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    What percentage of app purchases do Apple/Google really need to maintain the app store and make enough of a pr

    Posted 1 week ago on Amazon to Remove Kindle Purchases on Android – 20 Comments

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    I've been running a pi-hole for years. The only issue I've had is the SD card can fail. I've had that happen a

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

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    I think the phone integration works just fine on Pixel devices. Of course I don't have a duo or samsung device

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

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    It's still way better than everyone except the walled garden of iOS. Non-pixel Android devices won't be gettin

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

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    All those shiny buildings aren't going to justify themselves by looking pretty.

    Posted 2 months ago on Apple Has a New Return-to-Office Schedule – 19 Comments

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    How are they going to audit any purchase that don't happen within their system? They going to spy on the spawn

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple to collect commission regardless of whether developers use IAP – 4 Comments

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    From the tech side of things, mRNA vaccines have been in development since the 70's, so the base process is ex

    Posted 5 months ago on Google Postpones Return to Office Yet Again – 27 Comments

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    To Echo other responses, All of them. They said it could very well be like the seasonal flu vaccine and even b

    Posted 5 months ago on Google Postpones Return to Office Yet Again – 27 Comments

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    On the list of things you won't see? Xbox Series X. Seriously I'd LOVE to have it be a case of MSFT holding ba

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Store to Host a Black Friday Sale Too – 5 Comments

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    Now if only I can find an Xbox Series X to play this on without paying 2x

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Teases the Halo: Infinite Campaign – 7 Comments

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    Yep It's the Even/Odd issue that is tied to Star Trek Movies and Daniel Craig Bond films. Here's hoping six is

    Posted 7 months ago on Google to Launch Pixel 6 on October 19 – 16 Comments

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    anything that keeps my family, friends and myself out of the hospital is a good thing. I really don't need to

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft No Longer Plans a Return to Office Date – 61 Comments

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    If only a Series X were available in stores...or purchase anywhere without camping out ahead of time...

    Posted 8 months ago on It’s Official: Halo Infinite to Launch on December 8 – 4 Comments

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    Having just watched Fast 9, if CoD is the game equivilant, it's no longer redeemable. No one should spend mone

    Posted 8 months ago on What’s Old is Old Again (Premium) – 12 Comments

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    Sure would be nice if I could actually GET a Series X so I could see this for myself. Resolution and frame rat

    Posted 9 months ago on Microsoft is Testing a Higher Resolution Dashboard on Xbox Series X – 9 Comments

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    Yes this was started in 2020. New JS engine as they found the limits with Electron and Angular pretty early in

    Posted 9 months ago on To the Web: Mozilla Firefox (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    I'm dreading going back to the office. Burn 3 hours of my day to sit in the same office as two out of my five

    Posted 11 months ago on Amazon to Require Employees in the Office Three Days Per Week – 34 Comments

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    We have Dolby Vision & Atmos on a console that is out of stock everywhere. At least this isn't going to dr

    Posted 11 months ago on Xbox Has a Two-Year Console Exclusive on Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (Updated) – 23 Comments

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    96/24 opens things up past to what 99.9% of us can hear, but it does open up compared to compact disc.

    Posted 1 year ago on Thinking About Hi-Res, Lossless, and Spatial Audio (Premium) – 30 Comments

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    HD Audio is only as good as the worst part of the the whole system between recording and into your ears (yes e

    Posted 1 year ago on Thinking About Hi-Res, Lossless, and Spatial Audio (Premium) – 30 Comments

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    My tinfoil hat theory on Xbox Series X is they are holding back inventory for Halo Infinite Launch

    Posted 1 year ago on Sony Now Expects PS5 Shortages Through 2022 – 16 Comments

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    For cars part of it is Reneas who had a fire at one of their larger facilities. https://www.msn.com/en-us/mone

    Posted 1 year ago on Sony Now Expects PS5 Shortages Through 2022 – 16 Comments

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    Microsoft looking at telemetry as the decision point for keep or not.

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

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    uBlock Origin for Firefox or just suck it up and setup a Pi-Hole that does the same thing. Oh and don't u

    Posted 1 year ago on DuckDuckGo’s Browser Extension Blocks FLoC Now – 19 Comments

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    Well it's another thing for Epic to put on their pile of evidence. iMessage, FaceTime, so many lock in ex

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

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    I don't expect the NYT to mention MS Edge let alone something like uBlock Origin or a Pi-Hole. The latter

    Posted 1 year ago on If You Care About Privacy, It’s Time to Try a New Web Browser – 6 Comments

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    Just get a Pi-Hole and add some common lists. uBlock Origin is an option as well, but none are going to be 100

    Posted 1 year ago on DuckDuckGo: Web Browsers Don’t Prevent Tracking – 12 Comments

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    Looks like they're clearing out the Surface Pro 7s making room for the 8. I'd wait for the next gen

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Store Launches a Spring Sale – 10 Comments

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    Long Live the Spartan! (rendering engine) it was good in concept, but as MSFT quickly realized, it took a lot

    Posted 1 year ago on Support Ends for Microsoft Edge Legacy – 14 Comments

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    Yep tried to get Cortana to set a timer this morning and all I got was the "update to remove Cortana is coming

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

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    For some reason this is a bit difficult to believe. Even as I look at the nineteen different JavaScripts embed

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Says It Wants a “Privacy-First” Web – 35 Comments

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    Only way to be sure of having purchased media stay purchased is to own a physical copy.

