Analyst Thinks Microsoft Could Acquire Netflix
Microsoft is currently aggressively acquiring video game studios for its Xbox subsidiary. The pace of acquisitions has slowed somewhat due to the ongoing acquisition of Activision Blizzard, in part due…
Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news
Dissecting Microsoft’s proposed policy to ban commercial open source apps
Microsoft caused considerable consternation in the open source community over the past month, after unveiling a shake-up to the way developers will be able to monetize open source software. If…
Microsoft July 2022 Patch Tuesday fixes exploited zero-day, 84 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s July 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and a total of 84 flaws. Four of the 84 vulnerabilities fixed…
Choosing a non-Windows OS on Lenovo Secured-core PCs is trickier than it should be
Lenovo’s laptops caused a disturbance last week after a security engineer found himself unable to boot up a copy of Linux due to restrictions that are apparently insisted upon by…
Microsoft Outlook email searches are broken again in Windows 11
Microsoft is investigating an issue causing Outlook search not to display recent emails in desktop apps running on Windows 11 systems. The problem affects POP, IMAP, and offline Exchange accounts…
Microsoft Office Backtracks its Security Move to Block Macros! But Why
Microsoft Office backtracks its recent major security move that plans to block Visual Basic for Applications or VBA macros altogether.
Google is making another big play to steal you away from Microsoft 365
Google has announced a new feature for its productivity suite that could help lure customers away from Microsoft 365. As explained in its latest blog entry (opens in new tab),…
Microsoft promises official fix for Windows VPN issues, but you’ll have to wait
The fixes for a number of VPN issues that have been plaguing some Windows versions since this month’s Patch Tuesday are coming. Microsoft has finally confirmed that last month’s Patch…
Recent Windows Server updates break VPN, RDP, RRAS connections
This month’s Windows Server updates are causing a wide range of issues, including VPN and RDP connectivity problems on servers with Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) enabled.
Wait, is Microsoft tempting kids away from Chrome with Minecraft money?
Microsoft is well known for shoving products like its Edge web browser and Bing search engine under our noses at every given opportunity. But some folks are only just discovering…
Microsoft 365, Cloudflare say service restored after outages
Microsoft said a day-long service outage affecting the Exchange Online service has ended following hours of complaints from users about connection issues. On Monday evening, Microsoft explained that it was…
Microsoft acknowledges that a Windows 11 update is causing serious connection issues
June’s Patch Tuesday update releases for Windows 11 have once gain proved to be problematic. Microsoft has acknowledged a new known issue with the operating system following the installation of…
Why is there a .NET dustup? Microsoft introduced closed-source C# extension for VS Code
Microsoft will introduce a closed-source extension for C# in Visual Studio Code as an alternative to the existing open source OmniSharp, according to a post yesterday by principal product manager…
Proofpoint: ‘Potentially Dangerous’ Flaw Could Allow Ransomware Attacks On Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive
A “potentially dangerous” flaw has been found in Microsoft Office 365 that could allow cyberattackers to ransom files stored on Sharepoint and OneDrive, two widely used enterprise cloud apps, according…
Botched and silent patches from Microsoft put customers at risk, critics say
Blame is mounting on Microsoft for what critics say is a lack of transparency and adequate speed when responding to reports of vulnerabilities threatening its customers, security professionals said. Microsoft’s…
