Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Microsoft has posted an out-of-band security update to address a remote code execution flaw in its Malware Protection Engine.

Some Windows 7 users are reporting problems with Windows Update seeing error 80248015.  While it may have been an oversight by the company, this isn’t the first time that Microsoft…

NXP Semiconductors, a world leader in secure connectivity solutions, just announced a Linux distribution that is intended to support factory automation. It’s called Open Industrial Linux (OpenIL), and it’s promising…

This month’s security patches brought forced upgrades, broken Epson printers, a vanishing patch, yanked .NET patches that underscore confusion inside Microsoft itself, blocked cumulative updates, and a self-induced memory violation…

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 8 is now available to buy in the Microsoft Store with a slew of preinstalled apps for those deeply invested in the Windows ecosystem.

It took its sweet time, but Microsoft Office for Android is now available on all Play Store-compatible Chromebooks, according to Chrome Unboxed.

Microsoft has rebutted analysis that suggested its Address Space Layout Randomisation (ASLR) technology could be exploited.

A Carnegie-Mellon CERT researcher has discovered that Microsoft broke some use-cases for its Address Space Layout Randomisation (ASLR) mechanism, designed to severely hamper hackers’ attempts to exploit security bugs.

The Surface Book 2 is aimed at graphic pros, but with a stout NVIDIA 1060 GPU, it’s a tempting gaming machine, too. As we observed during our review, gaming drains…

Microsoft’s latest batch of software updates for Windows has been blamed for a mysterious ailment befalling some poor old Epson dot-matrix printers.

MICROSOFT-OWNED Skype has lost its appeal against a 2016 fine for failing hand over customer data in relation to a criminal investigation in Belgium. Last year, Microsoft was handed a…

Linux rules supercomputing. This day has been coming since 1998, when Linux first appeared on the TOP500 Supercomputer list. Today, it finally happened: All 500 of the world’s fastest supercomputers…

Thanks to an amendment introduced by Sen. Mike Rounds of (R-SD) and co-sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), this year the NDAA could institute a big change: should the bill…

Microsoft tackled 53 vulnerabilities with today’s Patch Tuesday bulletin. Remote code execution bugs dominated this month’s patches, representing 25 fixes. In total, 20 of Microsoft’s security fixes were rated critical.

Samsung teased the idea of Linux on its flagship phones in October 2017, promising that Linux would run in your hand or, if you use its DeX dock, in full…