How open-source software took over the world
It was just five years ago that there was an ample dose of skepticism from investors about the viability of open source as a business model. The common thesis was…
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Microsoft sends a raft of Windows 10 patches out into the Windows Update ocean
Microsoft has released a second raft of fixes for Windows 10 following the monthly Patch Tuesday excitement last week. It has also issued some fixes for its latest Windows Insider…
Windows 7 enters its final year of free support
Windows 7’s five years of extended support will expire on January 14, 2020—exactly one year from today. After this date, security fixes will no longer be freely available for the…
It WASN’T the update, says Microsoft: Windows 7 suffers identity crisis as users hit by activation errors
Microsoft has said that activation errors seen by Windows 7 users should not be chalked up to Tuesday’s patch, but rather were an entirely different cockup. A tweak to the…
Software patents poised to make a comeback under new patent office rules
This week the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proposed new rules that would make it easier to patent software. If those rules take effect, it could take us back…
Just updated Windows 7? Can’t access network shares? It isn’t just you
Microsoft has doubled down on efforts to persuade users to migrate to Windows 10 by breaking Windows 7 networking for some. Windows Server 2008 R2 is also affected.
Microsoft: Windows 10 to grab 7GB of your storage so big updates don’t fail
In the next major release of Windows 10, Microsoft will reserve 7GB of your device’s storage to resolve a Windows 10 bug thrown up by Windows Update not checking whether…
Microsoft pulls Office 2010 updates because they’re big in Japan. As in, big pain in the ASCII
Microsoft has taken down its latest update for Office 2010 following reports the tweak was causing some versions of Excel to crash.
It’s a Linux-powered car world
Linux is everywhere including your car. While some companies, like Tesla, run their own homebrew Linux distros, most rely on Automotive Grade Linux (AGL). AGL is a collaborative cross-industry effort…
Insiders! The good news: Windows 10 Sandbox is here for testing. Bad news: Microsoft has already broken it
No, Windows Insiders, that isn’t your New Year’s hangover kicking in. After unveiling Windows Sandbox to much fanfare, Microsoft promptly broke it with a cheeky cumulative update.
First-Ever UEFI Rootkit Tied to Sednit APT
Researchers hunting cyber-espionage group Sednit (an APT also known as Sofacy, Fancy Bear and APT28) say they have discovered the first-ever instance of a rootkit targeting the Windows Unified Extensible…
Net Applications: Windows 10 passes Windows 7 in market share
More than three years after its release, Windows 10 has passed Windows 7 in market share. That means more desktop computers are now running Microsoft’s latest and greatest operating system…
On the first day of Christmas, Microsoft gave to me… an emergency out-of-band security patch for IE
Microsoft today emitted an emergency security patch for a flaw in Internet Explorer that hackers are exploiting in the wild to hijack computers. Visiting a malicious website abusing this bug…
Windows Server 2019 officially supports OpenSSH for the first time
Microsoft today revealed that Windows Server 2019, which was made available (again) in November, includes OpenSSH as a supported feature.
Windows 10 is still sending data to Microsoft, even if you don’t want it to
Windows 10 may indeed still collect data about you without your permission, but it’s all because Microsoft apparently failed to inform users how these data collection programs work, and how…