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Microsoft 365 is still my favorite Microsoft product, but it is getting way too expensive

Usama Jawad — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:16:02 +0000

Microsoft 365 continues to be an excellent suite for Office applications, but the recent price hike seems unjustified. Read more...

Twitter is hiking the price of its Blue subscription from $2.99 to $4.99 per month

Usama Jawad — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:12:02 +0000

Twitter has told subscribers of its premium Blue service that it's hiking the price of the subscription from $2.99/month to $4.99/month. The price increase has already happened for new subscribers. Read more...

Microsoft announces new Bing features following Build 2017

Gabriel Nunes — Thu, 18 May 2017 17:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced this week some new features to its search engine. Bing now supports bots on the search page, eSports coverage, and improved search for hiking and camping places. Read more...

Microsoft to hike spending on Embedded

Steven Parker — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:27:56 +0000

Microsoft will spend $75 million in 2007 on its "Windows Embedded" operating system for portable devices, up 33% from 2006, an executive at the world's largest software maker said yesterday. Microsoft, which competes with operating... Read more...

VeriSign plans domain price hike

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:10:27 +0000

Verisign has the right to raise hosting costs 7% in four of the next six years after a December extension of a 1999 deal with ICANN granted the company control of the .com domain through... Read more...

$100 Laptop Price Hike

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:59:39 +0000

Nicholas Negroponte showed off the latest prototypes of the fabled $100 PC. It's not longer a $100 PC, however. The ruggedized, two pound Linux desktop (Fedora) system, with mesh networking will sell for about $130... Read more...

Microsoft's Gates, Ballmer receive 13% hike in pay packages

Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:06:35 +0000

Microsoft's top two executives received 13% raises in the past year, with chairman Bill Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer each earning $753,310 in salary and bonuses, the company has disclosed. Gates,... Read more...

PC makers hike prices - in Asia

Sat, 30 Mar 2002 05:13:52 +0000

Last week it was Apple: this week it is the turn of Japanese PC makers NEC and Sony and Korean maker Trigem to follow suit. They are increasing prices in Asia, citing... Read more...