    Posted 1 year ago on PlayStation Store to Stop Selling Movies, TV Shows – 19 Comments

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    In reply to madthinus:All of the protcols designed in the 80's for an open trust driven internet need to

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

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    Yeah, the Big Shot on top of the Stratosphere is no joke. I'm acrophobic as it is so yeah that didn'

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

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    In reply to mattbg:They do know that IE 11 is End of Life and that Microsoft will no longer be supporting IE11

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft to Remove Legacy Edge from Windows 10 in April – 33 Comments

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    Despite Google with it's 150 side projects, they're learning that running a game studio is competiti

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Kills Stadia Games & Entertainment Team – 35 Comments

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    Not surprised at the timing, kind of surprised at the idea they only sold half the number of PS5s though. I�

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series X|S Supplies Will Be Constrained Until Mid-2021 – 20 Comments

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    Control is the first game I completed with all achievements in YEARS. Great story and the DLC is well worth th

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

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    Or they could leave it as a live tile, just sayin'.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Adding a News Feed to Windows 10 For Some Reason – 76 Comments

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    In reply to red.radar:I don't even know that it's AMD, but fab availability at TSMC. All these vario

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Trying to Address Xbox Series X|S Shortages – 22 Comments

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    In reply to jfgordon:All those are consumer. With the exception of Xbox, Microsoft doesn't do consumer ve

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

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    In reply to jwpear:Yep, I hear the same thing from my GP. My BMI being 32 which in some circles counts as a CO

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: December 4 (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    In reply to Patrick3D:I use it for my personal browser because I haven't found a NoScript Replacement for

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: December 4 (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    After using an Pixel 2XL for three years and seeing the reviews of the 4a and 5, plus realizing 5g still needs

    Posted 1 year ago on The Perfect Smartphone for 2020? (Premium) – 27 Comments

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    In reply to shark47:The intel powered Macs will still be manufactured for my guess is at least a year or two.

    Posted 1 year ago on Impact of the M1 chip on Windows and PCs – 156 Comments

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    In reply to danmac:Yes, at least 3 years worth. Someone else said 5, but I'd like to see that in writing.

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Reveals Its Black Friday Deals – 7 Comments

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    Based on the fact that I couldn't get a pre-order and the massive backlog of 360/One/One X games I curren

    Posted 1 year ago on Getting Ready for the Xbox Series X|S – 44 Comments

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    Well it wasn't important enough for me to set a reminder and when I finally remembered it they were all g

    Posted 1 year ago on Next-Gen Xbox Pre-Orders Come, Then Go         – 39 Comments

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    In reply to kzrystof:you should have used Windows key + . to insert ? instead of going for the old school asci

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series S Launch Video Leaks – 7 Comments

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    In reply to simont:Would having both TicTok and Zoom on Oracle Cloud impact stability?

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft, Oracle Race to the Finish to Acquire TikTok – 26 Comments

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    In reply to dcdevito:A place to leverage the bing ad service

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft, Oracle Race to the Finish to Acquire TikTok – 26 Comments

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    They probably could ship this year, but it would be a buggy hot mess with a cascade of updates. I think folks

    Posted 1 year ago on Halo Infinite Delayed Until 2021, Xbox series X Arrives in November – 28 Comments

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    Well I hope they keep the ruse up for a while. I for one appreciate clean mobile OS even if it needs a bunch o

    Posted 1 year ago on Future Pixel Models Leaked in Internal Documents – 5 Comments

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    In reply to OldITPro2000:Microsoft Scheduler is like magic and it's Cortana based.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Killing Cortana on Mobile, Invoke, and Surface Headphones – 67 Comments

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    I miss Microsoft Signature... Sure there was still a little crap, but nothing like this.

    Posted 1 year ago on HP Envy x360 13 Review – 30 Comments

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    IF it happens there will be one ad company making a lot of money and a lot of other businesses that impload be

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. States Would Like to Break Up Google – 22 Comments

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    In reply to Harrymyhre:Not everything in a smartphone needs to be this year's design. There are some core

    Posted 1 year ago on Huawei’s Plan for the U.S. Blacklisting? Hoarding – 12 Comments

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    Product in search of a market. Bring back KIN!

