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Microsoft buys Nuance, new Surface devices, Patch Tuesday

The nuances of Microsoft's $19.7b Nuance acquisition

Microsoft makes its second-largest acquisition with Nuance for $19.7 billion
Nadella's acquisitions: How Nuance stacks up


New Surfi, peripherals debut

Surface Laptop 4 Prices, Specs Leak
Microsoft rolls out Surface Laptop 4 alongside new headsets, a webcam, and a speaker
Baby Steps Don't Win the Race
Dell Updates Inspiron Laptops, Adds OLED Option to XPS 13


Patch Tuesday tidbits

MS Patch Tuesday: NSA Reports New Critical Exchange Flaws
FBI cleans up infected Exchange servers
Microsoft details its legacy Edge browser phase-out strategy


More Windows

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21359
Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now Too
OneDrive for Windows is Finally Going 64-Bit


Xbox

New Flight Simulator World Update Targets Europe
Amazon Launches New Feature for the Xbox Skill for Alexa


Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Block Google FLoC
App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac
Enterprise pick of the week: WVD finally gets a much-touted feature
Codename pick of the week: Bari
Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Bat Flip

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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OpenJDK, Paint in the Windows Store, Azure outages, Azure immersion cooling

Microsoft rolls out a preview of OpenJDK

mikMicrosoft rolls out its OpenJDK preview release
Sun vs. Microsoft battle over Java drags on
Programming Windows: Hello, Visual J++
Google Wins Java Copyright Case
Android Now Supports Rust for Low-Level Code


Windows 10

Microsoft Paint is Finally Available in the Microsoft Store, Sort Of
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21354


Surface

Here Comes Surface Laptop 4


Cloud

Microsoft Cloud services were down for some users
Microsoft: Here's what caused our Azure cloud-computing outage
Microsoft gets two-phase immersion cooling running in an Azure data center


Corporate

Microsoft pushes back 'full' Redmond campus reopening to September 7
It's official: Microsoft Build will be May 25 to 27


Xbox

More Games Are Coming to Xbox Game Pass This Month
MLB The Show 21 is Coming to Xbox Game Pass on Day One


Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Kensington's VeriMark Windows Hello fingerprint reader
App pick of the week: Parallels Toolbox 4.5 for Windows and Mac
Enterprise pick of the week: How to use Word/Teams as a teleprompter in presentations
(Fake) Codename pick of the week: Boa
Beer pick of the week: Grimm Black Forest

Hosts: Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and Mikah Sargent

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Discord acquisition, Project Reunion, Cortana mobile.

LinkedIn

Microsoft's push to join the 'creators' bandwagon now extends to LinkedIn


Discord

Report: Microsoft in "Exclusive" Talks with Discord


Developer

Microsoft's 'Project Reunion' hits the 0.5 milestone


Microsoft 365

Windows 10 Version 20H2 Hits 30 Percent Usage Share
Kensington Announces a Windows Hello Fingerprint Reader
Microsoft Kills Cortana on Mobile
Immersive Reader Comes to PowerPoint for the Web, OneDrive, More


Xbox

Backward Compatible Games Come to Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for April
Microsoft Highlights 60 Indie Games Coming to Xbox
Bang & Olufsen Xbox Headset Arrives in April for $500
Microsoft Introduces Two New Xbox Wireless Controllers


Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Save big at the Microsoft Store
Tip of the week: Stop web tracking for good
Enterprise pick of the week: Azure ACS is now generally available
Enterprise pick of the week: More courses for the 10 most popular digital skilling jobs for FREE
Cocktail pick of the week: Peter Rabbit's Downfall

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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Microsoft might buy Discord, Intel's U.S.-based fabs, Xbox Live renamed.

Corporate

Microsoft to Soft Open its Headquarters on March 29
Microsoft to partially reopen its Redmond campus March 29 and possibly fully reopen on July 6
Microsoft creates 15,000-member 'Digital Transformation Platform Group' in latest reorg
An update on Exchange hacks
Intel to Build Two U.S.-Based Fabs


Windows 10

New Windows Insider Dev Build Brings New Explorer Icons, More
Windows 10 21H1 now available for 'commercial pre-release validation'


Web browsers

Microsoft and Google Partner on Web Browser Compatibility
Google Brings Live Captioning to Google Chrome
Vivaldi 3.7 Makes Massive Performance Gains


Xbox

Microsoft May Buy Discord for $10+ Billion
Microsoft Renames Xbox Live
Microsoft Partners with Twitch on Indie Games Showcase
First Impressions: Xbox Wireless Headset
GeForce NOW Raises Prices, But Not for Founders


Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Convert a Word document to a PowerPoint presentation
App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Dev
Enterprise picks of the week: Microsoft Workplace Index 2021
Codename pick of the week: Narya
Beer pick of the week: Great Notion Afterglow

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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Intel's "Go PC" campaign and its response to Apple Silicon

You're a PC. I'm a PC. We are all PCs.

Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads
Intel Releases 11th-Generation Core Desktop Processors
AMD Launches Ryzen Pro 5000 Series Mobile Processors


Windows

Microsoft makes changes to Windows 10 inbox apps with the latest Dev Channel test build
Microsoft to block users from getting paid apps from the Microsoft Stores for Business, Education as of April
Microsoft Releases Windows Community Toolkit 7


Edge

Microsoft to add new 'Extended Stable' Edge option, updating every eight weeks


Cloud

Microsoft's latest cloud authentication outage: What went wrong
Microsoft Testifies at House Hearing, Google Lashes Out


Microsoft 365

Skype Desktop App Now Supports Noise Cancelation
PowerPoint Presenter Coach is Now Available


Xbox

Xbox Wireless Headset is Now Available
Here are the Titles Coming to Xbox Game Pass in Late March
5 Bethesda Games Get FPS Boost on Xbox Series X|S


Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Switch to Microsoft for password management and autofill
App pick of the week: Xbox Game Pass
Enterprise picks of the week: A one-click mitigation tool for the Exchange hack, Moar Azure Availability Zones
Beer pick of the week: Burley Oak Shamrock Shake Stout

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

Guests: Ryan Shrout and Josh Newman

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Exchangegate, UserVoicegate, Invokegate

Controversies of the year of the week

Exchangegate: Hackers Have Exploited at Least 30,000 Exchange Servers
UserVoicegate: Microsoft is moving to its own alternatives to UserVoice for customer feedback
Invokegate: Harman Kardon Removes Cortana from Invoke


Windows 10

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21332
Microsoft Edge Gets Vertical Tabs, More
Support Ends for Microsoft Edge Legacy
Microsoft to Move to a Single Edge codebase
Google is Speeding Up the Chrome Release Schedule
Chromebook Turns 10
Microsoft to Unveil New Webcam this Spring
Dark Mode, More Coming to OneDrive


Xbox

Microsoft Cleared in US and EU to Close Bethesda Acquisition
The March Xbox Update is Rolling Out
Forza Horizon 4 Available Now on Steam
Xbox Starts Testing 'New' Edge for Xbox


Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Be portable in all things
App pick of the week: Visual Studio Code
Enterprise pick of the week: New deployment service for firmware, drivers
Codename pick of the week: Spartan
Beer pick of the week: Fifth Hammer Prickly Whiskers

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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