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spacein_vader

Member Since Oct 2016

4 Posts
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    O365 family, a plea to raise awareness
    By spacein_vader, 1 month ago
    9 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Microsoft 365
    spacein_vader Microsoft Microsoft 365 1 month ago 9 Replies
    Steam 2021 in review
    By spacein_vader, 2 months ago
    2 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Games
    spacein_vader General Discussion Games 2 months ago 2 Replies
    Win11 on a Lumia 950
    By spacein_vader, 10 months ago
    11 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    spacein_vader Microsoft Windows 10 months ago 11 Replies
    O365 family sub migration question
    By spacein_vader, 11 months ago
    6 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Office
    spacein_vader Microsoft Office 11 months ago 6 Replies

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    It's not difficult to grasp. Let's say a dev makes a game about hunting deer. They have 3 choices:1. Include c

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft May Soon Allow Ads in Free-to-Play Xbox Games – 9 Comments

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    Everything is political. Not putting a political statement in a game is in itself a political decision.

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft May Soon Allow Ads in Free-to-Play Xbox Games – 9 Comments

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    Read their post again, they were referring to digital signage which absolutely can and should be being done wi

    Posted 1 month ago on Report: More PCs Running Windows XP, 7, and 8 Than Windows 11 – 58 Comments

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    Thanks both, your workaround is my intention, but it really shouldn't be necessary to do so. I'll see how I ge

    Posted 1 month ago on O365 family, a plea to raise awareness – 9 Comments

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    O365 family, a plea to raise awareness

    I appreciate this is underorthadox but I'm out of options, hopefully Paul will read this and can pass it on to someone at MS who can highlight it as an issue as I'm sure I won't be the only one affected. I have terminal cancer, about 4-6 weeks left. My wife and 2 kids are all enrolled in an Office365 family plan that I own and administrate with all their own cloud storage etc. The 2 kids are also subject to the MS Family parental controls when using their laptop. All I want to do is transfer the Administrator/Owner/Payee account from my own to my wifes account. I have been told by MS support that this is impossible. The workaround is to let my plan expire (having backed up any Onedrive stuff above the free tier storage locally of course,) at which point my wife can create a new plan, add the kids, migrate all the Onedrive content back and setup parental rules from scratch. Given that I'm the admin precisely because I'm the most tech literate this seems like an unreasonable ask to me. This will impact anyone in my situation, those who lose loved ones, divorcees etc and seems like a huge failing of the product. Hopefully it can reach the radar of someone senior enough to be able to do something about it.

    Posted 1 month ago on O365 family, a plea to raise awareness – 9 Comments

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    Spam texts/calls, convoluted methods for moving provider, onorous contracts with long lock ins and more. The A

    Posted 1 month ago on Back to Google Fi (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    Pi-hole is your friend.

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft Says Edge’s Sleeping Tabs Now Save Even More Resources – 7 Comments

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    But you're using a specific definition of technology: electronics. Using its broadest definition a hammer is t

    Posted 1 month ago on When Everything is Technology, Nothing is Technology (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    The same place they did when XP, then 7s user bases went. A few will go through with the threat and move to ma

    Posted 1 month ago on Windows 11 is Not Ready for Business (Premium) – 45 Comments

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    I'd have thought a dual pane view would have been pretty high up too.

    Posted 1 month ago on Here Are the New Windows 11 Features That Microsoft Announced – 25 Comments

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    You can use the block lists for various means. You can block adult content, fake news, ads, malicious domains.

    Posted 1 month ago on First Ring Daily 1225: DNS Hole – 9 Comments

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    For getting stuff done quickly the command line is still king. Or rather:sudo the command line is still king.

    Posted 1 month ago on Windows 11 is Getting File Explorer Tabs and More New Features – 24 Comments

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    Files also has a twin pane view, quite how a file explorer worthy of the name ships without one of those is be

    Posted 1 month ago on Windows 11 is Getting File Explorer Tabs and More New Features – 24 Comments

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    Looking forward to Cricket!

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles for April – 9 Comments

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    Alternative headline: making it hard to change default apps works.

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft Edge Becomes the Second Most Popular Web Browser – 16 Comments

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    This. Or if you use the search bar? So is it global or do they still override some things for "user experience

    Posted 1 month ago on New Windows 11 Update Lets Users Set Default Browser With Just One Click – 7 Comments

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    Google was Yahoo with slight improvements. Facebook was MySpace with slight improvements. Amazon was Barnes &a

    Posted 1 month ago on EU Aims to Open Up Big Tech’s Walled Gardens with Digital Markets Act – 25 Comments

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    Initially it seems to be VERY erm... Paramount. Make of that what you will.

    Posted 1 month ago on Halo TV Series Comes to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate With Free Paramount+ Trial – 8 Comments

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    Dialer with the ribbon!

    Posted 1 month ago on Still included, thank goodness – 10 Comments

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    I thought in the US you all did this already via network contracts?

    Posted 1 month ago on Report: Apple Could Start Selling iPhones Via a Monthly Subscription – 25 Comments

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    I went the other way. I learned that if I hit the start key, typed "notepad" and hit enter notepad would start

    Posted 1 month ago on Throwback: Simple vs. Easy (Premium) – 16 Comments

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    I've also got pihole running, but use other things like privacy badger on top. Where do you get your ad lists

    Posted 1 month ago on Why Firefox is falling behind – 30 Comments

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    I use Firefox for 3 main reasons.1. An independent rendering engine. It isn't Chromium underneath, reducing th

    Posted 1 month ago on Why Firefox is falling behind – 30 Comments

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    Thank you for your help!

    Posted 1 month ago on ‘From Paul’s Desk’ Weekly Premium Newsletter – 9 Comments

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    This is a big GDPR fail which could be costly. But yes, in other news water is wet, the Pope is Catholic etc..

