Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Reports are emerging that a twice-issued Microsoft Windows 7 patch is still causing pain for users, with some claiming the fix is triggering continuous reboots.

Microsoft has issued 14 security bulletins to protect against a total of 44 different CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in its monthly Patch Tuesday release.

Microsoft says its implementation of SSL/TLS in all versions of Windows is vulnerable to the FREAK encryption-downgrade attack.  This means if you’re using Windows, an attacker on your network can…

Recruiters are increasing efforts to hire Linux talent, according to the 2015 Linux Jobs Report, which forecasts the Linux job market based on a survey of hiring managers and Linux…

Microsoft’s OneDrive and OneNote apps are preloaded on the just-announced Samsung Galaxy S6 Android phone. Could this be just the start of more OEM deals for Microsoft?

That Windows XP is growing only a little more slowly than Windows 8.1 is remarkable, even when one takes into account the less-than-stunningly-accurate method both market watchers use of observing…

Maybe Microsoft does love Linux! Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, announced this week that both Microsoft and Amazon have agreed to publish their Internet of Things (IoT) application programming…

Recent Rollup fixed after it broke VM replication and made it hard to spawn big VMs.

In 2013, Microsoft said it would offer Microsoft Office 365 to U.S. students for free, provided their schools licensed the software for faculty and staff. Now, that offer is being…

Microsoft has changed its data retention policy for Office 365 email and the upshot is that deleted items will never disappear, unless you set up a policy to bin them.

The first Microsoft Azure hosted service to run Linux (on Ubuntu) announced at Strata Conference.

What is Microsoft up to in this new mobile focused world? It’s a question that has vexed many. As CEO Satya Nadella’s strategy becomes clear, the mix of Windows 10…

The latest promotion provides 100GB extra storage for two years, at which time users’ accounts will revert to 15GB. They will then have to pay to add more files to…

The Linux kernel is growing and changing faster than ever, but its development is increasingly being supported by a select group of companies, rather than by volunteer developers.

Currently the Windows Media Audio format is estimated to be used by devices belonging to up to 5% of the BBC’s internet radio listeners – but it has now been…