Iran crew stole Charlie Hebdo database, says Microsoft Same gang pestered US voters during 2020 presidential election Cyber-crime04 Feb 2023 | 3
Microsoft boffins contemplate equipping Excel with AI Go on, bring on the FLAMEs AI + ML04 Feb 2023 | 23
Microsoft swears it's not coming for your data with scan for old Office versions Don't mind us, we'll just have a quick look for unsupported installs and then disappear, we pwoooomise Software03 Feb 2023 | 37
Latest Windows 11 build shares desktop real estate with, er, Spotify Third party widgets are on the march in latest Windows Preview, which fixes some Arm64 FAILs too Software03 Feb 2023 | 22
Malvertising attacks are distributing .NET malware loaders The campaign illustrates another option for miscreants who had relied on Microsoft macros Research02 Feb 2023 | 7
Microsoft injects AI into Teams so no one will ever forget what the meeting decided In the virtual corporate world, slackers have nowhere to hide SaaS02 Feb 2023 | 57
Microsoft warns some Azure usage notifications – including abnormalities – are broken There's a lot of manual work to do from now to March to make sure you don't break the cloud bank Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 13
DARPA's quantum computing is powered by ... FOMO Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price Science02 Feb 2023 | 6
Oracle, Microsoft barely compete for a quarter of their US Federal contracts Vendor lock-in: savings of up to $750m a year possible if Uncle Sam didn't predetermine the victor Software01 Feb 2023 | 11
Microsoft sweeps up after breaking .NET with December security updates XPS doc display issues fixed – until the next patch, at least Patches01 Feb 2023 | 3
Attackers abuse Microsoft’s 'verified publisher' status to steal data Malicious OAuth apps were the tickets into victims' systems Security01 Feb 2023 | 7
Microsoft upgrades Defender to lock down Linux gear for its own good Ballmer thought this kernel was cancer, Nadella may disagree Security31 Jan 2023 | 26
Sweating the assets: Techies hold onto PCs, phones for longer than ever Discounts coming to clear inventory as device makers hit by inflation, interest rates, conflict in Ukraine Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 66
Microsoft Office 365 Cloud has a secret lining Hardened versions of apps and services can handle classified information for government Off-Prem31 Jan 2023 | 20
Microsoft, GitHub, OpenAI urge judge to bin Copilot code rip-off case We're not the bad guys in this, Azure empire says with a straight face Devops31 Jan 2023 | 24
WAN router IP address change blamed for global Microsoft 365 outage Command line not vetted using full qualification process, says Redmond. We think it involved chewing gum somewhere Networks30 Jan 2023 | 65
Microsoft squashes Windows 11, Server 2022 bugs with preview patches Remote Desktop, domain controllers giving you gyp? Gamble on these fixes OSes28 Jan 2023 | 4
Microsoft to enterprises: Patch your Exchange servers If you want to keep the miscreants out, put the updates in, Redmond says Patches28 Jan 2023 | 14
AWS, Microsoft, Google among businesses owed money after FTX collapse Join the queue, eh? Personal Tech27 Jan 2023 | 5
Microsoft shells out for 2.5GW of solar. Not that it'll make a big dent in its emissions Unless it's hooking up all those panels to your PCs and servers Systems26 Jan 2023 | 24
Months after NSA disclosed Microsoft cert bug, datacenters remain unpatched You know when we all said quit using MD5? We really meant it CSO26 Jan 2023 | 3
If your Start menu or apps are freezing up on Windows, Microsoft has a suggestion No, it's not install Fedora Linux, sadly OSes26 Jan 2023 | 100
Microsoft closes another door to attackers by blocking Excel XLL files from the internet More of them used by baddies since Redmond blocked VBA macros Research25 Jan 2023 | 6
Google institutional investor calls for wider cuts: 30k jobs TCI Fund run by Brit billionaire Chris Hohn also wants ad biz to slash salaries Off-Prem25 Jan 2023 | 53
Global network outage hits Microsoft: Azure, Teams, Outlook all down Redmond rolls back network change after cloud services dip in sympathy with profits Networks25 Jan 2023 | 114
Microsoft: You're not out of love with cloud, you're just 'optimizing' it for a bit Q2 results include modest revenue increase, steep consumer and net income decrease Software25 Jan 2023 | 8
Google's Pichai tells underlings exec bonuses will be clipped Staff in Q&A session yesterday to discuss 12,000 job cuts Off-Prem24 Jan 2023 | 12
Windows 10 paid downloads end but buyers need not fear ISO-lation Microsoft pulls the plug as of January 31, alternatives are easy to find OSes24 Jan 2023 | 78
Microsoft’s mixed reality dream meets harsh reality of job cuts Updated Just so, so much enthusiasm for Second Life 2.0 right now Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 8
Microsoft can't stop itself blowing billions on OpenAI Embrace, extend ... extinguish, but whom or what this time? AI + ML23 Jan 2023 | 9
Polish for Windows Spotlight and tabs for Notepad in latest Insiders build You will soon know more about what your PC lockscreen is showing you OSes23 Jan 2023 | 20
