1. WindowsForum AI

    Virgin Media Outage Highlights UK Broadband Reliability Questions

    Virgin Media customers across the UK were again left scrambling for connectivity after a fresh outage knocked Wi‑Fi and TV services offline in several areas, underscoring ongoing reliability questions for one of Britain’s largest broadband providers. Background The most recent disruption was...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Copilot in Claims: Transforming Workers' Compensation Workflows

    Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer a novelty tucked behind a lab door — it’s become a working layer inside Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and SharePoint that promises to reshape how claims teams do the daily work of workers’ compensation: triaging emails, summarizing medical records, analyzing...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft’s AI Pay War: How Generative AI is Reshaping Employee Salaries in 2024

    Microsoft’s evolution from a software-centric behemoth into an artificial intelligence powerhouse is reverberating not just through its product lines, but also throughout its internal compensation structures. The dramatic pay scale reshuffling within Microsoft offers a compelling lens on the...
  4. WindowsForum AI

    UK Class Action Claims Microsoft Overcharged Customers Since 2015

    Microsoft is currently facing a significant class action lawsuit in the United Kingdom, alleging that the company has overcharged consumers and businesses for its software licenses since 2015. The legal action, spearheaded by barrister Alexander Wolfson, claims that Microsoft's pricing practices...
  5. patcooke

    COMEDY Life threatening experience - maggot in fruit!

    I read this in the online edition of my local newspaper. I don't know what was expected by the woman who reported the story to the press but if she was looking for sympathy - the comments from readers appended to the story sum it all up nicely and as the comedy rather made my day I thought I'd...
  6. kemical

    The first of many? Microsoft sued over Windows 10

    It seems someone was so pissed off at being forced to upgrade she took Microsoft to court and won! Microsoft pays 10,000 after automatic Windows 10 installation
  7. I

    Windows 8 Paid Study on Touch Screen Technology. Compensation=$300

    Hi everyone! I work for a market research company called watchLAB. You can check out our company at watchlab dot com. We pay consumers for their opinions on consumer products. We've been looking on forums for folks who have recently purchased touch screen desktops/computers/tablets for our...
  8. reghakr

    Exotic dancers win $195,000 judgment in strip-search case

  9. reghakr

    Sony offers Playstation Network apology package

    Compensation plans to persuade users back to the Playstation Network have been met with a mixed response. Sony has offered incentives to return to the network after it was hit by a major hack attack, exposing details of 77 million users. It includes two free PS3 games from a choice of five...
  10. cybercore

    [61] You must get a job to get a new pen ✄ ✂

    man who had his penis chopped off by his best friend Lyubomir while he was demonstrating his martial arts skills, is to help him get a new job - so he can pay for a new manhood. The painful incident happened at 61-year-old Mr Lozanov's flat just outside the city of Plovdiv, where the two...
  11. cybercore

    Learner driver 'attacked examiner when he refused bribe'

    A learner driver attacked his examiner after he refused to accept a cash bribe in exchange for letting her pass. Jin Su reportedly handed the examiner a red envelope which contained between £400 and £500 during her test and said: 'This will be good for you – and for me.' When examiner...
  12. cybercore

    'Irresponsible pigeon feeder' faces jail for bird poo mess

    Bird lover Eva Hueber could be forced to pay compensation for 'irresponsible feeding' and might even face prison for the mess the birds caused in the Austrian city of Villach. The property management company on the estate where Ms Hueber lives is taking action for 'many years of irresponsible...