't like the current 5 inch plus phones, as I like to keep my phone in

    Posted 1 year ago on Samsung Galaxy Note 10 First Impressions – 25 Comments

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    Our workplace 5000+ person transition from Windows 7 to Windows 10 over the last three months has gone pretty

    Posted 1 year ago on Work moving to Windows 10… – 4 Comments

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    Interesting that not only is Android becoming the default client, but that Google Assistant now being recognis

    Posted 1 year ago on Lenovo Moves Away From Alexa With New Android Tablets – 2 Comments

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    Surely you must understand that Microsoft, like many others, is moving to cloud centric platform. Windows is

    Posted 1 year ago on Why I basically stopped being a Windows Insider – 11 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Well apart from Cars, TVs, Kiosks and IoT, yeah I guess Android is not leading anywhere

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with Samsung DeX for Windows – 43 Comments

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    Well this is a bit of a diversion to the obvious solution of Android being the desktop OS in its own right. Le

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with Samsung DeX for Windows – 43 Comments

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    It was Visual J++ that got me back into programming (For Microsoft PC platform) after not writing any code for

    Posted 1 year ago on Programming Windows: Hello, Visual J++ (Premium) – 7 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:Yeah, because that worked so well for Microsoft Windows Phone didn't it?

    Posted 1 year ago on Huawei Could Release Phone with Its Own OS This Year – 24 Comments

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    In reply to prettyconfusd:Thanks for these helpful insights. I had to fiddle with the Calendar Tile Edits, to

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Launcher Review from a Windows Phone Live Tile Refugee – 8 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:I love the Live Tiles ' At a Glance' animated Home screen. That is why I have

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Launcher Review from a Windows Phone Live Tile Refugee – 8 Comments

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    Android Launcher Review from a Windows Phone Live Tile Refugee

    So I have to finally give up on my trusted Lumia 650. And that means I have been comparing Launcher 10 against Square Home 3, as I am really keen on which Launcher recovers the best Live Tile Experience. I paid for both full version (Live Tiles on Launcher 10) as both developers deserve some credit, where Microsoft have lest us down. I have both launchers running two different Android Phones for side by side comparison.

    • Launcher 10 Marginally seems more professional looking than Square Home
    • Launcher 10 has a brief email content in Outlook Live Tile, whereas on Square Home it just an Alarm notification (no content)
    • Square Home displays upcoming event in the Calendar Live Tile, I have not seen upcoming Event listed in the Launcher 10 Live Tile. This is a rather serious omission if really the case for Launcher 10!   
    • I have not been able to get any Weather (With Microsoft MSN Weather) Live Tile on Launcher 10 working. It works on Square Home, so its not obvious what I am doing wrong (other post suggest this should work on L10?). I can get Microsoft Weather Live Tiles to work pretty easily on Square Home.
    • The  Square Home Photo Live Tile is rather more fun that Launcher 10, and easier to configure work properly
    • I note that the Launcher 10 has Live Tile on Play Store. Not Sure why needed or offered.
    • The (Google) Contacts on Launcher 10 Live are nicely animated (Windows Mobile) style. Square Home it does not to have any animated Contacts Live Tile. This is probably considered a rather superfluous animation by the Sqaure Home developers.
    • The Launcher 10 Google Music Player Live Tile shows album cover whilst playing - Almost as good as the much missed Zune Live Tile much from WP7.    


    • Neither Launcher 10 or Square Home have any integrated News Live Tile. Both leave us with a choice amongst rather weak and really ugly Android News Widgets.


    So its still a bit mixed as to which I will eventually choose. I have Square Home on my Main Phone but I would probably adopt Launcher 10, if I could get Calendar and Weather Live Tiles to work properly.


    I would be interested to know other experiences on their use of Android Live Tile Launchers


    Oh by the way, Thanks Microsoft a Bunch for not supporting us WP refugees.

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Launcher Review from a Windows Phone Live Tile Refugee – 8 Comments

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    Whatever Happened to Andromeda ?

    I guess Andromeda has gone the same way as the Surface Phone Speculation.


    Nine year ago Microsoft would have inpsired their Developer User base, by providing clear direction on its upcoming new devcies and platforms, and releasing SDKs for developers to get going on software development. But now we are all suspicious that Microsoft is all Hype, Rumour and No Delivery. So unfortunately have to accept either HTML5 Web or Android First as being the only Client platforms worth investing in.

    Posted 1 year ago on Whatever Happened to Andromeda ? – 27 Comments

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    And I would also guess that some CISCO engineers may also have previously worked in US Military services.

    Posted 1 year ago on More Huawei news – 6 Comments

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    In reply to Bill_Strong:Android is the 'new' Windows, it will be everywhere. In Cars, in Smart TVs,

    Posted 1 year ago on Centaurus to run Android apps – 17 Comments

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    What a lot of political nonsense. Americans will soon have to accept that China has superior technology in som

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. Government to Allow Huawei to Buy From U.S. Suppliers – 41 Comments

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    It looks like someone missed the memo

    Posted 1 year ago on Cortana in intensive care – 3 Comments

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    Excuse my naivity. But how do I 'Click' with Eye Tracking ? Ideally I would also like ot 'Righ

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Releases “Eyes First” Games – 9 Comments

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    Great News. It must be The Lynx Effect. Hopefully I can buy some of this in the Oxford Circus Microsoft store

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Launches Xbox-branded Shower Gel, Deodorant, Body Spray – 42 Comments

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    Finally, but now ten years too late to save the Microsoft Consumer Brand. I guess it will be interesting to

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft’s First Microsoft Store in London Opens This July – 9 Comments

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    Better call 1998, the last century is calling for you. Seriously, are you not aware of computing migration to

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft doesn’t like Windows anymore – 66 Comments

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    Well dropping my Tikka Butter Fried into my back garden, was not particularly good service.

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Invests Big on UK’s Food Delivery App Deliveroo – 3 Comments

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    To be fair, I had been waiting for that.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18898 – 4 Comments

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    Brilliantly navigated ‘the End of Windows’

    The Guardian Viewpoint on how Microsoft re invented intself:


    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/12/how-microsoft-was-resurrected-as-the-third-most-valuable-tech-company-1-trillion-dollars


    Inlcuding: " Satya brilliantly navigated ‘the End of Windows’. 

    Posted 1 year ago on Brilliantly navigated ‘the End of Windows’ – 7 Comments

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    Microsoft make a great play on accessibility, but I worry on the costs of Azure cloud services, especially for

    Posted 1 year ago on What are your thoughts on Microsoft Build? – 4 Comments

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    As a (previous) .Net developer this is good news, or more specifically the alignment into .Net 5. It all went

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Confirms UWP is Not the Future of Windows Apps – 148 Comments

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    Its great to see Google Competing with Microsoft on promoting improved accessibility technologies. Pretty well

    Posted 1 year ago on Google I/O Announcement Roundup – 10 Comments

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    Well I am a Developer, and that keynote was pretty flat. Mostly canned demos, no live coding . The keynote wa

    Posted 1 year ago on Build is (Not) Boring (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    In reply to sekim:Yes looked at Launchers (I am currently using Square Home, which is pretty good) - But they

    Posted 1 year ago on I am a Luddite – 28 Comments

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    What did you think of Build Keynote

    So I thought it was a bit flat. Satya at least refrained from his usual vision gobblygook speak, and got into a racy stride on Microsoft Azure services. Lots and Lots of partners. But no real compelling Demos or API announcements to raise the developers interests. They will all come in the sessions and other keynotes.

    So Microsoft are doing well, doing lots of good things, partnering and contributing to open source. But as a developer not really (yet) inspiring.

    Posted 1 year ago on What did you think of Build Keynote – 5 Comments

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    I am still running my Lumia 650, as my personal phone. As, in my own opinion, it is still superior to an Andro

    Posted 1 year ago on I am a Luddite – 28 Comments

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    This has happened to me. My Microsoft account has been compromised, and £120 in Microsoft vouchers claimed ag

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Account Suspicious Activity from Unusual Source – 3 Comments

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    Yep, got my payment of £150.00 from Microsoft. Considering I only paid £120.0 for my Microsoft Band 2 three

    Posted 1 year ago on Band Refunds happening – 6 Comments

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    This Just shows that Satya is obviously doing something right, and that Microsoft move into Cloud and Enterpri

    Posted 1 year ago on $1 Trillion – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Yes exactly - Office 365 replaces Desktop Office, That is simply the start. I am not dispu

    Posted 1 year ago on HP Chromebook x360 14 First Impressions – 44 Comments

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    All those deniers, don't understand business. Windows is on its way out. Business cannot afford all the

    Posted 1 year ago on HP Chromebook x360 14 First Impressions – 44 Comments

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    Looking forward to this New Edge coming to Windows 10 mobile.

    Posted 1 year ago on Living on the (New) Edge: Web Apps – 21 Comments

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    This is seriously poor user interface. I have about 120 sites captured under favourites, and about 25 used fre

    Posted 1 year ago on Living on the (New) Edge: Favorites – 17 Comments

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    So my Favourites (heirarchy) is now only three menu clicks away - Wow Great progress NOT !Any idea on how I ge

    Posted 1 year ago on Living on the (New) Edge: Getting Started – 45 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:OK Thanks for the feedback Paul. I will prompt myself again in a couple months time

    Posted 1 year ago on So Much for the Microsoft Band Rebate – 6 Comments

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    So Much for the Microsoft Band Rebate

    Some of us are still been using the Microsot Band 2. When Microsoft announced that they were disscontiniuing the Microsoft Band Services, they suggested that they were offering a rebate to current users.

    https://www.thurrott.com/microsoft/200769/microsoft-pulls-the-plug-on-microsoft-band-apps


    So far nothing, not a peep from Microsoft.


    Anyone heard anything about this mythical Microaoft Helth servcie rebate ? or do we suppose that Microsoft were acting in bad faith to suggest a rebate to its Band users.

    Posted 1 year ago on So Much for the Microsoft Band Rebate – 6 Comments

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    Must do a lot Better. Is Satya really the right person to turn this situation around ?

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Investigating Multiple Sexual Harassment Claims – 34 Comments

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    What has been identified is that this is a poor Quality Issue NOT a political issue, as the Americans would ma

    Posted 1 year ago on Brits disagree with Paul’s assessment of Huawei’s security threat – 30 Comments

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    In reply to Kudupa:Or maybe as the new genration they expect modern computing rather than legacy, tired old Wi

    Posted 1 year ago on Questions for 3/29? – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Rob_Wade:Well yeah, but late as usual. Some two years after the Battle for Britain, and France and

    Posted 1 year ago on Controversial New EU Copyright Rules Pass Another Legal Hurdle – 42 Comments

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    In reply to Daniel_Blois:What will the consumers actually be able to consume, if all the creative content is p

    Posted 1 year ago on Controversial New EU Copyright Rules Pass Another Legal Hurdle – 42 Comments

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    The EU is right. Protecting the rights of the creators and artists who create content, not freeloading Google,

    Posted 1 year ago on Controversial New EU Copyright Rules Pass Another Legal Hurdle – 42 Comments

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    Its about time the US started to listen and take instruction from the EU. The EU is right on this, and many ot

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Rejects U.S. Call for Huawei Ban – 57 Comments

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    Err well perhaps it is because they don't want a private company to be profiteering, or scraping valuable

    Posted 1 year ago on BBC is Blocking Google Podcasts – 29 Comments

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    Neither is evil, that's a pretty stupid adjective to apply. They are just successful business models ba

    Posted 1 year ago on Which is less evil? Google vs Apple – 20 Comments

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    This is a Game Changer

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Launches New Stadia Game Streaming Service – 50 Comments

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    Hopefully they will be offering us a cash refund, for those of us who have streamed Music from OneDrive into G

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Kills OneDrive Music Streaming in Groove Music – 85 Comments

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    Brad, Do you feel that an Android based desktop represents any significant threat to Windows in business ? [H

    Posted 1 year ago on Questions for 3 15? Drop them here – 13 Comments

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    This is an obvious play to wipe out 95% of the residual Window user base. Most normal users prefer Android ov

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Q Has a Built-In Desktop Mode – 24 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:He has trippled Microsoft Share Price, making it briefly (over New Year) the most valued US c

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Wants to Help Business Leaders Learn About AI – 9 Comments

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    Winter is Coming

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Wants to Help Business Leaders Learn About AI – 9 Comments

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    As one of the truly ugliest Applications, Calculator deserves complete rewrite, possibly with a proper dark mo

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Is Open Sourcing…Windows Calculator – 27 Comments

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    Well that's a bit dissapointing I am still using Microsoft Band 2. I have been using for about three year

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Microsoft Band Apps – 42 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:Microsoft are not 'implying' that this is only for Enterprise, Alex Kipman ha

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with HoloLens 2 – 60 Comments

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    So did you like it ? One query is that there will be no Developers Edition, 'only for Enterprises' i

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with HoloLens 2 – 60 Comments

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    In reply to eshy:Apart from Magic Leap and Mobile Phones as being more realistic application of Augmented Real

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces the Next HoloLens – 63 Comments

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    In reply to WP7Mango:What evidence do you have that Hololens is a success, in Enterprise ? Its still in devel

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft’s Next Gen HoloLens Leaks Ahead of Keynote – 10 Comments

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    Awesome, this kicks Andromeda into the long Grass

    Posted 1 year ago on Samsung Unveils Its $1980 Foldable Phone, the Galaxy Fold – 36 Comments

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    Hopefully a very high end gaming console from Google, coupled to streaming Google gaming cloud services.

