Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Microsoft has reiterated to Azure customers that prices will go up by 22 per cent from January 1st.  The problem? The price rise is far greater than any exchange rate…

Chrome 55, released earlier this week, now blocks all Adobe Flash content by default, according to a plan set in motion by Google engineers earlier this year.

Lenovo server admins should disable Windows Update and apply a UEFI fix to avoid Microsoft’s November security patches freezing their systems.  The root of the problem appears to be a…

Microsoft is still working to resolve “difficulties” faced by its Outlook customers, despite months of complaints about the disappearance of sent emails and 550 Errors.

Microsoft has pledged that Windows 10 will eventually run the bulk of Linux software used by developers.  The firm recently updated Windows 10 to let users run a range of…

Microsoft should reverse its planned axing of the lauded Enhanced Mitigation Toolkit (EMET) as Windows 10 cannot yet match its level of security, according to Carnegie Mellon University CERT furniture…

One of the company’s former chief executives once described the platform as being “a cancer”.  It is now spending $500,000 (£400,000) to join the Linux Foundation, which promotes the open-source…

Microsoft’s SQL Server for Linux is really the Windows SQL Server executable with a small Windows 8 kernel glued underneath, all running in a normal Linux process.  Where once Linux…

The TOP500 List shows 498 out of 500 of the speediest computers on the planet are running Linux. Linux has long-dominated the supercomputer ratings, but now it’s getting close to…

Microsoft is being invested by Russian antitrust body for allegedly making it unfairly difficult for antivirus providers to compete following a major Windows 10 update.

Despite continued updates and improvements to its Edge browser, Microsoft can’t seem to hold on to users as they transition from various versions of Internet Explorer. The latest figures suggest…

It looks like users won’t adopt it if they have to pay for it. Windows 10’s market share has stalled, according to all three of the traffic-measurement tools The Register…

Google on Monday disclosed details about a critical vulnerability in Windows, and Microsoft isn’t happy about it.  The bug can be used to bypass the security sandboxing in the Windows32K…

Tuesday’s update addresses 49 vulnerabilities within 10 security bulletins. Five bulletins are rated as critical and concern remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting Edge, Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash Player, Office, Windows,…

Microsoft is kicking off a controversial new security program this month by packaging all of its security updates into a single payload.