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Microsoft ends up “scroogling” itself by reading Skype messages

May 21, 2013 John F 3 Comments Google, Skype

Lots of people are sick of Microsoft’s “scroogled” campaign, which attempts to demonize Google’s long-standing practice of using automated machines

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Skype pulls support for imo in an underhanded assault on Chrome OS

May 7, 2013May 7, 2013 John F 12 Comments Chrome OS, Chromebook, Google, Google Chrome, Skype

In the wake of news that Skype will soon be available on Outlook.com, it looks as if Microsoft’s IM and

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Skype finally comes to Outlook.com

April 29, 2013 William Devereux 3 Comments Outlook.com, Skype

The Outlook.com team has been on a roll lately, delivering long-awaited update after long-awaited update. Modern calendar experience? Check. Much-improved

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Microsoft continues to “re-imagine” itself with new Bing logo and more

April 28, 2013April 28, 2013 Michael Archambault 8 Comments bing, Metro Design Language, Office, Skype, Xbox

A few days ago at a design event in Norway, Albert Shum of Microsoft and Todd Simmons of Wolff Olins

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Skype snaps into action with another update on Windows 8

December 19, 2012 William Devereux 0 Comments Skype, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Apps

Our friend Richard Hay over at Windows Observer noticed that Skype just released a new update for its Windows 8

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Check out Consumer Camp in the Bay Area this weekend and learn about seamless experiences with Microsoft’s newest technologies

December 14, 2012 William Devereux 0 Comments Consumer Camp, Office 2013, Outlook.com, SkyDrive, Skype, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8, Xbox, Xbox Music, Xbox SmartGlass

I will be hosting two Consumer Camp events in the San Francisco Bay area this weekend to answer questions and

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Skype for Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface updated with Messenger integration and bug fixes

November 20, 2012November 21, 2012 William Devereux 1 Comment Microsoft Surface, Skype, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Apps, Windows RT

The initial release of Skype for Windows 8 – as well as Windows RT devices like the Surface – was great to

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Skype preview app released for Windows Phone 8

November 12, 2012March 21, 2013 William Devereux 0 Comments Skype, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone Apps

Skype has been available on Windows Phone for some time now, but the latest version – designed specifically for Windows Phone

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Skype to officialy replace Window Live Messenger

November 6, 2012November 6, 2012 William Devereux 4 Comments Skype, Windows Live Messenger

It’s a bittersweet day for longtime Windows Live Messenger users like myself. Microsoft has announced that Skype, which it recently acquired,

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Hulu Plus arrives on Windows 8, Skype to go live on October 26

October 22, 2012 William Devereux 3 Comments Hulu, Skype, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Apps

Windows 8 will, at long last, finally be available at the end of the week. But while the Windows Store

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Tip: Sync your online presence across Skype, Messenger, and Facebook Chat

September 17, 2012October 5, 2012 William Devereux 2 Comments Facebook, Messenger, Outlook.com, Skype, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8

Last week, Microsoft released a new Skype beta, adding support for Messenger and deepening the client’s integration with Facebook Chat.

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Deslok In the case of a higher power card(a gpu) a full system power measurement would be acceptable however a pcie device like this is low enough power that other factors(disk and cpu activity triggered by...
Trendnet TEG-10GECTX PCIe 10GbaseT Ethernet Adapter Review · November 23, 2020
MrCalvin I agree measure power-consumption on a PCI socket is whole other story, I would say the only practical way is to measure the whole computer, before and after activating the device, but that should...
Trendnet TEG-10GECTX PCIe 10GbaseT Ethernet Adapter Review · November 21, 2020
Deslok I unfortunately don't have a way to meter a pcie device directly at this time, that is part of why my answer was 6-10w based on other AQ107 devices i've observed(such as the OWC 10gbaseT adapter which...
Trendnet TEG-10GECTX PCIe 10GbaseT Ethernet Adapter Review · November 20, 2020
Deslok That's it's own special rabbit hole really, old 10gbaset switches were upwards of 12w per port, new ones are usually 1.5-4w with some variance on link length(there's a minimum power to simply have an...
Trendnet TEG-10GECTX PCIe 10GbaseT Ethernet Adapter Review · November 20, 2020
MrCalvin Don't trust the word of a spec sheet! Especially of a brand of cheap chipset. A bit off-topic I know, but my Kingston KC600 SSD use almost 3 x more power in idle and in read mode than the spec sheet...
Trendnet TEG-10GECTX PCIe 10GbaseT Ethernet Adapter Review · November 20, 2020