Windows Server 2016 moving to per core, not per socket, licensing
Windows Server 2016, not likely to arrive until the second half of next year, is going to shake up the way Microsoft licenses its server operating system, moving away from…
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Millions of Microsoft Windows users face major security issues within weeks
If you hadn’t already heard the news, Microsoft’s famous Internet Explorer browser is officially dead. With the launch of Windows 10 the US tech giant killed off the old browser…
Sneaky Microsoft renamed its data slurper before sticking it back in Windows 10
Microsoft pulled a major update for Windows after it blew away the user’s privacy settings, allowing app developers and advertisers to glean the user’s identity. But that’s only part of…
Microsoft quietly slips out patched patch for Outlook – in camouflage
If you held back on installing November’s Patch Tuesday updates last week after Microsoft fumbled an Outlook patch, it’s apparently safe to go back in the water.
Pause Patch Tuesday downloads, buggy code can kill Outlook
The El Reg inbox has been flooded with reports of a serious cock-up by Microsoft’s patching squad, with one of Tuesday’s fixes causing killer problems for Outlook.
Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Secretly Installed On Windows 7, Windows 8
No, it’s not just you. In recent weeks I’ve received a lot of emails from Windows 7 and Windows 8 users saying Windows 10 has repeatedly tried to self install…
Edge joins Explorer in bumper crop of security patches
Top line news: no zero days this month but there are four critical updates and eight important ones from Microsoft, four of which cover security holes that have already been…
Microsoft Goes For Another Israeli Security Firm Buying Secure Islands
Israel is a small country with a thriving security startup industry, and Microsoft appears to be have a taste for them. Today it announced an agreement to buy Secure Islands,…
Microsoft Links Open-Source Arms with Linux Frenemy Red Hat
Microsoft just inked a new deal with longtime rival Red Hat to support the company’s version of Linux on Microsoft’s cloud service Azure.
Microsoft’s OneDrive price hike has wrecked its cloud strategy
Microsoft’s changes to its OneDrive personal cloud storage prices reflect badly on the company, and have left users angry and bewildered. The cost of storage continues to fall; but Microsoft…
Chinese fire up world’s ‘most powerful’ drone brain
Chinese UAV outfit DJI is trumpeting the release of what it describes as the “most powerful computer designed for drones” – the “Manifold” embedded computer packing a quad-core ARM Cortex…
Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Automatic Spying Cannot Be Stopped
Speaking to PC World, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore explained that Windows 10 is constantly tracking how it operates and how you are using it and sending that information…
Microsoft reduces free OneDrive storage and removes unlimited option
Just over a year after it started offering unlimited OneDrive cloud storage for Office 365 subscribers, Microsoft is going back on the deal.
WoW! Want to beat Microsoft’s Windows security defenses? Poke some 32-bit software
Two chaps claim to have discovered how to trivially circumvent Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) using Redmond’s own compatibility tools.
Don’t want Windows 10? Check your settings! Microsoft to begin automatically upgrading user’s machines
Microsoft will begin automatically upgrading some users to the latest version of its Windows software, the firm has revealed. The firm said early next year it will begin automatically downloading…