Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Google Inc. plans to boost the commissions it pays some outside firms to sell its workplace software, signaling a more serious challenge to Microsoft Corp. ’s dominance at larger companies,…

Security researchers say the newly-disclosed critical SSL weakness in Microsoft’s Windows operating system could be worse than Heartbleed and Shellshock.

GOOGLE IS MOVING ahead with plans to kill off support for Microsoft Silverlight in its Chrome browser.  The Microsoft runtime depends on an ageing plug-in protocol called Netscape Plugin Application…

Microsoft’s open-sourcing of server-side .Net technologies is a big step for the longtime king of proprietary desktop software. But the move itself is of limited impact, and .Net has a…

After selling its handset business to Microsoft for $7.2 billion earlier this year, many people — myself included — thought Nokia was done with devices and would focus on its…

Microsoft has released a security patch to squash a bug in Windows that hackers are exploiting to compromise whole networks of computers.

Last Tuesday’s MS14-066 causes some servers to inexplicably hang, AWS or IIS to break, and Microsoft Access to roll over and play dead.

Solutions such as AirWatch’s Teacher Tools and Google’s Chromebook Management Console are fueling the adoption of Chromebooks and iPads in schools, leaving Microsoft behind.

Microsoft, fixin’ to broaden the appeal of its .Net software development platform, has committed to delivering a new version of the toolset that is not only language agnostic but also…

As expected, Microsoft has published a large number of security bulletins in its November 2014 software update, but two less than indicated in the advance notice.  However, with 14 bulletins…

Microsoft has issued a batch of security fixes for Internet Explorer, Windows, and Office software – all of which are vulnerable to hijacking from afar by spies, criminals and other…

Patch Tuesday is usually a relatively staid affair: Microsoft releases a handful of fixes for its programs, people download them and security experts have a good laugh over what could…

Microsoft has changed the way it licences Windows so that it is now possible to buy licences on a per-user basis.  Explained here, the main effect of the new policy…

Like an abusive partner, Microsoft says it ‘loves’ Linux — when what it means is that it desperately needs Linux.

In an official advisory notice, Microsoft said it is ‘aware of a vulnerability affecting all supported releases of Microsoft Windows.  ‘The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user…