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Microsoft is killing something inside Edge but it's to improve user data privacy

Sayan Sen — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 05:52:01 +0000

Microsoft is improving user data privacy in Edge by moving on from the way it collects user-related browser and device data. Read more...

Intel is killing an awesome free Windows 11 app that connects PCs with phones

Sayan Sen — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:42:02 +0000

Did you get to try Intel Unison on Windows 11? If not, you may want to do it soon, as the application will be dead in a few months. Read more...

Many AMD Ryzen 9800X3D on ASRock have died as they can't boot to Windows or POST

Sayan Sen — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:08:01 +0000

AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs are dying with over 100 reported total cases. ASRock motherbaords might be the issue but others like Asus are also affected to an extent. Read more...

Online video chatting platform Omegle shuts down after 14 years

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 08:48:01 +0000

In a long and heartfelt post, Omegle's founder Lief K. Brooks has announced that the live video chatting platform is now shutting down. He shared his sentiments and reasons for the decision. Read more...

Beware! HP firmware update bricking OfficeJet 9020e printers with Blue Screen 83C0000B error

Sayan Sen — Fri, 12 May 2023 14:16:39 +0000

HP OfficeJet Pro 9020e printers received a firmware update recently. However, the update was probably buggy which bricked the printers. Users all over the world may be affected by this issue. Read more...

Amazon closes the Mayday live video service for its Fire tablets

Gurkaran Singh — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 21:00:01 +0000

Five years after its launch, Amazon has decided to end its Fire tablet live video support service, Mayday. The feature will be discontinued this month according to a customer support page. Read more...

Slack bids adieu to Windows Phone app, won't receive further updates

Usama Jawad — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 12:28:01 +0000

Slack is dropping support for Windows Phone. The app will continue to be available for download from the Store, and will remain functional for the foreseeable future, but won't receive updates. Read more...

Uber drops support for its Windows 10 app

Usama Jawad — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 08:38:01 +0000

While Uber has been publishing its apps in the Windows Store since 2013, it appears that the ridesharing firm has finally lost interest in the platform and has dropped support for its Windows 10 app. Read more...

Microsoft is killing off GigJam, before it leaves preview

Usama Jawad — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:12:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it's killing off its GigJam tool which allowed people to involve others in their professional work by breaking down "artificial barriers between devices, apps and people". Read more...

Despite Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn, the Windows phone app is being killed off [Update]

Usama Jawad — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:40:01 +0000

LinkedIn has sent an email to Windows phone users, saying that it is killing off its app for the platform. The firm recommends using its website instead and promises a Windows desktop-only app soon. Read more...

Microsoft is shuttering its TechRewards program next year

Usama Jawad — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 04:34:01 +0000

In a new email, Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down its program for developers on January 6, 2017. Starting today, Points, XP and badges will no longer be awarded. Read more...

Teenager killed himself after $700 bill for Xbox games on mother's credit card

Andy Weir — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:58:53 +0000

A 13-year-old was "genuinely stunned" about how much he had spent on Xbox games when his mother confronted him about a £420 ($700) credit card bill - and later hanged himself. Read more...

Man killed after phone explosion

Steven Parker — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:52:02 +0000

An exploding mobile phone battery apparently killed a South Korean man in the first such known case in this gadget-obsessed country, police say. The man, identified only by his family name Suh, was found dead... Read more...

Microsoft Max Killed Off

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:04:12 +0000

Yesterday Microsoft announced Vista's final RTM date - and yesterday they killed the last bit of Longhorn still in Vista. Microsoft Max, the digital media collaboration/sharing and information visualization is suit is officially dead. What... Read more...

6 killed in Florida over Xbox

Mon, 09 Aug 2004 08:48:14 +0000

An ex-convict who blamed a young woman for taking his video game system and clothes recruited three teenagers to stab and beat her and five others to death, investigators said Sunday. The 22-year-old... Read more...

2 employees killed in Shanghai Internet cafe

Marcel Klum — Mon, 10 May 2004 19:51:33 +0000

Customers at an Internet cafe in Shanghai allegedly stabbed to death two employees after an argument over computer usage, local newspapers reported Monday. The fight broke out around 1 a.m. local time on... Read more...

Pentium III to be killed off on Dec 7th

Steven Parker — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:31:07 +0000

This must be the first pentium chip the online community are sad to see go The desktop Pentium III will officially cease to be on 7 December. That's the last date on... Read more...