    Posted 2 years ago on Yahoo Launches New Unlimited Phone Service Powered by Verizon’s Network – 12 Comments

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    In reply to Simard57:I second the MicroSDXC card. I've got a 400GB SanDisk card in my Surface Go that

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

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    The only way the selling of one's privacy is going to ever register for those that are currently blissful

    Posted 2 years ago on ‘Fortnite’ CEO Takes Aim at Google, Facebook for “Loss of Privacy, Freedom” – 2 Comments

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    In reply to webdev511:I stand corrected. Apparently this has been happening for over a year and it was just a

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

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    Nice stock bump from that news too. The reality is IBM probably got a sweet deal on Enterprise Grid, but even

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

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    High praise indeed. The i5 w/ 16GB of RAM is a tempting configuration. Little less power maybe the battery las

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

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    In reply to will:I think that has (mostly) been the target all along. HP, Dell, Lenovo, et. al. make devices t

    Posted 2 years ago on Panos In, Joe B Out (Premium) – 60 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Which is why I will keep using my 2013 Air until the new keyboard comes to more mode

    Posted 2 years ago on Panos In, Joe B Out (Premium) – 60 Comments

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    In reply to willc:I don't know what you use a Windows PC for, but no, Chrome OS is about a decade away fr

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s OS Nightmare. – 55 Comments

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    In reply to Pungkuss:You think Google would get sued by the EU for allowing consumer choice? If implemented it

    Posted 2 years ago on Privacy Advocates Call on Google to End Android Bloatware – 39 Comments

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    In reply to madthinus:Yep it's the careful balancing act of more stores = more sales vs exclusive and con

    Posted 2 years ago on 2019: The Year in Videogames (Premium) – 8 Comments

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    Well It's going to sell as well as the price will allow. So very well initially (pent up demand) and then

    Posted 2 years ago on You Can Order a New Mac Pro This Week – 21 Comments

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    In reply to anderb:Yeah the shopping button in Edge mobile doesn't seem to correlate with any type of ent

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Still Doesn’t Get Consumers (Premium) – 53 Comments

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    Yeah gonna stick with the Pixel 2XL until the long term P4XL evals are in.

    Posted 2 years ago on Thinking About the Pixel 4 (Premium) – 30 Comments

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    In reply to Bart:It would be another exercise of moving a web service from AWS to Azure as well as ramping up

    Posted 2 years ago on Grammarly is Heading to Work – 11 Comments

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    I went from my Nexus 6p to a Pixel 2XL only to discover that it wasn't really neccessary. All I really ne

    Posted 2 years ago on We asked, you answered: you’re holding onto your phone forever – 3 Comments

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    In reply to dstrauss:I have a Pixel 2XL on Google Fi, it is essentally a Surface Phone. MS Launcher, Cortana,

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung and the Surface Phone – Premium – 38 Comments

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    I had that book and used it too. Got me started with ASP 1.0 page development which I rode all the way to ASP

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft to Disable VBScript in IE 11 in Windows 7 and 8.x – 15 Comments

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    All these years later and with a new battery, my Nexus 6p is still a very good phone. I didn't have the p

    Posted 2 years ago on Told You So? Nope (Premium) – 32 Comments

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    In reply to will:If I'm going to lug around a Surface Book 15 I want it with 32GB.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reportedly Prototyping Surface Devices With Qualcomm and AMD Chips – 45 Comments

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    In reply to digiguy:The CPU capabilities of the Ryzen 3k with the 7nm process itself should be an eye opener.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reportedly Prototyping Surface Devices With Qualcomm and AMD Chips – 45 Comments

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    How many other parts that are now Alphabet would die off if they didn't have the Google Ads subside money

    Posted 2 years ago on Activists urge Google to break up before regulators force it to – 3 Comments

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    In reply to Slvrgun:Based on the fact that there are 218 Xbox One X enhanced games and a total of right about

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Purple Xbox One S Fortnite Console Leaks – 5 Comments

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    When you push the envelope, sometimes the envelope pushes back...hard.

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung is Canceling Galaxy Fold Preorders – 6 Comments

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    In reply to RossNWirth:The only con is for the people too stupid to realize that you shouldn't wear them

    Posted 3 years ago on The Pros and Cons of Noise-Canceling Headphones – 4 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Apple is borderline acting like MSFT did with IE. The complaint data isn't very end

    Posted 3 years ago on EU to Launch Apple Antitrust Probe – 60 Comments

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    Three Months? How about offer two weeks or less. I don't care how it impacts the user experience. My data

    Posted 3 years ago on Google to Allow Auto-Deleting of Location History and Activity Data – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:If iOS were more open I bet there would be more work being done on it. At the momen

    Posted 3 years ago on Is the Microsoft Store on the Way Out? (Premium) – 76 Comments

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    In reply to Skolvikings:Well with Xbox One MSFT did add external storage that actually is functional and in so

