Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Microsoft has ended support for Windows XP software, implying that users of the operating system are at increased risk of attacks from cyber-thieves.  In a statement yesterday, Microsoft stated that…

Microsoft has been forced into an embarrasing u-turn on its Windows software by allowing users to boot into the dekstop and avoid its ‘Metro’ touch interface.  The firm had hoped…

For years, one of the best bargains in tech was Microsoft’s free Custom Domains service, which allowed anyone to assign a custom domain to free Hotmail and Outlook.com accounts. Effective…

Amazingly, the era ends with XP still enjoying over 27 per cent market share, according to Netmarketshare’s data for operating system market share during March.

Microsoft has opened its .Net programming framework to the developer community by releasing the code for a broad range of .Net-related software as open-source projects under the stewardship of a…

The UK government is paying Microsoft £5.5m of taxpayers’ money to extend support for the out-of-date Windows XP operating system.

The latest Linux kernel’s revision number may be 3.14, but don’t expect any pi jokes in the release notes. Do, however, look past the matter-of-fact release announcement on the Linux…

With another update to Windows 8.1, Microsoft will be bringing back a Start Menu and windowed Metro-Style/Modern apps, Microsoft officials confirmed during the company’s Build 2014 show.

Microsoft Corp is to give away its Windows operating system to makers of smartphones and small tablets for consumers as it seeks to make more of an impact on those…

Google has scored a major win on the back of Microsoft’s Windows XP support cut-off, as the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has started a major migration project to…

DayZ creator Dean Hall is not the only developer who is not terribly pleased with Microsoft and Windows 8. Speaking with Polygon, Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney said he’s concerned…

We all know that Microsoft is dropping support for Windows XP very soon, and, well, no one is very happy about it. In fact, it turns out, that a lot…

Microsoft has warned its Word software is vulnerable to a newly discovered dangerous bug – which is being exploited right now in “limited, targeted attacks” in the wild. There is…

Some financial services companies are looking to migrate their ATM fleets from Windows to Linux in a bid to have better control over hardware and software upgrade cycles.

Microsoft yesterday began pitching another deal at pry-XP-from-my-cold-dead-hands customers, offering them $100 off a new Windows 8.1 device if they spring for one that costs more than $599.