    Posted 1 year ago on Google’s Hosting a Gaming-Related Keynote Next Month – 3 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:They may need two large screens, Keyboards and peripherals, but theuy Don't need Wi

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows losing focus? – 118 Comments

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    In reply to Greg Green:Because Business is moving on. More business users are adopting Office 365 services fro

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows losing focus? – 118 Comments

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    Windows as a Client platform is diminishing. Its obvious in a cloud and mobile (aka Android) centric world. Sa

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows losing focus? – 118 Comments

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    Its Interesting that Google DialogFlow enables Voice from Cortana conversations, as if anyone is actually usin

    Posted 1 year ago on Google No Longer Considers Cortana a Competitor – 18 Comments

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    Why do you keep flogging a dead horse ? This has been pretty obvious for three + years now. Just accept that

    Posted 1 year ago on Joining the world of ambient computing – 4 Comments

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    In reply to James_B:Because an icon centric Home Screen, without Live Tiles, is hardly state of the art UI. It

    Posted 1 year ago on WindowsPhone Angst – 60 Comments

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    I don't miss Windows Phone. I am still using my Lumia 650 as my main phone. Quite simply it is a superior

    Posted 1 year ago on WindowsPhone Angst – 60 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Thank goodness Satya is a lot smarter than you. The next wave was Cloud services. How

    Posted 1 year ago on WindowsPhone Angst – 60 Comments

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    In reply to TheJoeFin:Microsoft share Price has Trebled over last Three years and was the top US Richest Compa

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 1 25 19 Podcast? – 15 Comments

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    What Android Apps Launcher do you prefer to use?And what, if any, features of W10 mobile Live Tiles do you mis

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 1 25 19 Podcast? – 15 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:We'll yes, I am partially invested into Microsoft services. I have been unable to get

    Posted 2 years ago on So what are the most compelling Apps Launchers out there? – 15 Comments

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    In reply to James_B:Hello, I tried Microsoft Launcher, perhaps need to look at it again with all the recommend

    Posted 2 years ago on So what are the most compelling Apps Launchers out there? – 15 Comments

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    In reply to Minke:So does that mean you are not bothered by any WhatApps or Text Messaging Icons/Notifications

    Posted 2 years ago on So what are the most compelling Apps Launchers out there? – 15 Comments

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    So what are the most compelling Apps Launchers out there?

    A users Home screen Apps launch page, is probably the most intimate and viewed 2 x 5 inch pixel space used by smartphone consumers. Obviously this is all a bit of a personal preference.

    What do users recommend as being their favourite and most compelling Apps launchers ? 

    Ideally a Home , Apps Launcher experience that is consistent with the use of Microsoft Services and Apos and synchronised with use of Windows 10 PCs desktops. That is what Microsoft keeps promising an seamless Windows PC to Android/ iOS experience.

    Posted 2 years ago on So what are the most compelling Apps Launchers out there? – 15 Comments

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    How do I Make Android Tolerable with Square Home Live Tiles ?

    I have been stalling on making the miserable transition from the superior Windows Mobile Live Tile User Experience to Android.  Since I really cannot contemplate using the very dated ten year old icon(widget) centric default experience. The Microsoft Launcher is rather half baked. So I have been looking at the Square Home Launcher. So far it is looking to be a really really pretty and a highly customisable Tile based experience. The Core UI customisation options are much better than on Windows Mobile and the Photo Live Tile is simply awesome.


    However I am having problems getting a personalised Live Tiles experience, and in particular synchronising from a Microsoft Applications/ Services, to provide a seamless Android (Square Home) ó Windows 10 PC experience.  In particular the following Live Tiles are not supported (or at least I haven’t found a way to set these up, if anyone has any suggestions):


    a)     The Calendar App, is obviously synched to Google Calendar.  [ I have been unable to sync, or ingest Microsoft Outlook Calendar with Google Calendar, and hence this Live Tile.

    b)     Similarly I have not found a way to sync the email Live Tile notifications to Outlook, instead of Gmail (Or to get Gmail to read my Outlook/Hotmail accounts.)

    c)      Surprisingly there is no News Live Tile. I would be happy enough with Google News Notifications.

    d)     There is no Google Assist Live Tile [Notifications]. (As an obvious replacement to Cortana Live Tile)

    e)     There is no Weather Live Tile.

    f)      It would be highly desirable for a partially animated peoples/ Contacts Live Tile against Microsoft Accounts, or Google.

    g)     It would be highly desirable for a Music Live Tile, as per the Original Zune Player Live Tile, inviting music play, with scrolling Album art images  (Configured to Google Music Player, or Groove, another, Album Art etc)  

    h)     It would be highly desirable for a health Live Tile. Synchronised Step, Calorie counts against mainstream health Apps.


    Apart from that its sort of OK as a pretty launcher, but does not yet provide that 'One Glance' animated Windows Phone experience.


    Square Home developers should support a wider range of Live Tiles, to recover the True Windows Phone Experience. If Microsoft wants to remain relevant in Mobile, it should really partner and support Square Home, in recovering the Windows Phone Live Tile Experience, and ensuring its Own Applications are supported in Square One Live Tiles. That would promote a Microsoft User experience, use of its services and coherence with Windows Desktop.

    Failure to engage, will see most of drift more into Google Services. (e.g. I have configured my  Square Home Swipe Left to Invoke the stunning Google Assist.)    

    Posted 2 years ago on How do I Make Android Tolerable with Square Home Live Tiles ? – 1 Comments

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    Yep, the final destination is laptop/desktop Android mode, which is what Windows RT and Windows 10S should ha

    Posted 2 years ago on Android Is Getting a System-Wide Dark Mode, and a Potential Desktop Mode – 25 Comments

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    Awesome - Setting the Standard for Graphical artists and Aspirations for the rest of us.

    Posted 2 years ago on Surface Studio 2 Now Available for Pre-Order in the UK – 5 Comments

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    Interesting, but so begat the whole pain of python dependencies, incompatible module versions and environments

    Posted 2 years ago on Python Lands on the Windows 10 App Store – 19 Comments

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    In reply to John_Craig:Yep Enterprise services may not be 'sexy' but they keep you in business, unli

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Warns of Quarterly Revenue Shortfall – 78 Comments

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    But I understood that they actually make more money on AWS than they do in Retail ? Its a pretty awesome logi

    Posted 2 years ago on Amazon Shipped More Than a Billion Products This Holiday – 6 Comments

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    Yep the frustrations of modern computing. Simply creating a Word document, as it attempts to connect to servic

    Posted 2 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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    At least its reassuring to know that Amazon could not predict the demands on their service, from their own sal

    Posted 2 years ago on Alexa Goes Down in the UK on Christmas Day – 12 Comments

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    To be fair to Cortana, there was no Test to check on upcoming appointments in Outlook. I think Cortana is pre

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Assistant Takes the Crown, Cortana Sits Last on Smart Speaker IQ Test – 15 Comments

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    Would we be able to run a Browser (e.g. Edge) in this sandbox, and feel safe from nefarious web sites ?

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 Will Soon Let You Create Temporary Windows Sandbox Environments for Testing – 12 Comments

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    I received it, as a System update, last Tuesday.

    Posted 2 years ago on I was just offered 1809 – 9 Comments

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    Whatever happened to Andromeda ? Was it a mobile device, and would it still have any relevance now that Samsun

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 12/14 – 14 Comments

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    Yep as most people do

    Posted 2 years ago on Start Menu Pinning – 24 Comments

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    NoChrome only real competitor is Firefox. Edge is and was akways irrelevant.

    Posted 2 years ago on Did Edge make Google improve Chrome? – 14 Comments

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    In reply to simont:Unless is a Close in Weapons System, like Phalanx against Missiles etc.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft has gone too far this time – 20 Comments

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    Using Windows 10 on Tablets is a terrible user experience. Windows 8.1 RT was a much better tablet experience

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 is a better tablet OS than Chrome OS, huge opportunity for Microsoft – 58 Comments

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    No its the realisation actually that paying £500 every couple of years for a phone that is little different f

    Posted 2 years ago on The Best Smartphone May Be the One You Already Own (Premium) – 54 Comments

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    Why is Dona Sarker still in post ?

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Finally Re-Released – 52 Comments

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    Microsoft is certainly a Long way from "Code Complete"

    Posted 2 years ago on The Sams Report: Houston, We Have an 1809 – 11 Comments

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    Finally the Surface Phone

    The Foldable (Surface) Phone is what Microsoft should have done years ago, if they wanted to stay relewvant in mobile. A hinge will look a bit silly now.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/08/samsung-unveils-foldable-phone-as-it-tries-to-regain-edge-on-apple


    Posted 2 years ago on Finally the Surface Phone – 1 Comments

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    yet another flimst 3D tool from Microsoft. Needs to be as intuitive as Google Sketchup to create NEW 3d object

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Making a Prototyping Tool for VR – 2 Comments

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    Windows 8.1 was a great Touch based OS for Tablets and Mobile devices. Much better than Windows 10 Tablet expe

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 8.1 New Perspective – 42 Comments

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    I always thought the Holoens missed the essential Lighter feature. Some of still smoke, and don't carry m

    Posted 2 years ago on Next-Gen HoloLens Now Reportedly Shipping Next Year – 4 Comments

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    What has Dona Sarker said about all this. Isn't she responsible for Windwos Releases and the Insider Prog

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Begins the “Re-release” of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update – 72 Comments

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    Great, loads of negativity, just what we want to promote the Windows Platform.So do you have any constructive

    Posted 2 years ago on Are the Stars Aligning for Microsoft + Google? (Premium) – 52 Comments

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    In reply to kenspencerbrown:Until the usual Microsoft - Oh no one seems to be using OneNote UWP, so lets cance

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Moves Away From Office Mobile – 48 Comments

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    And Microsoft wonder why the modern developer has given up on Windows development. They confuse us with their

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Moves Away From Office Mobile – 48 Comments

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    In reply to jdmp10:I wasn't really convinced by Pauls response that Productivity advantage of Windows is

    Posted 2 years ago on Live from Ignite! – Windows Weekly 588 – 2 Comments

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    The vertical stand option obviously outstanding feature. But at this display this size, (and price) I would id

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with Surface Hub 2 – 27 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I look up from my desk, 60 people in m open plan area. They are using Word, Excel, Email

    Posted 2 years ago on Why the iPad can’t replace a PC – explained by Apple – 56 Comments

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    So much for "Game of Thrones" then

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Says No to Sex and Violence for Its Streaming Service – 56 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Oh dear, the same old Trope from PC geeks: "Well I couldn't use an iPad because I

    Posted 2 years ago on Why the iPad can’t replace a PC – explained by Apple – 56 Comments

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    First two statements are True, the last statement is False.

    Posted 2 years ago on Why the iPad can’t replace a PC – explained by Apple – 56 Comments

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    So much for Cortana then :(Another previously Microsoft lauded feature bites the dust.

    Posted 2 years ago on Tip: Harman Kardon Invoke is Just $50 at Best Buy – 45 Comments

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    Most of us in Europe, and especially in the UK would like to see Amazon pay their fair, and moral, taxes on th

    Posted 2 years ago on Now the EU is Investigating Amazon Too – 28 Comments

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    Don't fret. Microsoft is right not to respond to the latest consumer fashion. The smartest strategy is to

    Posted 2 years ago on Surrender as a strategy – 22 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:I think you have exposed rather more about yourself, than made any compelling argume

    Posted 2 years ago on Linus Torvalds Apologizes for Being a Jerk – 88 Comments

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    In reply to markiehill:I would think that Galaxy Note would be the most obvious contender for note taking and

    Posted 2 years ago on Surface go – for note taking – 38 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:Oh dear, someone hasn't discovered OneNote.

    Posted 2 years ago on Surface go – for note taking – 38 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:Don't worry, most normal people don't get excited or show any interest in any

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Inches Closer to Release – 10 Comments

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    And yet they still not prepared to pay their fair share of Taxes in Europe. Rather Distasteful to all the law

    Posted 2 years ago on Amazon Hits $1 Trillion Valuation – 7 Comments

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    Cortana failed as relied upon a strong mobile consumer usage. Cortana appeared to be developing about three ye

    Posted 2 years ago on Does Cortana have any point any more ? – 43 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:Microsoft had zilch input to Pureview, that was Nokia developed technology that Microsoft

    Posted 2 years ago on HMD Acquires PureView Trademark from Microsoft – 17 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Well yes, at the risk if getting into a political debate, 'socialism' is consi

    Posted 2 years ago on Americans Work Too Hard – 58 Comments

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    Americans Work Too Hard

    It would appear (from a European) that Americans work much too hard. Apparently only getting something like 12 holiday days a year, compared to our French neighbours who take whole of August off !

    Why is that, when the dream from the sixties was that technology would give us more leisure time, not less. Do we all want to end up like Elon Musk ?