    Posted 1 month ago on Google’s Android Messages and Dialer Apps Got Caught Collecting User Data – 28 Comments

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    I've not had it yet, and the resubscribe link tells me "Our records indicate that you've never unsubscribed -

    Posted 1 month ago on ‘From Paul’s Desk’ Weekly Premium Newsletter – 9 Comments

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    There's also a Humble Bundle for Ukraine running currently. Contains over 100 items including some MS stuff li

    Posted 1 month ago on Epic Games Raises $36 Million for Ukraine Through Fortnite – 2 Comments

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    I'm not sure. Once they've got the drivers stable why optimise further for an OS you aren't supporting when yo

    Posted 1 month ago on Xbox Cloud Gaming Adds Steam Deck Support via Microsoft Edge – 10 Comments

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    Because its probably the most documented of the stable (Long Term Support,) and thus server friendly distribut

    Posted 2 months ago on Windows 11 – 10 Comments

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    From your description of use case I'd just stick Ubuntu on it.

    Posted 2 months ago on Windows 11 – 10 Comments

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    Early reports from Linus et al are that gaming performance is much worse under Windows than Linux on the Deck.

    Posted 2 months ago on Xbox Cloud Gaming Adds Steam Deck Support via Microsoft Edge – 10 Comments

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    Even if it was buried as a non default layout in a menu it could work. And Files (not simply files as I errone

    Posted 2 months ago on Ask Paul: March 18 (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    Hi Paul,Given the uproar over the "accidental" insertion of ads into File Explorer and the fact that the softw

    Posted 2 months ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, March 18 – 13 Comments

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    Start 10/11 and paradox software in general are great products, but I do feel there should be some kind of not

    Posted 2 months ago on Start11 Continues to Improve the Windows 11 Taskbar – 18 Comments

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    As if people didn't need another reason to use an alternative file manager. I use Files from the MS store. Cle

    Posted 2 months ago on Microsoft is Experimenting With Ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer – 58 Comments

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    Yes, but valve won't support it officially

    Posted 2 months ago on Windows 10 Can Now Be Installed on Valve’s Steam Deck – 8 Comments

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    Steam 2021 in review

    Valve just released a load of stats for Steam last year, 69m (nice,) concurrent players, 132m active accounts and more. Wonder how these compare to console numbers, although I know pc gaming is bigger than just steam. https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/3133946090937137590

    Posted 2 months ago on Steam 2021 in review – 2 Comments

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    Essential 2.0. And it'll end the same way

    Posted 2 months ago on OnePlus Co-Founder’s New Company to Make a Phone – 9 Comments

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    This sounds a lot like Mozillas facebook/Google* containers in Firefox. Making the tab sit within its own cont

    Posted 2 months ago on Brave Offers Improves Tracking Protection – 9 Comments

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    It definitely seems to be a North American thing. The UK also has laws around cold calling which mean I get ma

    Posted 2 months ago on Where the iPhone Falls Short (Premium) – 39 Comments

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    I found a very good app called Files in there. A nice modern file explorer experience complete with tabbing!

    Posted 2 months ago on Microsoft Launches New Web Portal for its Windows App Store – 5 Comments

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    A lot of the above posts are talking a lot about Linux. Allowing Game Pass on Steam doesn't have to have anyth

    Posted 2 months ago on Valve is Open to Offering Xbox Game Pass on Steam – 11 Comments

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    Excellent stuff

    Posted 2 months ago on Forza Horizon 5 Gets Sign Language Support – 6 Comments

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    KRZ is a fantastic game, very chilled and the art style is superb. I've played the first FAR and that was good

    Posted 2 months ago on Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles for March – 2 Comments

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    I'm pleased they've not disabled cross play. The solution is to fix the cheating problem, not simply lock one

    Posted 2 months ago on Halo Infinite’s Mid-Season Update Addresses Cheating Issues and More – 5 Comments

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    The Bethesda launcher was horribly clunky and universally disliked by PC gamers, I imagine they took one look

    Posted 2 months ago on Bethesda is Retiring Its PC Game Launcher, Steam Migration Process Detailed – 5 Comments

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    When people talk about how great XP was, they really mean SP2. Before then it was as unstable and insecure as

    Posted 2 months ago on Programming Windows: Windows XP Service Pack 2 Interview (Premium) – 5 Comments

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    "we made a record profit" *stock falls 10%*Way to reward success.

    Posted 2 months ago on Roku Revenues Are Up 33 Percent – 2 Comments

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    Surely designing a mic muting button that only works on 1 specific version of 1 specific app is harder than de

    Posted 3 months ago on New Windows 11 Experiences Are Now Available – 44 Comments

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    Agreed, but some more than others. Only a select few have their school kids pledge allegiance to their nations

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple Finally Comments on AirTag Stalking – 59 Comments

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    Wonder what they made more from, Apple like margins on adequate speakers or patent trolling.

    Posted 3 months ago on Sonos Reports Record Revenues – 4 Comments

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    From the way I read the patch notes, no.

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft Releases February 2022 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 10 and 11 – 4 Comments

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    Eh? Android pay already works like this, at least in the UK/EU.

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple to Bring Contactless Payments to iPhone – 24 Comments

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    It'll only be Web downloaded files and I suspect at a corporate level there's probably a switch to disable it

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft Office Will Now Block VBA Macros by Default – 20 Comments

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

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    Wordle is 1990 lines of java script with a word a day already built in to the end of 2027. You can just downlo

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

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    When it comes to ads its be nice to see Paul do an article on ways people can defend themselves, everything fr

    Posted 3 months ago on Google Kills FLoC, Pushes Forward with Topics – 14 Comments

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    Sierra died years ago and Activision has been reduced to a COD factory. Only Blizzard still had its own ID and

    Posted 3 months ago on Phil Spencer Opens Up About Activision Blizzard Plans – 19 Comments

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    From a consumer perspective exclusivity is always bad. Regarding cross play, I see the argument for hacking be

    Posted 3 months ago on Rethinking Videogame Exclusives (Premium) – 32 Comments

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    Well that explains why they felt the need to review their harassment and equality policies, can't see Kotick s

    Posted 4 months ago on Microsoft to Buy Activision for $67.8 Billion – 66 Comments

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    Agreed. My only hope is that WDs monopoly deal on Series S/X storage ends soon and anyone can sell us a gen4 N

    Posted 4 months ago on Yes, Microsoft Stopped Making the Xbox One in 2020 – 6 Comments

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    Eye tracking doesn't "provide a new level of realism in gaming" because its been present for years already, mo

    Posted 4 months ago on Sony Announces VR2 and VR2 Sense Controller for PlayStation 5 – 10 Comments

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    What does calling a mulligan mean? I'm assuming it's a US thing that doesn't translate this side of the pond.

