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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Jimmy Wales is selling his first Wikipedia edit as an NFT

The Verge

Wales’ NFT is effectively the keys to a very early version of Wikipedia, which debuted in January of 2001. The buyer can change the window for reverting edits, and if they really want, they can turn off editing or shut down the page. But otherwise, “with everything on Wikipedia, it’s freely licensed,” says Wales. “So

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This could be the next big game for Microsoft’s Xbox platform

GeekWire

Bethesda Game Studios has primarily worked on games in the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series since it was spun off into its own division in 2001; its first project as Bethesda Game Studios was 2003’s Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Before then, Bethesda was all in on Elder Scrolls and the occasional licensed game.

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AI Dreams: Microsoft @ 50, Chapter 1

GeekWire

It’s the secret sauce behind Microsoft Exchange spam filters, the Outlook feature that prioritizes emails in your inbox, Word’s ability to detect subtle mistakes in grammar, and the way Windows works behind-the-scenes to predict which app you’ll be using next, to load it faster. And now it’s starting to boil.

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Your move, PS5

The Verge

While Nintendo’s Switch, Wii U, Wii, GameCube, and N64 have kept up neatly with inflation to cost around $300 each in modern money, they haven’t competed on technical performance since the GameCube in 2001. ($299 Image: Microsoft. An exploded view of the Xbox Series S.

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Five steps to effective content distribution strategies

Trends in the Living Networks

By 2001 analysts were growing concerned that Microsoft’s revenue stream could falter, as the IT managers at large corporations began baulking at upgrading the software on all their PCs every time a new version of Microsoft Windows or Office was released. Rework your product versioning. Build evolutionary business models.

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Xbox Series X and S: everything you need to know about the next-gen of Xbox

The Verge

Not only that, but Microsoft’s initial crop of first-party games will also be playable on its last generation Xbox, the Xbox One, as well as Windows PCs. They’re also both backwards compatible with all officially licensed Xbox One accessories like controllers and headsets — although there are no plans to support the Kinect camera.

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