    Posted 2 years ago on Americans Work Too Hard – 58 Comments

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    In reply to spacein_vader:Well my broken Groove installation is on a Test PC, not my main desktop, so not so u

    Posted 2 years ago on Recommended Free Music Player for Windows – 25 Comments

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    Its pretty simplea) Ditch Windows, its much too bloated to run on cheap hardwareb) Fully adopt ARM hardwareIf

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft needs a real Chromebook alternative – 85 Comments

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    Never left, still running my Lumia 650 as personal phone, because bluntly, (IMHO) it remains the most attracti

    Posted 2 years ago on Going back to windows mobile – 13 Comments

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    I doubt it, but its not really an issue anymore. Microsoft has recognised that there is no value in Windows Pl

    Posted 2 years ago on Will Windows 10 every hit a billion users? – 13 Comments

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    Out of the Frying pan into … Utterly pointless move

    Posted 2 years ago on Google’s Locationgate scandal is why I’m switching to the iPhone – 29 Comments

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    Useless as a first line device, because the 5 hour Battery Life is so poor, and the Industrial Design edges is

    Posted 2 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    In reply to spacein_vader:Dopamine does look pretty cool, I will give that a try.

    Posted 2 years ago on Recommended Free Music Player for Windows – 25 Comments

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    In reply to lecter:Would that work on Windows Phone [Edge browser based]? -

    Posted 2 years ago on Recommended Free Music Player for Windows – 25 Comments

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    In reply to kherm:Yep I can still use Groove on my Windows Phone Surface Pro, general desktop but it has sto

    Posted 2 years ago on Recommended Free Music Player for Windows – 25 Comments

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    In reply to jumpingjackflash5:I had a look. Its OK, but not particualry attractive presentayion for casual con

    Posted 2 years ago on Recommended Free Music Player for Windows – 25 Comments

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    Recommended Free Music Player for Windows

    Now that Groove Music seems to be broken/ un supported on some of my Windows 10 Machines. (Unable to repair installations, via Powershell, sfc scans ect) I now have to look for another Windows 10 Music Player, to play my ripped CDs and OneDrive music.

    I can still use Media Player, and I guess VLC. I would really like an attractive music player like the superior looking Zune player, but that no longer installs on W10 reliably (like Groove).

    So does anyone have any Suggestions on a Free, Non Subscription Music Player for Windows 10? Spotify is a none starter as it posts Ads on my own music !


    And where is Joe Belaforie, so I can give him a slap !


    Posted 2 years ago on Recommended Free Music Player for Windows – 25 Comments

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    And this is why Android will become the default Client platform, because it does support mouse. I don't k

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple is stupid for not bringing mouse support to the iPad – 54 Comments

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    Yeah Great for Dolphins. Lets all just trash our old Tech. The selfish Western lifestyle really has to ask q

    Posted 2 years ago on iFixit Goes Inside the Surface Go, Awards a Low Repairability Score – 29 Comments

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    As Paul has indicated, this is down to growth in Apple services. Apple devices are premier, but even Apple rec

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Becomes the First $1 Trillion Company – 34 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:Not if you are a Microsoft shareholder. As a business Microsoft is doing extremely

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Delivers a Blockbuster Quarter, But… – 62 Comments

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    When will Tech Journalists start to understand that the future is about Services rather than Devices. That is

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Delivers a Blockbuster Quarter, But… – 62 Comments

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    In reply to jaboonday:Yep the Cable and Internet providers need some more competition, and give us an alternat

    Posted 2 years ago on The 5G Hype Is Inexplicable to Me – 16 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:OK CheersBrad also provided his view in todays (20/07/2018) Sams report. Where he specu

    Posted 2 years ago on What is Andromeda ? – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:and ?

    Posted 2 years ago on What is Andromeda ? – 25 Comments

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    Hi Brad.What do you understand Andromeda device to be?What platform would it run?And if it is Windows, why wou

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 7/20? – 9 Comments

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    What is Andromeda ?

    There seems to be a lot of confident talk about an Andromeda device, without any basis in fact or annoucement from Microsoft.

    Yesterday on Windows Weekly it was suggested Andromeda as being a small mobile Windows based Note taking device.

    But surely any mobile device, will require an mobile Apps ecosystem, and that excludes Windows as a platform. A mobile device without Apps, will not be acceptable to the buisness or consumer market. The only solution woud be an Android based device that would host OneNote and Android Apps the user wanted.

    Posted 2 years ago on What is Andromeda ? – 25 Comments

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    No thanks :)

    Posted 2 years ago on Casper matress review? – 35 Comments

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    and Leo was watching in on YouTube, revealing the mid second half score 1-1. Still have to accept that the sma

    Posted 2 years ago on Salt in the wound – 3 Comments

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    In reply to johnh3:They are also investing (all that Microsoft) money into leading 5G infrastructure through E

    Posted 2 years ago on The Rise and Fall of Nokia – 8 Comments

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    That wide bezel may have been acceptable in 2015, not so much in a 2018 device.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Engineer Dives Deep Into Surface Go’s Design – 15 Comments

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    The Rise and Fall of Nokia

    For Interest BBC4 at 9 pm (UK Time)

    Notwithstanding the predictable lazy narrative suggesting that Nokia are now in a poor business position. Hey Ho

    Posted 2 years ago on The Rise and Fall of Nokia – 8 Comments

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    In reply to Bdsrev:Exactly my point !vapourware.

    Posted 2 years ago on why I believe Andromeda is important and needed – 52 Comments

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    And what makes you think you know what Andromeda is ?It's only fan boy hype.Any reentry into the Mobile

    Posted 2 years ago on why I believe Andromeda is important and needed – 52 Comments

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    Yep I would be interested in the battery life.

    Posted 2 years ago on Casper matress review? – 35 Comments

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    Get with the program.  The days of heavyweight client platforms are over for the majority of users. The f

    Posted 2 years ago on Love Windows – 41 Comments

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    Microsoft should return to 3 year cycles, so that they could actually deliver compelling features. The so call

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Pulls Sets From Windows 10 Redstone 5 – 34 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:Intel and x86 is a legacy 20th century solution. Modern mobile compute is all ARM no

    Posted 2 years ago on Snapdragon 1000 Suggests Qualcomm Is Serious About the PC Market – 71 Comments

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    Why are people talking about "Andromeda" device ? is there any factual basis to all the speculation. Just li

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 6/22? – 19 Comments

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    Matter of fact it's all dark.

    Posted 2 years ago on Moving to the dark side… – 14 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:Like Duh !Andromeda will be Android based.

    Posted 2 years ago on Split View Support is Coming to Microsoft Edge for iOS – 13 Comments

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    I never understand why Microsoft does not support Vertical Split view, in browsers, just like the split view i

    Posted 2 years ago on Split View Support is Coming to Microsoft Edge for iOS – 13 Comments

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    Microsoft Edge is now taking 90 seconds to load first site (on one of my machines) since the April 2018 update

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Credits AI for April 2018 Update Rollout Success – 61 Comments

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    What is the big vision for Redstone, its at all not clear anymore?Why should anyone invest time with Windows 1

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Ships Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17686 – 11 Comments

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    In reply to TheJoeFin:So the advice will be to always close your lid, in case your Manager calls in the middle

    Posted 2 years ago on Always Connected PC – 9 Comments

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    Don't Do It Microsoft ! A majority of GitHub users still hate Microsoft through narrow arcane rationale.

    Posted 2 years ago on Report: Microsoft in Talks to Buy GitHub – 35 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Yep my preferred development choice is C# in visual studio. But the VS studio IDE

    Posted 2 years ago on Is Microsoft good at actual software? – 61 Comments

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    I thought Cortana was supposed to sort all this

    Posted 2 years ago on Under New Leadership, Microsoft To-Do is Getting new Features in June – 18 Comments

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    The Nokia Branding is critical global brand, and most of those Nokia engineers Microsoft (Satya) laid off simp

    Posted 2 years ago on HMD to Expand its Nokia Phone Portfolio – 37 Comments

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    In reply to Dick_O_Rosary:Oh come on, Google Glass shipped a lot more units than HoloLens. Google has not give

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Building the Next-Gen HoloLens in Broad Daylight – 29 Comments

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    The Kinect is only the sensor component. The real problem with HoloLens is the Processing power and the Projec

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Building the Next-Gen HoloLens in Broad Daylight – 29 Comments

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    Microsoft used to be really good at Software and supporting Software Developers. But they cannot seem to write

    Posted 2 years ago on Is Microsoft good at actual software? – 61 Comments

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    This is dumb."capabilities of PWAs with Windows-specific features." We have all been down this road before, a

    Posted 2 years ago on This is What Microsoft Said About PWAs at Build 2018 – 71 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:Except for the hundreds of millions and millions of businesses. Duh.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Unveils Gorgeous New Surface Hub 2 – 46 Comments

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    Developers won't be fooled by Microsoft old tricks, with suggestions of platform specific code in web app

    Posted 2 years ago on This is What Microsoft Said About PWAs at Build 2018 – 71 Comments

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    In reply to brad-sams:OK, would be really interested in what value physically going to these events really ach

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 5/11? – 9 Comments

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    Why do you, Paul and Mary Jo go to Build ?It seems that you become typically rather bored and disappointed eve

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 5/11? – 9 Comments

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    Dunno, but who really cares about Microsoft Laptops ?Its just a laptop, plenty of better choices out there alr

    Posted 2 years ago on There’s probably going to be a Surface Laptop refresh this year – 14 Comments

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    Anyone know where to see the Build 2018 Sessions

    In previous years Microosft has posted all its Build develoiper sessions on Channel 9 for viewing. This year it seems you have to sign in to Channel 9 with a MS account to view. (Fair enough) But they are still not available, instead "Video Added to your Queue" so where and how do these videos become available ?

    Anyone know how to access and view the Build 2018 videos ?

    Posted 2 years ago on Anyone know where to see the Build 2018 Sessions – 4 Comments

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    And little to nothing about PWA in the keynote, nothing about Andromina that seems to excite Mary Jo so much,

    Posted 2 years ago on Well… Microsoft Build was generally boring for Windows – 13 Comments

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    Pretty impressive upgrades to their Assistant, six new voices, and more conversational interactions. Google Du

    Posted 2 years ago on Google I/O 2018: Everything You Need to Know – 34 Comments

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    This is interesting, taking a consumer product, and handing that compelling technology back to developers and

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Isn’t Done With Kinect Yet – 8 Comments

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    Just when you thought Edge could not get any worse. Along comes Windows 10 1803 !Now fails to open web sites u

    Posted 2 years ago on does Microsoft care about Edge? – 66 Comments

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    So if PWAs are so great and flexible. Can we assume that Microsoft will make on last ditch effort, and make P

    Posted 2 years ago on Interesting PWAs to check out? – 2 Comments

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    Too Late and so no AppsToo Much OS churn so the Developers got frustrated Not enough promotion or commitment (

    Posted 2 years ago on Did regular consumers just not know about Windows Phone? – 44 Comments

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    But still 10x more sales than the total Cortana device sales. Don't throw stones from glass houses

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Struggles to Sell the HomePod – 42 Comments

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    If you wanted to protest, you would do more 'damage' to Facebook, by posting and putting up miss in

    Posted 2 years ago on Deleted My Facebook Account – 31 Comments

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    So if PWA is to save the Microsoft Store, why doesn't Joe B, get his finger out to ensure PWA runs on Win

    Posted 2 years ago on The First Set of PWAs Land on the Microsoft Store – 61 Comments

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    In reply to warren:They Obviously don't feel they need to hurry, maybe it will be awesome, juts like wait

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Moves New Mac Pro Launch to Next Year – 48 Comments

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    Great, But Lets first see if they can actually deliver on the promise shall we.

    Posted 2 years ago on I chided the "Mac Pro in 2019" news, but Apple’s Pro Worfklow Team should encourage the Apple faithful (and scare Panos Panay) – 22 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Yep OK, lets all just stick our heads back in the sand. If you don't think current

    Posted 2 years ago on And this is why the future of Windows is irrelevant – 39 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:The application of deeper and deeper networks, and that only Google with huge compute po

    Posted 2 years ago on And this is why the future of Windows is irrelevant – 39 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Who said anything about Quantum compute being used in the clients ?What I am saying is w

    Posted 2 years ago on And this is why the future of Windows is irrelevant – 39 Comments

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    Yeah well somebody obviously been reading my posts.As previously posted, Windows won't die, it will simpl

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows, Diminished (Premium) – 139 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:You are just plain wrong, the future of compute is in the cloud, not today but in te

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows, Diminished (Premium) – 139 Comments

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    In reply to JohnGalt1717:Except IBM are leading with Google in Quatum computing. They also offer superior AI s

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows, Diminished (Premium) – 139 Comments

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    Seems like a pretty impressive list to me, along with lots of under the hood details. You missed the Linux su

    Posted 2 years ago on Three years of Windows 10 – An Assessment – 14 Comments

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    In reply to SherlockHolmes:No one is claiming an end to the desktop, simply that it is being diminished to pla

    Posted 2 years ago on And this is why the future of Windows is irrelevant – 39 Comments

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    Windows 10 is perfectly OK, its just not particularly compelling or exciting. Mac OS, Android, Linux, are noth

    Posted 2 years ago on Complaining about Windows – 43 Comments

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    And this is why the future of Windows is irrelevant

    The future compute and information exploitation will be in the Cloud and Cloud services. That requires a step change in compute, which is why the investment in Quantum compute is so critical to their future.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43580972

    Obviously Microsoft are behind IBM and Google on this next wave, but they appear to be betting on a different Particle.

    All this makes discussions on client platforms rather moot. The client has be commoditised, we need to move on. Hoping we will hear a bit more at Build about how they intend to make this future available to us developers, since we know Google are so close to announcing their 50 Qubit compute.

