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Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5 review: A bold but ageing beauty

Nancy J. Delong 2 weeks ago

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The Microsoft Floor Ebook three.


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Have you observed the original 13-inch 2015 Floor Ebook, or its 2018 followup? Then this new model is going to look and really feel extremely familiar. In truth, you are likely to be underwhelmed by the design. Which is not since it truly is negative, but instead since it truly is the exact same. It truly is not unconventional for Apple to release three samey-looking MacBook Execs in a row, or for Dell to do so with its XPS line, but people laptops occur out just about every calendar

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Microsoft Teams, consumer Skype interoperability now available

Nancy J. Delong 3 weeks ago

Microsoft this thirty day period enabled conversation concerning Microsoft Groups and the consumer edition of Skype. The release arrived months later than at first prepared and many years following buyers first requested the function.

The integration lets buyers of Groups and Skype information and connect with a person one more. The feature’s absence had annoyed companies that had developed accustomed to the exact same degree of interoperability concerning Skype for Small business and consumer Skype.

Some companies informed Microsoft they were being ready to migrate from Skype for Small business to Groups until finally the seller added interoperability with Skype.

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Microsoft promises fix for print-breaking Windows 10 update – Software

Nancy J. Delong 4 weeks ago

Microsoft’s latest Windows ten model 2004 update arrived with unwelcome “attributes” for users of the working process which include printing that no more time worked.

Acknowledging the dilemma, Microsoft mentioned the print spooler could possibly throw an unxpected mistake, or shut unexpectedly when attempting to print. 

“… No output will occur from the affected printer,” Microsoft famous, introducing that the dilemma could also affect computer software-centered printers these as Moveable Document Structure (PDF) document creating applications.

While Microsoft did not specify which individual printers are affected by the bug, users documented in diverse on-line message boards that gadgets from Ricoh,

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Microsoft fuels ‘developer velocity’ with Azure, new tools

Nancy J. Delong 1 month ago

Microsoft has jumped on the rising buzzword “developer velocity” as a measure of how quickly a enhancement corporation can transform suggestions into software program.

Microsoft’s current Develop 2020 virtual convention consistently invoked the phrase, which was highlighted in a current McKinsey & Organization report that ties skilled software program enhancement to greater business enterprise general performance.

“Bettering business enterprise general performance through software program enhancement arrives down to empowering developers, producing the right natural environment for them to innovate, and taking away points of friction,” the McKinsey report claimed. “Marketplace leaders refer to this capability as ‘developer velocity.’ This goes

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Microsoft replaces dozens of journalists with AI system

Nancy J. Delong 1 month ago

Microsoft is replacing dozens of contract journalists with AI programs, in a transfer to save income and streamline material curation, but which could also guide to extra inappropriate or lackluster material appearing on Microsoft’s web sites.

“By favoring equipment more than human beings, Microsoft operates the danger that all varieties of points may well go mistaken,” reported Dan Kennedy, affiliate professor of journalism at Northeastern College and creator of the Media Nation web site.

AI in journalism

The tech large now employs total-time personnel as nicely as contract news producers to enable curate and edit homepage news on its Microsoft

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