Microsoft not really interested in VR for Xbox
Not in focus
Microsoft has once again reiterated that VR support for Xbox was not a focus for the company, following reports earlier today that hinted it was working on a VR headset compatible with the Xbox Series X/S.
Ransomware makers using Microsoft mail flaw
Could be risky
Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft’s widely used mail server software, a researcher said late Wednesday - a serious escalation that could portend widespread digital disruption.
Germany badly hit by Microsoft flaw
60,000 systems
More than 60,000 computer systems in Germany were exposed to a flaw that allows unauthorised users to access systems in Microsoft's email software, the head of its cybersecurity watchdog said on Wednesday.
Microsoft pulls quantum mechanics paper
Turns out the truth cat was dead and not alive
A Microsoft-led team of physicists has retracted a high-profile 2018 paper that the company touted as a key breakthrough in the creation of a practical quantum computer.
EU gives Microsoft the rights to own Doom
How apocalyptic
The European Commission has approved Microsoft's $7.5 billion deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Doom and Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks.
US government threatens to cancel JEDI
The Force is not strong in this one
Microsoft is in danger of losing a contract to provide $10 billion of cloud computing services to the Pentagon, a deal the government has threatened to scrap altogether after years of legal mess.
Apple fanboy shocked when Jobs’ Mob copies Microsoft
Matyszczyk living with Edge
Apple fanboy and “Technically Incorrect" columnist Chris Matyszczyk must have thought he was onto a winner when he gave into the Microsoft pestering to download and try the new Edge.
Microsoft warns of Chinese attack
Email boxer rebellion
A China-linked cyber espionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software.
Microsoft releases low power code
Wants PowerFx to become standard.
Microsoft today announced Power Fx, a new low-code language that will become the standard for writing logic customisation across Microsoft's own low-code Power Platform.
Microsoft Word gets autocorrect
Vole copies Smart Compose
Software King of the World Microsoft is about to jack an autocorrect function into Word which will pretty much do what Google’s Smart Compose feature does in Gmail and Docs.