    Posted 2 years ago on And this is why the future of Windows is irrelevant – 39 Comments

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    Not sure he is leaving ( just yet) just shoved aside, which is just another way of asking him to leave. Lukew

    Posted 2 years ago on The end of the Terry Myerson era – 10 Comments

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    In reply to FalseAgent:Pretty sure he is leaving, despite what he and others may be saying right now. He is ou

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Windows Gets a New Leader – 71 Comments

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    Pretty awesome move

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Opens up the Windows Subsystem for Linux to All Developers – 9 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:Yep all of the above. Just by referring to "Services", "Registry" etc you still not ackno

    Posted 2 years ago on Win32 and misconceptions – 108 Comments

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    In reply to longhorn:Most consumers are and have left Windows for general computing needs. Enterprise and busi

    Posted 2 years ago on Win32 and misconceptions – 108 Comments

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    Nope Windows Rot is real and maintaining Windows machines involve too much constant maintenance, attention and

    Posted 2 years ago on Win32 and misconceptions – 108 Comments

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    But then you cannot really accuse Cambridge Analytica of 'stealing' the data. Facebook made the dat

    Posted 2 years ago on Cambridge Analytica Isn’t Facebook’s Fault – 109 Comments

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    Absolutely, once we get rich PWAs the value of a heavyweight and complex Client platform like Windows, MacOS a

    Posted 2 years ago on Chromebook – 90 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Like open sourcing their .Net stack. The suggestion is to open source the Edge web cli

    Posted 2 years ago on Azure OS – 8 Comments

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    In reply to brad-sams:I don't perceive Windows RT as a web client, it was pretty heavy and ran version of

    Posted 2 years ago on Azure OS – 8 Comments

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    In reply to Bob Nelson:Oh I think he does get it (now), but he is simply moving Microsoft quick enough. Its pr

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft still doesn’t get gender equality – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Roger Ramjet:You need an explanation ?In light of Satya having to apologise a couple years back, w

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft still doesn’t get gender equality – 46 Comments

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    Microsoft still doesn't get gender equality

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/13/microsoft-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-lacklustre-response


    Oh Dear, it seems that Satya still doesn't get it.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft still doesn’t get gender equality – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Angusmatheson:Well if you are happy to run a spreadsheet applicaiton on a iPad Pro without a Mouse

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows on ARM – 27 Comments

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    We have 2x Surface Hubs and 2 x Hololones in our Innovation labs. Interesting demo technology, but still not

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Confirms Next-Gen Surface Hub – 24 Comments

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    Nope. Windows Phone [7]/ Mobile was already dead wrt to marketshare in 2010, when it was already late after An

    Posted 2 years ago on By killing Windows phone, this is what Microsoft will lose – 15 Comments

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    No consumer will buy a mobile device with a hinge down the middle of its display. That is just the stupid thin

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Andromeda May Be a Modular Mobile Device – 24 Comments

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    Umm yeah what was it called now - Windows 10 I think.I quite Liked Windows 95 when it canme out obviously, and

    Posted 2 years ago on What was the last version of Windows you truly loved (From a GUI)? – 35 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Yeah I know its an emulation but the Use case for this is what ? A subset emulation of

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Finally Documents the Limitations of Windows 10 on ARM – 117 Comments

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    So as many of have stated here many times before, this is just a Windows RT rehash.No obvious Use Case.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Finally Documents the Limitations of Windows 10 on ARM – 117 Comments

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    In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:Nokia is leading 5G Wireless development in Europe, as well as Infrastructure se

    Posted 2 years ago on Yes, Nokia Should Have Chosen Android, Not Windows Phone (Premium) – 55 Comments

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    So its an Apple branded wireless speaker then. OK.

    Posted 2 years ago on HomePod Initial Impressions – 45 Comments

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    Yep, that would be a consideration. It looks as though Microsoft wants to 'fill up their Apps Store'

    Posted 2 years ago on PWA – Solving the app gap on Future Window Mobile Device – 2 Comments

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    Probably just the same as Build 2011, where they told us to give up on .NET and adopt JavaScript as their own

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces Build 2018 Dates, Registration Opens February 15 – 9 Comments

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    In reply to JaviAl:OK so by approach suggests I could run C# developed and UWP apps on all platforms via WebAs

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Confirms PWA Plans for Windows 10 RS4 – 79 Comments

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    Excuse my ignorance, but can I code PWAs in strongly typed C# language, or will I be expected to code up PWAs

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Confirms PWA Plans for Windows 10 RS4 – 79 Comments

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    In reply to bunchel:You are not a typical consumer. The typical consumer (99%) does NOT factor, value or are

    Posted 2 years ago on The retreat from consumer products – 39 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:Yes This. Microsoft is being very successful in the direction its taking on Enterprise an

    Posted 2 years ago on The retreat from consumer products – 39 Comments

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    In reply to bunchel:I said platform ( aka Windows is) is considered free and not valued by consumers, not Ser

    Posted 2 years ago on The retreat from consumer products – 39 Comments

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    Yep makes obvious business sense.

    Posted 2 years ago on Exclusive: New Windows 10 Consumer SKU Roadmap Revealed – 46 Comments

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    Well obviously, nothing newYou answered it by admitting that the consumer regards the platform as a free commo

    Posted 2 years ago on The retreat from consumer products – 39 Comments

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    Can you explain why Microsoft would be upgrading their Windows 10 camera app without any Mobile platform ?

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 2/1? – 10 Comments

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    Well at least Paul didn't punch his producer in the face because he couldn't get a hot steak. Amazon

    Posted 2 years ago on More premium articles for Basic members – 33 Comments

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    err umm without Windows Mobile/Phone what is the point here ? - I am confused what use is a "Camera App" in W

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Tests New Windows Camera Update to Enable Future Innovation – 17 Comments

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    Ask Paul or Brad ?

    We have had ask Brad for a couple years every Friday, now we can ask Paul. Which is best ?

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul or Brad ? – 1 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:But the Surface Pro is a really awesome pwerful ultrabook, light and neat to carry around. In

    Posted 3 years ago on I bought a Surface Pro (2017) and I’m going to return it – 29 Comments

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    In reply to longhorn:I am really happy with my Surface Pro 4. It has been a great reliable and performant dev

    Posted 3 years ago on I bought a Surface Pro (2017) and I’m going to return it – 29 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Is Google Maps the Best ? maybe in general. But do Google Maps support Speed Limit

    Posted 3 years ago on No Bing Maps app – 5 Comments

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    So what can we do (advise users) about Spectre Threats right now ?

    So I get paranoid, and have run Steve Gibson tool as advised on Windows Weekly. (All Clear on my two year old SurFace Pro 4 on both Meltdown and Spectre, which is kinda impressive) But on my two desktops, I have Spectre Warning, Hardware BIOS not Updated on both machines. This is on a 3 month old MSI X99 A modern Motherboard, as well as as on a 5 year old ASUS Motherboard. The ASUS site is not very helpful on anything related to the supporting motherboard BIOS, let alone supporting my legacy Motherboards. And the MSI site suggests a Bios update may be available, but is too arcane to understand. The MSI LiveUpdate desktop tool, only suggests driver updates, no BIOS.


    Basically I would think there is going to be a lot of vulnerable motherboards/BIOS out there to spectre,. Especially as Steve Gibson tool has told us. But none of these BIOS updates instructions are clear and obvious. No simple desktop utility that can be executed by normal people. So how are we to advise all the normal people about protecting their systems against this Spectre ?


    I don't many people, including myself, can afford to simply replace all their machines just cos Intel screwed up and Motherboard manufacturers not able to update 5 year old motherboard bios..

    Posted 3 years ago on So what can we do (advise users) about Spectre Threats right now ? – 5 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I only need to put mine on charge every 3 days or so, but I don't wear it all d

    Posted 3 years ago on Which is the best Fitness Tracker? – 18 Comments

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    Still using my Microsoft Band 2, really excellent for various reasons, but no longer sold :(

    Posted 3 years ago on Which is the best Fitness Tracker? – 18 Comments

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    Which one is Paul?

    Posted 3 years ago on Too many Premium Articles – 23 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Developers don't need Windows. They may really like Visual Studio as I do, and l

    Posted 3 years ago on So is it time for Terry Myerson to Go – 28 Comments

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    In reply to longhorn:Satya is living in the world where Microsoft Cloud services and Enterprise are doing real

    Posted 3 years ago on So is it time for Terry Myerson to Go – 28 Comments

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    Yep he should do a Joe Belfoiore and take his family on a year long sabatical, because that rally helped the W

    Posted 3 years ago on So is it time for Terry Myerson to Go – 28 Comments

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    CES 2018 So do we really need all this ****

    So there is lots of stuff at CES 2018, but do we really need any of this stuff, or is it really a lot of clever fluff, that we [conusmers] don’t really need or will be soon discarded/ irrelevant in a couple of years ?

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/10/consumer-electonrics-show-ces-2018-lack-of-innovation

    Should our Technology companies be trying to solver more relevant/ important causes ? – I guess its a Consumer Show, so thats what we expect. (Noting that Microsoft has moved on/ away from supporting CES)

    Posted 3 years ago on CES 2018 So do we really need all this **** – 7 Comments

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    I would have thought Microsoft + Consumer would be a sufficient filters to know an item is US First (and only)

    Posted 3 years ago on Tag US Only Features – 4 Comments

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    I recently have had to upgrade to a i7 6850 CPU, 32Gb DDR4 RAM, 500Gb M.2 fitted SSD and a GTX 1080ti GPU simp

    Posted 3 years ago on How frequently do you upgrade? – 22 Comments

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    In reply to JimP:Well since Cortana cannot reliably provide location based reminders or location based servcie

    Posted 3 years ago on Amazon Bringing Alexa to Windows 10 PCs – 54 Comments

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    In reply to FalseAgent:I doubt that many people are interested in the home automation aspects, that is a very

    Posted 3 years ago on Will Cortana for consumer survive 2018 – 32 Comments

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    Microsoft is a US centric company, but Google, Apple and Amazon are globally centric consumer companies. If yo

    Posted 3 years ago on You don’t have to go far to find out why Groove failed – 14 Comments

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    Unfortunately Microsoft we too slow in getting Cortana globally established. [Despite Google and Apple not ha

    Posted 3 years ago on Will Cortana for consumer survive 2018 – 32 Comments

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    In reply to offTheRecord:You can hardly blame The Register. If there is a major security flaw impacting Linux

    Posted 3 years ago on Intel Misled Industry on Security Vulnerabilities – 39 Comments

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    So for those of us who don't wish to subscribe to a Music service, what music recognition App do we use.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft (Kind Of) Kills Cortana’s Music Recognition Feature – 35 Comments

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    In reply to wunderbar:AMD and ARM chips are also impacted by Specter <sp> as well, this is NOT just an I

    Posted 3 years ago on Good start of the year for AMD – the Intel CPU flaw… – 33 Comments

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    But this is Not just Intel chips, apparently according to BBC reports the Spectra flaw also exist in AMD and A

    Posted 3 years ago on Intel Misled Industry on Security Vulnerabilities – 39 Comments

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    "While the product may not have been successful" - well only apart from being the highest selling consumer de

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Ends Production of the Kinect Adapter – 24 Comments

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    In reply to lwetzel:You really haven't been paying attention to the software development industry have yo

    Posted 3 years ago on Premium Posts – 70 Comments

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    Yep the Site is no longer a 'must daily see' anymore, much too many premium articles these days, whi

    Posted 3 years ago on Premium Posts – 70 Comments

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    I think you are confusing this with the European promotion of Nokia phones vs the US, where Nokia brand was no

    Posted 3 years ago on I had a cool Windowsphone once. – 11 Comments

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    It would have been nice to get some re4alistci ML benchmarks against some heavy TensorFlow calculations, e.g.

    Posted 3 years ago on Review: NVIDIA Titan V, The Best You Shouldn’t Buy – 8 Comments

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    Chris pretty well confirmed that, whilst Microsoft would love to compete in the consumer space, they are up ag

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Weekly 549: Our Yearly Visit with Chris Capossela – 4 Comments

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    None of the above. Seriously, it time to dump on all this gadgetry fetish and focus more on persistant value i

    Posted 3 years ago on Which one is your best choice for 2017 christmas gift? – 9 Comments

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    Sorry, I am pretty sure "It will draw jealous comments from others, especially Mac users" is entirely False. M

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Surface Laptop Review: When the Heart Rules the Mind – 101 Comments

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    Windows Defender blocks VS Code

    So built a new machine, to run Python Machine learning scripts. Don’t really want the Visual Studio behemoth installed. So was thinking about trying Visual Studio Code.


    Go to the VS Code site, nice and pretty and seemingly straightforward to download and install. Download VS Code setup.


    Nope Blocked by Windows Defender. Urggh. Save As,. Nope all Blocked. Not obvious how to allow download. No instructions for avoiding MS Firewall block. And there are no other obvious sites to download the editor.


    Microsoft really want us to enjoy their products don’t they.


    Any suggestions, and or links, on downloading the latest VS Code editor for Windows would be appreciated. <Had to go to FileHippo to successfully download installer through MS Defender. FileHippo obviously more trustworthy than Microsoft>


    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Defender blocks VS Code – 1 Comments

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    In reply to snow.steve22:Yes a Linux based device would make a lot of sense here.

    Posted 3 years ago on My Review of the Harmon Kardon Invoke – 18 Comments

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    Microsoft did not abandon the first party smartphone market, the consumers did it for them.

