Austrian army routs Microsoft Office
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Sunday, 21 September 2025 16:47

Austrian army routs Microsoft Office


Like the Battle of Austerlitz only with penguins 

Austria’s armed forces have dumped Microsoft Office in favour of LibreOffice, and the move has nothing to do with saving cash.

Microsoft bends the knee to EU with 365 suite
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Data will not head to the US 

Software King of the World, Microsoft has finally admitted that the EU doesn’t like its cloudy grasp on everything and rolled out a neutered version of its 365 suite that keeps data on European soil.

Vole jacking up the price of Microsoft 365
Published in AI
Thursday, 26 December 2024 20:15

Vole jacking up the price of Microsoft 365


You have AI now you can pay for Clippy 2.0

Software King of the World, Microsoft is jacking up the price of its consumer office product after giving it AI.

Microsoft scrambles to fix Copilot's privacy blunder
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A little too much oversharing

Microsoft's Copilot tool has inadvertently allowed customers to access sensitive information, including CEO emails and HR documents.

IBM remote workers told to find an office or leave
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Our managers are lonely

IBM suits has given a harsh warning to those managers still working from home: move near an office or find another job.

Microsoft agrees to stop bundling Teams with Office
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Avoiding an anti-trust probe

Microsoft will stop forcing customers of its popular Office software to also have its Teams video conferencing and messaging app automatically installed on their devices, in a move designed to prevent an official antitrust probe by EU regulators. 

Microsoft pimps Office with AI
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Friday, 17 March 2023 11:03

Microsoft pimps Office with AI


Now managers can outsource creating boring Powerpoint presentations 

Software King of the World, Microsoft launched its AI for Work initiatives yesterday and showed off a way of applying artificial intelligence to automate the creation of PowerPoint presentations which are traditionally penned in purple prose and management speak by a boss who believes they are the greatest writer in the world. 

Microsoft conducts census of “out-of-date” versions of Office
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Swears it is all above board

An update of Microsoft Office last week included code which sniffs out old versions of Office.

Germans ban Office 345 from schools
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Thursday, 01 December 2022 10:24

Germans ban Office 345 from schools


Fears that it breaks GDPR

The German government has banned the use of Microsoft Office 345 over concerns that it might shuffle data to America where it might be used by US spooks.

GVGMall Trading Platform Kicks Off 2019 With Amazing Deals
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