Airbus ditches Microsoft, flies off to Google
Airbus is to shift its entire workforce to Google’s cloudy productivity and collaboration tools, ditching Microsoft Office on-prem wares in the process.
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Microsoft Patches 15 Critical Bugs in March Patch Tuesday Update
Microsoft patched 15 critical vulnerabilities this month as part of its March Patch Tuesday roundup of fixes. In all, the company issued 75 fixes, with 61 rated important. Products receiving…
Microsoft again forced upgrades on Win10 machines specifically set to block updates
For the third time in the past four months, Microsoft ‘accidentally’ upgraded Win10 1703 machines to version 1709 in spite of explicit, correctly applied, deferral settings. Gawrsh.
Microsoft admits Windows 10 S was confusing, new ‘S Mode’ upgrades will be free
Microsoft confirmed yesterday it plans to move Windows 10 S from a dedicated operating system to a special “S Mode” for versions of Windows 10. In a new blog post,…
Microsoft Patch day brings bug warnings, another Office CtR, and the return of KB 2952664
Once upon a time, the fourth Tuesday of the month was reserved by Microsoft for non-security patches. How times have changed. Yesterday, we saw a bunch of new bug warnings…
Microsoft just put another nail in the coffin for Windows phones
It’s no secret by now that Microsoft’s smartphone ambitions are basically over, with its current Windows 10 Mobile operating system barely on life support. So here’s another nail in the…
Amazon got bigger than Microsoft by beating it at its own game
On Wednesday, Amazon officially surpassed Microsoft’s market value, making it the third-largest publicly-traded company in the United States.
Roses are red, Windows error screens are blue. It’s 2018, and an email can still pwn you
Serious security flaws in Outlook and Edge are headlining a busy Microsoft Patch Tuesday. The Redmond giant has issued the February edition of its monthly security update, addressing a total…
No, Windows 10 hasn’t beaten Windows 7’s market share. Not for sure, anyway
Web analytics outfit StatCounter last week trumpeted news that Windows 10’s market share overtook Windows 7’s for the first time in January 2018. But other ratings services didn’t find the…
StatCounter: Windows 10 finally overtakes Windows 7
It was only a matter of time before Windows 10 overtook Windows 7, given the company made it free, and for a while forced it onto users. It is a…
Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10
Microsoft is providing an update on Office 2019 today, revealing that the apps will only run on Windows 10. In a support article for service and support of Windows and…
$14bn tax hit, Surface Pro screens keep dying, but it’s not all good news at Microsoft
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 owners are up in arms over what they claim is an ongoing epidemic of screen failures blighting their expensive fondleslabs.
City of Barcelona moving away from proprietary software
The City of Barcelona is migrating its computer systems away from the Windows platform, so reports the Spanish newspaper El País. The City’s strategy is first to replace all user…
Windows 10 Essential Updates Have Serious Problems
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… The carnage caused by the Meltdown and Spectre bugs has hit a new victim: Windows 10 users….
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft pushes out fixes for 56 flaws in Adobe Flash, Office
MICROSOFT HAVE SPEWED OUT new patches for an estimated 56 vulnerabilities, including fixes for Adobe Flash and Office applications, in its latest Patch Tuesday bundle of bug and security fixes….