SCO vs. IBM looks like it’s over for good
A new filing (PDF) scooped up by the good folks at Groklaw sees both SCO and IBM agree to sign off on two recent decisions in which SCO’s arguments advancing…
Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news
Linux lads lambast sorry state of Skype service
Linux users are piling on Microsoft after the long-neglected Skype client on the open-source OS suddenly lost the ability to join calls from other versions of the software.
Hackers use Microsoft security tool to pwn Microsoft security tool
FireEye security wonks Abdulellah Alsaheel and Raghav Pande have twisted the barrels of Microsoft’s lauded EMET Windows defence gun 180 degrees and fired. The result of their research is p0wnage…
Intel shows budget Android phone powering big-screen Linux
Intel is showing what it calls “Big Screen Experience” at Mobile World Congress, an Android smartphone which runs a full Linux desktop when plugged into an external display. The concept…
Why did Microsoft buy SwiftKey? Hint: It’s not about keyboards
Put simply, this is all about artificial intelligence. The seemingly clairvoyant nature of SwiftKey when it comes to typing prediction can be readily implemented into a world of other use…
Putin’s internet guru says ‘nyet’ to Windows, ‘da’ to desktop Linux
The Russian government says it is looking to dump Microsoft and adopt Linux as the operating system for agency PCs.
Microsoft mistakenly caps some users’ OneDrive storage limits
Over the weekend, I received fresh complaints from a number of OneDrive and Office 365 users that their storage limits had been capped at one terabyte — despite Microsoft promises…
Don’t touch that PDF or webpage until your Windows PC is patched
Microsoft has patched 41 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in its software this month. The second monthly update of the year brings with it fixes for security flaws in both Internet Explorer…
SCO slapped in latest round of eternal ‘Who owns UNIX?’ lawsuit
The SCO Group has suffered another reversal in its long-running attempt to squeeze some cash out of IBM for allegedly pinching its code and tossing it into Linux and maybe…
Microsoft Reveals Real Cost Of ‘Free’ Windows 10
Windows 7 and Windows 8. Yes, the operating systems which users already paid for (either directly, or indirectly in the cost of a new computer) are getting more expensive by…
Has Microsoft boss just admitted defeat in Xbox’s competition with Sony PS4?
It was recently revealed that the Xbox One is being trounced by PS4 sales. The company had stopped releasing console sales figures months ago, with many industry experts believing Sony…
Microsoft pushes Windows 10 upgrade using tactic it once called ‘a mistake’
Maker of ‘GWX Control Panel’ tool reports that Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs receiving upgrade as pre-selected ‘Optional’ item in Windows Update.
Microsoft is annoying its most loyal customers and that’s a very bad idea
Surfacegate. That’s the name that has been given to an issue with Microsoft’s Surface tablets, many of which have been malfunctioning recently. The problems, according to many Surface users, are…
Windows Phone is dead
Windows Phone started off life as a promising alternative to Android and iOS five years ago. Microsoft positioned its range of Windows Phone 7 handsets as the true third mobile…
Two seperate outages meant Microsoft’s biggest customers haven’t had access to email for 9 days
Two seperate outages meant that the email component of Office 365, the online version of Microsoft’s Office suite, has been down for nine days, according to CloudPro.