Microsoft quietly erases Windows 11 TPM 2.0 bypass workaround from help page
updated You'll upgrade that aging piece of kit and you'll like it
OSes05 Feb 2025 | 49
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OpenAI, Microsoft urge judge to toss out Musk's 'fact-free' lawsuit
Updated Lawyers argue billionaire's 105-page complaint 'lurches from theory to theory'
AI + ML04 Feb 2025 | 16
Why users still couldn't care less about Windows 11
Comment No reason to upgrade other than the looming end of Windows 10
OSes04 Feb 2025 | 272
Microsoft vet laments a world where even toothbrushes need reboots
Comment Raymond Chen reflects on the never-ending cycle of updates and restarts
Personal Tech02 Feb 2025 | 123
Windows 11 stages a comeback – still miles behind older sibling
Microsoft's latest OS claws back market share from Windows 10, but the finish line is a long way off
OSes01 Feb 2025 | 65
You're going to do what to the feature? Microsoft defines what it means by 'deprecation'
Self-deprecation much less fun if you're not joking... or if nobody knows what the heck you mean
OSes31 Jan 2025 | 71
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Want Intel in your Surface? That’ll be $400 extra, says Microsoft
Makes you wonder, how bad could Windows-on-Arm really be?
Personal Tech30 Jan 2025 | 47
Microsoft catapults DeepSeek R1 into Azure AI Foundry, GitHub
Distilled version for Copilot+ PCs on the way, too – 太棒了!!
AI + ML30 Jan 2025 | 5
Microsoft talks up 'significant capital investments' in AI as sector reacts to DeepSeek
Windows vendor posts more bumper financials, but markets shrug
PaaS + IaaS30 Jan 2025 | 11
Microsoft signs eviction notice on Dev Home
Development dashboard destined for ditching
Personal Tech29 Jan 2025 | 7
Cloud market working well ... if you're AWS and Microsoft
Brit monopoly plod files report on health of local sector, says technical barriers and Redmond's licensing practices hurting smaller rivals + customers
PaaS + IaaS28 Jan 2025 | 2
Microsoft admits January's Windows Update broke USB Digital to Audio Convertor
In Redmond, no one can hear the audiophiles scream
OSes28 Jan 2025 | 27
Microsoft builds open source document database on PostgreSQL, suggests FerretDB as front end
We're not in Kansas anymore
Databases27 Jan 2025 | 23
Microsoft's London 'Experience Center' packs up and goes home
Oxford Circus space closed after six years
Personal Tech27 Jan 2025 | 27
Exchange update refusenik? Consider yourself warned by Microsoft
If you have a 'significantly out of date' Exchange Server, emergency mitigation might stop working
Software24 Jan 2025 | 19
Linux rolls out the welcome mat for Microsoft's Copilot key
But what the heck should it do?
OSes24 Jan 2025 | 147
One of Salt Typhoon's favorite flaws still wide open on 91% of at-risk Exchange Servers
But we mean, you've had nearly four years to patch
Patches23 Jan 2025 | 4
OpenAI's Operator agent wants to tackle your online chores – just don’t expect it to nail every task
Hello Operator? Can you give me number nine? Can I see you later? Will you give me back my dime?
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 14
Musk torches $500B Stargate AI plan, Altman strikes back
Updated OpenAI boss tell world's richest man money is there to fund infrastructure project
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 79
Why is Big Tech hellbent on making AI opt-out?
Opinion As Microsoft, Apple, and Google switch the tech on by default, what happened to asking for permission first?
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 167
LinkedIn accused of training AI on private messages
Updated Microsoft's IG-for-suits insists lawsuit's claims are without merit
AI + ML22 Jan 2025 | 20
Microsoft throws more cash at its carbon guilt by replanting Brazilian rainforest
Updated Meanwhile, datacenter emissions continue to soar
On-Prem22 Jan 2025 | 14
Microsoft issues out-of-band fix for Windows Server 2022 NUMA glitch
Update addresses boot failures on multi-node systems
Patches22 Jan 2025 | 6
Real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret
Amazon doesn't break out figures, but then again neither do Microsoft nor Google
On-Prem22 Jan 2025 | 10
Ransomware scum make it personal for Reg readers by impersonating tech support
That invitation to a Teams call on which IT promises to mop up a spamstorm may not be what it seems
CSO22 Jan 2025 | 18
Apple Intelligence turned on by default in upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3
Plus: Google stuffs Gemini into Workspace, with a hidden off switch?
AI + ML22 Jan 2025 | 68
OpenAI wants to blow through $500B on AI infrastructure for itself, with help from pals
Updated SoftBank, Oracle, MGX form Stargate Project with ChatGPT maker, intend to outspend Microsoft this year
AI + ML22 Jan 2025 | 16
Microsoft joins CISPE, the Euro cloud crew that tried to curb its licensing
Exclusive From fighters to friends in six months, despite AWS voting against it
PaaS + IaaS21 Jan 2025 | 10
Where does Microsoft's NPU obsession leave Nvidia's AI PC ambitions?
Comment While Microsoft pushes AI PC experiences, Nvidia is busy wooing developers
Nvidia GTC20 Jan 2025 | 26
How Windows got to version 3 – an illustrated history
Opinion With added manga and snark. What's not to like?
