One of the challenges to this dream is, of course, the limitation of storage. Not all devices can afford to allocate 10+ GB just for an OS install. Microsoft is working on a fix. According to a report by Windows Central, the company is working on a trimmed down version of its operating system, internally known …
If you're not up-to-date with your Intel CPU Meltdown patches for Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2, get busy with that, because exploit code for Microsoft's own-goal flaw is available. Microsoft issued an update in late March after Swedish researcher Ulf Frisk turned up what he dubbed “Total Meltdown.
If you recall from our earlier article/video showing Linux apps running in a container on the Pixelbook, one of the shortcomings I mentioned there was the lack of file management. Not only was there no simple way to move files, there was no real way to get those files out of that container to share with the …
Frustrated by the glut of unsecured IoT devices? So are Microsoft. And they're using custom Linux and hardware to do something about it. Microsoft have announced a new ecosystem for secure IoT devices called “Azure Sphere.” This system is threefold: Hardware, Software, and Cloud. The hardware …
Swedish Linux-based remote desktop server provider Cendio is making a concerted push into the local market, setting up a new base in New Zealand to tap into the partner community across the Tasman. The company is looking to expand its presence in the local channel as a matter of priority after …
An anti-waste activist who copied thousands of "worthless" Windows XP and 7 restore disks has been jailed for 15 months. Eric Lundgren, a 33-year-old Californian, planned to sell the discs to computer repair shops for 25c each, but Microsoft – which makes the Windows software – said it was copyright …
Microsoft this week released the latest test build of Windows Server 2019 to Windows Insider Program participants. The new build 17650, which will expire on July 2, 2018, applies to both the long-term servicing branch product and the semiannual channel release product. This release features the use …
Much like the dawn of Android apps on Chromebooks, the buzz around container-driven Linux apps is growing day by day. More features keep cropping up and it feels like we might be headed towards some sort of announcement at Google I/O in a couple weeks, even if we don't hear it in the primary …
In 2012 feds seized a shipment of discs, which they determined were counterfeit copies of Windows, heading to the U.S., where they were to be sold to retailers by Lundgren. U.S. Prosecutors, backed by Microsoft's experts, put him on the hook for about $8.3 million — the retail price of Windows …
(Adds Microsoft statement, paragraph 3). SAO PAULO, April 25 (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in Brazil asked a court on Wednesday to force Microsoft to change its default installation process for Windows 10, which they said violated several local laws by collecting user data without their “express …