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple iPhone 13 Pro First Impressions – 101 Comments

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    Firewatch is great, I can't imagine it playing much different on a console to the PC version with gamepad that

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

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    Seems weird that while one of their most popular products is used to remove the Windows 11 UI they choose to a

    Posted 5 months ago on Stardock Releases Fences 4 – 8 Comments

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    Microsoft: if it ain't broke we'll fix it anyway.

    Posted 5 months ago on Yep, Microsoft is Redesigning Notepad in Windows 11 Too – 27 Comments

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    This. Of the big 3 (Google drive and Dropbox being the others,) IIRC they're the only one not to have a client

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

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    Enthusiasts have just split into smaller niches. Windows/linux/MacOS enthusiasts, gaming enthusiasts, emulatio

    Posted 5 months ago on Is the "Enthusiast" category dead? – 36 Comments

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    Stardew Valley is a brilliant little game if you're after something chilled

    Posted 5 months ago on Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for December – 3 Comments

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    I have a similar suction, using Wire Guard VPN to my home Internet connection which runs through a Pi-hole to

    Posted 5 months ago on Hands-On with DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection – 28 Comments

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    Horizons is more arcade handling vs motorsports light sim handling to me. Neither are hardcore aims like fligh

    Posted 6 months ago on Forza Horizon 5 is Biggest-Ever Xbox Game Studios Release – 5 Comments

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    Because for better or worse MS Office is the de facto standard for office applications and thus kids need to k

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Announces Windows 11 SE for Education – 23 Comments

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    CoD day? Surely you mean Forza day?

    Posted 6 months ago on Ask Paul: November 5 (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    Was he the CEO when MS bought it? If so it might just be that the amount of time he was obliged by his contrac

    Posted 6 months ago on Nat Friedman is Leaving Microsoft’s GitHub – 7 Comments

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    Shame its not vice City, loved both games but the setting and soundtrack for VC is better

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

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    So the Creative Cloud sub finally lives up to its Cloud part. Took you long enough Adobe. And yes there are lo

    Posted 6 months ago on Adobe Photoshop is Coming to the Web – 11 Comments

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    Is there really consumer demand for this feature? Or is it primarily aimed at devs like WSL.?

    Posted 6 months ago on First Android Apps Preview Comes to … the Beta Channel? – 48 Comments

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    Someone got the original Doom running on a digital pregnancy test. There's a whole community who enjoy the cha

    Posted 6 months ago on Windows 11 on a Pentium 4! – 14 Comments

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    I use Groupy, and also have the first 2 Galciv games (I even had a drengin.net account back in the day.) I'm n

    Posted 7 months ago on Stardock – 11 Comments

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    The main draw of Java is the massive mod community behind it, it can totally transform the experience.

    Posted 7 months ago on Minecraft is Coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC – 2 Comments

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    Appreciate this is a massive understatement but: that's really not good news for Twitch, it's users or creator

    Posted 7 months ago on Twitch Suffers from Massive Leak – 8 Comments

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    That happens every gen. For the first year or two the console has near parity in image quality, before falling

    Posted 7 months ago on Microsoft Reveals Forza Horizon 5 PC Requirements – 13 Comments

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    True, but our games cost less (admittedly not Forza as its one of those dual play games with xbox) and look be

    Posted 7 months ago on Microsoft Reveals Forza Horizon 5 PC Requirements – 13 Comments

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    I’ll defer to your experience, never used macOS version, all the versions I have used look pretty similar.

    Posted 7 months ago on Microsoft Leaks New Media App for Windows 11 – 29 Comments

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    They really need to wrap up games with gold and just move it into Gamepass.

    Posted 7 months ago on Microsoft Reveals Games with Gold for October – 3 Comments

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    "newly simplified". I'd love to know how they managed to find a focus group that told them Paint of all things

    Posted 7 months ago on Redesigned Microsoft Paint Heads to Public Testing – 19 Comments

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    This. The added advantage being they have a version that runs on anything (windows, ios, android, macOS, Linux

    Posted 7 months ago on Microsoft Leaks New Media App for Windows 11 – 29 Comments

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    The indie storefront itch.io has been available through the Epic Games Store for a while. So you could install

    Posted 7 months ago on Epic Games is Coming to the Microsoft Store in Windows 11 – 15 Comments

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    I've got some XP era hardware in use, but I've stuck Linux on it. Much more secure and I suspect if you're jus

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 10 Version 21H1 Jumps to 38 Percent Usage – 11 Comments

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    Wonder what % of die hards are on 7, 8/8.1 or even the real masochists on XP.

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 10 Version 21H1 Jumps to 38 Percent Usage – 11 Comments

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    Never day 1, prefer to let others be the cattle that clears the bug minefield. Later on I might do if I see an

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 11 on Launch Day – 7 Comments

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    This. As Elsa said, let it go.

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows Phone Revival – 11 Step Plan – 14 Comments

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    "Locked Folder support. Previously available only to Pixel owners, this feature lets you save photos and

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

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    Hopefully coming to Steam means a higher likelihood of mod support.

    Posted 7 months ago on Minecraft Dungeons is Available on Steam – 4 Comments

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    I'm assuming muff isn't the same euphemism in the US that it is in the UK.

    Posted 7 months ago on Muff Mode – Windows Weekly 743 – 6 Comments

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    Even then it won't be EOL. Several Linux distros and BSD will almost certainly support it if you're truly dete

    Posted 7 months ago on Why you can’t upgrade your 7th gen Intel CPU for Win11 – 17 Comments

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    A conscripted soldier who had no choice, absolutely. For any one else making an informed decision and knowing

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul: September 17 (Premium) – 37 Comments

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    The 911 thing is interesting. In the UK we don't really have that same idea of companies working with the mili

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul: September 17 (Premium) – 37 Comments

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    If that's true then surely that's on MS to make clear, not on Paul to dig around and discover?

    Posted 8 months ago on Analysis: Microsoft’s Windows 11 Performance Claims (Premium) – 42 Comments

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    Irfanview for me as well, this doesn't look likely to change that.

