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Belgian court: The TCF framework is not GDPR-compliant

[German]A Belgian court has now ruled on a complaint by data protectionists regarding the TCF framework. The judges consider the TCF framework to be non-compliant with the GDPR. This poses a problem for the online advertising industry around Microsoft, Google … Continue reading

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New evaluation system: Microsoft wants to get rid of "underperformers"

[German]New appraisal system: Microsoft wants to get rid of "underperformers "Microsoft management has plans to get rid of some of its employees who are underperforming. To this end, a new appraisal system is being introduced in the 51st year of … Continue reading

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Active user count stagnate with Microsoft's CoPilot and increase with OpenAI ChatGPT

[German]Sobering figures and a "slap in the face for Microsoft". Their CoPilot, offered by Sauer-Bier, has been stuck at 20 million weekly users for a year now. OpenAI, on the other hand, can look back on increasing user numbers with … Continue reading

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VMware/Broadcom: Rumor, Linux licenses free for a short time

[German]I couldn't believe my ears, but an unnamed source whispered to me that VMWare by Broadcom is thinking about giving away free licenses for Linux "for a short time". Here are some details of what I've heard as "rumor" – … Continue reading

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Woody Leonhard, founder of AskWoody.com passed away

Brief information for slightly older readers who are still familiar with Woody Leonhard and his platform askwoody.com. Woody Leonhard, who was born in the USA in October 1951, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at the age of 73 … Continue reading

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European tech companies demand digitally independent infrastructure

[German]This is an exciting development that can be observed right now. Large European companies such as Airbus Industries, Dassault Systems and 90 other smaller European technology companies and lobby groups are calling for a digitally independent infrastructure to be established … Continue reading

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Microsoft Entra: End-user rollout templates and materials

A little tip for administrators who are responsible for the cloud and Microsoft Entra. Microsoft has made a collection of templates and materials for the end-user rollout available for download.

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Microsoft's Marketing tales: Windows 11 is free for a short time; support for Microsoft 365 app ends in October 2025 for Windows 10

[German]Microsoft reached last week into its marketing bag of tricks again and put some questionable things on the table to promote Windows 11. It says that "Windows 11 is free for a short time". And another joke is unpacked: Microsoft … Continue reading

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European High Court: EU Commission violates GDPR with data transfer to Meta

[German]Big slap on the wrist for the EU Commission from the European Court of Justice. In proceedings before the ECJ, the Commission was ordered to pay damages to a German activist because the EU Commission had given data to Meta … Continue reading

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Happy new Year 2025

I wish this to all blog readers and, above all, good health and optimism in these times.

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