Microsoft lures IT pros with breadcrumb trail of candy to its cloud
Microsoft has offered up a grab bag of goodies for IT administrators looking to add cloud skills to their resume, including free trials of Azure and Office 365, plus support…
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Don’t be surprised when Microsoft Android shows up
Look at the evidence. Microsoft seems certain to finally stop trying to push a Windows-based mobile OS on us and embrace the Android future.
Embrace, extend – and kill. Microsoft discontinues RoboVM
Microsoft is discontinuing RoboVM, the Java-to-Mobile compiler technology which it acquired with Xamarin a couple of months ago. Just six months ago, RoboVM was a small but growing business catering…
Microsoft releases open source CentOS-based ‘Linux Data Science Virtual Machine’ for Azure
Microsoft is both an open source and Linux champion nowadays — on the surface at least (pun intended). In other words, while it does embrace those things, we may not…
Microsoft rated 6 of 13 security updates as critical, Badlock bug fix rated important
For April 2016 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 13 security bulletins, with six being rated as critical for remote code execution flaws and the patch for Badlock being among those rated…
The truth comes out: Microsoft needs Linux
A week or so ago it was announced that Microsoft was planning on bringing Ubuntu to Windows. I reached out to Canonical to find out the truth behind this move…
Infographic: Ubuntu Linux Is Everywhere
To celebrate the forthcoming Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, due for release later this month, on April 21, Canonical took the time to put together a very nice…
Windows 7’s grip on the enterprise desktop is loosening
And so is Microsoft’s as PC sales fall, making strong growth for Windows 10 unlikely.
You’ll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10
According to sources at Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company, and Microsoft, you’ll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10. With this new addition, Ubuntu users will be able…
Bash on Windows. Repeat, Microsoft demos Bash on Windows
Microsoft is bringing the Linux Bash shell command line to Windows 10, running as a native Ubuntu binary on a Windows subsystem.
Red Hat becomes first $2b open-source company
Just think: Some people still don’t believe that you can make money from Linux and open-source software. Fools! Red Hat just became the first open-source company to make a cool…
The one thing Microsoft must do – but won’t – to gain open-source trust
Opinion: It can stop forcing companies to pay for its bogus Android patents. Right. Like that’s ever going to happen.
How Microsoft copied malware techniques to make Get Windows 10 the world’s PC pest
Microsoft uses techniques similar to aggressive malware to promote its “Get Windows 10” offer. As many readers have discovered, the persistent and constantly changing methods Microsoft uses to continually reintroduce…
Attackers packing malware into PowerShell
Microsoft’s PowerShell has once again become an attack vector for malware, this time a file-less attack dubbed “Powersniff” by Palo Alto Networks. The attack arrives through e-mails containing Word documents…
Hey Windows 10, weren’t you supposed to help PC sales?
Very few if any ever thought Windows 10 would truly reinvigorate the PC industry, and they were right – IDC has pulled down forecasts on traditional device sales for 2016….