    Posted 3 years ago on Why ecosystems reallly matter – 7 Comments

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    In reply to ErichK:I would suggest Live Tile works best on Phones, that was the form factor that required Live

    Posted 3 years ago on Who else here has been "Microsoft-ifying" their phones? – 24 Comments

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    My phone is pretty well Microsoft, being a Lumia 650, because I cannot really contemplate a Icon based UI.I do

    Posted 3 years ago on Who else here has been "Microsoft-ifying" their phones? – 24 Comments

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    uncool dude

    Posted 3 years ago on A fictionalized collapse of Google– too much to hope for? – 22 Comments

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    Cortana still stuck in Beta over here ? How about making it a global service, before these minor tweaks. Wha

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Testing Cortana Notebook Redesign in Windows 10 – 15 Comments

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    Whats iMessage ?I get SMS messags directed to my Windows 10 PC (via Lumia 650) and can reply at the PC faster

    Posted 3 years ago on Text messages on Windows PCs – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Wolf:OK actually that is the same build I now have on my Lumia 650. I cannot remember any system r

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Microsoft releasing W10 1709 to Phones ? – 19 Comments

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    Still no CU Fall Update to 'normal users'. I guess Microsoft presume that only Windows Insiders tha

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Microsoft releasing W10 1709 to Phones ? – 19 Comments

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    The Zune Windows Phone Client on WP7, was better than current Groove. Live Tiles showed prospective artists wh

    Posted 3 years ago on HOT TAKE: Windows phone propped up window services like Groove – 10 Comments

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    Great so how about that Windows 10 on 2 Billion devices in two (or was it three) years Target ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Hits 600 Million Active Devices – 37 Comments

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    In reply to FalseAgent:I would bet you can also pull those tabs away into separate Windows. (At least would ho

    Posted 3 years ago on New Timeline and Sets Features are Coming to the Windows 10 Insider Preview – 35 Comments

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    Ordered a GTX 1080 Ti 11Gb Graphics card, MSI X99 Motherboard, Intel i7 6850K CPU, Corsair case and liquid CPU

    Posted 3 years ago on Gaming on the Surface Book 2 (15in) – 16 Comments

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    For me, I consider the Premium age is over. Certainly since the last couple years the justification for spendi

    Posted 3 years ago on How to measure value in mobile phones – 16 Comments

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    In reply to VancouverNinja:Did you actually read the article ?They are stop developing the Windows 10 App. Th

    Posted 3 years ago on The Guardian kills for Windows 10 phone and desktop app – 14 Comments

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    Meanwhile I am still using the Lumia 650, because Windows Mobile 10 is still the Best User Interface (In My op

    Posted 3 years ago on Rest in Peace Windows Phone! – 10 Comments

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    I can see what they are attempting to do here. It all looks nice and integrated as we would have expected from

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Pushes Its AI Strategy Forward with New Developer Tools – 5 Comments

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    In reply to BrandonMills:Its not really a Microsoft decision though is it. Its a Harman kardon business decisi

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Drops Xbox One S to its Lowest Price Ever, Brings Invoke Down to $99 – 24 Comments

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    A rather sad indictment on the state of console gaming toady. Meanwhile ....

    Posted 3 years ago on Call of Duty: WWII Made $500 Million in Three Days – 11 Comments

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    In reply to navarac:I do have an Android Phone [Nokia 6], for software Testing , Apps experience and awarenes

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Microsoft releasing W10 1709 to Phones ? – 19 Comments

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    I will come back when Microsoft have integrated Cortana Voice and tethered Hololens. Until then this is minor

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One X First Impressions: The 4K Era Arrives – 50 Comments

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    Eh What ? Not clear whats new here. Am confused We have had YouTube Video Apps on Virgin Media Set Tops (Cab

    Posted 3 years ago on YouTube TV is Finally Coming to TVs – 33 Comments

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    No

    Posted 3 years ago on windows phone lack of apps workaround – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Evilsushi:Agree MS are just following again. Just as with J++, 'enhancements' to java b

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Bold Plan to Bring PWAs to Windows 10 – 69 Comments

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    Why should developers get excited by yet more churn in the Microsoft development story. We get a different st

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Bold Plan to Bring PWAs to Windows 10 – 69 Comments

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    So flat design is out and colour is back. It looks out of place, and adds to the confused UI design style.

    Posted 3 years ago on What is that on my taskbar? – 6 Comments

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    How about running some Deep Convolutional Neural networks. The current fashion of Machine Learning reliant up

    Posted 3 years ago on AMD Ryzen Threadripper: Back to my Roots – 40 Comments

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    Pig ugly with no Cortana voice control or AR port. Waiting for version 2.

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One X Unboxing – 44 Comments

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    Does Brad have a cat ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Questions for 10/27 – 21 Comments

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    Cat ate my Google Home Mini

    As WW shows we cannot trust cats. And the new fabric covered Google Home Mini, was ripe for a cat attack. How could Google be so stupid to make the device so appealing to cats, in the cats vs technology war.

    Posted 3 years ago on Cat ate my Google Home Mini – 3 Comments

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    At first I read this as a Microsoft releasing a 3D modelling developer studio software package. Nope, just a w

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Opens New Mixed Reality Studios for Creators – 8 Comments

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    In reply to wunderbar:OK I guess I had believed in the "One Windows" hype, and that Microsoft would be releasi

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Microsoft releasing W10 1709 to Phones ? – 19 Comments

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    Is Microsoft releasing W10 1709 to Phones ?

    I have an off contract Lumia 650, which still does not recognise any W10 1709 Fall ctreators update (unlike all my PCs) Does anyone know if Microsoft intend to update any of thre remaining Windows 10 phones with a 1709 Release.

    Or are remaining users expected to get it via subscribing to the Insiders Progarm ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Microsoft releasing W10 1709 to Phones ? – 19 Comments

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    In reply to jrickel96:Simply put Android is the future of mobile. Certainly not iOS. Open Source development

    Posted 3 years ago on Delta To Move Away From Surface and Windows Mobile for iOS Devices – 72 Comments

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    In reply to Awhispersecho:That Windows Phone market growth was only in few select Europe states (UK, Italy etc

    Posted 3 years ago on Delta To Move Away From Surface and Windows Mobile for iOS Devices – 72 Comments

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    In reply to trparky:Open Source software is typically MORE SECURE than propriety software, becasue any securit

    Posted 3 years ago on Delta To Move Away From Surface and Windows Mobile for iOS Devices – 72 Comments

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    And what software will they run on these iPads ? Delta bespoke software, but I bet they also run Microsoft 365

    Posted 3 years ago on Delta To Move Away From Surface and Windows Mobile for iOS Devices – 72 Comments

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    In reply to irfaanwahid:Its probably just a "difficult software problem"It should now be well understood that

    Posted 3 years ago on Cortana Gets a Major Update on Android and iOS – 18 Comments

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    OK, I realise we are supposed to have "moved on" to Android, but for the few of us who still prefer Windows Ph

    Posted 3 years ago on Questions for 10/20? – 19 Comments

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    Because those Windows 10 Apps were developed in UWP, which quite frankly is a complete dissaster for modern so

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 apps are terrible why not just port ipad apps – 49 Comments

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    I went to the first Future Decoded event in London, with Satya first year being CEO. He had his back to audien

    Posted 3 years ago on Bold Predictions for the Future Decoded event – 6 Comments

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    In reply to polloloco51:Nope the Simple answer is simply to Install Classic Shell

    Posted 3 years ago on Tutorial – Make Windows 10 look like Windows 7! – 12 Comments

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    ummm well no it doesn't

    Posted 3 years ago on Tutorial – Make Windows 10 look like Windows 7! – 12 Comments

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    Shame about the 16:9 screen. No good for professional users.

    Posted 3 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (2017) OLED Review: Portable Perfection – 79 Comments

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    Cool, now Microsoft just needs to open some stores outside the US ! sigh

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Retail Stores Will Let You Try Xbox One X – 2 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:You mean a Surface Pro + LTE is not considered a Phone ? Take it out, take photos, s

    Posted 3 years ago on Joe Belfiore finally stops the vague waffle – 106 Comments

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    Well that fills me with confidence, just about the same level of confidence I had in Microsoft Band, Windows P

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft: No, We’re Not Killing Surface – 49 Comments

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    This is rather narrow. Google may dominate the home/ domestic intellignce and hence AI, but in business Micro

    Posted 3 years ago on Deep Dive: The AI Innovations Across Google’s 2017 Devices Lineup – 52 Comments

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    As a developer, we had no incentive once Satya declared no interest in 2015. In developer conference calls Mic

    Posted 3 years ago on Joe Belfiore finally stops the vague waffle – 106 Comments

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    In reply to WP7Mango:Microsoft themselves are not interested in UWP, with few of their own pedigree Applicatio

    Posted 3 years ago on Joe Belfiore finally stops the vague waffle – 106 Comments

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    Why doesn't Microsoft buy Unity Game development ?

    Microsoft Windows 10 is supposed to be about Creators and AR Environments development, but it lacks tools for the development of 3D Games and AR environments. The 3D Builder tool is a pitiful tool for 3D modelling, and the 3D Assset store is worse than the Windows Store.

    Many Indies use the Unity Game development, including VR, which is where Microsoft is supposed to be interested in. So why doens’t Mictosoft invest if good 3D Game/ AR development tools, or simply buy out Unity, along with access to its vast 3D Asset Store ? It is cross platform and well estblished. If Microsoft is serious about 3D it needs to up its game in developer tools big time.

    Posted 3 years ago on Why doesn’t Microsoft buy Unity Game development ? – 1 Comments

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    Its pretty clear that the Surface Brand is being diminished by Surface Book and Laptop, so those devices will

    Posted 3 years ago on Fake News: Microsoft to End Surface in 2019? – 54 Comments

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    In reply to WP7Mango:If there is little business sense, or distinction, then Yes, Satya will chop out Surface

    Posted 3 years ago on So is Microsoft giving up on Surface? – 14 Comments

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    Nice, only three years too late. Much cleaner than Memory hog that is Chrome could make this a return to fortu

    Posted 3 years ago on A Quick Look at Microsoft Edge Preview on iPhone – 18 Comments

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    In reply to PeteMiles:And the problem with that is what exactly?

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Ends Groove Music Pass, Offers Transition to Spotify – 215 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:And yet Microsoft share price has soared under Satya. Just because Microsoft is moving out o

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Download Your Purchased Groove Music Now – 62 Comments

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    And people laugh at those of us still buying CDs This is precisly why physical media will always rule. Heavens

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Download Your Purchased Groove Music Now – 62 Comments

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    Just grunking around with Unity 3D game development and a $20 Google Cardboard viewer over the weekend, convin

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Pushes Forward with Mixed Reality – 36 Comments

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    Well what did you expect, when you underestimated the power of root vegetables ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Cuphead First Impressions: Gorgeous but Difficult – 30 Comments

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    Newsnight interview with Satya

    Satya gave an Interview today in the UK to BBC: Newsnight. See it at:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0TvE9PCRFE

    All about values of Microsoft, working as a Global Company, and their Tax responsibilities in various sovereign states. No Mention of Windows Phone.

    Satya obviously took a trip to the Lords cricket ground to promote his book


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    Its a worldwide release right. Give everyone the same fair chance.

    Posted 3 years ago on Can’t play cuphead until 2PM uk time :/ – 5 Comments

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    Why should we be as excited by SharePoint this year? What were he dramatic improvements announced. Have we hea

    Posted 3 years ago on Questions for 9/29? – 6 Comments

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    Where can we see the Ignite Content, and keynote ? There is no Ignite 2017 content on Channel 9 .So I am mis

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Ignite Day 2 – 4 Comments

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    ssshhhh OK just keep quite, and act surprised in Oct everybody.

    Posted 3 years ago on Did Microsoft Just Ruin Its October Surface Announcement? – 56 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:Just bought Nokia 6, running pure Android. Pretty good.

    Posted 3 years ago on Satya Nadella Admits He Was Against Nokia Acquisition – 55 Comments

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    And instead Satya has ploughed $27 Billion into Linked In !Microsoft only needed to support Android Apps on Wi

    Posted 3 years ago on Satya Nadella Admits He Was Against Nokia Acquisition – 55 Comments

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    Continuum - seriously ?That was like two years ago, before Joe went on his break. Since then nothing, only co

    Posted 3 years ago on The biggest reason Microsoft should NOT give up on Windows Phone. – 26 Comments

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    Microsoft needs to go where the users are, and that is with Google search. If Cortana was based upon Google,

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Drops Bing Web Search for Google in iOS and Mac – 23 Comments

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    Have they fixed .fbx exports from Paint 3D and 3D builder yet. Pretty lame apps without those export formats.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16296 – 9 Comments

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    Lowest common denominator, poor user experience. Been here, done it, dumped it all before.

    Posted 3 years ago on PWAs are Coming to Windows Store in Windows 10 Version 1803 – 35 Comments

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    my thoughts exactly

    Posted 3 years ago on Why The iPhone 7 Might Be The Last iPhone I Own – 12 Comments

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    Bring back XNA. Indie Games developers deserted Microsoft Windows Games, when they dumped on XNA developers.

