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Windows 10 ‘servicing stack’ update cripples some PCs

'Come on!!!' rages one Reddit commenter

By Gregg Keizer

Mar 17, 2017 2 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows

Microsoft ends updates for Windows 7/8.1 on new processors

If you want to run Kaby Lake, you must use Windows 10

By Andy Patrizio

Mar 17, 2017 2 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows

Cisco security advisory dump finds 20 warnings, 2 critical

Cisco discloses vulnerabilities with a severity rating of "critical" or "high" but now includes “medium” threats as well.

By Michael Cooney

Mar 16, 2017 6 mins

Cisco Systems Microsoft Oracle

Microsoft Teams takes on Slack with enterprise bots, Office 365 tie-ins

Microsoft debuts chat-based workspace for Office 365

By Ann Bednarz

Mar 15, 2017 4 mins

Collaboration Software Microsoft Small and Medium Business

Microsoft stays security bulletins’ termination

End to decades'-old practice was expected today after cancellation of February updates, but they're being offered for at least one more month

By Gregg Keizer

Mar 14, 2017 2 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows

Microsoft ratchets up group chat competition with Teams launch

Don’t expect this to be a one-for-one Slack replacement

By Blair Frank

Mar 14, 2017 3 mins

Collaboration Software Microsoft 365 Small and Medium Business

5 fatal flaws that dog the new Windows 10

Microsoft's forthcoming Creators Update offers a mixed bag of fixes for Win10's biggest knocks

By Woody Leonhard

Mar 14, 2017 17 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows

Discover the power of Bash on Windows

Windows devs have a new weapon in the age-old Windows-vs.-Linux battle: The Linux command line itself

By Adam Bertram

Mar 13, 2017 11 mins

Microsoft Open Source Small and Medium Business

Microsoft killing vowel-challenged So.cl social networking service on March 15

Visually alluring Microsoft So.cl complemented Facebook, Twitter and other social services for a creative few

By Bob Brown

Mar 10, 2017 2 mins

Collaboration Software LinkedIn Small and Medium Business

IBM technology moves even closer to human speech recognition parity

IBM: Reaching human parity – meaning an error rate on par with that of two humans speaking – has been ultimate industry goal

By Michael Cooney

Mar 9, 2017 4 mins

Enterprise Applications IBM Microsoft