OSes18 Jan 2025 | 122
Microsoft eggheads say AI can never be made secure – after testing Redmond's own products
If you want a picture of the future, imagine your infosec team stamping on software forever
AI + ML17 Jan 2025 | 85
Russia's Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts
updated FSB cyberspies venture into a new app for espionage, Microsoft says
Security16 Jan 2025 | 4
Windows Patch Tuesday hits snag with Citrix software, workarounds published
Microsoft starts 2025 as it hopefully doesn't mean to go on
Patches15 Jan 2025 | 8
UK businesses eye AI as the cheaper, non-whining alternative to actual staff
Rising costs blamed, although any excuse to do more with less
AI + ML15 Jan 2025 | 133
Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure is for apps you don’t want in the cloud, but will manage from it
Azure Local is about hybrid management, not hybrid resource pools, and is catching up with virtual rivals
On-Prem15 Jan 2025 | 6
Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V
Patch Tuesday Plus: Excel hell, angst for Adobe fans, and life's too Snort for Cisco
Patches15 Jan 2025 | 7
Intel, AMD engineers rush to save Linux 6.13 after dodgy Microsoft code change
'Let's not do this again please'... days before release date
OSes14 Jan 2025 | 44
In AI agent push, Microsoft re-orgs to create 'CoreAI – Platform and Tools' team
Nad lad says 30 years of change happening in 3 years ... we're certainly feeling the compression of time
AI + ML13 Jan 2025 | 10
Microsoft sues 'foreign-based' cyber-crooks, seizes sites used to abuse AI
Scumbags stole API keys, then started a hacking-as-a-service biz, it is claimed
Security13 Jan 2025 | 4
Microsoft tests 45% M365 price hikes in Asia-Pacific to see how much you enjoy AI
Won’t say if other nations will be hit, but will ‘listen, learn, and improve’ as buyers react – so far with anger
SaaS13 Jan 2025 | 128
New Outlook marches onto Windows 10 for what little time it has left
Users of doomed operating system to receive unloved app via an update
OSes10 Jan 2025 | 68
Microsoft preps for a year of enterprise-impacting M365 retirements
Hey administrators – buckle up. 2025 is going to be a wild ride
OSes09 Jan 2025 | 8
Microsoft trims jobs as new year begins
Updated Redmond claims tiny cuts are performance based
Personal Tech09 Jan 2025 | 24
Microsoft invites Chinese software vendors to sell on its marketplace and through its partners
Good luck getting buyers and resellers excited about that
Channel09 Jan 2025 | 7
Google snags ex-Microsoft exec to helm cloud in the UK
Maureen Costello hopes to 'empower' businesses with AI
PaaS + IaaS08 Jan 2025 | 6
The unlicensed OneDrive free ride ends this month
Kind old Microsoft is worried about security and compliance ... nothing to do with a free storage loophole
Storage07 Jan 2025 | 36
Intel debuts laptop silicon that doesn't qualify for Microsoft's 'Copilot+ PC' badge
CES TOPS, SCHMOPS, says Chipzilla, our NPUs may be slow but that doesn't matter
Systems07 Jan 2025 | 19
Microsoft declares 2025 'the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh'
CES Slumping market share, unwanted features ... no, it's the consumers who are wrong!
Software06 Jan 2025 | 175
Tired of begging, Microsoft now trying to trick users into thinking Bing is Google
If you can't beat 'em, just imitate their branding, hide yours and hope they don't notice
Personal Tech06 Jan 2025 | 79
AI spending spree continues as Microsoft commits $80B for 2025
With those whopping returns who could argue with the premis... oh wait
On-Prem06 Jan 2025 | 30
Microsoft's spat with ValueLicensing limps toward 2026 showdown
Legal tussle over resale of on-prem perpetual licenses kicked off four years ago
Software06 Jan 2025 | 4
How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software
Opinion Even Microsoft's lead architect misunderstood the failure
OSes05 Jan 2025 | 195
First Foxconn, now Microsoft: Wisconsin town dissed by big tech
Redmond's pause to redesign planned datacenters won't scuttle this project, say Mount Pleasant officials
On-Prem03 Jan 2025 | 13
Edgio bankruptcy results in endpoint change for Microsoft
That strange time between Christmas and New Year – perfect for changing production projects
Devops02 Jan 2025 | 13
A New Year's gift from Microsoft: Surprise, your scanners don't work
Canon confirms multifunction devices struggling with Windows 11 24H2
OSes02 Jan 2025 | 80
Microsoft adds another problem to the Windows 11 24H2 naughty list
Santa Satya pops one more issue into his sack just in time for Christmas
OSes27 Dec 2024 | 86
The winner of last year's Windows Ugly Sweater is ...
Register readers have spoken
Bootnotes25 Dec 2024 | 14
Microsoft Edge takes a victory lap with some high-looking usage stats for 2024
Lots of big numbers, but market share wasn't one of them
Software24 Dec 2024 | 67
AI's rising tide lifts all chips as AMD Instinct, cloudy silicon vie for a slice of Nvidia's pie
Analyst estimates show growing apetite for alternative infrastructure
Systems23 Dec 2024 | 8
Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin
Says it's not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options
Applications20 Dec 2024 | 24
Microsoft coughs up yet more Windows 11 24H2 headaches
Users report the sound of silence from operating system update
OSes19 Dec 2024 | 76
Don't fall for a mail asking for rapid Docusign action – it may be an Azure account hijack phish
Recent campaign targeted 20,000 folk across UK and Europe with this tactic, Unit 42 warns
Cyber-crime19 Dec 2024 | 17
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