    Posted 3 years ago on Pricing the Next Xbox (Premium) – 6 Comments

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    In reply to RossNWirth:You can stack 3 years. I believe it's the same for Xbox Live Gold as well.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Home Use Program Now Offers Office 365 for Consumers – 20 Comments

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    And like Surface Headphones they probably won't be Teams Certified devices either.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft to Take on AirPods with Surface Buds – 50 Comments

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    I think I'd rather have the power for a solid 4k 60+fps over 8k, but release specs are more about future

    Posted 3 years ago on Sony PlayStation 5 Will Feature 8k Graphics, Ray Tracing, and PS4 Compatibility – 32 Comments

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    In reply to saiko:R&D for follow on models isn't zero but it's nothing near what the Xbox One co

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Should Have Spun Off Xbox. Good Thing It Didn’t (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    I thought the 360 won that gen or did they eventually get passed by PS3?

    Posted 3 years ago on A Few Thoughts About xCloud and the Future of Xbox (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    Thanks to web developers, I let google run the minimal amount of scripts required to make a page run and alway

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

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    No, just no. why in the heck would you have a dedicated assistant button and NOT a dedicated camera button? WH

    Posted 3 years ago on A Dedicated Google Assistant Button Could Be on Your Next Android Phone – 9 Comments

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    In reply to ggolcher:Continuum was genuinely useful. The HP device in its dock with a mouse keyboard and monit

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei’s Mate X Is the Foldable Phone You Might Actually Want – 33 Comments

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    except for the price...well no the price kind of kills it.

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei’s Mate X Is the Foldable Phone You Might Actually Want – 33 Comments

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    I know the team in the hardware division is working hard on the next version of XBox One, but 240FPS with no d

    Posted 3 years ago on A 240 FPS Xbox Console? Let’s Talk Next Gen CPU – 22 Comments

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    Not really a whole lot different than the default landing page when you log into Office 365...

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Announces New Office App for Windows 10 – 27 Comments

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    Oh, well they can TRY to make me believe my data is safe, but let's face it, once it's posted on FB

    Posted 3 years ago on Facebook Bug Exposed Pictures of 6.8 Million Users – 9 Comments

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    Huh. Who could have possibly known that it would turn out like this? I mean aside from pretty much everyone.

    Posted 3 years ago on Verizon Writes Down $4.6 Billion from AOL and Yahoo Acquisitions – 22 Comments

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    I don't see myself switching off of FireFox anytime soon. For me NoScript is a critical part of my approa

    Posted 3 years ago on Game Over for Firefox? (Premium) – 44 Comments

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    In reply to christian.hvid:Yes, 100% sure that Windows 7 will no longer be supported unless you're a very

    Posted 3 years ago on Don’t Let Fear and Loathing Push You Over the Edge (Premium) – 60 Comments

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    Good to know. It's obvious now that this year's updates were almost all limited to new silicon on ex

    Posted 3 years ago on Here’s what Surface is Planning to Release in 2019 – 49 Comments

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    In reply to SherlockHolmes:The omission of Kinect and it's dedicated port on Xbox One S & X. People d

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Needs an iPhone Classic (Premium) – 52 Comments

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    I agree on the way too restrictive upgrade choices. I'd like an i5 with 256 GB m2 and 16GB of ram. I can

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 Review – 23 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:I admit, I am not up to speed on Adobe subscription model, but I have to think at some

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple MacBook Air (2018) Check-In: Performance – 55 Comments

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    In reply to wolters:Probably more likely that it remembers but has a huge stack of data indicating it IS spam.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Touts AI Advances in Outlook – 28 Comments

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    It's too bad that Apps have to leverage Google's tracking and can't do it without letting the G

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

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    I also do and don't trust Google, I use a Pixel 2 XL, but have neutered it as much as possible while stil

    Posted 3 years ago on Trusting Google (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    A classic and repayable because it has a near perfect balance of interactivity during game play and OMG the st

    Posted 3 years ago on My Original Half-Life 2 Review from 2004/2005 – 22 Comments

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    Well this will be great right up to the point where it falls flat on its face because iPad Pro doesn't ha

    Posted 3 years ago on Full Photoshop on iPad Pro May Be a Game Changer (Premium) – 51 Comments

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    In reply to leops1984:go to fi.google.com to see prices. Pixel 3 64 GB is $799...