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

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    This comes up a lot, XP improved drastically at SP2 and 7 is essentially Vista SE, the name change was to duck

    Posted 8 months ago on Windows 10 SE – 8 Comments

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    I dual boot Manjaro, use that for everything except games which don't work on Proton. My home server runs Ubun

    Posted 8 months ago on Life Beyond Windows – 8 Comments

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    I've got less than 12 months to live so have been looking in to this. MS (in fact most online companies, espec

    Posted 8 months ago on What happens when I die Microsoft? – 15 Comments

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    Doubly so that when its news section says Politics it means US Politics no matter how many different ways MS k

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Start is Replacing Microsoft News – 24 Comments

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    It shows why you should never install beta software on a system you need to be running though.

    Posted 8 months ago on Those Windows 11 Instabilities Were Caused by a Microsoft Ad – 86 Comments

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    IIRC it’s usually done via Bluetooth.

    Posted 8 months ago on Xbox Cloud Gaming is Coming to Xbox Consoles – 9 Comments

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    I've still never managed to get my head around what one note is actually for.

    Posted 9 months ago on Microsoft to Revamp OneNote Desktop, Kill Windows 10 Client – 46 Comments

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    I've never met a software company that doesn't put the shiny new features they've developed on auto start.

    Posted 9 months ago on Microsoft is Adding Microsoft Teams to Windows 11 Today – 33 Comments

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    Just like Amazon is no longer a shop revenues wise but a cloud computing juggernaut that also happens to have

    Posted 10 months ago on Valve’s Steam Deck is a $400+ Portable Gaming PC – 34 Comments

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    It'll even (sort of,) play Crysis https://youtu.be/8felYvgXfu8

    Posted 10 months ago on Win11 on a Lumia 950 – 11 Comments

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    Most businesses here tend to work on a 3 year cycle for amortisation of an asset like a pc rather than 5 so th

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft to Announce Cloud PC Next Week – 17 Comments

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    According to the video it recognised the modem so calls work. No idea about SMS but don't see why not.

    Posted 10 months ago on Win11 on a Lumia 950 – 11 Comments

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    Win11 on a Lumia 950

    File this under Pointless But Cool, someone got Win11 running on a Lumia 950XL. Apparently it works well on a Pi 4 too. https://youtu.be/YSaJfudt8S4

    Posted 10 months ago on Win11 on a Lumia 950 – 11 Comments

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    Thanks all for your kind responses. I'll try migrating it as DarkGrayKnight suggests after taking a backup fir

    Posted 10 months ago on O365 family sub migration question – 6 Comments

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    O365 family sub migration question

    I can't find an answer to this anywhere on MS site or their support forums so thought I'd ask here. I have an O365 family sub paid for by me and with my Microsoft account as the 'owner'. My wife and kids also use it via their own MS accounts and have stuff in their Onedrives etc. I have a terminal illness and want to migrate ownership and payment of the O365 licence to my wife before I die, so that she and the kids can continue to access the features and more importantly their Onedrives without interruption. Does she just take out a new family sub and move her and the kids over to it and her existing Onedrive migrates or will it wipe and give her a new one? My own onedrive content will be downloaded and backed up seperately as I'd expect that to be lost when my account is deactivated. Annoyingly the same is likely to be true of the 3 years of gamepass attached to it unless anyone is aware of a workaround for that?

    Posted 11 months ago on O365 family sub migration question – 6 Comments

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    Thanks both, makes sense now!

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

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    Spelunking? Is that an American term I'm unfamiliar with?

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

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    You mean like free search, free chrome and free Gmail were all taken down? Oh.

    Posted 11 months ago on Google Makes Workspace Free for Everyone – 23 Comments

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    This approach works well enough for the Trackmania series, can't see why it wouldn't work for Forza as well.

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft Chases Creator Economy with Forza Horizon 5 – 4 Comments

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    Windows 11 will be to Windows 10 what 7 was to Vista. Tinker with the UI and rebadge it to remove the stigma.

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 10 Support Ends on October 14, 2025 – 87 Comments

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    The issue MS has with Win32 is they keep calling legacy before they've replaced it with something that has wid

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft to Preview Next Generation Windows on June 24 – 83 Comments

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    Yeah this definitely looks like a few placeholders ahead of the main event on the 13th.

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles for June – 1 Comments

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    The Intel processor naming scheme really is a hot mess.

    Posted 11 months ago on Intel Refreshes 11th-Generation Core U-Series Processors – 22 Comments

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    Not if the ads form part of the stream itself like some YouTube ones do. If they do that then unlock, pihole e

    Posted 11 months ago on HBO Max to Add a Cheaper, Ad-Supported Tier – 15 Comments

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    This is Google, so I'm assuming they've found a way to inject ads, tracking or both into RSS feeds. No thanks.

    Posted 1 year ago on Google is Embracing RSS. Again. – 28 Comments

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    Microsofts latest attempt to make win32 legacy in practice (rather than just in name,) fails. The issue is, wi

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

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    It's not blocked from the App store, it's blocked from Android Auto. Google won't allow it on Auto because it

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Fined in Italy for Abuse of Market Dominance – 12 Comments

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    And to Ninendos credit they still are price competitive enough to sell, powerful enough to provide a good or g

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Doesn’t Make a Profit on Xbox Consoles – 18 Comments

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    Is there a changelog somewhere that might give some of the benefits of updating?

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

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    Hopefully in time they'll allow keyboard & mouse control as well as game pad.

    Posted 1 year ago on Playing Xbox in the Browser, Hands On – 8 Comments

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    200 million people pay for the privilege of being able to use a shop slightly quicker.

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Prime Now Has Over 200 Million Subscribers – 6 Comments

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    Have to say my initial response was "I hope they don't Skype this up".

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft May Buy Discord for $10+ Billion – 33 Comments

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    Modders already did this a year ago. Search github for Half-Life-Alyx-novr and enjoy.The consensus was that th

    Posted 1 year ago on One of Valve’s Biggest, Dumbest Mistakes – 9 Comments

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    This could be a serious issue for E3 and similar shows. The big hitters may find that running their own virtua

    Posted 2 years ago on E3 2020 Has Been Officially Cancelled – 7 Comments

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    A day late and a dollar short. Apex Legends, PUBG and Fortnite have the market sewn up.

