Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Windows users were surprised to find that a Microsoft security update stopped fonts from working on their PCs.  Security update KB2753842 has killed certain fonts on PCs where it has…

Windows might still be the dominant desktop computing OS by a large margin, but Microsoft is in danger of becoming a small player in today’s global computing market, according to…

A jury in the US District Court in Delaware has ruled that Apple infringed on three patents owned by MobileMedia Ideas LLC of Chevy Chase, MD.

The team behind the Samba Project has released version 4.0 of its open source Windows interoperability software suite, the first version to offer full compatibility with Microsoft’s Active Directory protocols.

A security researcher has published yet another reason not to use Internet Explorer for anything, under any circumstances: it can track your mouse cursor movements, even when it’s minimised.

Microsoft’s total market share for computers including tablets and smartphones has plummeted from 97% to 20%, and by the end of this year its market share will be less than…

Linus Torvalds has officially announced that version 3.7 of the Linux kernel has gone stable, and that means good news for developers who work with ARM-based CPUs: among its other…

Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd has launched the first of a planned 100 Microsoft Innovation Centers (MICs) that will impact the technology expertise of some 500,000 students. The MICs will…

Microsoft has warned that a piece of malware known as “Necurs” is on the rise, with variants reported on 83,427 machines in November.  The malware is usually distributed by drive-by…

Gosney’s system means that even strong passwords protected by weak one-way encryption algorithms, notably the one used in Microsoft’s LM and NTLM, are vulnerable.

The row over the amount of tax multinationals are paying has taken another turn after it emerged that Microsoft pays no UK tax on £1.7bn of online revenues. 

Microsoft will spend over R2.5 billion over the next five years tackling education inequalities around the globe, with millions of dollars earmarked for increasing digital access to educational materials throughout…

Microsoft will be finishing off 2012 with a monthly security update that addresses 11 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Exchange Server, Office and Windows.

Microsoft’s recent price increases for its client-access licenses (CALs) is a “lose-lose” deal for enterprise customers but likely a major revenue boost for Microsoft, analysts said.

Google has killed off the free version of its Apps for business product. Google Apps offers gmail, Google Drive and a calendaring service, plus Google’s in-browser word processor, spreadsheet and…