Articles from 2025
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Excel December Updates: AI Agent Mode, Get Data Dialog, and Comment Previews
Microsoft’s recent Excel updates bring four practical changes this December that aim to speed data work, tighten collaboration, and — unsurprisingly — fold AI more deeply into everyday spreadsheet tas
Microsoft OpenAI Two Horse Era Reshapes AI Compute and IP Control
Microsoft’s latest re‑stitching of its relationship with OpenAI — paired with an explicit public pathway for Microsoft to pursue its own frontier models — has turned what once looked like a single, co
Google Drops EU Antitrust Complaint as DMA Probes Reshape Cloud Competition
Google has quietly withdrawn its formal antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the European Union, a tactical pivot that hands the dispute over cloud competition to Brussels’ broader Digital Markets
Azure Local gains Fibre Channel SAN support for on prem hybrid clouds
Microsoft’s decision to add Storage Area Network (SAN) support to Azure Local marks a practical pivot: enterprises can now reuse Fibre Channel investments while adopting Azure-managed on-prem infrastr
Linux Goes Mainstream in 2025 as Windows 10 End of Support Drives Migration
The quiet exodus away from Windows that accelerated through 2025 is no longer a fringe narrative: a combination of lifecycle deadlines, hardware gating, improved Linux usability, and geopolitical conc
Hidden Windows 11 Tools That Boost Productivity and Security
The eight small, easily overlooked Windows 11 tools Pocket‑lint highlights quietly transform routine workflows into noticeably smoother, more secure, and — in several cases — cross‑device experiences,
Why ChatGPT Doesn't Tell Time by Default: Real Time Data Tools and Safety Tradeoffs
ChatGPT’s refusal to answer “What time is it right now?” has become a small, useful reminder: even the most advanced conversational AIs are still governed by design choices, permission boundaries, and
Data Resilience Is AI's Foundation for UK IT Leadership
Zenzero and Microsoft used a high‑profile executive forum to deliver a blunt, practical warning to UK IT leaders: as organisations rush to adopt AI, the true limiter — and the greatest source of opera
Google Withdraws EU Cloud Complaint as EU Probes AWS and Azure Under DMA
Google has formally withdrawn its formal EU antitrust complaint against a rival’s cloud licensing practices — a tactical retreat that arrives just days after the European Commission opened three coord
EU DMA Moves on Cloud Markets After Google Microsoft Complaint Withdrawal
Google has formally withdrawn its antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices in the European Union, citing the European Commission’s recent launch of broader market investigatio
Best Photo Editing Software 2025: AI, Licensing, and Windows Pros
Adobe’s ecosystem still shapes the conversation, but 2025 is the year the photo‑editing market stopped being a two‑horse race and became a full‑blown ecosystem battle: subscription fatigue, a wave of
Dell: 500M Windows 11 Eligible, 500M Ineligible
Dell’s blunt numbers landed like a splash of cold water: during its Q3 earnings call Dell told investors that roughly 500 million PCs that are capable of running Windows 11 remain on Windows 10, while