    Posted 2 years ago on Call of Duty: Warzone Goes Live Today – 8 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:Better for the USA possibly. For the rest of us having more than one choice of foreign powe

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Wants to Be on Huawei Devices – 19 Comments

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    "We have seen a similar feature where you can stream games from your Xbox console to another device, PC gamers

    Posted 2 years ago on The Road Ahead for Project xCloud – 18 Comments

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    In reply to Pbike908:Those who don't want to use Google services and could save the space by not having t

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Warns Huawei Users Not to Sideload Its Apps – 9 Comments

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    Another solution is present of Firefox but I don't know if it's available on Chromium based browsers

    Posted 2 years ago on What Tracking Protection Can’t Protect Against (Premium) – 35 Comments

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    A rave review for an excellent product. The only worry for me is that every HP review on this site is a rave r

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

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    In reply to Jippa Wip:Maybe Europe too. If you don't have a domestic alternative (and only the USA does,)

    Posted 2 years ago on Report: Chinese Tech Giants to Take on Google Play Store – 31 Comments

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    I'll be interested to see how their European launch goes vs expectations. There seems to be a view over h

    Posted 2 years ago on Disney+ Already Has Over 26 Million Subscribers – 7 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:Neither ARMs homepage nor their Processor page make any mention of Android at all.That ow

    Posted 2 years ago on Anybody here into Raspberry Pi? – 20 Comments

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    Chromium and Mozilla based browsers both have access to the "user agent switcher" add-on/extension which allow

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

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    Woop, decent prize!

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaway: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – 653 Comments

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    In reply to Mike2thel73:I don't hate Google, just don't like disengenuous statements. My house was b

    Posted 2 years ago on Amazon, Apple, and Google Partner to Standardize the Smart Home – 36 Comments

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    Obligatory XKCD on standards.Also: “Google’s use of IP dates back to the launch of Nest Learning Thermosta

    Posted 2 years ago on Amazon, Apple, and Google Partner to Standardize the Smart Home – 36 Comments

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    I don't mind new shortcuts replacing the old but surely if the old have been removed it should respect th

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Details Its Migration Plans for the New Microsoft Edge – 15 Comments

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    If you want a bit more background on this an interview with Christopher Scott (a MS employee and Linux user,)

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Teams for Linux is Now Available in Preview – 9 Comments

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    So have MS decided to revert to the service pack style of update every 6 months? Essentially a rollup of the p

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases Another Near-Final 20H1 Build – 3 Comments

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    So what's the benefit over just having a bookmark?

    Posted 2 years ago on Outlook.com is a PWA Now, Too – 20 Comments

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    Surely you don't need to use Amazon's own speakers with it, any soundbar/2.1 system should do the tr

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On: Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K – 29 Comments

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    So reading between the lines: Teams active user count is padded by the fact it's bundled with Offices so

    Posted 2 years ago on Slack Claims Higher Engagement Than Microsoft Teams – 45 Comments

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    I wouldn't want to be around when it hatches.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reveals New Logo for Microsoft Edge – 59 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Hard pass from me then, I'll continue to use GPM to play music I own.Not intere

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

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    It's not new, first release was 2014. It is however very good.

    Posted 2 years ago on Tip: Get Dark Mode on Thurrott.com (and Elsewhere) – 21 Comments

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    I predict this will be just as successful as Google Glass was.

    Posted 2 years ago on Facebook Reportedly Working on Smart Glasses to Replace Your Phone – 14 Comments

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    Holiday season? It's September!

    Posted 2 years ago on Gears 5 Off to a Record Start, Microsoft Says – 5 Comments

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    I don't care about major version uodatesz they sometimes do more harm than good in older devices anyway.

    Posted 2 years ago on There is No Android Update Problem (Premium) – 85 Comments

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    Bad North, Dead Cells & Enter the Gungeon have all reviewed well and been enjoyed by fans of their respect

    Posted 2 years ago on Gears 5, More Coming to Xbox Game Pass on Console and PC – 6 Comments

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    Alternative headline: Google wants to continue eating cake while also having cake.

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Wants to Continue Selling Ads While Protecting User Privacy – 14 Comments

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    As mentioned in premium comments Mac/iPhone has done this for ages, but also so has Android/Linux via KDE conn

    Posted 2 years ago on You Will Soon Be Able to Make and Receive Calls on Your Android Phone From Windows 10 – 12 Comments

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    I understand the motivation for the original tinkers (it's a challenge,) but don't see why anyone wo

    Posted 2 years ago on Android Ported to the Nintendo Switch – 6 Comments

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    In reply to WP7Mango:It may very well be better than Slack, I don't use either. But no matter how good it

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Teams Reaches 13 Million Active Users, Possibly Overtaking Slack – 17 Comments

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    This is a great example of how monopoly power (in this case MS Office,) can be used to beat competition. It do

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Teams Reaches 13 Million Active Users, Possibly Overtaking Slack – 17 Comments

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    Red Hat + Big Blue = Purple Hat?

    Posted 2 years ago on IBM Closes Its $34 Billion Acquisition of Red Hat – 15 Comments

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    In reply to codymesh:Being a loyal customer lets you be shafted. Loyalty shouldn't play a part in purchas

    Posted 2 years ago on Nvidia Introduces Upgraded RTX GPUs With New SUPER Line – 11 Comments

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    Nearly as good as the KDE Connect integration Linux has had for ages then.

    Posted 2 years ago on You Can Now See Your Android Notifications on Your Windows 10 PC – 19 Comments

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    Seems they've priced it the same as the Premium tier of EAs Origin Access. I'm just not sure they ha

    Posted 2 years ago on Ubisoft Launches $14.99/month Game Subscription Service for PC, Google Stadia – 7 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Have they said somewhere that the existing library will all work on Scarlet then, I can&

    Posted 2 years ago on Xbox’s Backward Compatibility Comes to an End – 24 Comments

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    So for clarity, if all of that is going to be in the new app what is the old one supposed to be used for? Or i

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces New Xbox App for Windows 10 – 13 Comments

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    They're getting very close to price parity with the BBC licence fee.

    Posted 2 years ago on Netflix Raising Prices in the UK – 5 Comments

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    I hear MS stores are expensive to run because every few months they have to fix the windows.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s First Microsoft Store in London Opens This July – 9 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:In all seriousness it'll be Windows RT with added containerisation to try to be

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces Modern OS – 104 Comments

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    Cometh the hour, cometh the penguin.With a TIFKAM overlay obviously.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces Modern OS – 104 Comments

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    In reply to ecumenical:If you were only stopping them in the US that would be akin to the Chinese ban in forei

    Posted 2 years ago on Huawei Runs Into More Roadblocks – 33 Comments

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    Pi-Hole is your friend.

