Windows XP wasn’t vulnerable to the WannaCry worm but still could be infected with the ransomware. Now there’s a tool to decrypt Windows XP machines attacked by WannaCry. …read more Source:: Open Source S
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Windows ransomware: WannaCrypt shows why NSA shouldn’t stockpile exploits, says Microsoft
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•Microsoft’s president and chief legal counsel has renewed a call for a digital Geneva convention following Friday’s WannaCrypt ransomware attacks. …read more Source:: Open Source S
WannaCrypt ransomware: Microsoft issues emergency patch for Windows XP
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•Microsoft takes unusual step of providing direct support to unupported systems as targets in 74 countries – including vast swathes of UK hospitals – have been impacted by ransomware attack …read more Source:: Open Source S
Intel chip vulnerability lets hackers easily hijack fleets of PCs
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•Security researchers say exploiting the vulnerability requires little technical expertise, and can result in a hacker taking full control of an affected PC. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Why Windows 10 rollout is happening faster than shift from XP to Windows 7
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•Gartner finds that 85 percent of enterprises will have started a Windows 10 deployment by the end of 2017. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Does Microsoft have what it takes to take on the Chromebook and the iPad?
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•Microsoft is expected to unveil Windows 10 Cloud next month, and leaked specs suggest that it is being positioned as a competitor to Google’s Chromebook platform. And what about the …read more Source:: Open Source S
New project runs Arch Linux on Windows
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•By Serdar Yegulalp “Experimental” is a great adjective for Microsoft’s WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). Besides being Microsoft’s attempt to lure Linux devs into making themselves comfortable in Windows, it also provides a …read more Source:: OpenSource
Microsoft pays $10,000 to unwilling Windows 10 updater
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•Microsoft dropped its appeal of a suit brought against the company by a user unhappy with the results of her Windows 10 update experience. Will other similar suits follow? …read more Source:: Legal
With the launch of its Edge browser, Microsoft ends an antitrust era
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•This week, Microsoft’s browser developers made a startling announcement. As Internet Explorer rides off into the sunset, the company declared that its new Windows 10 browser, Edge, is an app. …read more Source:: Legal
Is Eclipse Faster than NetBeans? By @OmniProf | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]
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•While putting my test code up on GitHub and writing the readme.md, I ran my NetBeans test code on my 2011 early MacBook Pro. To my surprise the times for both embedded and remote testing were between 25 and 35 seconds. My original blog was based on working on a much much faster Windows 8.1…