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    Brilliant! Thanks go to the developers/testers who implemented this.

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    You can also Shift+Win+(Left / Right) Arrow to jump monitors as well.

    Posted 10 months ago on Windows 11 Feature Focus: Snap Layouts – 42 Comments

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    Great to see the British comedian Romesh Ranganathan be featured in the photo.

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    The tech world has come a long way. If only countries and religions could follow this inspiring lead.

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    Being able to talk to and use multiple assistants sounds sensible to me. I've always preferred inclusive

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    I once kept a scammer on the phone for almost 10 minutes using only the words "yes", "yeah" and "yep" and vary

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    This is all from my understanding without looking up any references so might not be totally accurate.The BBC i

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    Glad to hear I wasn't the only one

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    Will Cortana been on more 3rd party speakers like Sonos One and will skills move out of US to the rest of the

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    With Xbox in the living room of millions of homes all they needed to do was put in an integrated speaker and m

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    Personally I don't mind having more than one assistant. I have more than one parent, and more the one fri

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    2nd Jan in the UK and Groove is still streaming on my Sonos system.

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    With Kinect being discontinued I'm wondering if MS is missing a trick. With the Xbox always on and Kinect

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    In reply to Usman: It just says Sorry something went wrong.

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    I have the exact same issue with Windows Hello on my Surface Pro 4. It hasn't worked since 1709.

    Posted 4 years ago on 1709 weirdness – 16 Comments

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    US Only. When will these companies learn that to succeed you need to be global; like their competitors.

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    It would be nice if you could say OK Google or Hey Cortana or whatever Alexa and Siri uses and that assistant

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    Looks like I might have to retire my still used MS Band 1.

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    Zero people with mixed reality headsets! Stick to the facts please Paul; and this isn't one of them. Few

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Ships Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16241 to Fast Ring – 12 Comments

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    Do not disturb while driving. Paul wrote about this feature in Windows Phone 8.1 4, yes 4, years ago, Apple hu

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    I well developed responsive website means content displaying apps for all screen sizes are not needed.

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    Still using my original Band 1 which I got on day of release in UK. Sadly the battery only last about 90 mins

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    There is also a new build for Windows 10 Mobile. Details here. Not much, but hey.

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    The Elite X3 is just priced to not sell. I'd happily buy one; for £100. Quite happy with my 640 at the m

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    Major fixes for Mobile which Paul has omitted. https://blogs.windows.com Other improvements and fixes for

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14946 Arrives for Both PC and Mobile – 12 Comments

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