    Posted 3 years ago on Bloatscripts – 4 Comments

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    In reply to vincedchart:There's a trick to that. A new and debateable change is made to software, in the

    Posted 3 years ago on Suddenly, Windows 10 Doesn’t Suck (Premium) – 72 Comments

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    In reply to James_Wilson:Which GUI? There are at least 8 well known ones.

    Posted 3 years ago on Sorry, But Sets is Dead – 52 Comments

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    John Lewis is a relatively high end UK department store, so yes they sell a bit of everything. From memory the

    Posted 3 years ago on You Can Buy a Surface Blush Blend Signature Type Cover in the UK – 6 Comments

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    I think people are misreading this. The EU haven't said Huawai are great, they've said that they see

    Posted 3 years ago on EU Rejects U.S. Call for Huawei Ban – 57 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:This. And you turned up late to the world wars you did help out in.

    Posted 3 years ago on EU Rejects U.S. Call for Huawei Ban – 57 Comments

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    Sounds like a potential security nightmare. If it comes to exchange/outlook I'm sure many sys admins will

    Posted 3 years ago on Dynamic Emails Are Coming to Gmail and Outlook – 27 Comments

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    Crucially the update also includes fixes to some quite serious bug fixes that shouldn't have to wait for

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Releases iOS 12.2 with News+ Support – 6 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:Data Protection legislation that's worth a damn (GDPR)The Working Time Directive. It

    Posted 3 years ago on Controversial New EU Copyright Rules Pass Another Legal Hurdle – 42 Comments

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    In reply to beatnixxx:It'd be worth clarifying if MS are also depreciating the API that allows music to b

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Kills OneDrive Music Streaming in Groove Music – 85 Comments

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    In reply to TriplePlayed:I'm always amazed consoles pay for online gaming. As for this, it sounds like th

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Bringing Xbox Live to Android and iOS – 4 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:FireOS is still going. Lets be honest it'll be a fork based on AOSP like Fire is a

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Has Made Its Own Smartphone and PC OSes … Just in Case – 47 Comments

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    "Facebook won’t be storing data in countries that don’t respect the user’s privacy"Wow, shutting off the

    Posted 3 years ago on Facebook Announces Major Privacy-Focused Transformation – 30 Comments

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    In reply to bookgrub:Really? Because being dumped ad hoc suggests limited mouse support, limited options (no g

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Evolving Gaming Strategy Takes A Giant Step Forward – 21 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:Your pc isn't much use without apps, word, excel, Firefox, chrome etc are all app

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Looks to Release New SDK That Lets iPad Apps Run on the Mac – 30 Comments

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    Good luck to them, and those who use them. They won't be crossing my threshold though.

    Posted 3 years ago on Report: Smart Speaker Sales Hit a Record 86 Million Units in Q4 2018 – 21 Comments

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    Between this and the office downtime a couple of weeks ago they it's only February and it's already

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Teams Is Down and Users Aren’t Happy – 26 Comments

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    Given the reviews I think free is a fair price.

    Posted 3 years ago on Crackdown 3 Launches on Xbox Game Pass – 7 Comments

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    In reply to Rob_Wade:Showing my age but I read the abbreviations in that post and wondered what Team Fortress

    Posted 3 years ago on Apex Legends Quickly Surpasses Fortnite – 21 Comments

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    "Office 365 includes fully installed Office applications"And for some reason insists you have ALL of them i

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Urges Customers Not to Buy Office 2019 – 58 Comments

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    Slightly odd article in that you almost entirely ignore the current dominant pc based platform (Steam,) and th

    Posted 3 years ago on The Gaming Market Is Preparing for a Significant Shakeup (Premium) – 12 Comments

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    I suppose it makes the branding work will be all done and dusted for whoever buys the Xbox division then.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Renames Its Game Studios to Xbox Game Studios – 8 Comments

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    HaveIBeenPwned and various password managers that use its API already do this.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Releases Password Checkup for Chrome – 12 Comments

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    In reply to James_B:Its market share is falling, that doesn't mean its userbase is. If its users grow by

    Posted 3 years ago on Paul, do you still endorse Firefox? – 51 Comments

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    How can File Explorer be a "legacy application" when it hasn't been replaced by anything? It's not l

    Posted 3 years ago on The State of Windows 10 in 2019 – 77 Comments

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    In reply to lrunejensen:Agree with this. All it would take is a slight amendment to the headline, adding "in t

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Hosts a Last-Minute Xbox Holiday Sale – 8 Comments

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    The premise is wrong. The FCC can't kill the internet. It also doesn't have authority over the inter

    Posted 3 years ago on One Year Ago Today, the FCC [Did Not] Kill the Internet – 74 Comments

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    In reply to JVarde:If you can't then many places still sell it for about the price of a beer. Both GOG an

    Posted 3 years ago on John Romero to Release Free New Levels for Original DOOM – 13 Comments

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    Bonus points for not so mg $1=ÂŁ1 either (it's ÂŁ26.99.)I'd imagine it's selling well overall b

    Posted 3 years ago on PC Gamers Can Get Most of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for Just $30 – 8 Comments

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    Surely the beta version of the new edge is Chrome?

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Join the Microsoft Edge Insider Program – 31 Comments

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    45% faster than what?

    Posted 3 years ago on Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Launches With 45% Performance Boost, 20% Faster Graphics – 22 Comments

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    "This should dramatically impact the stability and reliability of Intel display drivers in particular."To be f

    Posted 3 years ago on Intel Releases Its First Universal Windows Drivers (Updated) – 29 Comments

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    In reply to chaad_losan:That only works if you're someone who thinks all movies are equal. You just want

    Posted 3 years ago on Disney Announces Its Own Streaming Service, Will Pull Content From Netflix – 39 Comments

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    In reply to locust infested orchard inc:There is still a monopoly. There will only be 1 place to watch Star Wa

    Posted 3 years ago on Disney Announces Its Own Streaming Service, Will Pull Content From Netflix – 39 Comments

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    In reply to DataMeister:Grab a Paperwhite, download Calibre and you're sorted regardless of where you get

    Posted 3 years ago on Barnes & Noble Announces a New Nook Tablet For Some Reason – 35 Comments

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    Am I right in saying that it won't do it without installing the Google app/channel?Don't want it hap

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Assistant Comes to Roku – 10 Comments

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    In reply to jmwoods301:Out of curiosity how many trackers is it showing that Thurrott.com tries to use?I would

    Posted 3 years ago on Firefox 63 Introduces Enhanced Tracking Protection – 16 Comments

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    In reply to matsan:How many American (potential) spy-devices were sold in the same period?

