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I’ve already looked at Acer’s Chromebook 516 GE, which impressed me with its port selection and performance. Unfortunately, it was held back by the quirks cloud gaming is still working through. This review won’t be a direct comparison between these two. However, both are among the first wave of gaming Chromebooks, similarly priced, and intended for the same purpose. So, it just makes sense that we’ll reference this model’s closest rival occasionally....

The Logitech G29, which is compatible with Playstation and PC, is the company’s most popular racing wheel. For the Xbox folks, there’s the Logitech G920 which is similar in features and size, but slightly older. Compared to typical racing wheels that price upwards of $600, the G29 is much more affordable at $399 (deals aside). For the lower entry fee into the world of sim-racing, how much value are you really getting from the G29?...

This new add-on is designed to provide “the realistic audio that gamers want with the comfort and convenience that people need,” Matt Green, senior manager of acoustics engineering at Logitech, said in a statement Aug. 17. Rather than relying on earbuds or on-ear drivers, the Chorus accessory uses “custom-tuned off-ear acoustics” emanating from a pair of open-backed, rotating speakers that sit just alongside the wearer’s ears. Logitech hopes this combination of open-air design and nearby sound reproduction provides the best blend of comfort, sound reproduction, and realism....

So when Logitech launched the Signature M650 mouse last month, it caught my attention. For some of you, this may be the first time you’ve heard of the Logitech mouse. But for those who have been yearning for a wireless silent mouse that wasn’t miniature in size, this new entry is a big deal. Setup When unboxing the Logitech Signature M650 mouse, you’re reminded that it’s no MX Master peripheral....

The sheer volume of requests overwhelmed the company’s small-scale, manual order processing system. But in only one month, despite limited technical knowledge and the little time available to brainstorm ideas, Classic GroundCovers’ team found itself using a brand-new app that automates the entire process, integrating orders from the company’s e-commerce website with in-house business applications. Classic GroundCovers used a low-code app development platform, Evoke, which is designed by technology company BlueFinity to help businesses easily deploy apps across various devices, with no need to code....

The company behind NordVPN has big plans to offer a threat protection suite, a “different kind of antivirus system,” and protect your privacy at the edge of a network. But before that vision becomes reality, Nord Security, the company that counts NordVPN as its flagship, will have to win over consumers and businesses to expand. As we’ll show, in February of 2022 it did, by merging with Surfshark, a rival VPN provider....

The company formerly known as Facebook reported fast-growing costs and expenses for the quarter and disclosed more than $3 billion in operating losses for its new Reality Labs business segment. Meta also gave a lower-than-expected revenue outlook for Q1. All told, Meta’s Q4 revenue came to $33.67 billion, up 20% year-over-year. Net income came to $10.29 billion, with earnings of $3.67 per diluted share. Total costs and expenses for the quarter were $21....

Over the past few years, Microsoft has been building out the Viva brand with Yammer-based apps. Last summer, it launched Engage for Viva, an app based on the Yammer Communities app for Teams. Also: More powerful than ChatGPT’: Microsoft unveils new AI-improved Bing and Edge browser The Viva employee experience suite, which runs on top of Teams, includes Viva Engage, Viva Learn, Viva Topics, Viva Connections, and Viva Goals. Viva Connections was also based on Yammer, which continued to run as Yammer apps alongside the Viva apps....

The flaw was bad news for Windows domains, with Microsoft confirming that attackers were using this vulnerability to install specially crafted packages and spread the Emotet/Trickbot/Bazaloader malware families. The Windows AppX Installer is a Windows 10 feature that allows users to install .appx packages. SEE: Windows 11: Here’s how to get Microsoft’s free operating system update In a blogpost explaining why it’s switched off the ms-appinstaller protocol for the MSIX Windows app package format, Microsoft says that an attacker can use that protocol to “spoof App Installer to install a package that the user did not intend to install”....

