Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

When you’re as big as Microsoft, it gets harder to grow even bigger. You end up having to exploit every advantage to try to keep your customers using more and…

Microsoft has released a fix for a harebrained Exchange Server bug that shut down on-premises mail delivery around the world just as clocks were chiming in the new year. The…

It seems like Microsoft is hellbent on adding everything but the kitchen sink to its Edge browser, in an attempt to have it cater to every imaginable use-case. Over the…

Security researchers have discovered four separate vulnerabilities in Microsoft Teams that could be exploited by an attacker to spoof link previews, leak IP addresses and even access the software giant’s…

Back in September, Microsoft released a patch to prevent attackers from executing malicious code embedded in a Word document that downloads a Microsoft Cabinet (CAB) archive containing a malicious executable….

Proton has made enormous strides toward game compatibility through advances in related technologies like DXVK, which enable DirectX 9, 10, and 11 games to run through the Vulkan API. In…

Tech giant Microsoft has revealed that it will award up to a 3% bonus to UK panel firms that hit its diversity targets. Microsoft is part of a growing list…

In March 2020 Microsoft made a generous gift to the NHS, UK’s national health service, by offering them a free license to Microsoft Teams.  Now the UK Government is apparently…

Microsoft has taken aggressive steps to drive users towards its web browser Edge as it looks to close the gap on established rivals. Last month, we reported that members of…

Microsoft has released 67 security fixes for software including seven critical issues and a zero-day flaw being actively exploited by cybercriminals.

It’s no secret that Microsoft frequently uses Windows to push its own products. The latest tactic is pop-ups that appear when you visit the Chrome download page. Google does something…

On the launch of Windows 11, there were multiple issues with AMD CPUs, a problem where the “chkdsk” tool could damage SSDs, and many users have reported general performance issues,…

In 2022, Microsoft is rolling out what it’s calling the New Commerce Experience for Office, revamping the way customers buy its software through business partners. While the company hasn’t publicly…

A Desktop Service Store (DS_STORE) file was left sitting on a publicly accessible web server belonging to Microsoft Vancouver in a significant security failing for the company, reports have claimed.

Several months after the U.S. Department of Justice signed off on Microsoft’s plan to acquire the artificial intelligence software developer Nuance Communications, its watchdog counterpart across the pond is taking…