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Will Not Sell New Flagship Smartphones in the U.S. – 63 Comments

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    "And as is always the case with Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility titles, this was achieved without requiring th

    Posted 3 years ago on Valve Classics are Enhanced for Xbox One X – 3 Comments

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    In reply to warren:Just googled what that means. Can't say I've ever had reason to use it, hence my

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Now Lets You Uninstall More of the Pre-Installed Apps – 65 Comments

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    In reply to Glassman1234:What was snip it?

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Now Lets You Uninstall More of the Pre-Installed Apps – 65 Comments

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    Finally! I think the only one of those apps that'll survive the cull for me will be Calculator. That said

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Now Lets You Uninstall More of the Pre-Installed Apps – 65 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:What stopped them before is that if you wanted to make such a device, you couldn't sell

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Complies With EU, Will Charge More for Android in Europe – 35 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:Absolutely. The sooner all PC games are only available from one store the better. I

    Posted 3 years ago on Discord’s Game Store Launches Worldwide – 4 Comments

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    In reply to maethorechannen:If you read my whole post I stated as such. But there are several games played by

    Posted 3 years ago on Sony Enables Cross-play for Fortnite on PlayStation After All – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Skolvikings:So it seems the comments don't like me posting links but if you Google "Steam Li

    Posted 3 years ago on Sony Enables Cross-play for Fortnite on PlayStation After All – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Tunrip:The market leader is the pc. Steam alone was reporting 125m active accounts three years ago

    Posted 3 years ago on Sony Enables Cross-play for Fortnite on PlayStation After All – 13 Comments

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    So then Google AND Microsoft can scrape your messages and sell your ad profile to the highest bidder! Progress

    Posted 3 years ago on Your Phone Now Lets You Send Messages From Your Windows 10 PC – 18 Comments

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    Given the September builds are going to be the ones that have extended support for businesses it's fair t

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Flights New Windows 10 19H1 Build – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Bob_Shutts:Actually you can "pause" the collection of data, at which point they don't delete

    Posted 3 years ago on Some research on Google/Android data collection – 7 Comments

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    If MS haven't sanctioned this expect it to be lawyered out of existence with extreme prejudice.

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 95 Is Now Available As an App. Literally. – 22 Comments

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    So a news article to tell us that news in news articles elsewhere isn't really news?Newsecption!

    Posted 3 years ago on Yes, Office 2019 Will Still Require the Newest MacOS Versions – 5 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Agreed. Americans don't work too hardz they work too long.In my experience over

    Posted 3 years ago on Americans Work Too Hard – 58 Comments

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    Which (if any!) solution did you use in the end?

    Posted 3 years ago on Recommended Free Music Player for Windows – 25 Comments

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    I don't mind leaving it open in the background, but a "close browser when final download completes" optio

    Posted 3 years ago on Why can’t Edge download files when it’s closed? – 7 Comments

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    I can't see how it matters to anyone other than Microsoft to be honest, and even then only to their marke

    Posted 3 years ago on Will Windows 10 every hit a billion users? – 13 Comments

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    It's not a new thing, within tech or any other industry. A few years ago there a lot of devices were call

    Posted 3 years ago on What is it with all the Goes lately? – 16 Comments

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    In reply to meek_teef:Google is being sneaky. If they want to use and store the data when you use their servic

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Caught Being Sneaky With Location Data Collection – 33 Comments

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    Musicbee is pretty popular, but for simplicity I prefer Dopamine.

    Posted 3 years ago on Recommended Free Music Player for Windows – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Won't help you, Firefox has been flagging http as insecure (which it is,) for over a y

    Posted 3 years ago on Chrome 68 to Flag Potentially Insecure Websites – 4 Comments

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    Was hoping that the PC version of the 2 year old Forza Horizon 3 would finally be reduced to a good price.Gt e

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox Launches “the Ultimate Game Sale” – 6 Comments

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    Even more sexier? Nice grammar.

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Build 17711 Brings More Microsoft Edge Improvements – 24 Comments

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    Is a shame they won't give home users the telemetry free version (LTSB) even for a fistful of dollars.

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 at 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – 107 Comments

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    Steam has had groups for yonks, not seen a pc game that does the fast start thing though, that could be handy.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Brings FastStart, Game Grouping, More With Xbox’s July Update – 7 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:I agree, but my point still stands that if they were really serious about privacy they wou

    Posted 3 years ago on Let’s Talk About Sets (Premium) – 35 Comments

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    "It's your device. You deserve to know what's happening on it."proof that they still don't get

    Posted 3 years ago on Let’s Talk About Sets (Premium) – 35 Comments

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    That's not what they meant by Intel Inside.

    Posted 3 years ago on Intel Ousts CEO Over Employee Relationship – 41 Comments

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    Maybe they've decided VR is the new 3D tv?

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft No Longer Plans to Bring VR to the Xbox One – 40 Comments

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    In reply to fbman:You misunderstand me, I'm not annoyed that I would need to find a workaround, I'm

    Posted 3 years ago on Cutting the Cord? You Need to Know About Tubi – 19 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:It is, but what isn't is being greeted with: "Tubi is the largest free movie an

    Posted 3 years ago on Cutting the Cord? You Need to Know About Tubi – 19 Comments

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    We have something like this in Europe already, it's called Advanced Mobile Location (AML) and it combines

    Posted 3 years ago on iOS 12 Will Automatically Share Your Location With 911 Responders – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Angusmatheson:Doom pretty much invented the multiplayer death match and then it was populised by Q

    Posted 3 years ago on Fornite: Games Changer? (Premium) – 23 Comments

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    Will SwiftKey work with the accessibility on-screen keyboard or is it touch only? The prediction abilities cou

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Bringing SwiftKey to the Desktop, Blocking Auto-Playing Videos – 28 Comments

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    The market is:TwitchYoutube GamingEverything else. If you're not one of the big two, give up now.