What we know for certain is it’s the biggest DDoS attack on an Azure cloud customer. It was bigger than the previous high, 2020’s Azure 1 Tbps attack, and Microsoft reported it was “higher than any network volumetric event previously detected on Azure.” Who was targeted? We don’t know. Microsoft isn’t talking. The attack itself came from over 70,000 sources. It was orchestrated from multiple Asia-Pacific countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, and China, and from the United States....

In a blog post, Microsoft said by extending the tool it will help organisations quantify the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their usage of Microsoft 365 applications, including Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams. Microsoft added that using the dashboard, organisations can measure total emissions and break that down to emissions per active Microsoft 365 user. Customers can also segment and filter emissions by scope and data centre region, and estimate the carbon emissions they avoid by moving their Exchange and SharePoint deployments to the cloud....

Under Windows Update, users ultimately will see “Online Service Experience Pack - Windows.Settings.Account” with a version number. Microsoft execs have said fairly little about Windows Feature Experience Packs. These packs, introduced with Windows 10, have included the updated Snipping Tool, text input panel, and shell-suggestion UI. In addition to the new Your Microsoft Account settings page, Microsoft also has added support in today’s test build for “Discovery of Designated Resolvers....

Why? Because together they can advance and profit from using these cloud technologies to further the hybrid cloud and, an OpenStack specialty, 5G. Microsoft is joining the Open Infrastructure Foundation as a Platinum Member. This move makes perfect sense. According to the 2021 OpenStack User Survey, which will be released shortly in Superuser Magazine, 40% of OpenStack users running their deployment in a multi-cloud configuration are already running OpenStack on Azure....

The latest update follows a recent beta release of SwiftKey that brought the AI functionality only to Android devices. Now the official app supports iOS/iPadOS as well as Android. With AI taking over the tech world, companies have been eager to jump on the bandwagon and take advantage of this hot, new trend. That certainly includes Microsoft, which has already added its Bing AI to Microsoft Edge on desktop and mobile devices....

“That’s the first time I’ve been applauded as a security person and executive,” Arsenault tells ZDNet. “We said we’re turning off password rotation within Microsoft, because we had eliminated that part of it.” As Microsoft’s CISO, Arsenault is responsible for protecting both Microsoft products and its internal networks used by its 160,000 employees. After adding vendors into the mix, he’s responsible for about 240,000 accounts globally. And getting rid of passwords and replacing them with better options like multi-factor authentication (MFA) is high on his to-do list....

Surface remains one of Microsoft’s most popular products, with revenue increasing 3% year-over-year by $226 million in the fourth quarter of its 2022 financial year. But that wasn’t always the case, and Surface represents a big shift in Microsoft’s business over the last decade. Here is how the Surface earned its spot as one of Microsoft’s best sellers. Microsoft released its first iteration of the Surface tablet PC back in 2012, launched as the Surface with Windows RT and then later renamed the Surface RT....

It’s a handy feature that most users of apps like WhatsApp and Messages have used for a while to clarify which message they are trying to respond to. Quoted reply is already available in Teams for iOS and Android but until now it hasn’t been available in Teams chat on the desktop for one-to-one chats, group or meeting chats. It’s coming to the web soon, according to Microsoft which announced the new desktop feature in a blogpost....

News of Casual Games coming to Teams leaked in June with speculation it could be its on-ramp to Microsoft’s metaverse. Microsoft now says that bringing classic Windows games or brain teasers like Solitaire to Teams can improve productivity for remote and hybrid workers. “Along with our morning caffeine, sometimes we need a brain teaser or some friendly competition to get relationships going, infuse levity into our workday, and build a sense of community,” writes Nicole Herskowitz, vice president of Microsoft Teams in a blogpost....

For the past two years, Microsoft has offered Teams Rooms Standard and Teams Rooms Premium, but as of this week the company will offer customers Teams Rooms Basic and Teams Rooms Pro. The service has the same proposition: to improve meetings for remote and in-person participants with assistance managing and servicing Teams Rooms devices, Teams displays, and Surface devices. But the change introduces cost, licensing and functionality differences and the Standard and Premium inclusions don’t align exactly with the new Basic and Pro feature sets....