Microsoft wants all your devices to run on Xbox One’s proprietary wireless signal
Microsoft envisions a future where headsets, keyboards, controllers, and all your PC peripherals run seamlessly on the Xbox One’s wireless signal. But should you care?
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Serving Up Security? Microsoft Patches ‘Malicious Butler’ Exploit — Again
It’s been a busy year for Windows security. Back in March, Microsoft bulletin MS16-027 addressed a remote code exploit that could grant cybercriminals total control of a PC if users…
Skype for Windows Phone walked behind shed, shot heard
Microsoft’s killed off a native Skype client for Windows Phone and will force users to rely on Web Skype instead. Microsoft has already announced that OS X and Linux will…
Web pages, Word docs, PDF files, fonts – behold your latest keys to infecting Windows PCs
Microsoft has fixed 38 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in Edge, Internet Explorer, and Office, as well as high-profile flaws that have allowed researchers to circumvent Windows boot protections.
Bungling Microsoft singlehandedly proves that golden backdoor keys are a terrible idea
Microsoft leaked the golden keys that unlock Windows-powered tablets, phones and other devices sealed by Secure Boot – and is now scrambling to undo the blunder.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update is borking boxen everywhere
Users are reporting that upgrading to the Windows 10 Anniversary Update renders their PCs unusable. Users report that their PCs simply hang on restart, sometimes losing even the ability to…
Microsoft takes five months to replace broken patch
Microsoft has issued a replacement for a buggy release of Windows Server Operating System MP, code that underpins efforts to proactively monitor Windows Server. That was back in late February…
Driver Signing To Be Enforced In Next Windows 10
The control of what software users can run on their machines is becoming ever tighter. Now Microsoft has announced that only signed drivers will work in the next release of…
Microsoft faces two new lawsuits over aggressive Windows 10 upgrade tactics
Microsoft is facing two more lawsuits over the company’s questionable Windows 10 upgrade tactics. Both suits are seeking class-action status.
You can’t turn off Cortana in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Microsoft made an interesting decision with Windows 10’s Anniversary Update, which is now in its final stages of development before it rolls out on August 2. Cortana, the personal digital…
Microsoft ordered to fix ‘excessively intrusive, insecure’ Windows 10
A French regulator has issued Microsoft a formal warning over Windows 10, saying the operating system collects excessive amounts of personal data, ships that information illegally out of the EU,…
Microsoft kills P2P Skype, native OS X, Linux clients
In the same month as Microsoft announced its alpha WebRTC-based Skype for Linux, Redmond has put it and the native OS X Skype client on the end-of-life list due to…
Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 New Monthly Charge
For months Microsoft has been describing Windows 10 “as a service” and now we know why. Microsoft is going to introduce a monthly subscription fee for Windows 10 usage… That…
Pimp your ride with new Linux for cars and an rPi under the hood
The Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) project is about to unleash the second version of its unified code base – snappily called UCB 2.0 – with expanded hardware support and For…
Webpages, Word files, print servers menacing Windows PCs, and disk encryption bypasses – yup, it’s Patch Tuesday
Microsoft will fix critical holes in Internet Explorer, Edge, Office and Windows with this month’s Patch Tuesday security bundle. Meanwhile, Adobe has patched dozens of exploitable vulnerabilities in its Flash…