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Microsoft Allows Users to Remove Software

PCEverything writes: Microsoft finally allows users to remove software that they include on your system when you buy their operating system. In response to the EU's protests and the US's anti-trust suits they are finally allowing users to remove key programs like Internet Explorer and Media Player from their system by placing an icon in the Control Panel.

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Speed-Racer5958d ago

Haha it;s about time they gave us some choice. I never use IE.

SupaPlaya5958d ago (Edited 5958d ago )

everything is possible.

Although having it out of the box is convenient for the general, not so computer savvy users.

Hopefully this will also force MS to make IE better in terms of performance (have you seen the Javascript rendering speed comparison between the browsers?) and security.

Speed-Racer5958d ago

Tjey would never remove it completely

The Lazy One5958d ago

if it were completely uninstalled a lot of the features in windows simply wouldn't function.

heyheyhey5958d ago

@The Lazy One

wtf are you talking about?

how would deleting IE malfunction features in Windows? it's just a browser

The Lazy One5958d ago

parts of IE are actually used in a lot of places in the windows system.

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/...

"Users should keep in mind that the Internet Explorer rendering engine is being used for various integral parts of the operating system and that it most likely would require a rewrite to untie it completely."

AuToFiRE5958d ago

IE is actually used to browse your computer, without it you cannot check folders, and that is one reason why i never used IE, if a hacker gets into internet explorer, they have complete control over your computer, if a hacker gets control of FF, they only have control of FF, but whatever, i use Linux so nautilus is the file browser and FF is the web browser

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Godmars2905958d ago

Then what's the point?

If they're still there, they're still using system resources even when idle, *STILL* acting as a backdoor for hackers and viruses, what's the point?

Why the f*ck couldn't MS do the job right and make programs that you'd want to use instead of concentrating on making you have to use them.

evilmonkey5015958d ago (Edited 5958d ago )

It just lets you think you did. Any software that can reinstall itself after you've uninstalled it has never really been uninstalled at all...

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Review: Rally Arcade Classics Is Pure Dreamcast-era Racing Goodness – Entertainium

From NETK2GAMES out of Barcelona comes one of the most enjoyable arcade racing you’ll play: Rally Arcade Classics is no fluff, all fun.

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Ace Combat Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Promise to "Take Flight Once Again" and More

The Ace Combat series celebrates its 30th anniversary, and Bandai Namco revealed interesting initiatives, on top of a poignant message.

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darthv728h ago

That controller looks like a cheap knockoff... it should have been a proper DS5 design.

darthv727h ago

...the VR aspect in 7 IS the redeeming quality.

Abriael6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

what a dumb take.

Ace Combat 7 is one of the best games of the past generation. It doesn't need VR gimmicks to "redeem" it.

CrimsonWing697h ago

Look, I’m a simple man. I see Ace Combat and say, “Yes!”

Abnor_Mal6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Can we get a new Ace Combat, with full vr and not just three or four levels, for PS5 and PSVR2
Also if we could get a remake of my all time favorite, Ace Combat5: The Unsung War, again with full vr for every mission with DualSense and flight stick haptics.

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Rematch dev on huge eSports potential: "the game is in the players

Rematch’s creative director, Pierre Tarno, speaks about Sloclap’s thoughts on eSports and tournaments in the studio’s hit soccer game.

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