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This Microsoft Flight Simulator video highlights 40 years of PC gaming changes

The Verge

Microsoft kicked off its virtual Ignite conference today with a look back at how Microsoft Flight Simulator has changed since its introduction in 1982. map out the real world into a virtual one. In Microsoft’s video, you can see the jumps in graphical changes when it gets to the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 release in 2001.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Lawyer who helped Netscape in Microsoft antitrust lawsuit is representing Epic in its battle with Apple

GeekWire

On the legal team for Epic Games is Christine Varney , the lawyer who represented Netscape in its antitrust suit against Microsoft in 2001. Epic filed the lawsuit after Apple banned the popular game app Fortnite when Epic created a virtual currency purchase which bypassed Apple’s toll. Christine Varney.

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Guessing the next big technology career path

Virtualized Greek

I know now that investing in my Cisco certification in 2001 was a much better idea than updating my Novell Certification. vSphere is the best overall technical solution for virtualized environments – today. I’ve picked some long term losers such as Novell NetWare over Windows NT initially. It’s not a perfect approach.

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What Can You Get from an IP Address and Why is it Important?

Galido

For instance, an IPv6 address could look something like this: 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334. For those who have a Windows program installed on their computer, we will show you how to discover your personal IP address. How about dynamic and static IP addresses? How to Find Your IP Address. Is your IP address visible?

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NASA’s latest moon mission is the dawn of a new space age

Vox

NASA is currently targeting a takeoff window between 8:33 and 10:33 am ET. NASA is testing Callisto, a virtual AI that Amazon, Cisco, and Lockheed Martin designed to communicate with astronauts. They’re also just one of several science experiments aboard the mission meant to better our understanding of space travel.

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A setback for Microsoft: New Xbox exclusive ‘Redfall’ gets negative reviews on launch day

GeekWire

Arkane Studios’ Redfall was scheduled to release on Xbox, Windows, and the Xbox Game Pass Monday evening. Initially announced at Microsoft’s all-virtual E3 show in 2021 , Redfall is a first-person shooter for 1 to 4 players that puts you up against the vampires who’ve taken over a small town in Massachusetts.

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