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Vole sees a boost in software gaming revenues
Published in News
Thursday, 31 October 2024 09:44

Vole sees a boost in software gaming revenues


Hardware declines

Software King of the world, Microsoft, has released its first quarter 2025 earnings, revealing a significant rise in software gaming revenues despite declining Xbox hardware sales.

Microsoft warns about AI election trolls
Published in AI
Wednesday, 03 April 2024 10:34

Microsoft warns about AI election trolls


Fakes deep and shallow will hijack votes

Top Vole Clint Watts of Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center has issued a stark warning: Trolls are harnessing the power of AI to manipulate votes, posing a significant threat to democratic processes.

HoloLens creator exits the Volehill
Published in IoT
Wednesday, 08 June 2022 10:56

HoloLens creator exits the Volehill


Dark rumours of toxic culture 

HoloLens creator Alex Kipman is leaving Microsoft, after he was the subject of a Business Insider report detailing a continuing "toxic business culture" at Microsoft.

Microsoft study doubts if remote voles are really working
Published in News


Voles are not as productive as they once were

A new study finds that Microsoft's companywide shift to remote work has hurt communication and collaboration among different business groups inside the company, threatening employee productivity and long-term innovation.

Volish customers have shedloads of exposed data
Published in Cloud


Vulnerability in Cosmos database

Software king of the world Microsoft warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world's largest companies, that intruders could have the ability to read, change or even delete their main databases.

Vole says beware of the rat
Published in News
Friday, 21 May 2021 11:20

Vole says beware of the rat


Remote access trojan pretends to be ransomware

The Microsoft security team has published details about a malware campaign that is currently spreading a remote access trojan named STRRAT that steals data from infected systems while masquerading as a ransomware attack.

Microsoft Word gets autocorrect
Published in News
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 15:56

Microsoft Word gets autocorrect


Vole copies Smart Compose

Software King of the World Microsoft is about to jack an autocorrect function into Word which will pretty much do what Google’s Smart Compose feature does in Gmail and Docs.

Microsoft lays off minions
Published in News
Friday, 17 July 2020 11:12

Microsoft lays off minions


Be free little Voles

Software King of the World Microsoft has culled a few of its Volish minions and freed them into the wild.

Microsoft demolishes Redmond Vole Hill
Published in News
Wednesday, 09 January 2019 12:20

Microsoft demolishes Redmond Vole Hill


Modernising Redmond

Software King of the World Microsoft has started demolishing 13 buildings connected to its Redmond Volehill sending the little voles scurrying into temporary accommodation.

Thursday, 03 April 2014 08:38

Did Microsoft just get its Mojo back?



New approach, new products, new management