Kip Kniskern
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Microsoft previously announced that a second Ignite 2021, the (semi-) annual conference for IT pros, "decision-makers, developers, data professionals, security professionals and others," would happen as another all digital event on November 2-4, 2021, and now it's open for registration. ... Read more
Microsoft has taken another step in bolstering its education content with the acquisition of TakeLessons, a program to connect students with instructors by offering private and group lessons (via TechCrunch). The San Diego based company, started in 2006 by offering ... Read more
When Microsoft announced Windows 11, it also announced some fairly strict hardware requirements to go along with the refreshed UI coming with the latest version of Windows. Setting a security floor, Microsoft is requiring that all Windows 11 devices include ... Read more
Earlier today, Microsoft announced Microsoft Start, a new personalized news and info integration available on the web, Windows 10, Windows 11 widgets, and iPhone and Android. But back in 2005, when Microsoft was chasing consumer services at MSN, there was ... Read more
Brad Sams, a noted Windows Watcher and Executive Editor of the BWW Media Group, the company behind Petri.com and Thurrott.com, announced today on Twitter that tomorrow is his last day. In the Twitter thread, Sams revealed he's taking a position ... Read more
Microsoft has warned Azure customers in a vulnerability in its Cosmos DB cloud database software after a security company found that they could access information from "thousands of companies," according to Reuters. The security company, Wiz, found that by exploiting ... Read more
In a meeting at the White House and CEOs from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and others, US President Joe Biden appealed to the tech executives to do more on cybersecurity in the wake of increased ransomware and other attacks, saying that ... Read more
A couple of Microsoft exec moves to report late Wednesday: first, Panos Panay, the former head of Surface and now running all of Windows & Devices, has been promoted to the company's Senior Leadership Team as an Executive Vice President, ... Read more
The CEOs of Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon are planning to attend a cybersecurity event at the White House this week to talk with President Joe Biden about rapidly increasing ransomware attacks. Also invited to the meeting are CEOs from Alphabet ... Read more
A flaw in Microsoft's PowerApps platform left some 38 million records exposed from a thousand both 1st party and 3rd party apps, including Covid-19 contact tracing and vaccine sign up apps, job application portals, and apps from American Airlines, Ford, ... Read more
Microsoft has released another new build of Windows 11 (yay for a regular Thursday 10am PT cadence!), and along with the usual list of improvements and fixes, this latest build comes with an update to the Clock app. This app ... Read more
Right on schedule, Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 build to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels. Highlighting the newest build are updates to a number of "native apps," including Snipping Tool, which was teased recently by ... Read more
(breaking news, updating the post as links become available) Microsoft has been battling a set of vulnerabilities to the way it handles printer drivers for the last couple of months, releasing a series of patches that haven't really fixed the ... Read more
Along with the [email protected] Games Showcase coming tomorrow, Microsoft is gearing up for even more games events this August, with gamescom 2021 slated for August 25-27th. The annual conference, usually held in Cologne, Germany, but being held virtually again this ... Read more
With Windows 11, Microsoft introduced a new version of the Microsoft Store, built to be faster and cleaner. Now today, with the release of the latest Windows 11 Insider build 22000.120, the company is beginning to roll out an updated ... Read more
Microsoft announced the first public availability of its "Cloud PC," Windows 365 yesterday, and they've already reached capacity just one day later: Following significant demand, we have reached capacity for Windows 365 trials. Sign up to receive a notification when ... Read more
In what hopefully won't become a trend, Microsoft has chosen 6:15pm PDT on a Tuesday night to release the latest Windows 10 Insider build for the Release Preview Channel. The build is now available to anyone already on the first ... Read more
Microsoft has long struggled with its legacy of having multiple email clients, all following the company tradition of having similarly sounding applications performing different and separate tasks. Back in the day there was Outlook and Outlook Express and Hotmail, which ... Read more
Windows 11 has received a lot of interest due to its clean and elegant design, but it's not only for the eye candy. According to a new post on the Windows Experience blog, Windows 11 is "the most inclusively designed ... Read more
Could an Amazon rebel alliance with Slack, Dropbox, and others compete with Microsoft 365? Amazon has a leg up on Microsoft in a number of areas, including cloud services, and the two companies are seemingly willing to work together with ... Read more
Microsoft and AT&T announced today that "AT&T will move its 5G mobile network to the Microsoft cloud." In addition, Microsoft will acquire AT&T's Network Cloud "technology and talent" to help bolster its new offering, Azure for Operators. According to a ... Read more