    Posted 3 years ago on UWP Games to Get More Powerful with Fall Creators Update – 21 Comments

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    In reply to Kudupa:Enterprise is really big big business, as per increased shares price and profits. Their wid

    Posted 3 years ago on Questions for 9/15? – 12 Comments

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    Relax, Cortana is still in Beta in most countries (those that have Cortana) Just wait a few more years and Mi

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Cortana Getting Worse? – 8 Comments

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    Whats a bus ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Take the Bus to NYC – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:Has Android got Amijogies <sp>?Cos they may be really silly, but that feature itself wi

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Announces New iPhones, Other Products, as Expected – 95 Comments

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    In reply to ym73:Duh the whole point is that you go on your run, or on thebeach without your phone.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Announces New iPhones, Other Products, as Expected – 95 Comments

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    To be fair, the iPhone 8 comes with upgraded A11 six core processor, to optimise AR functions. Apple certainl

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Announces New iPhones, Other Products, as Expected – 95 Comments

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    The Google Keynote was interesting and fairly impressive, but not exactly inspiring, just evolutionary steps

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Discusses the Future of its Assistant – 36 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:Just wow. How stupid can you get

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Discusses the Future of its Assistant – 36 Comments

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    In reply to Angusmatheson:Yes WP7 smoked all the Android and iOS opposition in terms of Smartphone Performanc

    Posted 3 years ago on Living with Windows 10 S: The Desktop, Take 2 – 73 Comments

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    In reply to Jaxidian:Alexa search is powered by Microsoft Bing is it not ? (Just like Siri) So its good for M

    Posted 3 years ago on Questions for 9/1? – 18 Comments

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    Why is Microsoft still releasing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Builds ? What market, expectation do they think the

    Posted 3 years ago on Questions for 9/1? – 18 Comments

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    Obviously the front end being Alexa or Cortana is not as important as what are the backend services supporting

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft and Amazon are Partnering on Cortana and Alexa Integration (Updated x 2) – 81 Comments

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    How long is the Visor Cable ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Dell Updates XPS 13, Brands MR Headset as Visor – 10 Comments

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    You would think that with all their W10 Telementary and feedback Microsoft could have soon worked out that CU

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Device Usage: Creators Update Deployment Still Lags – 31 Comments

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    Yeah OK, I would love now to be considered as an "e-sports athlete"

    Posted 3 years ago on HP Announces the OMEN X Laptop – 14 Comments

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    "More important, Microsoft clearly cares deeply about Surface reliability and about its customers having a gre

    Posted 3 years ago on Putting Surface Reliability in Perspective – 22 Comments

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    Dumb and DumberOf course Linux supports ChromeOf course Linux has a wealth of quality Applications (every bit

    Posted 3 years ago on Living with Windows 10 S: Thinking About the Alternatives – 52 Comments

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    Too minimal and simple for serious business use. It's not ready enough to compete with Outlook. Most Prof

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with Newton for Windows 10 – 46 Comments

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    Does it have a Live Tiles centric Home Page ? No.Then no Thanks. I will stick with my lovely Lumia 650 Thanks

    Posted 3 years ago on OnePlus 5 Review – The Android Phone (Remaining) Windows Phone Users Should Switch To – 16 Comments

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    Why is Paul so mean to you ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Questions for 8/18 Podcast – 11 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:You seem to be deliberately acting a bit thick.

    Posted 3 years ago on Living with Windows 10 S: It’s Just Not Ready (Yet) – 117 Comments

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    Yet another contrary self centered opinion piece. Windows 10 S is probably sufficient for the majority of use

    Posted 3 years ago on Living with Windows 10 S: It’s Just Not Ready (Yet) – 117 Comments

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    So will XBox Support Nueral Net API for Machine Learning ?

    With Deep learning being the next great wave in applied computation, NVidia are leading the way on democratising Nueral Net training on their GPUs with CuDNN API. So Surely Microsoft needs to provide the means to open up the XBox graphics processing to Nueral Net developers and trainer practitioners   and integrate the Xbox GPUs with their CNTK Deep learning API. Otherwise they will again be left behind by Google who have a considerable head start with their TensorFlow technology.

    Maybe Perhaps Nvidia GPUs are more powerful and universally integrated with PCs than XBox. Whatever, the next generation of computation will be dominated by integrated NN Co Processing elements. Microsoft needs to be on this wave to remain relevant in local computation and AI.

    Posted 3 years ago on So will XBox Support Nueral Net API for Machine Learning ? – 1 Comments

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    Facts remain. Microsoft no longer appreciates quality. This is all down to poor/weak software Surface device

    Posted 3 years ago on Here’s What Microsoft is Saying Internally About Surface Quality and Reliability – 121 Comments

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    Panos and his team are at cutting edge, pushing the boundaries. The consequence of performance vs reliability

    Posted 3 years ago on Consumer Reports: Microsoft Surface is Dead Last for Reliability – 134 Comments

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    Apple Services which actually run on Microsoft Azure (or perhaps Amazon AWS) Cloud Services infrastructure

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Services is now a giant – 15 Comments

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    And yet iPad sales outstrip the entire Surface range by a long long range. This smells of sour grapes from a

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Finally Reverses Years of Declining iPad Sales – 22 Comments

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    So are these units compatible with Apple AR Kit ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Begins Selling Mixed Reality Headsets Online – 22 Comments

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    In reply to bbold:I doubt Windows 10 Pro would work so well on these low end machines, it would cripple them.

    Posted 3 years ago on Schools Can Now Order Windows 10 S PCs – 33 Comments

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    Windows itself Too bloated, complicated, excessive secuirity leaks, excessive updates, excessive maintenance a

    Posted 3 years ago on What would make you leave Windows? – 83 Comments

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    In reply to Dragon_Wolf:GIMP is too bloated and complicated to use and Paint 3D is silly awkward user interfac

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Deprecating and Removing Legacy Features in the Fall Creators Update – 83 Comments

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    Why the sad commentary ? Its called progress. Peoples use cases have moved on. In other news, the number of

    Posted 3 years ago on The PC Market Decline Continued in Q2 2017 – 29 Comments

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    In reply to DataMeister:But they didn't get up on stage, and explicitly state that this feature would be

    Posted 3 years ago on Yes, Microsoft Did Promise Timeline for the Fall Creators Update – 95 Comments

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    "This shouldn’t have any major impact on Microsoft’s products and services, as when Microsoft restructured

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Confirms Layoffs, Restructuring – 12 Comments

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    What a fuss about nothing. We all know that the Build presentations are new development marketing announcement

    Posted 3 years ago on Yes, Microsoft Did Promise Timeline for the Fall Creators Update – 95 Comments

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    kinda depressing that Microsoft regular in laying off thousands of staff in the summer. Part of the so friendl

    Posted 3 years ago on Summers here, so more lay offs :( – 3 Comments

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    Summers here, so more lay offs :(

    Posted 3 years ago on Summers here, so more lay offs :( – 3 Comments

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    I am not a premium subscriber, but Paul seems to be posting three or four interesting titled premium articles

    Posted 3 years ago on Thurrot Premium – is it worth? – 39 Comments

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    In reply to rameshthanikodi:Since developers were told (two years back ) that migrating Silverlight Apps to W

    Posted 3 years ago on Evernote pulls its App – 11 Comments

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    In reply to scj123:Please try and keep up.

    Posted 3 years ago on Evernote pulls its App – 11 Comments

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    Evernote pulls its App

    With everyone now pulling their Apps from the Store, when will Microsoft finally admit Windows Mobile and UWP is dead as the DoDo

    Posted 3 years ago on Evernote pulls its App – 11 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:The problem I that Win32, is also Windows greatest weakness. Too complicated, significant

    Posted 3 years ago on You don’t like what Microsoft is doing. What should they do instead? – 78 Comments

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    I think Satya has this worked out, and is doing reasonably well against Google and Amazon as his main competit

    Posted 3 years ago on You don’t like what Microsoft is doing. What should they do instead? – 78 Comments

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    Nope this is really part of a really big deal, and that is the wholesale rejection of the Windows Store, by de

    Posted 3 years ago on WSJ Pulls Its Windows Store App – 55 Comments

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    Most people don't care or need Google Chrome or Visual Studio.

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 S: It’s Not Me, It’s You – 62 Comments

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    $500 for a console, that cannot do MR, (left to high end Windows PCs) has to be considered to be a major faili

    Posted 3 years ago on Thinking About Xbox One X and VR/MR – 19 Comments

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    Oh F$$, there really is, and never was, any Surface Phone. Its sad that so many are still deluded into believ

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Phone – 9 Comments

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    What would Bill Gates feel, about Microsoft poor aptitude towards the depletion of the worlds precious metals

    Posted 3 years ago on iFixIt Gives Surface Laptop Lowest-Possible Score – 117 Comments

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    Yep still got and use my 18 month old Band 2 on my exercise runs. Simply put, there is no better Fitness devic

    Posted 3 years ago on Who has still got their Microsoft Bands? – 25 Comments

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    Only two years after DeepMind pioneered the use of Reinforcement learning to beat Atari games.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Uses AI to Beat Ms. Pac-Man – 11 Comments

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    I don't think Sony has anything to worry about, it is clearly continues to cream Xbox sales.

    Posted 3 years ago on Sony Touts the Strength of the PS4 Ecosystem – 62 Comments

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    Not at that price. No VR/AR capability and no built in Kinnect cameras. Will think about in 2018, when Micro

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One X – 20 Comments

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    This is obviously a failing formula. Pretty obvious to anyone interested in global sales and not a blinkered U

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One X to Debut at $499 – 47 Comments

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    We'll for many of us, since CU Edge simply Crashes every time its started. See user Forums. Perhaps Micro

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Previews Major Improvements Coming to Edge – 70 Comments

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    Without any VR/AR or embedded Kinnect Vision capability out of the gate, it will be dead in the water if price

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox Project Scorpio Expectations? I Have a Few – 35 Comments

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    Panos has just got burned by Apple yet again. So much for expensive Surface devices, they get out performed by

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple One-Ups Microsoft With New iPad Pro, Pencil – 62 Comments

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    So Scorpio is going to be at least a year late in catching up with VR, and Hololens is pretty well dead. Typic

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Will Not Show Off Xbox VR at E3 – 14 Comments

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    Still falls a long way short of the Zune experience.

    Posted 3 years ago on Groove for Windows 10 Gets a Bit More Fluent – 37 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Looks like Microsoft are not listening then as they are working on Windows RT 2.0 ( aka

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft To End Support For Windows Phone, RT and TV Skype Users on July 1 – 38 Comments

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    In reply to Locust Infested Orchard Inc.:The Pocket PC lives again. I will get out my iComPaq again, just grea

    Posted 3 years ago on I am angry at Paul for discouraging Microsoft from trying something different with phones – 79 Comments

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    In reply to Vuppe:Exactly, Paul has developed a very negative aptitude, which is non professional for an audie

    Posted 3 years ago on I am angry at Paul for discouraging Microsoft from trying something different with phones – 79 Comments

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    We are all obviously jaded by Microsoft (half hearted) attempts to break into consumer devices, and don't

    Posted 3 years ago on I am angry at Paul for discouraging Microsoft from trying something different with phones – 79 Comments

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    In reply to rameshthanikodi:Well he hasn't [yet] told his son he is moving, so .....

    Posted 3 years ago on Paul Moving? – 7 Comments

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    In reply to Larry Shepard:Nope Consumers never arrived, and those few that did will not come back.Developers g

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Looking to Reboot Mobile with New Software and Hardware – 178 Comments

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    Nope way too expensive if he wants to change the approach on smartphones. At that price he is only attracting

    Posted 3 years ago on Essential? Maybe So – 73 Comments

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    Well obviously the UI will be different as Android doesn't support Live Tiles. Microsoft will be dumping

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Looking to Reboot Mobile with New Software and Hardware – 178 Comments

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    So Why is Zune still so much better than Groove

    I had to rebuild Windows over the weekend, (Just to get Edge and Cortana working again !) so had to rebuild many of my legacy programs, including Zune, so I can rip my CD collection etc.

    So Zune Installs OK, and offers to run.

    What a pleasant audio and visual experience, showing many images of my artists. Really Great compared to the dull and dreary (unsynchronised) Groove Experience.

    Zune may not be cloud based etc, but it demonstrates that at one Microsoft knew how to write compelling consumer software. Even on WP7 Zune was better than teh current groove experience.

