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Microsoft is integrating a new technology into the Windows Store which will allow it to automatically detect and delete spam reviews of applications. The issue was first raised by a developer in 2013.

Usama Jawad · Nov 8, 2015 · Hot! with 15 comments

Google has been ordered to move its barge - believed to be a giant floating showroom in the making - from San Francisco Bay, after failing to secure the proper permissions for its construction there.

Andy Weir · Feb 6, 2014 · Hot! with 17 comments

The official codec for HTML5's video tag has been under debate ever since developers began adopting the new technology. A current standard, H.264 was a codec thought to be just perfect for use in the...

Alan Cone · Jan 11, 2011 · Hot! with 151 comments

Sony is offering to remove some of the trial software it crams onto the hard disks of new laptops, for a fee. Buyers of the configure-to-order versions of its Vaio TZ2000 and Vaio TZ2500...

· Mar 22, 2008 · Hot! with 39 comments

AT&T is now allowing iPhone users to remove their iPhone data plan, allowing them to save at least $20.00 monthly if they feel that they don't use the EDGE network enough, don't need it all...

· Nov 16, 2007 · Hot! with 6 comments

Make OS X a little less smug It's pretty clear that Apple left no stone unturned in Leopard, making changes and fixes throughout the new operating system. Unfortunately, that also included an upgrade to its...

Steven Parker · Oct 31, 2007 · Hot! with 39 comments

When you click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification area on a Windows Vista based computer, and then you click Safely remove Device_name, the device may not be removed as expected. Additionally, you...

Steven Parker · Sep 5, 2007 · Hot! with 14 comments

A Brussels court has ordered internet giant Google to pay 1 million euro a day if it does not remove all news articles and pictures from French and German language newspapers on its news site,...

· Sep 18, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Microsoft is cleaning up Sony's DRM mess amid fears that the rootkit could be used for malware purposes. The rootkit, a component of the controversial DRM scheme used by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, was discovered...

· Nov 13, 2005 · Hot! with -1 comments

In an effort to settle its anti-trust dispute with the European Union, Microsoft is reportedly ready to remove Windows Media Player as a standard component of their Windows operating system. In reports out...

· Sep 27, 2004 with 3 comments

Microsoft's chief software architect Bill Gates took centre stage at last week's software developer day in London in a bid to convince UK software developers to stick with Microsoft's roadmap, even though Longhorn, its next...

· Jan 30, 2004 with -1 comments

A forthcoming update to Internet Explorer will disallow the use of the "@" character in URLs, addressing an issue which has helped fraudsters to obscure the true destination in a web site addresses. Once the...

Tom Warren · Jan 28, 2004 · Hot! with 1 comment

Overview With this add-in you can permanently remove hidden and collaboration data, such as change tracking and comments, from Word 2003/XP, Excel 2003/XP, and PowerPoint 2003/XP files. When you distribute an...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 6, 2004 with -1 comments

I just got a mail from MSN Groups informing me that the calendar feature will be removed for non-subscribers. Much like the limitation of the inbox storage when MSN Hotmail became a member service, non...

Steven Parker · Jul 16, 2003 with -1 comments

Thanks youm0nt...The company's Ultrastar 146Z10 hard drive incorporates anti-vibration technology that IBM calls "rotational vibration safeguard"--technology designed to improve the performance of increasingly denser and faster hard drives. Drives are made up...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jul 9, 2002 with -1 comments

Thanks to scoop for sending this in. If you were wondering how to get rid of the text in the bottom right of the screen, that you get with your legitimatly obtained copies...

· Jul 8, 2002 with -1 comments

Microsoft are set to begin the removal or disabling of features provided by old, insufficiently tested code in Windows and their other software if there are problems which cause security issues. This is the next...

· Jun 10, 2002 with -1 comments

Sun have announced that they will be removing links to download their popular office suite this Wednesday, following their decision to charge for StarOffice 6. Star Office 5.2 has proven one of the best office...

· May 27, 2002 with -1 comments

Saw this one on my subscription to LockerGnome "Bits 'n Bytes". Seems those over at Ford have been given a "safe" period to clean out their Harddrives from housing Pornographic images, funnily enough it didn't...

Steven Parker · Mar 6, 2002 with -1 comments