    Posted 3 years ago on Google’s Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Phones Are Finally Official – 17 Comments

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    For consumers yes, but I'd put money on them having contractual obligations to keep it up and running for

    Posted 3 years ago on Oh No: Google Is Killing Google+ – 20 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:Yeah for an extra $150 you can get a 12 core 2720 when they're released at the

    Posted 3 years ago on Intel Announces First 9th-Generation Core Processors – 10 Comments

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    Yep, I won't be getting it on my Ivy Bridge-E Xeon workstation because the August & September Intel M

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Users Start Reporting Early Issues – 110 Comments

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    I actually started this on Friday (pre-ordered) and OMG even on a 1080p DLP (triple LED no colorwheel) set it

    Posted 3 years ago on Forza Horizon 4 is Now Available – 3 Comments

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    It was a very good portable gaming device. Proprietary memory didn't do anything to help adoption. the ba

    Posted 3 years ago on Sony kills the PSP Vita – 1 Comments

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    In reply to Remtiwk:I've been using it as a primary since Windows 7. If Microsoft Edge supported NoScript

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

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    Well it wasn't because they didn't make very good well selling games. Sounds like higher ups spent m

    Posted 3 years ago on Telltale Games is Shutting Down (Updated) – 12 Comments

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    In reply to wolters:I have this speaker in my kitchen. It's my french press coffee timer, News reader and

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Harman Kardon Invoke is Just $50 at Best Buy – 45 Comments

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    In reply to kshsystems: Cortana in stand alone home devices? I don't disagree. Cortana as an enterprise a

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Harman Kardon Invoke is Just $50 at Best Buy – 45 Comments

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    Just make Edge better by decoupling release cycles from OS release and oh I'd REALLY love NoScript for Ed

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Microsoft Is Doing It Again – 62 Comments

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    The $359 off is a pretty good deal, but I don't know that I would call this a fire sale, but then I want

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Hosting a Surface Pro Fire Sale – 11 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Yes, the original Surface Book with dGPU running under load would use 100% of the power

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with the HP EliteDisplay S14 – 21 Comments

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    I don't think the fact that Windows 7 is on its way out has sunk in yet....

    Posted 3 years ago on HP Results Highlight PC Market Woes – 18 Comments

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    My first thought is why it's taken this long for established apps to abandon the "store tax" Even Microso

    Posted 3 years ago on Netflix Wants to Avoid Paying the Apple Tax – 22 Comments

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    In reply to MartinusV2:At least it will be sooner than anything on verizon.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Releases Android 9 ‘Pie’ – 10 Comments

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    Well we do hear about lemons more than we hear about people who have fine/okay devices. I haven't had any

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Pixel 2 XL, Round Three (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    In reply to Bart:Yep, in 15 months, Microsoft Teams has made in roads on Slack, so it's not surprising th

    Posted 3 years ago on Slack Acquires HipChat Following Increased Competition From Microsoft – 5 Comments

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    If they can't run it off of a single code base, it won't happen. There are already some builds done

    Posted 3 years ago on Report: Microsoft Pushes Andromeda to 2019, May Cancel Project – 69 Comments

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    Nothing interesting to see here this month. Move along....move along....

    Posted 3 years ago on Games with Gold for July Goes Live a Day Early – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:I suppose it could but at this point, why? The Xbox team hyper tunes the hardware to do

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Appears to Confirm My Video Game Theory (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    In reply to thalter:All the changes have been rolling out since after 2016 RTM'd, so if you're on O3

    Posted 3 years ago on Office 2019 Preview Comes to the Mac – 7 Comments

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    Given that Xbox One is just a task specific Windows 10 PC. Obviously hyper tuned hardware, but architecture wi

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Appears to Confirm My Video Game Theory (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    Had to check if I even had this on my Pixel and I didn't. Doesn't matter as I use a Fiio X5 when I w

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft to Retire Groove for Android and iOS – 62 Comments

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    In reply to will:If they go full PWA, then it won't really matter will it? Oh wait, does Mac OS have PWA

    Posted 3 years ago on Under New Leadership, Microsoft To-Do is Getting new Features in June – 18 Comments

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    Edge needs to be decoupled and put on it's own cadence. How many times does Firefox or Chrome get updated

    Posted 3 years ago on What is Microsoft Edge? What Should it Be? (Premium) – 37 Comments

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    In reply to PhotM:If you stream everything on the day it happens, you reduce the value of your event to networ

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft, Back on Track (Premium) – 63 Comments

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    And I have big, like fortune 50 big, companies that saw Delve and their reaction was to completely disable Del

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft, Back on Track (Premium) – 63 Comments

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    In reply to harmjr:Well the transition of Acompli to Outlook Mobile from AWS to Azure wasn't exactly quic

    Posted 4 years ago on One Year After Wunderlist’s Death, The To-Do Transition Limps Along – 33 Comments

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    I know too many people that even with most recent events aren't going to do anything related to FB hygien

    Posted 4 years ago on Dealing with Facebook (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    Oh maybe they're kicking the can down the road to make sure Intel chips have the Specter and Meltdown fix

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Moves New Mac Pro Launch to Next Year – 48 Comments

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    In reply to DaddyBrownJr:It would never get approved on Verizon anyway. Oh you want updates, security updates

    Posted 4 years ago on Yes, the OnePlus 6 Will Be a Flagship Killer – 26 Comments

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    Well I suppose that means Apple fans can kiss a next gen Mac Pro Workstation goodbye.

