Microsoft’s Bing censors “politically sensitive” Chinese names
Don’t mention prominent Chinese dissidents
Software King of the World Microsoft is in hot water after its Bing search engine was caught censoring the names of prominent Chinese dissidents, and national political leaders.
Microsoft issues out of band update
Fixes app installation failures
Microsoft has released an important out-of-band (OOB) update which resolves an issue that was leading to app installation failures from the Microsoft Store.
Microsoft Altra-based Azure servers are Arm ready
First cloud provider to manage it
Microsoft Ampere Altra-based Azure servers are now Arm SystemReady SR certified making them the first cloud solution provider (CSP) server to do so.
Microsoft doubles salary budget
Worried about losing Voles
Software King of the World Microsoft plans to "nearly double" its budget for Volish salaries and boost the range of stock compensation it gives some workers by at least 25 per cent, an effort to retain staff and help its voles cope with inflation.
Microsoft demoted Snover for inventing Powershell
Sorry Cato, companies do not reward courage
PowerShell inventor Jeffrey Snover has aired some grievances about how his indispensable tool once got him demoted.
Apple, Google and Microsoft support passwordless sign-in standard
Following FIDO
Apple, Google and Microsoft are supporting a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. The new capability will allow websites and apps to offer consistent, secure, and easy passwordless sign-ins to consumers across devices and platforms.
Microsoft finds huge holes in Linux desktop systems
2022 might not be the year of Linux on the desktop after all
One of the problems that Linux has now that it has been more widely adopted by Microsoft is that Volish engineers keep finding flaws.
Microsoft sees revolt against its licensing scheme
Partners push back against the scheme
Software King of the World Microsoft said that it is having problems selling its new "new commerce experience" licensing scheme to partners.
US Army could waste $22 billion on Voleware
Soldiers not that interested in Microsoft HoloLens headsets
The US Army could end up wasting much as $22 billion in taxpayer cash on Microsoft HoloLens headsets which soldiers don’t want and can’t use as intended.
Patching vulnerabilities is useless
The “Thoughts and Prayers” of the IT industry
Patching of vulnerabilities is the security industry's equivalent of sending “thoughts and prayers” to solve global catastrophes, according to a US security expert.