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External App Stores are Now Welcome at Microsoft
Since September 28, the Microsoft Store has also allowed other app stores within its application store. However, the company takes this out when Apple is under fire because it does not allow it and thus takes a substantial part of the…
Netflix Buys Game Studio Behind Adventure Game Oxenfree
Netflix acquires video game developer Night School Studio, developer of adventure game Oxenfree. It is the first game studio to be acquired by the American streaming company. The amount of money involved in the deal has not been disclosed.…
REvil Cheated Fellow Criminals
Ransomware gang REvil is said to have loopholes in its own software, which made it possible to take over negotiations with victims.
Cybercriminals cannot be trusted. Not big news, perhaps, but shocking for some of the gangs who…
Microsoft Releases New Surface Devices
Microsoft is renewing its Surface range. Five new devices, one refreshed device and a range of accessories will be available in Belgium this fall and early 2022 for consumers and/or business users.
Surface Pro 8
According to…
Shortage of Computer Chips Can Now Be Felt for Everyone
The chip shortage is still not solved. It is now causing problems worldwide. For most people, those chips are abacadabra, but if there is no longer an electric toothbrush, TV or car, the problem becomes a little more concrete for the…
A Russian Judge Fines Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp
Tech companies Twitter and Facebook have been fined by a Russian judge, reports Interfax news agency. The companies refuse to store the data of their Russian users in that country. Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp was also fined.
The…
Samsung Stops Advertising in Its Own Apps
Samsung will soon no longer show ads in the Samsung apps that it pre-installs on its phones.
If you buy a smartphone from Samsung, you also get a series of apps from Samsung pre-installed there. Most are almost identical to what…
Microsoft Threatens to Return Clippy
After a PR stunt on Twitter, Microsoft brings back Clippy, the talking paperclip from early versions of Windows Office, as an emoji. It is one of the renewed '3d' emoji in Microsoft 365.
Clippy is the "helpful" assistant known to…
Microsoft’s License Policy Violates European Law
A British software license reseller is taking Microsoft to court. The company claims that Microsoft is violating European and British competition laws by making resale very difficult.
The case is brought by ValueLicensing and…
US Defense to Tender Billions JEDI Project Again
The US Department of Defense has put an end to the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing project. Instead, the Pentagon has decided to re-tender the contract.
The lucrative contract was awarded to Microsoft by the previous government. This…