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Microsoft Paint Avoids Brush With Death

Microsoft has confirmed that it will continue to offer its graphics program Paint. In a recent update, it had listed...

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Microsoft Signals End of Paint Program

Microsoft’s graphics program Paint has been included in a list of Windows 10 features that will be either removed or...

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Microsoft Kills Off Windows 8 Smartphone

Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing...

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Windows Phone 8 Fades Out As Microsoft Mulls Mobile Strategy

Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing...

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Personal Computer Market Continues To Slump

Worldwide shipments of personal computers continued to slump in the recently ended quarter but showed signs of...

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Microsoft Announces ‘some’ Job Cuts

Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing...

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Cyber-Attack Was About Data and Not Money, Say Experts

The Petya malware variant that hit businesses around the world may not have been an attempt to make money, suspect...

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Tax Software Blamed For Cyber-Attack Spread

A global cyber-attack that affected companies around the world may have started via corrupted updates on a piece of...

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‘Vaccine’ Created For Huge Cyber-Attack

Security researchers have discovered a “vaccine” for the huge cyber-attack that hit organisations across the world...

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Global Ransomware Attack Causes Turmoil

Companies across the globe are reporting that they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack. British...

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Google Hit With Record $2.7bn EU Fine

Google has been fined 2.42bn euros ($2.7bn; £2.1bn) by the European Commission after it ruled the company had abused...

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EU Cases Against US Firms

The EU's decision to impose the biggest anti-trust fine in its history on Silicon Valley giant Google is the latest in...

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South Korean Firm Pays $1m To Unlock Files

South Korean web-hosting firm Nayana has agreed to pay a $1m ransom to unlock computers frozen by hackers. It is...

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Video Game Play As Spectator Sport Center-Stage At E3

Long fiercely guarded video game industry terrain, the Electronic Entertainment Expo kicked off on Tuesday with...

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Apple Mac Computers Targeted By Ransomware and Spyware

Mac users are being warned about new variants of malware that have been created specifically to target Apple computers....

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‘Assassin’s Creed’ Heading For Egypt To Reignite Gamers

Ubisoft's blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" video game is heading for Egypt, taking the serial's storyline back to an...

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Kaspersky Asks EU To Investigate Microsoft

Russian security software-maker Kaspersky has filed an anti-trust complaint against Microsoft with the European...

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Asus Unveils the World’s Thinnest Convertible Laptop

The world of convertible laptops just got its thinnest yet. Asus unveiled the Zenbook Flip S on Monday in a large-scale...

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Microsoft Withheld Update That Could Have Slowed WannaCry

American software giant Microsoft held back from distributing a free security update that could have protected...