Word on the grapevine last week was that Microsoft was to preparing a fix for the Surface Pro 3 WiFi issue that has been bugging the tablet owners every time they woke up their slates from sleep. In fact, judging by the comments, several users have reported this limited WiFi connectivity problem. And just as the...
The company rolled out July Patch Tuesday updates late yesterday, and these new fixes address no less than 29 different vulnerabilities in Microsoft software including Windows and Internet Explorer. Two of these updates are rated Critical, three Important and ones comes with the Moderate rating. The most important...
Microsoft will roll out this month’s Patch Tuesday updates next week, and the company has put up the advanced notification for July 2014 detailing which products will be getting some action. Windows and Internet Explorer both will receive critical security updates. A total of six updates are set for arrival, which is...
Microsoft surprised many by announcing that Windows 8.1 would be made available to download via the Windows Store. The release back in October last year went smooth for the most part, if slow. However, some users experienced a bunch of issues during installation of this upgrade for Windows 8. Issues, that apparently,...
The robust system that is Windows Update very rarely gets a look, but Microsoft have released a new set of improvements for this feature in order to further enhance security for users. That is to say, users that receive and install updates via this option. These new updates are supposed to ensure more secure...
Tavis Ormandy is not a name in computing technology that everyone is familiar with, but everyone is glad to have him around. This is the famous Google engineer that has helped Microsoft patch up several important vulnerabilities. Security researchers working at rival companies helping technology giants make their...
Microsoft made the installation of Windows 8.1 Update a mandatory baseline for users that want to receive future updates, but a substantial amount of them experienced various issues when deploying the first ever refresh of Windows 8.1. As a result of this, many users are yet to upgrade. But the software titan is aware...
Microsoft and Google do not exactly see eye to eye, but security engineers with the search engine giant regularly help Redmond with product security by reporting flaws and vulnerabilities. This newest one has been discovered by Tavis Ormandy — a person with a good track record when it comes to bugs in Windows and...
Microsoft currently has a Chinese odyssey on its proverbial hands, with the Windows 8 operating system becoming a forbidden product on government computers in the country. Local authorities are actually asking organizations to give up on this modern platform. But at the same time, security researches in China have...
Mandatory seems to be the buzzword at the Redmond these days. After making Windows 8.1 Update a compulsory install, the company has launched a new must have patch for an earlier operating system. The most popular operating system in the world, actually, Windows 7. Users are recommended to install the MS14-18 security...