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple to Ditch Intel in Favour of Its Custom Chips in Macs From 2020 – 53 Comments

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    Have I seen oddities with my Pixel 2 XL? Yep. Strange things every now and then. Has it been as flawless as my

    Posted 4 years ago on Google’s Biggest Pixel Failure Was Not Unit Sales (Premium) – 33 Comments

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    I tried to be a mouser, but it was hard to get right. Instead I used a MadCatz Panther XL. Basically a mappabl

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

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    I've dropped 20 since mid-December. I knew I was too heavy (getting harder to button pants is a dead give

    Posted 4 years ago on Health Hacking: Anniversary (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Enterprises go into total freakout mode when new features appear. They do so even afte

    Posted 4 years ago on Leaving G Suite (Premium) – 68 Comments

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    Or you can buy 3 1/2 Harmon-Kardon Cortana speakers for the same price as a single Home Pod.

    Posted 4 years ago on You Can Now Get Two Sonos One Smart Speakers for the Price of One HomePod – 10 Comments

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    Yeah I'm thinking it's long odds that Asus (or anyone) will be updating Bios for the Intel x79 based

    Posted 4 years ago on Tip: Make Sure Your PC is Safe from Meltdown and Spectre – 40 Comments

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    In reply to dcdevito:No reason to use it unless you travel internationally. Then Fi blows all the domestic car

    Posted 4 years ago on Project Fi Picks Up Unlimited Data Plan with Cost Protection – 19 Comments

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    Apple needs to partner with someone else for hardware. How many years between Mac Pros? How many PC iterations

    Posted 4 years ago on The Apple Paradox (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    Hmm, do they play SACD? I mean that's the only reason I still have a PS3 hooked into my home entertainmen

    Posted 4 years ago on Sony Announces Two New PS4 Pro Versions – 4 Comments

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    In reply to redstar92:As someone who makes a living off of O365, please don't. There are some things that

    Posted 4 years ago on Barcelona Will Be the Next Major Open Source Failure (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    We recently moved into new buildings at work. They are much closer to the train station than the old campus wa

    Posted 4 years ago on Health Hacking: Move (Premium) – 63 Comments

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    This is a beautiful device. If it delivers then it might have the potential to start a wave. Or it could be Wi

    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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    Looks like it's overkill for video transcoding too. The future is available for those that can afford it.

    Posted 4 years ago on Review: NVIDIA Titan V, The Best You Shouldn’t Buy – 8 Comments

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    Yeah, I met some folks that work at Xamarin that have the new Mac Book Pro and they said verbatim that there w

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Design on the Decline (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:My mom actually told me there is a way to use the liquid from a can of garbanzos int

    Posted 4 years ago on Health Hacking: Food (Premium) – 51 Comments

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    Good info for sure Paul, thanks for sharing. I take bits and pieces from various sources. I liked Alton Brown&

    Posted 4 years ago on Health Hacking: Food (Premium) – 51 Comments

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    I'd like to know if the One X makes a difference or if it's an issue in the port.

    Posted 4 years ago on PUBG Arrives on Xbox Today, But You Shouldn’t Buy it (Yet) – 9 Comments

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    My wife and I have been on Fi for just under 2 years. Best decision I've made in years.

    Posted 4 years ago on Exploring Alternate Wireless Plans (Premium) – 49 Comments

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    There was a recent write up in the NYT that boiled down to "The more cooked or processed something is, the mor

    Posted 4 years ago on Health Hacking: Diet and Nutrition (Premium) – 108 Comments

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    Yep, the last of the hold outs will be moving the week of December 8th. We'll be working from scattered l

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Revamping Its Silicon Valley Campus – 2 Comments

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    I got a black one because because I always put a case on my phones. That said my Nexus 6p is sliver because th

    Posted 4 years ago on Of Paul’s Perpetual Pixel Purchasing Problems (Premium) – 42 Comments

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    In reply to Michael Rivers:Give it a shot on Redbox. That's what I'm doing, but OMG the 9GB "update"

    Posted 4 years ago on Some Thoughts About the Call of Duty: WWII Single-Player Campaign – 20 Comments

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    In reply to UbelhorJ: The back of the phone is perfect for one handed secure login and use.

    Posted 4 years ago on Your Next Smartphone (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    I too have a Pixel 2 XL on pre-order, but now have serious thoughts about cancelling and just sticking with my

    Posted 4 years ago on Google, We Have a Pixel Problem (Premium) – 45 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:Cortana is already in cars....

