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An article published by The Wall Street Journal today ended with an interesting point raised by a Microsoft spokesman regarding the security of the Windows operating system. The spokesman, while not quoted verbatim, is said to have told the WSJ that a 2009 deal with the European Commission is the reason why Microsoft can't lock down its operating system more to boost security. Following a complain

A widespread Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue on Windows PCs disrupted operations across various sectors, notably impacting airlines, banks, and healthcare providers. The issue was caused by a problematic channel file delivered via an update from the popular cybersecurity service provider, CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike confirmed that this crash did not impact Mac or Linux PCs. It turns out that simila

Update: Rust is now here in the Windows 11 kernel. At the recently held BlueHat IL 2023 conference, David Weston, Vice President, Enterprise and OS Security at Microsoft, took to the stage to discuss the evolution of Windows security, provide insight into the latest advances and the road ahead. During the presentation, Weston discussed the progress Microsoft has been making with Rust as part of th

In its next steps after announcing the AI powered upgrade to Bing, Microsoft has opened up talks with advertising agencies to establish a way for it to make money off the platform when it rolls out to the wider public. Microsoft demonstrated the demo of the new Bing to a major ad agency this week, and said that it is planning on adding paid links within responses that it provides to user queries,

Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is one of the head honchos of the Linux kernel development and maintenance team, has banned the University of Minnesota (UMN) from further contributing to the Linux Kernel. The University had apparently introduced questionable patches into the kernel of Linux. The UMN had worked on a research paper dubbed "On the Feasibility of Stealthily Introducing Vulnerabilities in Open

While Apple has claimed to be a significant contributor to various open-source projects in the past, many of its technologies are still closed source. However, the Cupertino giant has now made a big move by releasing the source code of the XNU kernel's bits for the ARM architecture which powers its flagship mobile operating system, on GitHub. XNU, which is an abbreviation of 'XNU is Not Unix', is

Google’s DeepMind AI division is famous for defeating the Go world champion and for performing medical research with the UK’s NHS. But the team has developed a very impressive new technology, that allows the AI, or deep neural network, to mimic human speech. Talking to our robots, and them answering us back, has been a sort of dream for the field of artificial intelligence. In recent years the tec

Microsoft's strategy to combat low-priced Android devices appears to be paying off as vendors are now pushing down on the floor to create ridiculously low priced Windows tablets. The WinBook TW70CA17 is a 7 inch Windows 8.1 tablet and it costs $59.99. The device is on-sale at MicroCenter and is good for in-store pickup only. The specs, as you would expect at this price point, are entry level but i

If you use Dropbox, you need to change your password immediately; by all indications, there has been a breach in account security. In a leak on Pastebin (which we won't link, as it contains sensitive account information), the user claims to have the usernames and passwords of nearly 7 million Dropbox users. To prove that the information is real, 420 usernames and passwords have been posted. Dropbo

When the Surface mini was not announced at the Surface keynote, it was quite the shock for many avid Microsoft fans. The device, which has been rumored for well over a year, and almost completely detailed in an endless series of leaks, was expected by almost everyone to be announced - but alas, here we are, with no mini to purchase. So what happened? Well, it was canceled at the last minute and we

The developers of the Battleheart have decided to stop supporting the Android version of their popular mobile game, citing the platform's unsustainability for game developers. In a post on their official blog, Mika Mobile said that they have spent about 20% of their time working on the Android version of their app last year, mostly fixing issues due to fragmentation, and have received little in re

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