    Posted 3 years ago on So Why is Zune still so much better than Groove – 2 Comments

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    Windows 10 is broken. Treating the user base as beta testers, is resulting in deteriorating build quality. No

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Issues New Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1703 – 17 Comments

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    Yep, the pen performance on SP4 is OK, but not really good enough for a decent note taking or drawing, despite

    Posted 3 years ago on New Surface Pro Offers a Faster Inking Experience – 26 Comments

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    Yep Just You :)

    Posted 3 years ago on Are you still waiting for Windows 10 Creators Update? – 29 Comments

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    And still Microsoft has not fixed the Edge Crashes in CU update:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fo

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Device Usage: Creators Update After One Month – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:Err Apple produced the iPad pro, AFTER Surface Pro and in resposne to it ?Love my SP4, and I

    Posted 3 years ago on Thinking About the New Surface Pro – 67 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:Where have you been last two years ? Microsoft UWP and Store Apps have Failed to inspir

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Boss Teases New Surface Pro Type Covers – 31 Comments

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    In reply to Luka Pribanić:The platfrom is irrelevant now, its about who owns and delivers web/mobile services

    Posted 3 years ago on This is What Google Said About Progressive Web Apps at I/O – 23 Comments

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    So basically HTML5.2. <As a developer rather depressing that we end up in a JavaScript dominatd world.>

    Posted 3 years ago on This is What Google Said About Progressive Web Apps at I/O – 23 Comments

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    Yep, fawning over USB-C ports is just stupidity right now. We need a clear and common standard established in

    Posted 3 years ago on USB-C is a mess! – 21 Comments

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    I agree

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Weekly Hosting – 2 Comments

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    well Google is a Global company, with global services, unlike Microsoft who seem only to offer their best serv

    Posted 3 years ago on 2 Billion – 83 Comments

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    At least we can expect Google IO to be rather more interesting than last weeks tediously dull Build. Google ha

    Posted 3 years ago on Google is Also Targeting Creators in New Education Push – 55 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Great. That is how I run most of my basic Applications.You will need to study 'bi

    Posted 3 years ago on Programming question – 11 Comments

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    Depends how you want your output displayed. If you don't want/ expect any editing of the output, why not

    Posted 3 years ago on Programming question – 11 Comments

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    In reply to matsan:The NSA held on, and exploited these vulnerabilities for two years, before it was discovere

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft: Ransomware Targets Out-of-Date PCs Only – 79 Comments

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    So basically Microsoft are still struggling to port Windows onto an 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor w

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Details Windows 10 on ARM – 65 Comments

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    Visual Studio now much too bloated to develop Python, Script Cells and Interactive Console environments, like

    Posted 3 years ago on Visual Studio 2017 for Mac is Now Generally Available – 2 Comments

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    In reply to Tony Barrett:Agreed, it should be obvious to everyone, that consumers are only prepared to wear he

    Posted 3 years ago on What I Expect from Microsoft Build This Week – 38 Comments

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    In reply to steskalj:It doesn't matter if the PCs are Cheap, and he Software is Free.Don't you guys

    Posted 3 years ago on Study Suggests That the Battle for K-12 is Already Over – 78 Comments

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    In reply to jjaegers:Well if they had stuck with Windows RT, they would not have lost 3 years. Simplified Wind

    Posted 3 years ago on Study Suggests That the Battle for K-12 is Already Over – 78 Comments

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    What Update Firmware or OS ?I got the CU Update last week on my Lumia 650 in the UK.

    Posted 3 years ago on 640 update – 6 Comments

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    None Problem. Just Click Bait guff.BTW Very Happy with meu SP4.

    Posted 3 years ago on Don’t Be Freaked By Surface Pro 5 Misquote – 54 Comments

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    In reply to rameshthanikodi:Microsoft, and especially Cortana have never been global Brands. Cortana still onl

    Posted 3 years ago on Here Comes the Harmon Kardon Invoke – 30 Comments

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    Free Harman Kardon Speakers for Build

    The only way to get developers interested in Cortana is it give away Harman Kardon speakers at Build.

    Is that likely ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Free Harman Kardon Speakers for Build – 0 Comments

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    In reply to James Wilson:Yep and Betamax went on to flourish everywhere else, in commerce, business, media etc

    Posted 3 years ago on One Year Later, Google’s Vision of Android Apps on Chrome Has Collapsed – 122 Comments

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    Edge no longer works for me (and a significant minority of others on User Voice have same Edge crashes) after

    Posted 3 years ago on Creator’s Update is Problem Free [BOOM] – 8 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Err it has ?

    Posted 3 years ago on One Year Later, Google’s Vision of Android Apps on Chrome Has Collapsed – 122 Comments

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    It will be Android Apps on Android OS [laptops/ Desktop] that will [in a few years] be killing off Microsofts

    Posted 3 years ago on One Year Later, Google’s Vision of Android Apps on Chrome Has Collapsed – 122 Comments

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    So we are unlikely to now see Surface Book 2, another project dumped, just that Microsoft joins the laptop OEM

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Laptop: The Fine Print – 78 Comments

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    In reply to NazmusLabs:Not if the Author has dropped his/her App from the Store. When its Gone, its Gone.

    Posted 3 years ago on Making Sense of Windows 10 S – 138 Comments

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    OK what diet is Terry Myerson on ?

    Really impressive weight loss, Perhaps he got a Microsoft Band 3?


    Posted 3 years ago on OK what diet is Terry Myerson on ? – 7 Comments

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    Since Creators Update corrupted Edge for me, it crashes every time, with no obvious fix from Microsoft. So Mic

    Posted 3 years ago on Some Thoughts About Microsoft Edge and Updating – 60 Comments

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    So all this praise for the W10 S (Which I agree with) and yet the same author dissed Windows RT big time ??Two

    Posted 3 years ago on Making Sense of Windows 10 S – 138 Comments

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    Yep same here too. I prefer the Windows Mobile User Experience to anythiong iOS or Android can offer, but the

    Posted 3 years ago on I can’t quit Windows Phone – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Tony Barrett:No Microsoft is a Software and Services company. Not a hardware centric company. Su

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface sales are down – nothing to report? – 14 Comments

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    Now that partners have embraced Windows 10 with some competing devices, there is little to no need for Surface

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface sales are down – nothing to report? – 14 Comments

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    Duhh "Surface Phone" was never a thing in the first place. It was only a gossip/rumour generated by sad Window

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Surface Phone Dead? – 20 Comments

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    Update was recommended on a four year old shop build desktop PC. Edge and Cortana now broken. Hopefully the Us

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft: Windows 10 Creators Update Now on “Millions” of PCs – 7 Comments

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    This is just stupid gadget fever. Is the S8 really 6 x better than a Lumia 640. Paying $800+ for premimium pho

    Posted 3 years ago on I’m Returning the Samsung Galaxy S8+ – 87 Comments

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    Dunno what's wrong with Florence personally, once you understand the language. Chilled, Perfect.

    Posted 3 years ago on Paul’s Potential Move – 22 Comments

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    Edge Crashing every time on a NVidia based shop built i7 machine, and Cortana no longer working, just lame web

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Device Usage: Creators Update Deployment is Already Strong – 15 Comments

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    How long have we been waiting for Cuphead to arrive, seems like years.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Celebrates an Important [email protected] Milestone – 7 Comments

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    Edge now crashes evrytime under Creators Update

    My [self built] desktop machine recognised the CU update last Saturday, all seemed to be OK, reasonably seamless, and fairly robust update. No apparent problems for a week.

    Now a week later Edge opens, but crashes every time. Reboot no effect. Google search suggest a some other users also having problems with Edge since CU update. The suggested fix, being to creatte and use a new Microsoft Account. Seriously ? Also Cortana has stopped recognising my Profile, and the OneDrive App crashes on startup with a Qt error… Great ! < Not as if I am on any RS3 fast Ring >

    Edge and Cortana working OK on my SP4 device with CU updated [So far anyway]

    I guess this problem is only me and a few others. So we are stuck with this broken situation, as User Feedback, offers no support. So much for Insiders Preview, or any Microsoft Quality testing. I guess because No One actually uses Edge. So why does Microsoft ‘recommend swapping to Edge’, if it now less stable than before, keeps crashing. Edge is a major embarassment, which I thought they would have sorted in Creators Update. I guess I have to wait for Redstone 3, as Microsoft only seem capable of updating their browser, with an OS updates !






    Posted 3 years ago on Edge now crashes evrytime under Creators Update – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Writerlad:I call bull on this.

    Posted 3 years ago on Forced to give up Windows Phone – 27 Comments

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    Nope still lovng my Lumia 650. At £80 I doubt if I could get a decent experience from a similar proced Andro

    Posted 3 years ago on Forced to give up Windows Phone – 27 Comments

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    In reply to JC:What the **** does 3D printers have to do with 3D assets in games. Most games in the last twen

    Posted 3 years ago on Here are the Most Over-Hyped Changes in the Windows 10 Creators Update – 61 Comments

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    How can you refer to 3D as not being relevant, when just about all XBox games Paul  plays are based upon

    Posted 3 years ago on Here are the Most Over-Hyped Changes in the Windows 10 Creators Update – 61 Comments

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    "Like Microsoft Edge, Cortana—Microsoft’s digital personal assistant—has improved by leaps and bounds ov

    Posted 3 years ago on Here are the Best Improvements in the Windows 10 Creators Update – 37 Comments

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    In reply to JudaZuk:"it might be that Microsoft eventually will stop making phones "umm, well I think they hav

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft + Android: It’s Time – 124 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:well perhaps they could run Docker or virtual Machine to run Android on Windows, avoid reboo

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft + Android: It’s Time – 124 Comments

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    Well now that UWP is finally acknowledged to have failed, Microsoft should allow Android Apps (APKs) to run on

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft + Android: It’s Time – 124 Comments

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    Too Little, Way Too Late.  Zig Zaging Microsoft really need to shift their gears if they don't want

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Cortana Speaker Plans Come in to the Light – 23 Comments

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    In reply to rfog:And the UK

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Announces Creativity App Support for Surface Dial – 18 Comments

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    In reply to jgoraya:Microsoft lost its developers at Build 2011, when it dumped on .NET developers in favour o

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Announces Creativity App Support for Surface Dial – 18 Comments

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    Why did Microsoft give up on Home Assistance market

    So the XBox One S, may be really great priced product, but its a bit dull, and not compelling without any Kinnect Voice control. Meanwhile Amazon Fre Stick, comes with Alexa, home entertainment hub and Home assitance support at a great price.


    Amazon are eating up the home entertainment and AI assistance market. Microsoft are nowhere, with Cortana stuck on desktops, which no ones uses.

    Posted 3 years ago on Why did Microsoft give up on Home Assistance market – 2 Comments

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    So Windows 10, RS3, is finally catching up with WP8.1, Sigh.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Looks to Add Transparent Tiles to Start Menu with Redstone 3 – 22 Comments

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    In reply to Tony Barrett:And yet Windows Phone and WM10 is still superior user experience than the now ve

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Looks to Add Transparent Tiles to Start Menu with Redstone 3 – 22 Comments

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    such a slow roll out, but then this CU is so mediocre most users won't notice or even care.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft: “Seamless” Rollout of Creators Update to Take “Several Months” – 18 Comments

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    South Korea, sample  SK Gaming, superior Internet and new Asian Tech and latest Samsung hardware. See how

    Posted 3 years ago on If you could send Brad and Paul anywhere to do anything. – 39 Comments

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    Meh, The Creators Update is of very little significance or interest to most users. Certainly nothing here to

    Posted 3 years ago on It’s a Date! Windows 10 Creators Update to Ship on April 11 – 44 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Android is Linux based, and is used by more people than Windows. You are choosing to be

    Posted 3 years ago on Thinking About Android Studio on Chrome OS – 47 Comments

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    Android Apps are (can be) developed on Linux. There is no reliance upon Microsoft here. Linux/Android based O

    Posted 3 years ago on Thinking About Android Studio on Chrome OS – 47 Comments

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    The future is in the cloud, Microsoft knows this, so does Amazon and Google. There is little to no business va

    Posted 3 years ago on The (lack of) need for Windows outside the workplace – 3 Comments

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    Well so long as they have tested it against Web Cams, Kindle etc this time around.Its not obvious to normal pe

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15060: RC2? – 10 Comments

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    iPhone10 and Samsung S9 will have been out by then, and Windows 10 Mobile will still be a just as buggy with n

    Posted 3 years ago on surface phone to be released late 2018 or 2019 and a new windows phone at the end of this week – 13 Comments

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    Hotmail, Outlook and XBox services all down in Europe. This is Not good enough.Microsoft not giving us much as

    Posted 3 years ago on Outlook.com down? – 4 Comments

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    As a general comment: Google is a Global company interested in delivering first class consumer services. Micro

    Posted 3 years ago on Why are Bing Maps so much worse than Google Maps – 14 Comments

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    Well I like Brad, more than I do Paul :)

    Posted 3 years ago on Praise the Lord Brad Sams went on Vacation !! – 10 Comments

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    Now all we need is s decent easy indie game API enviroment to develop those XBox Games.Something live XNA 5.0

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Opening Up the Xbox Platform to All Game Developers – 10 Comments

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    Good for all those Nokia Engineers, dumped by Microsoft,  to return on their own terms with some great qu

    Posted 3 years ago on HMD Announces a Family of New Nokia Smartphones – 39 Comments

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    Little point, Skype is hated by a large proportion of business users, and there are plenty of better Android m

    Posted 3 years ago on Whatever Happened to SMS Relay for Android? – 44 Comments

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    Aka Google Glass and Windows Phone etc. Just kicking this technology into the long grass. HoloLens is far too

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Accelerates HoloLens V3 Development, Sidesteps V2 – 48 Comments

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    Paul seems to take some offence at anyone suggesting their preference for Windows Phone/Mobile OS over iOS and

    Posted 3 years ago on Blocked by Paul on Twitter – 20 Comments

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    That is one cheap ugly looking watch, I would never want to be seen wearing such tat. The Apple watch remains

    Posted 3 years ago on LG Watch Style and Android Wear 2.0: First Impressions – 18 Comments

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    Only three days to present Azure and bots. Build has become a major yawnfest for developers. Gone are the days

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Opens Build 2017 Registration – 8 Comments

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    In reply to anchovylover: I also have an Android phone, OnePlusOne 3, yes all the Apps available, but I still

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Phones on the plane – 29 Comments

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    In reply to robincapper: Cold Feet, Humans, No Offence all featuring SP4s are ITV and C4, not BBC.