Microsoft is checking everyone's bags for unsupported Office installs Please, sir. I don't want a 365 subscription OSes21 Jan 2023 | 147
Tone deaf? Microsoft must have booked Sting for Davos because he's a good singer Comment But the next day it laid off 10,000 staff Offbeat20 Jan 2023 | 31
We blew too much money hiring like crazy so we gave you the boot – Amazon Meanwhile, layoffs continue at Twitter, Meta, WeWork, many others On-Prem20 Jan 2023 | 13
Activision prevails as court tosses 'frat house' culture lawsuit Investors use up all their continues, game over Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 4
Arca Noae is modernizing OS/2 Warp for 21st century PCs Retro Tech Week Lewis Rosenthal talks about why some companies still need to run OS/2 today – including on UEFI and GPT hardware OSes19 Jan 2023 | 44
Azure Stack HCI gets extra protection with 'long-requested feature' Kerberos support in WAC and a host of other goodies also added Software19 Jan 2023 | 1
Gonna run System Restore in Windows 11? Microsoft says some of its apps won't Want to access Office tools? Don’t try to go back in time Software19 Jan 2023 | 21
Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future Retro Tech Week What is dead may never die, and it's all thanks to Jim Hall OSes18 Jan 2023 | 19
Microsoft axes 10,000, already breaking bad news to staff Remaining Redmondites told they need to ‘raise the bar’ Software18 Jan 2023 | 103
Microsoft locks door to default guest authentication in Windows Pro Bringing OS version into sync with Enterprise and Education editions CSO17 Jan 2023 | 23
Microsoft to offer ChatGPT-as-a-service from Azure real soon now Addition of the chatbot everyone's talking about, and to, comes as Azure OpenAI goes GA AI + ML17 Jan 2023 | 19
Microsoft and community release scripts to help mitigate Defender mess Techies forced to mop up after update caused ASR rules to detect false positives, wiping icons and apps shortcuts Software16 Jan 2023 | 42
Of course U2 is one of Bill Gates' favorite bands Mr Microsoft bares all in his 11th Ask Me Anything thread on Reddit Offbeat16 Jan 2023 | 32
Russians say they can grab software from Intel again And Windows updates from Microsoft, too Patches14 Jan 2023 | 52
Microsoft applies coat of Rust to Azure Sphere IoT platform The hope? To grease the security skids for internet-connected devices – and they need all the help they can get Edge + IoT13 Jan 2023 | 9
Microsoft Defender ASR rules strip icons, app shortcuts from Taskbar, Start Menu Happy Friday 13th sysadmins! Techies find workarounds but Redmond still 'investigating' Security13 Jan 2023 | 40
Microsoft fumbles zero trust upgrade for some Asian customers Enhanced access privileges for partners choke on double-byte characters, contribute to global delays Security13 Jan 2023 | 4
US blocks $400m Army HoloLens orders, Microsoft left with a tenth for R&D Nausea and headaches do not a fit fighting force make, so back to the lab for version 1.2 Personal Tech12 Jan 2023 | 6
Microsoft to offer unlimited time off for US staff Incoming corporate policy may lead to stress and burnout for staff, reduced costs for Redmond Software12 Jan 2023 | 36
VALL-E AI can mimic a person’s voice from a three-second snippet Are you really saying what I’m hearing? Security12 Jan 2023 | 17
Microsoft fixes Windows database connections it broke in November January Patch Tuesday update resolves issue caused by Patch Tuesday update late in '22 Patches11 Jan 2023 | 3
Microsoft to move some Teams features to more costly 'Premium' edition Wants around $10 a month for stuff you get free today, plus plenty more new features Software11 Jan 2023 | 152
First Patch Tuesday of the year explodes with in-the-wild exploit fix Patch Tuesday Plus: Intel, Adobe, SAP and Android bugs Patches11 Jan 2023 | 20
Microsoft may be counting out $10 billion to inject into OpenAI Could ChatGPT be Google's nemesis? AI + ML10 Jan 2023 | 15
Microsoft boosts Azure networking, storage with composable infra grab Slurps ‘Fungible’, a manufacturer of DPUs and fabrics that will join Redmond’s engineering gang Off-Prem10 Jan 2023 | 2
This is the end, Windows 7 and 8 friends: Microsoft drops support this week Time has run out for users of legacy operating systems – will you upgrade or buy a new PC? OSes09 Jan 2023 | 156
China's Hisense bakes Teams into Android-powered commercial displays Sees collaborationware as its route into foreign markets On-Prem09 Jan 2023 | 12
Microsoft’s Nadella: Tech is in for a rough two years Slowing demand and economic pressures are a drag, but AI waits at the end of the rainbow AI + ML06 Jan 2023 | 48
Dridex malware pops back up and turns its attention to macOS Malware testers spot attempt to attack Macs. But (try not to weep for the bad guys) there are still compatibility issues with MS exe files Research06 Jan 2023 | 6
Microsoft said to be thinking of sinking $10m into self-driving truck startup Because it's all going so well for Tesla and co Software06 Jan 2023 | 38
Corporations start testing Windows 11 in bigger numbers. Good luck Accensure and L'Oreal among biz users, yet general adoption still well behind predecessor OSes05 Jan 2023 | 144