Beaucoup bugs beset this month’s Windows patches
Someday, you’ll tell your grandkids about the halcyon days of July and August 2020, when Microsoft took pity on us poor patching souls and introduced...
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Microsoft puts Application Guard for Office into public preview
Microsoft has launched a public preview of “Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office,” a defensive technology that quarantines untrusted Office documents so that attack code...
With Patch Tuesday near, get Windows Update locked down
Every month we see the same pattern: Microsoft releases its Patch Tuesday regimen; the blogosphere flies into a frenzy about security holes that have to...
Yes, you can install the August Windows and Office patches now
It looks like we’re good to go with Microsoft’s August Windows and Office patches. The second cumulative update for Windows 8.1, KB 4578013, throws some...
Windows by the numbers: No dog days for Windows 10
Windows 10 rediscovered its appetite for share last month as it grew to represent almost 70% of all instances of Microsoft’s OS. According to U.S....
Top web browsers 2020: Firefox, IE, Chrome all fall
Mozilla’s Firefox slumped, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) crashed, and even Google’s Chrome dropped last month in the global struggle for market share. August was as...
Microsoft Patch Alert: August 2020
With Windows 10 2004 gradually creeping (I use the term intentionally) onto more machines, faults and foibles are coming out of the woodwork. It looks...
The best ways to run Windows 10 on a Mac
Microsoft’s Windows operating system still dominates on computers, but Apple’s macOS is in use by 17% of the global desktop computing population, according to StatCounter...
Microsoft adds 6 months support to Windows 10 1803, again cites pandemic
Microsoft on Wednesday stretched support for a third version of Windows 10, again citing the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on business. The Redmond, Wash....
Did Microsoft just solve a big business iPad problem
One of the most disappointing things about iOS devices as business devices, and one of the things that keeps the iPad from being a true...