Microsoft 365 spins off security, compliance bits from priciest plan for E3 customers
Microsoft is adding two new M365 add-on plans for corporate customers already subscribing to the Enterprise E3 version.
Stories by Gregg Keizer
Windows 10 1809 adoption remains in the cellar
The botched rollout in October of Microsoft's latest version of Windows 10 has hampered adoption of Windows 10 October 2018 Update.
Google yanks option to restore Chrome's older UI; users decry 'ugly' new look
The move, which came after Google upgraded its popular browser to version 71 last month, prompted an outcry from users who hate the latest user interface.
How Microsoft lost the web
Through a series of missteps and outright neglect, Microsoft essentially handed over the fate of its web browser – and its ability to shape the online world – to rival Chrome. The white flag of surrender was raised this month.
Microsoft delivers emergency patch for under-attack Internet Explorer
Microsoft has issued a rare emergency security update to fix a zero-day vulnerability in the still-supported IE9, IE10 and IE11.
Microsoft offers up Windows 10 update to nervy seekers
Microsoft has nudged open the delivery throttle for Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the upgrade that was yanked for more than five weeks.
Brave browser goes 'full-Chromium' by adopting Google UI
The release of Brave 0.57 earlier this month culminates a UI swap that began in March.
With Google Chromium move, Microsoft raises white flag in browser war
After a years-long pummelling, Microsoft has surrendered in the browser war, saying that it will junk Edge's home-grown rendering engine.
Microsoft trash talks special edition of Windows 10 - again
LTSC, which was once called LTSB, is a specialised edition of Windows 10 Enterprise that promises the longest intervals between OS feature upgrades.
Microsoft gets explicit about Windows 10 upgrade blockers
Relying in part on the telemetry it receives from Windows 10 computers, Microsoft is getting more aggressive in blocking PCs from getting problematic updates.
Mozilla's 2016 expenses grew twice the rate of revenue
Most of the Firefox browser-maker's $562M in revenue came from deals struck for the default search engine spot.
Microsoft's multi-factor authentication service flakes out, again
For the second time in nine days, the Multi-Factor Authentication system used by Microsoft for Office 365 logins failed.
The definitive Windows 7 retirement timeline countdown
In less than 14 months, Microsoft's popular Windows 7 runs out of general support, a deadline that's pushing businesses to move up to Windows 10.
Firefox adds in-browser notification of breached sites
Mozilla added the alert system to its browser as a way or warning users who visit a site that's reported a data breach.
Amid calls for a Windows bug status dashboard, Microsoft belatedly agrees to build one
The move, expected to roll out in 2019, comes in the aftermath of the company's botched rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update.