    Posted 4 years ago on Hey Cortana, It’s My Harman Kardon Invoke First Impressions – 72 Comments

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    I'd be fine with an "easier" mode with no achievements. Make those points worth something again. :D

    Posted 4 years ago on Cuphead Sells One Million Units in Just Two Weeks – 17 Comments

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    In reply to matsan:Surface as it is today is a long way from the Surface RT boondoggle. On one hand they HAD t

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

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    Fun fact. The vast majority (like 99.999%) of Allied troops didn't wear cammo during WWII, but then Sony

    Posted 4 years ago on Sony Announces a Call of Duty-Themed PS4 Console – 6 Comments

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    Satya already said that there would be a Surface Pro with LTE I think back at Inspire or even during the Surfa

    Posted 4 years ago on Did Microsoft Just Ruin Its October Surface Announcement? – 56 Comments

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    In reply to EdTittel:It's its own flavor of Windows 10, so you won't see Chrome on it unless Google

    Posted 4 years ago on Hands-On with Xbox One X – 34 Comments

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    In reply to m.rubino:Yep. Same here. I have a 6p and it will get Oreo, so will be good for another year, or at

    Posted 4 years ago on Google, You’re Pricing it Wrong (Premium) – 48 Comments

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    This the Hot Wheels expansion is silly fun. And I do mean just flat out silly. Physics? Oh you want Forza 7, t

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Announces Xbox One S Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels Bundle – 8 Comments

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    I guess we'll see what drops next month. If they're still kind of "meh" devices I'll just keep

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Will Announce New Pixel Lineup on October 4 – 20 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:Apple-vs-Qualcomm-news Patent royalties. Qualcomm says Apple owes money, Apple isn'

    Posted 4 years ago on Qualcomm Fires a Shot at Apple on Eve of iPhone Launch – 46 Comments

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    In reply to LordPhantom:It's one of the reasons why when I switched from Windows Phone to Android I got a

    Posted 4 years ago on Android Users, Welcome to the Age of Oreo – 40 Comments

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    In reply to petvas:Except that an Xbox One S is also a 4k Streamer AND plays 4k UHD blu-ray, something that�

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One S is On Sale Again – 8 Comments

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    It's a sale this week, but once the Xbox One X is released, I'd expect the 500GB "S" will settle at

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One S is On Sale Again – 8 Comments

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    In reply to KingPCGeek:This was written by Brad who may cancel, but no Paul won't.

    Posted 4 years ago on The Essentials: To Buy or Not to Buy an Xbox One X? – 47 Comments

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    Throw in the fact that Bing is also leveraged for a lot of threat protection used in the enterprise security s

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft: “Bing is Bigger Than You Think” – 48 Comments

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    Since I have a Nexus 6p I can be part of the 0.00001% of Android devices on 8.0, when release of course.

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

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    I wouldn't be surprised one bit if going forward Surface Book with dGPU = Performance Base. I'd like

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Stops Offering 1TB Surface Book – 19 Comments

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    What no option for chicken? I guess I'll just pre-order at the company store.

    Posted 4 years ago on Taco Bell Contest Will Give Away Xbox One X Consoles – 8 Comments

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    We dropped cable four years ago. OTA antenna on the roof, pointed in the right direction, Windows media center

    Posted 4 years ago on The Essentials: Cutting the Cord, One Year Later – 60 Comments

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    In reply to will:I disagree. There are people that are always going to want a dGPU and the built in Intel GPU

    Posted 4 years ago on High-End Surface Laptop Models Will Soon Offer Color Choices Too – 11 Comments

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    I don't think I would have used "Real" & "Fake". Hit and miss would have been more appropriate. If th

    Posted 4 years ago on What Happened to the Fall Creators Update We Were Promised? (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    Even today you can't talk about one with out the conversation bringing in other components. E.g. Can'

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft 365 is Microsoft as a Service – 28 Comments

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    I really loved my Windows Phone when I had it, despite the fact that I was on Verizon the entire time. the HTC

    Posted 4 years ago on RIP, Windows Phone – 68 Comments

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    In reply to Awhispersecho:I hope someone with influence reads your post just in case there is a component they

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Shifts Its Strategy to “Cloud First” (Premium) – 54 Comments

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    I can see a use for this in places where you can't use a webcam for login. That said we already have opti

    Posted 4 years ago on Token Biometric Ring Will be Windows Hello Compatible – 22 Comments

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    Well DUH. Why would you download 4k assets if you can only play them at 1080p? Hopefully compression will help

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One S and X Will Download Different Game Assets – 17 Comments

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    In reply to SIAShotgun:Yep, works great on a Surface Hub. I could see it being useful if you've got a Sur

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Whiteboard for Windows 10 Leaks – 15 Comments

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    There's also the fact that this could be the first production wave & they're going to see how th

    Posted 4 years ago on Cobalt and Burgundy Surface Laptops Are Backordered – 9 Comments

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    My co-worker bought the i7 version and it is a thing of beauty. Too bad repair means calling in to support and

