
Microsoft releases new flight sim
Reviews seem rather positive
Microsoft has released a new flight simulator using a new graphics engine and satellite data from Bing Maps.

Microsoft reveals dual-screen Surface Duo device
Know when to fold em, know when to hold em
Microsoft has revealed its dual-screen Surface Duo device which runs Google's Android operating system, is "purpose-built for mobile productivity."

Microsoft provides open service to match Google’s Istio
The Volish love of open stuff takes on Google
While the world worries about the governance of Google's Istio service mesh, Microsoft has seen an opportunity to offer a simple and truly open alternative.

27 human genes have been renamed because of Excel
Microsoft's impact on history will echo down the timeline for ever
Over the past year or so, some 27 human genes have been renamed, all because Microsoft Excel kept misreading their symbols as dates.

Xbox Live Gold ain't dead yet according to Microsoft
Still important for the future
When Software King of the World Microsoft removed the option to purchase 12 months of Xbox Live Gold from the Microsoft Store, many tthought the outfit could be planning to kill off the service with the launch of the Xbox Series X.

Trump advisor wants Microsoft to pull out of China
They don't need it anyway
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro suggested Microsoft could divest its holdings in China if it buys the Chinese owned short-video app TikTok.

Microsoft wants to buy TikTok's US operations
Post haste
Microsoft wants to boy the short-video app TikTok, a potential blockbuster deal that could re-shape the social media industry and further inflame crumbling US-China relations.

Health crisis causes boom for technology companies
Top 25 companies making a killing
The COVID-19 pandemic is providing new business opportunities for the tech sector, as evidenced by the performance of the world’s top 25 technology companies, according to a GlobalData report.

Microsoft is not transparent about transparency
You can probably see through the reasons
Software King of the World Microsoft is refusing to release a transparency report into the way it handles women employees.

Microsoft’s Azure slows
Shares down two percent
Microsoft flagship cloud computing business Azure reported quarterly sales growth of under 50 percent for the first time ever on Wednesday, sending Vole’s shares down two percent.