    Posted 3 years ago on Facebook Announce Fb.gg does Mixer have chance – 4 Comments

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    US only?

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Announces “the Biggest Xbox Sale of the Year” – 8 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:It doesn't have to be a money making scheme to fall foul of GDPR. If it isn't

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Moves Decisively to End the Nonsense Era (Premium) – 64 Comments

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    So does site filtering only work in Edge? If it does it's a pretty trivial workaround to use Chrome for t

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Family Comes to Android – 40 Comments

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    I'd be astounded if this wasn't just forced upon them to ensure GDPR compliance and they threw in a

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox 360 Updated for the First Time in Two Years – 9 Comments

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    "But the fact remains that COD has dominated the first-person shooter market—and, pretty much all of video g

    Posted 3 years ago on World War Too: Battlefield V to Ditch Season Pass – 16 Comments

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    Makes it very clear that new COD = best bits of popular games last year. The wall running stuff was to counter

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

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    This may be the first feature added to Win10 since launch that I actually use.

    Posted 4 years ago on Hands-On with Redstone 5: Sets – 56 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:Of those I've mentioned all are still running except OnLive.

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox, After the X – 35 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:This isn't just an MS move. Several cloud gaming platforms already exist, PlayS

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox, After the X – 35 Comments

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    I'd be interested in Paul's views on the rumours circulating in the gaming press that Black Ops 

    Posted 4 years ago on Alexa Answers the Call of Duty – 4 Comments

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    Im slightly confused by what market segment this device (and the iPad Pro,) are aimed at. If it's a devic

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: Performance – 69 Comments

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    Do the privacy settings all still revert to their defaults every time you do an update?

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Testing Improved Privacy Controls in Windows 10 – 7 Comments

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    Does the Xbox support Twitch or is it locked in to Mixer?

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One’s Spring Update to Bring 1440p Support, New Mixer Features – 10 Comments

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    In reply to My Hell baby speaking:I didn't say that all of the reviews were for that. I haven't look

    Posted 4 years ago on Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Arrives on Windows 10 – 17 Comments

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    In reply to My Hell baby speaking:Some people will review bomb it purely for Windows store only. Others don�

    Posted 4 years ago on Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Arrives on Windows 10 – 17 Comments

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    It'd be good to add support for this, and the tweets seem to show games can segregate so death match A ha

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About Keyboard/Mouse Support on Xbox One (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:Devices and services were about half of 2012 revenues according to their account

    Posted 4 years ago on Yes, Nokia Should Have Chosen Android, Not Windows Phone (Premium) – 55 Comments

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    Point of order: The decision didn't kill Nokia. Nokia the company is fine and has carried on making infra

    Posted 4 years ago on Yes, Nokia Should Have Chosen Android, Not Windows Phone (Premium) – 55 Comments

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    I can give you 4 letters which explain why this isn't in any European markets: G D P and R.

    Posted 4 years ago on LinkedIn’s Resume Assistant Feature Now Available to All Office 365 Subscribers – 5 Comments

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    I'm confused, Microsoft don't develop PUBG so why are they trying to take credit for the success gen

    Posted 4 years ago on Over 4 Million Gamers are Now Playing PUBG on Xbox One – 3 Comments

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    If they could stop excluding windows users ASAP that'd be great. Be good to no longer be second class cit

    Posted 4 years ago on New Microsoft Games Will Hit Xbox Game Pass on Release Day – 14 Comments

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    This would be helpful, even if it was just a US only tag. Often shows up when deals in the MS Store or new fea

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

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    Surely sponsored content/direct copy-paste from press releases should be highlighted as such?

    Posted 4 years ago on You Will Soon Be Able to Pre-Order This Beautiful Cortana-Powered Smart Thermostat for $319 – 22 Comments

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    In reply to mikiem:I'm not sure a class action based on loss of performance will work. Their argument wil

    Posted 4 years ago on Intel Misled Industry on Security Vulnerabilities – 39 Comments

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    For those of us outside the USA what does K-12 mean?

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Touts ‘Strong Growth’ for Windows in Education – 52 Comments

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    In reply to david.thunderbird:No it won't. Chromecast is proprietary to Google and they won't allow

    Posted 4 years ago on Firefox 57: Come for the Speed, Stay for the Text Rendering – 58 Comments

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    They're going to have to be pretty certain they know when you've moved by May 25th next year. Using

    Posted 4 years ago on Outlook.com Will Now Locate Your Data Dynamically – 11 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:I assume you mean drop x86 from phone? Because dropping x86 from Windows is suicidal

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft: No, We’re Not Killing Surface – 49 Comments

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    "Google was able to reveal that it has once again has the best camera of any smartphone: With a score of 98/10

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Announces New Smartphones, Other Products, as Expected – 38 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:I understand & accept why it exists. I just wish they did a "Win10 only" version too

    Posted 4 years ago on Forza Motorsport 7 First Impressions: A Visual Showcase – 15 Comments

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    Configuring mods? I didn't think modern apps allowed for mods so that's an unexpected bonus. This is

    Posted 4 years ago on Forza Motorsport 7 First Impressions: A Visual Showcase – 15 Comments

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    To truly make it cross platform it should be buy once, play anywhere. MS is a bit ahead of the curve on that w

    Posted 4 years ago on Minecraft’s Better Together Update is Here, Bringing Cross-Platform Play – 13 Comments

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    I'd argue that COD is exactly a pick up and put down game. Maybe not 2 weeks but certainly short term. Th

    Posted 4 years ago on Some Thoughts About the Call of Duty: WWII Private Beta – 16 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Agreed. The article mentions this rebadged Kaby Lake nonsense is "because Intel." In realit

    Posted 4 years ago on Intel (Sort Of) Launches 8th Generation Core Processors – 23 Comments

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    Media centre was never removed from any version of Windows it shipped with. They just stopped putting it in n

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Says Paint Isn’t Going Away But You Already Knew That – 40 Comments

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    I was waiting for the inevitable "US only" line but didn't see it. Can I get excited or is it only availa

    Posted 4 years ago on Buy a 1 TB Xbox One S Bundle, Get a Free Game – 3 Comments

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