Computing Microsoft .NET 5 Preview 2 brings RyuJIT and GC improvements Apr 4, 2020 Microsoft has published a second preview of .NET 5. A merger of .NET Standard and .NET Core that is intended to unify the .NET platform, .NET 5 is…
Cyber Security Hackers Install Secret Backdoor on Thousands of Microsoft SQL Servers Apr 2, 2020 Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a sustained malicious campaign dating back to May 2018 that targets Windows machines running MS-SQL servers…
Tech News update Microsoft to acquire Affirmed Networks to get onto AWS’ wavelength Mar 28, 2020 Microsoft has announced it is to acquire Affirmed Networks, a provider of network functions virtualisation (NFV) software – as the telecoms space…
Tech News update Microsoft Teams passes 44 million daily active users Mar 22, 2020 Microsoft Teams, which launched worldwide in March 2017, passed 32 million daily active users (DAUs) this month. A week later, thanks in part to…
Tech Tips & Tricks What Is Microsoft Teams, and Is It Right for My Business? Mar 17, 2020 Microsoft Teams is the company’s answer to the need for user-friendly digital collaboration software in the modern workplace. It competes with Slack …
Tech News update Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board Mar 14, 2020 NEW YORK – Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who made the company one of the world’s most valuable technology firms, stepped down from the board on…
Tech News update Pentagon rethinks parts of $10 billion JEDI cloud contract awarded to Microsoft Mar 13, 2020 The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking court permission to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award a $10 billion cloud…
Tech Tips & Tricks How to Enable Microsoft Edge’s New Crapware Blocker Tool Mar 13, 2020 The new feature known as ‘Crapware Blocker’ is right now available in the beta version of Edge Chromium. With this new security feature, Microsoft…
Cyber Security Microsoft leaves critical bug unpatched on Patch Tuesday Mar 12, 2020 Microsoft fixed bugs across a range of products on March’s Patch Tuesday, releasing patches for 115 distinct CVEs, with 26 rated critical. All of…
Cyber Security Microsoft Issues March 2020 Updates to Patch 115 Security Flaws Mar 12, 2020 Microsoft today released security updates to fix a total of 115 new security vulnerabilities in various versions of its Windows operating system and…