Microsoft: These Windows 10 updates fix broken Visual Basic apps but not for 1903ZDNet - Liam Tung Microsoft rushes out fix for Visual Basic problems affecting Windows 10 to Windows 7, but version 1903's update won't arrive until August's …
This Microsoft fix will help stop Google Chrome killing your device's battery lifeZDNet - Liam Tung Microsoft has always boasted that Edge was more friendly to a laptop's battery than Chrome. Now the company has brought its Windows-level power …
University of WA secures Microsoft AI grant to help endangered speciesZDNet - Aimee Chanthadavong Genome testing will now be carried out to save more than one million animals and plants, including Australia's very own quokka. University of Western …
Windows or Chromebook? A Best Buy salesman told me it isn't even closeZDNet - Chris Matyszczyk After Google hires Bill Nye to explain that people are just scared to leave their decrepit Windows laptops for Chromebooks, I thought I'd get another …
Microsoft makes Notepad a separate Store app starting with new Windows 10 20H1 test buildZDNet - Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is continuing to make incremental improvements to Windows 10 20H1, due out next year, with test build 18963. Microsoft released on August 16 …
To patch Windows or not: Do you want BlueKeep bug or broken Visual Basic apps?ZDNet - Liam Tung This week's Windows updates fix critical 'wormable' flaws but may also break Visual Basic apps, macros, and scripts. What should you do? If you're …
Windows 10 after four years: A solid report card, but serious challenges aheadZDNet - Ed Bott Four years after its launch, Windows 10 has gone from being a curiosity to owning a solid majority of the Windows desktop market. But Microsoft still …
Google: You're sticking with passwords that have already been hackedZDNet - Liam Tung Bad password habits are hard to change, says Google, with many users ignoring security-breach warnings. Google has released the results of a …
Coates Hire preps for the future with three-day Azure shiftZDNet - Asha Barbaschow The company underwent a three-day cloud transition to Microsoft Azure, aimed at cutting costs and preparing for future transformation with a vision …
Goodbye PCs, it's been nice knowing youZDNet - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols We'll still have PCs on our desks, but with the rise of desktop-as-a-service and software-as-a-service, we're returning to smart-terminals and …
Microsoft Surface Pro 6 and Surface Book 2 devices are throttle locking to 400 MHzZDNet - James Sanders User reports indicate that an erroneously set CPU flag is sending Intel Core processors back into the Pentium II age. Owners of Microsoft's Surface …
Google employees protest: 'Don't bid for border control cloud contract'ZDNet - Liam Tung Google workers demand it doesn't bid for an immigration contract, even though it already supplies the agency with cloud services. Google employees are …
Pentagon $10bn JEDI cloud contract: We're probing for misconduct, says defense watchdogZDNet - Liam Tung A decision on the Department of Defense's JEDI contract is a year late, with another investigation now under way. The Pentagon's inspector general is …
Symantec cannot handle SHA-2 and breaks Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2ZDNet - Chris Duckett Microsoft withholding updates from machines with Symantec software, because it cannot handle SHA-2 certificates and does stupid things. If only …
Microsoft August 2019 Patch Tuesday fixes 93 security bugsZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu Of the 93 vulnerabilities Microsoft patched today, 29 are rated Critical and 64 are rated Important in severity. On the second Tuesday of the month -- …
Microsoft warns of two new 'wormable' flaws in Windows Remote Desktop ServicesZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu Microsoft warns of BlueKeep II & III. Says they're wormable, just like the original BlueKeep vulnerability. Microsoft said today it patched two new …
Microsoft: Windows Virtual Desktop is now 'feature complete'ZDNet - Mary Jo Foley Next stop for Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop service is general availability, which could happen as soon as September 2019. Microsoft is almost …
Play button Vulnerability in Microsoft CTF protocol goes back to Windows XPZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu Insecure CTF protocol allows hackers to hijack any Windows app, escape sandboxes, get admin rights. CTF, a little-known Microsoft protocol used by all …
Office 365 alternative: Consider LibreOffice for your next PC office suiteZDNet - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols If you want a standalone office suite for your computer, LibreOffice may soon not just be your best choice, it will be close to your only PC-based …
With Microsoft dumping MS Office, consider LibreOffice for your next PC office suiteZDNet - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols If you want a standalone office suite for your computer, LibreOffice may soon not just be your best choice, it will be close to your only PC-based …
Play button Microsoft's Windows is falling apart, says Google (and Bill Nye)ZDNet - Chris Matyszczyk Windows is old and tired. Switch to a Chromebook. This is the new jaunty, Bill Nye-fronted message now coming from Google. We often resist change, …
What Microsoft's upcoming 'outsourcing' licensing changes could mean for your businessZDNet - Mary Jo Foley Enterprise customers relying on Microsoft 'Bring Your Own License' option to run Windows Server, SQL Server and other enterprise software in Amazon's …
Google to Android users: No passwords, you get fingerprint login to some sitesZDNet - Liam Tung Google takes a step towards cutting out passwords for some parts of authenticating to online services. Just like Microsoft, Google is adopting new …
Water goes back to the cloud with WaterNSW transformationZDNet - Asha Barbaschow The 'three cloud strategy' will see WaterNSW adopt Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office 365. Microsoft Australia will deploy a "three cloud …
Reliance Jio and Microsoft sign 10-year cloud agreementZDNet - Aimee Chanthadavong Jio plans to deploy Microsoft Azure in its data centres, connectivity infrastructure, and use it to develop cloud-based business solutions. Indian …
Johnson Controls is removing Microsoft's Cortana from the GLAS thermostatZDNet - Mary Jo Foley The Windows 10 and Cortana-powered Johnson Controls GLAS thermostat soon will no longer support its original voice assistant, Microsoft's Cortana. A …
Enterprise software vendors mix and match monetization models: What happens when subscription, usage and licensing converge?ZDNet - Larry Dignan Enterprise software vendors are subscription happy, but they're delving into usage plans for customers too. Toss in some perpetual licenses and your …
Researchers find security flaws in 40 kernel drivers from 20 vendorsZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu Affected vendors include the likes of Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, ASRock, AMI, Gigabyte, Realtek, Huawei, and more. At the DEF CON 27 security conference …
How to speed up your old Windows 10 PC or MacZDNet - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Is your PC or Mac feeling old and tired? Here are two ways to inject new life into an aging computer. Got an old PC that's feeling old and tired, and …