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Phones on the plane – 29 Comments

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    In reply to Paul Thurrott: Well that's your own opinion, just consider that for many of us (well the few

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Phones on the plane – 29 Comments

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    In reply to Paul Thurrott: Your opinion, and many others, but I deliberately stated best phone user exper

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Phones on the plane – 29 Comments

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    In reply to StevenLayton: Windows Phones/ Surface Pro devices feature higher than the consumer share average o

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Phones on the plane – 29 Comments

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    What's the big deal here, everyone knows PlayStations are better gaming consoles. Quell Surprise. Console

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One Faces a Familiar Sales Story in January – 23 Comments

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    Windows Phones on the plane

    Thursday evening flight from Edinburgh to London, three strangers on the same row, each using a Windows Phone, and two of us sporting a Microsoft Band 2.

    Awesome. Well at least Some of us still appreciate the best phone user experience.  

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Phones on the plane – 29 Comments

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    In reply to lordbaal1: "This way you write once and run anywhere"  Umm no, UWP only runs on Windows. I th

    Posted 3 years ago on Why UWP failed in Business – 9 Comments

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    In reply to jsavage: Good luck with that.   I speak in the present tense, on how unproductive UWP  d

    Posted 3 years ago on Why UWP failed in Business – 9 Comments

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    Why UWP failed in Business

    In the real world of Business and Enterprise, where Microsoft(still) holds sway, Bosses expect fast( Matter of days/weeks for banks), robust software development and deployment to remain competitive.

    UWP (C#/XAML) has failed in this arena.  Compared to 15 year old Windows Forms, UWP is not the right, or effective, tool for this arena. (This arena is NOT interested in mobile/ scaled Apps, it just wants business software deployed to its desktops)

    Some Developer perspectives on why UWP [C#/XAML based] Failed:

    a) The UWP Platform is narrow, does not offer the deep API to exploit the Windows client side platform

    b) UWP is feature incomplete, and relies upon Third party to develop basic Business capability (Aka No basic Charts available in the core ToolBox)  its a NuGet Hell to recover base capability with all the associated Third Party Support and Reliability Risks

    c) The XAML developer experience is still a bag of pooh, with Visual Studio XAML designer banging out on obscure poorly defined errors, and over complex styling code (There is a good reason why CSS is separate to HTML)

    When LOB Business developers can be more than twice as productive/effective coding in Windows Forms than UWP, then business will never take up UWP seriously.

    Basically Microsoft has let the Line of Business community down, in depreciating classic .NET for the inferior UWP technology.  Of course for mobile and commercial Apps UWP makes sense.      

    We can all see where Microsoft is going on the Client side, they suggest we should be writing our Client side code in JavaScript/ HTML (in UWP compatible) !  FFS Javascript for LOB Business Applications. What planet are they on ? JS code is unreliable, reliant upon third parties, low productivity, low reliability, difficult to maintain etc etc.

    Posted 3 years ago on Why UWP failed in Business – 9 Comments

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    Well C# is the premier language for productive code. Certainly my language of choice, as I am evange

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Outlines Its Development Language Strategy – 33 Comments

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    Glad you are feeling better The Scott Hanselman presentation at NXTA was epic. Well worth viewing (and especia

    Posted 3 years ago on The Sams Report EP 76: The Misfire – 10 Comments

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    NFL Yawn US relevance only , yawn yawn. Will Microsoft ever learn to become global like Google and Apple.

    Posted 3 years ago on Buy Surface Pro 4, Get NFL Type Cover for Free – 6 Comments

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    So is this "Creators Update" what we have all been waiting for to reverse Windows 10 Mobile fortunes ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15025 – 20 Comments

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    Simple answer : Tivo

    Posted 3 years ago on First Steps: Choosing a Living Room Set-Top Box – 39 Comments

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    Boo Hoo I wanna be the Alpha ring.

    Posted 3 years ago on The Xbox Insider Program Gets Even Weirder – 27 Comments

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    oh I dunno, maybe because a significant proportion of users, both business and consumers, prefer the rock soli

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft’s Windows 7 Problem Isn’t Going Away – 91 Comments

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    oh dear, Paul is still stuck in the past. He and Mary don't even champion UWP, pen or touch, and still think d

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About Windows 10 Alternatives – 102 Comments

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    In reply to fbman: Microsoft has always been US centric. Google and Apple have a global perspective and unders

    Posted 4 years ago on Hands-On with Microsoft’s New Books Experience – 57 Comments

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    Microsoft keep telling us UWP Apps work on a "One Windows" platform from data centres, Hololens

    Posted 4 years ago on Doesn’t Windows on Arm eliminate the need for Windows Mobile? – 32 Comments

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    Even Minecraft is dropping its W10 mobile App

    So much for ‘One Windows’ , Microsoft owned Mojang is now suggesting it will no longer support the W10 mobile version of Minecraft. If reports from SlashGear are to be believed.

    Microsoft should just about declare the Windows 10 Mobile platform as dead, if it cannot persuade its own developers to be interested.

    Posted 4 years ago on Even Minecraft is dropping its W10 mobile App – 14 Comments

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    Surface Studio

    Posted 4 years ago on Everything Must Go: Nokia Lumias and Accessories (Updated) – 239 Comments

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    "God help us all." Eh ?

    Posted 4 years ago on Now You Can Run SUSE Linux on Windows 10 Too – 29 Comments

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    Samsung, Google, LG and now Microsoft.

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Patents a Phone with Foldable Screen – 32 Comments

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    So what were the first five [missing] Apps you loaded ?

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Phone guy goes ‘Rouge’ (Andriod) – 20 Comments

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    Well I have worked out that I have to Soft Reset my Phone, a couple of times a day, if I want Calendar and Mai

    Posted 4 years ago on Outlook Live Tiles still broken, do Microsoft even care about WM10 – 9 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600: Consumers want to run Apps, not Win32 applications on their phones. All those 

    Posted 4 years ago on The Sams Report EP 73: Microsoft Needs To Drink Its Own Kool-Aid – 16 Comments

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    In reply to mrdrwest: Well Can you name how many premier MS have been rewritten in UWP ? Its called practice w

    Posted 4 years ago on A New Year’s Resolution for Aspiring Programmers: Learn C# and UWP Development – 42 Comments

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    Nope Sorry,been writing in C# for fifteen years, and it's still preferred language and environment. But Micros

    Posted 4 years ago on A New Year’s Resolution for Aspiring Programmers: Learn C# and UWP Development – 42 Comments

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    Yep I was well into Metro and C# development for Windows Phone in 2010, several games out on WP7/8. Then at Bu

    Posted 4 years ago on The Sams Report EP 73: Microsoft Needs To Drink Its Own Kool-Aid – 16 Comments

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    Dona Sarkar writes. “Perhaps you’re browsing recipes in Microsoft Edge on your PC downstairs. Oh d

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15007 for PC and Mobile – 39 Comments

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    Its simple PS4 is considered the better Gaming console by hard core gamers, throughout 2015 and going into 201

    Posted 4 years ago on PlayStation 4 Outsold Xbox One Over the Holidays in the U.S. – 56 Comments

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    SP4 very reliable and quick at logging me in, and also reauthenticates on any MS Store Payments, nice. But the

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Touts Progress with Windows Hello – 32 Comments

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    Yep I was very tempted to buy a Xbox One S as my first console system, really low prices. But looking through

    Posted 4 years ago on Scalebound cancellation and why I think XBox is doomed. – 25 Comments

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    650, currently my main phone. Albeit W10M is not as pleasant experience as WP8.1 was on my previous Lumia 925.

    Posted 4 years ago on Lumia 550 vs. 650 – 5 Comments

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    Miss Fit doh

    Posted 4 years ago on Everything Must Go: Misfit Shine – 30 Comments

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    OK one good reason for x86 Tablet - The Bridge

    A rather nice little puzzle game, in the Store, which only appears to be available on x86 tablets.

    Albeit a bit clumsy to play on my industrial SP4, really needs an 8" Windows Tablet.

    Posted 4 years ago on OK one good reason for x86 Tablet – The Bridge – 0 Comments

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    Snoozal, tedious PC stuff. All these flashy new PC models, don't mean a thing in the real world, as corporate

    Posted 4 years ago on Thurrott.com Best of CES 2017 – 16 Comments

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    In reply to maethorechannen: Of course Windows Phone 8.x did reach 10% in several major European sta

    Posted 4 years ago on Debunking microsoft related articles – 6 Comments

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    Outlook (Mail and Calendar) are the worst on WM10, with erratic, stuck an unreliable Live Tiles. Outlook is a

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Outlook Gets a Big Update on iOS – 26 Comments

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    In reply to jr.flynn: There is a hell of a lot of Microsoft technology that Paul and Brad are not reporting up

    Posted 4 years ago on What do you want to see from us in 2017? – 75 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos: iPad Pro sales alone outsell all Microsoft Surface models by some margin. So it would b

    Posted 4 years ago on Today is Not the 10th Anniversary of the iPhone – 36 Comments

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    In reply to FalseAgent: well today now Both Calendar and Mail are broken, no date, no mails on Live Tiles. Jus

    Posted 4 years ago on Outlook Live Tiles still broken, do Microsoft even care about WM10 – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Lewk: Well is definitely broken, on my brand new Lumia, which is running Version 1607, 10.0.16352.

    Posted 4 years ago on Outlook Live Tiles still broken, do Microsoft even care about WM10 – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Bart: Nokia Branding, NOT Nokia engineering. Albeit Nokia future is now firmly in 5G networking no

    Posted 4 years ago on HMD Announces Its First Nokia Smartphone – 17 Comments

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    Outlook Live Tiles still broken, do Microsoft even care about WM10

    One of the main advantages of Windows Phone user experience is the beautiful home screen with Live Tiles, So its embarassing that Microsoft own Outlook Live tiles are so broken. live updates stalled, Old emails, unread notification count stuck,  not up to date with latest notifications.  And this is on the standard consumer build.  

    Despite all the User Voice feedback, still no fixes. Microsoft simply delete the User Voice feedback subject, as they tend to do, when they want to avoid facing up to the issue. Dona just keeps tweeting about boy bands.  Google searches suggest hard reset, and use of a the recovery tool. Wow, the average user will be impressed by that.

    WP8.1 remains a better, more solid experience, than how WM10 is emerging.  Still bug ridden, slow updates.  

    Posted 4 years ago on Outlook Live Tiles still broken, do Microsoft even care about WM10 – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Darth Peachy: yep the PC if not dead is in terminal decline. All this aspirational stuff will not

    Posted 4 years ago on CES 2017: Dell Unveils AIOs, Canvas, and More – 11 Comments

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    More women Well OK, but actually Microsoft future is in cloud services, especially Azure. And yet Paul seems b

    Posted 4 years ago on What do you want to see from us in 2017? – 75 Comments

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    In reply to jr.flynn: I wear mine on my wrist whenever I go for a run or walk, four to five times a week.

    Posted 4 years ago on It’s time for MSFT to do the right thing with Band 2 – 41 Comments

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    Yawn, yet another Style makeover to add into the mix. And Microsoft wonder why Developers have lost interest i

    Posted 4 years ago on Alleged Windows 10 Design Makeover Surfaces – 54 Comments

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    Android based TVs are Smarter than expecting consumers to buy an Xbox & an ill fated Kinect to get AI

    Posted 4 years ago on CES 2017: Google Assistant is Coming to Android TV, Android Wear – 11 Comments

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    Just bought a Lumia 650 to replace my three year old plus 925. Great device for such a cheap price £95 h

    Posted 4 years ago on Going back to Windows Phone – 85 Comments

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    Still using my Microsoft Band 2 after a year. No problems, great and best fitness device out there for Wi

    Posted 4 years ago on It’s time for MSFT to do the right thing with Band 2 – 41 Comments

    comment
    This was when Microsoft had ambition and confidence to be different and unique mobile OS experience.  WP7

    Posted 4 years ago on Throwback: Samsung “Taylor” Windows Phone Prototype – 23 Comments

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    How long have you owned a MS Band ? Its expecting a bit much that Microsoft is still prepared to replace these

    Posted 4 years ago on Stalled Band 2 Repair/Replacement – 15 Comments

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    Let me guess this is "US only" offer right ? Excuse me for being rather jaded by these so called offers, when

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Announces Its Biggest-Ever Xbox Sale – 12 Comments

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    In reply to jt5: Thanks.  I will try remove several old devices (including Laptops) And have removed/rese

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Phone Account Sync problems 0x85010014 errors – 4 Comments

    Forum Post

    Windows Phone Account Sync problems 0x85010014 errors

    Anyone else here having recent problems syncing their mobiles phones to their main MS account ?  

    My trusty old Lumia 925 started to lose sync, with my main MS account, Calendar. It refused to sync, and reported 0x850010014 errors.  It was running WP8.1 and out of warranty, so little to now support expected. Hard Resets failed to help sync against my main MS account [not realistic to delete and recreate as some MS support staff seem to have suggested.]

    But having got a brand new Lumia 650 WP10, I still cannot sync against my main account, despite it working on my PCs and SP4 etc. None of my phone Outlook Contacts, Calendar appointments will sync, even though Cortana can see upcoming appointments.   Hoping its just a temporary [m.outlook.com] server thing, but its been a couple of weeks now, and as with most things with WP these days, its left ti the users to flounder around the web searching for clues.  

    So now I have two useless Lumia Windows Phones, and little to no Microsoft support (They do not acknowledge any of the problems some of us have been reporting on Windows Phone sync on various forums)

    I guess Microsoft isn’t bothered about even supporting 'new' WP consumers now.

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Phone Account Sync problems 0x85010014 errors – 4 Comments

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