Re: Not since 1998...
Most current problems seem to be caused by dodgy graphics drivers. I guess we could blame that on MS for not isolating the drivers properly...
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It walks, it talks, it falls over a bit. Windows 10 is three years old
AR upstart Magic Leap reveals majorly late tech specs' tech specs
Happy 10th birthday, Evernote: You have survived Google and Microsoft. For your next challenge...
You're indestructible, always believe in 'cause you are Go! Microsoft reinvents netbook with US$399 ‘Surface Go’
Tuesday 10th July 2018 06:56 GMT 
Re: So it's just the (none pro) Surface 3 with slightly better processor?
Depends upon your use case. My wife uses a Surface 3 (old, not pro) as she needs a smallish device that can print and fit in her instrument case (optician stuff). Mostly used as a tablet to read text books, but also needs to type to send emails.
This looks ideal if her Surface 3 dies.
On the other hand, it's no good to me at all. I work at a desk with 3 monitors and a proper keyboard. Just because it doesn't work for me doesn't mean there's no use for anyone else.
Leatherbound analogue password manager: For the hipster who doesn't mind losing everything
iPhone 8 now outsells X, and every other phone
Hoping for Microsoft's mythical Andromeda in your Xmas stocking? Don't hold your breath
Friday 6th July 2018 08:12 GMT
It will be interesting to see if the multiple, specialised devices idea takes off. Personally, I like the idea of a very small clamshell phone (think old Nokia) with a second, potentially linked device with keyboard etc. My BB Priv is too big as a phone, but too small for real work. Combination of devices without carrying a laptop could work.
Who fancies a six-core, 128GB RAM, 8TB NVMe … laptop?
IBM fired me because I'm not a millennial, says axed cloud sales star in age discrim court row
Wednesday 4th July 2018 06:37 GMT
Re: He was the top salesman in the group
If you're customers perceive you as safe and boring, surely you should see that as a positive and employ people who are also perceived as safe and boring. If I'm looking for someone to provide a reliable service with the minimum of fuss, I'll go for safe and boring every time.
Micro Focus offloads Linux-wrangler SUSE for a cool $2.5bn
HMRC told AGAIN to toughen up on VAT-dodging online traders
Friday 29th June 2018 13:36 GMT
Re: Amazon, eBay and the rest
Annoyingly, Amazon know which of their traders are VAT registered. If you use a business account, you have the option to filter them all out.
Not only do the VAT-dodgers undercut UK businesses illegally, it's also a problem when you buy something for business expecting to reclaim the VAT and find the seller isn't registered.
HP Ink's UK profits tumble nearly 85% – of course Brexit to blame
Ready, get Sets... no? App-grouping whizzery for Windows 10 killed
Thursday 28th June 2018 11:06 GMT
More tabs?
I think I've reached peak tab. I have a tab for each remote desktop connection. Within a RDP session, I may have Visual Studio running - it shows my documents as multible tabs. I can even have multiple groups of tabs. then the browser bits and tool thing are split using tabs.
When I use SAP BI, it even has multiple tabs for the simplest of tool bars.
ENOUGH!
Relive your misspent, 8-bit youth on the BBC's reopened Micro archive
Veritas to put biz tech support on the slow boat to India – insiders
SUSE Linux Enterprise turns 15: Look, Ma! A common code base
Painful truth: DNS, CDNs and CAs are Achilles' Heel for top websites
Tuesday 26th June 2018 11:06 GMT
Re: The resilient distributed nature of the Internet?
Maybe we should all take some responsibility for our own stuff. I use OpenDNS instead of ISP's DNS service. I'm never affected by DNS outages as an errors just lead to the use of a cached entry. No idea if there are any negatives, but it's worked for me so far.
Amazon tweaks its word processor for easier online Office edits
Friday 22nd June 2018 07:47 GMT
Re: Well I for one shall be ditching MS Office 2016
Nope, Office 365 also allows on-prem installs. To the end user, there is no difference other than the presence of the Office 365 logo in some of the settings.
On my E3 licence: From the Office website, you are allowed to install on 5 PCs. If you want to install on a 6th, you have to disable the installation on one of the existing. The dialing home the OP mentions is checking that the PC still has a valid licence.
I agree that it happens more often than appears necessary, but it doesn't mean it never needs to check.
Are your IoT gizmos, music boxes, smart home kit vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks? Here's how to check
Teradata lobs sueball at SAP, alleges HANA based on its 'trade secrets'
Microsoft Azure Europe embraced the other GDPR: Generally Down, Possibly Recovering
Google plots death of inline installation for Chrome extensions
Which? calls for compensation for users hit by Windows 10 woes
Tuesday 12th June 2018 09:34 GMT
Re: MS abandoning Windows??
MS already know that Windows is becoming less important. Their focus now is Office 365 and Azure for IaaS.
Try Office 365 in a web browser. Certainly good enough for most day to day tasks. Web version of Outlook is better than the full client in many respects (folder search when filing especially). Only thing missing for me is the ability to duplicate calendar items as I need that for my timesheet.
Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows 7, 8.1 support forums
Tuesday 12th June 2018 08:05 GMT
Re: Not sure how big of a loss this is
I had a recent problem with Azure rights affecting the ability to synchronise Windows settings between PCs. The support forum's suggestion to previous posters was to wipe and reinstall.
Fortunately, someone else found the correct answer - just change the obscure setting in Azure.
UK digital secretary throws cold water over bid for laws on kids' use of social media
Motorola extends modular phone adventure for another year
BlackBerry Key2: Clickier, nippier, but how many people still want a QWERTY?
FTSE has a nap after a full English IT glitch
Japanese fashion puts the oo-er into trousers
Microsoft doubles Azure Stack's footprint, embiggens Azure VMs
Tuesday 5th June 2018 07:57 GMT
Four 9s?
When I first entered IT in the mid-90s, the server vendors were making noise about reaching five 9s. 25 years later, we have better hardware, better OS, better deployment models, but we can only reach four 9s?
Are they more cautious in how they sell stuff or have we really gone backwards?
Dual-screen laptops debut at Asus' Computex chat
Tuesday 5th June 2018 13:17 GMT
Re: Interesting but clunky
The UI didn't appear to have anything in common with the UI in WIndows. As it only appeared to work with Windows Calendar and Windows Mail (not Outlook), it appears to have a very limited use case in an office envrionment.
Even worse - the web interface of Office 365 is now so good that I can imagine people only using their browser for intermittent use of Office. Then we start looking at the potential of a different OS...
Tuesday 5th June 2018 07:49 GMT
Re: riiiight...
I'm not sure that's the case - if you watch the video, they use the ScreenPad as a mouse at one point. Still frustrating if you keep launching stuff by accident from the ScreenPad.
All the device manufacturers are looking desperate for new features at the moment. I think this one will soon be gone.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
