
US watchdogs snuffle Microsoft's Activision Blizzard buy out
Worried that Microsoft will pull games from rival consoles
US anti-trust regulators are going to court to stop Microsoft's buy-out of Activision-Blizzard claiming that they are worried that non-Microsoft gaming consoles will suffer.

Pentagon surrenders and divides cloud project among four big tech outfits
Saves on court cases later
The Pentagon is divvying up $9 billion in cloud contracts between Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon, presumably to avoid one of the megatech companies getting offended and suing.

Microsoft working on a new compute cartridge for Surface Hub
Brings 11 Gen Intel chips to the mix
Microsoft's Surface Hub 2 has a rather natty feature which allows punters to upgrade or repair the device's guts by undoing a screw and sliding out the compute module containing the CPU, RAM, motherboard, and other components you might want to refresh.

Germans ban Office 345 from schools
Fears that it breaks GDPR
The German government has banned the use of Microsoft Office 345 over concerns that it might shuffle data to America where it might be used by US spooks.

EU anti-trust watchdog snuffles around Microsoft teams
Unhappy about its connections with Office 365
While you might think that there is a lot of competition for online communication tools, it seems that the EU regulators are really worried about Microsoft teams.

UK watchdog investigate claims that Apple and Google rule the mobile world
Apparently no one noticed before
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market investigation into cloud gaming and mobile browsers after its study found Apple and Google constitute a duopoly that controls the mobile ecosystem.

Sony fighting Microsoft over Chinese gaming market
Investing $140,080 for each game
Sony is fighting with Microsoft over a share of the Chinese gaming market.

Google ads might be a security risk
Microsoft warning
Software King of the World Microsoft has warned that a Google Ads campaign is distributing compromise payloads, including the recently discovered Royal ransomware.

Microsoft notes taskbar issue on Windows 10
Disappearing act
Microsoft confirmed another issue affecting its Windows 10 operating system which causes the taskbar to disappear or that the device may become unresponsive.

Microsoft releases Windows Holographic 22H2
Because reality is so dull
Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Holographic version 22H2 which will run its mixed reality devices such as HoloLens 2.