The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s “Stupid Patent of the Month” for December isn’t owned by a sketchy shell company, but rather the Microsoft Corporation. The selection, published yesterday, is the first…
Microsoft knew that Chinese spies hacked people using Hotmail accounts for years — and didn’t tell any of the people who were hacked. Today, Reuters confirmed that Microsoft had agreed…
Fire up any computer running Windows 7 or 8 and you’ll be used to a message or three inviting you to upgrade to Windows 10. But the latest pop-up screen…
Microsoft on Friday apologized for how it conveyed last month’s decision to slash OneDrive storage allotments, and restored the 15GB of free cloud storage space to current users who asked…
Encryption keys that secure Xbox Live accounts have been “inadvertently disclosed”, Microsoft has said. The keys in question are designed to be kept private so they can guarantee the authenticity…
Microsoft is advising Windows users to update their browsers ahead of a new policy that will see some versions of Internet Explorer no longer supported. The Redmond software giant said…
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update KB 3114409, intended to help admins keep Outlook 2010 from starting in safe mode, has in fact done the opposite. Many Outlook 2010 customers report that…
Microsoft is closing out the year with a fix for 71 security vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and Edge. Among the patches are two vulnerabilities that are already being…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…