    Posted 4 years ago on iFixIt Gives Surface Laptop Lowest-Possible Score – 117 Comments

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    At this price isn't it one of the least expensive combination UHD Blu-ray player & 4k streaming devic

    Posted 4 years ago on On the Eve of E3, Xbox One S is Now on Sale – 4 Comments

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    I'm all for Xbox Scorpio One S (Home US Launch Edition) because it's not a Microsoft product until t

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox Project Scorpio Logo is Outed – 17 Comments

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    Well I'd bet good money that the NEXT version of Surface Pro/Book/Notebook/Studio will have Thunderbolt 3

    Posted 4 years ago on How Thunderbolt 3 won the port wars – 3 Comments

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    Carrier stupidity is one of the reasons that when my wife & I switched from Lumias we went to Nexus on Fi.

    Posted 5 years ago on Google Will Partially Address Update Fragmentation in Android O – 33 Comments

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    In reply to jbinaz:Yeah, I bet they get walked out because it's not hard to track this stuff down. In fac

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Leaks Ahead of Education Event – 45 Comments

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    Yes, it should have been decoupled at RTM or the very latest TH2. While Windows 10 may use the Edge engine to

    Posted 5 years ago on Some Thoughts About Microsoft Edge and Updating – 60 Comments

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    In reply to IT:Shared Workstations are covered in O365 Pro Plus via the Shared Computer switch in Office Deplo

    Posted 5 years ago on Is This The End of Microsoft Office as We Know It? – 61 Comments

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    Another Blast from the Past. Better suited for Throwback Thursday though, isn't it? I no longer have my c

    Posted 5 years ago on 20 Years of Visual Studio: Visual InterDev 6.0 – 1 Comments

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    Blast from the Past. I Might still have my copy of the "Visual Quick Start Guide to VBScript by Paul Thurrott"

    Posted 5 years ago on 20 Years of Visual Studio: Visual InterDev 1.0 – 14 Comments

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    Now I just have to hope I can figure out how to prevent it from supplanting Cortana. Every time there is a Chr

    Posted 5 years ago on Google Assistant is Coming to More Android Phones – 9 Comments

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    Well it WAS working and then it just kind of disappeared which was a bummer. I don't miss it mostly becau

    Posted 5 years ago on Whatever Happened to SMS Relay for Android? – 44 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:My guess (and it's only that) is that there wasn't any value in a v2 with the

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Accelerates HoloLens V3 Development, Sidesteps V2 – 48 Comments

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    Yeah, I think you might have gone back to the WRONG TIME. Why no love for Win95 OSR2?

    Posted 5 years ago on Throwback Thursday: Windows Millennium Edition – 47 Comments

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    C# is going to be THE compiled language of choice, but we have to keep an eye on JavaScript. I've never taken

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Outlines Its Development Language Strategy – 33 Comments

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    In reply to SherlockHolmes: I think he uses both Outlook.com & Gmail. You know gotta keep an eye on all t

    Posted 5 years ago on What I Use: Google Chrome – 59 Comments

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    I'm with you Paul. Coming from a Lumia Icon I've been VERY happy with my Nexus 6P on Fi. I still miss live til

    Posted 5 years ago on Has the Pixel Really Moved the Needle on Google Hardware? (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    Reminds me that I need to do some serious research on the best wheel pedal setup for my Xbox One.

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Launches Two New Xbox One S Bundles – 3 Comments

    comment
    And don't forget Google+ is also the "Enterprise Social" component of Google's "G-Suite"

    Posted 5 years ago on Google Keeps Trying with Google+ – 17 Comments

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    The Xbox One S really is an excellent console. I'm going to have to take it over to the neighboors who have a

    Posted 5 years ago on PlayStation 4 Outsold Xbox One Over the Holidays in the U.S. – 56 Comments

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    Yep, apart from being the DRM mechanism seems like Xbox One games on disc are mostly a way to transport 50 GB

    Posted 5 years ago on Physical game media on Xbox One s – 5 Comments

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    In reply to TravisGreuel: Yep and use the deployment tool to make sure things like publisher don't get install

    Posted 5 years ago on Office 365 Tip: Use the Office 2016 Offline Installer – 9 Comments

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    I use a Seiki Pro SM28UTR 28-Inch 4K monitor with my Surface Book at work with MiniDP via Surface Dock. It's n

    Posted 5 years ago on A First Unhappy Foray Into a 4K/UHD Display for My PC – 70 Comments

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    Typo in the last paragraph. I think you meant the 3rd word to be OneNote, not Outlook...

    Posted 5 years ago on A Personal History of Microsoft OneNote – 31 Comments

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    Some of the newer editing features in Word have gotten some new writing aids that I've found helpful. Granted

    Posted 5 years ago on The Essentials: Tools To Write – 21 Comments

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