Happy #PatchTuesday from Microsoft. 61 vulnerabilities, 3 zero days:

• CVE-2024-30051 (7.8 high) Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability publicly disclosed and exploited
• CVE-2024-30040 (8.8 high) Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability exploited
• CVE-2024-30046 (5.9 medium) Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability publicly disclosed

cc: @campuscodi @briankrebs @mttaggart @deepthoughts10

#eitw #activeexploitation #Microsoft #vulnerability #zeroday #MSRC #CVE_2024_30040 #CVE_2024_30046 #CVE_2024_30051

I need to create a shared #knowledgeBase with work colleagues that are not technical. I'd like to be able to create entries and links easily, and ideally identify backlinks and no vendor lock-in.

Any ideas? Anyone using #sharepoint or any #Microsoft software?

Microsoft tests using MT/s for memory speed in Windows 11 Task Manager

#microsoft #hardware #bleeping computer #bleepingcomputer #computers #security #technology #news #education #updates #tech
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♲ nixCraft 🐧 - 2024-05-02 14:40:16 GMT

I can't believe a paid OS needs a tool like this. Here's a GUI tool called OFGB (Oh Frick Go Back) to remove all the ads in Windows 11. It's understandable if a free OS or app needs ad support, but this is just crazy github.com/xM4ddy/OFGB

Here we go again.

#Microsoft says April #Windows updates break VPN connections https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-april-windows-updates-break-vpn-connections/ @BleepingComputer @serghei

The problem with this generation's consoles? Not one company (#Sony, #Microsoft or #Nintendo) is brave enough to put natural woodgrain on their systems. A missed opportunity that I hope they rectify in future generation consoles.

#playstation #xbox #switch #atari #atari2600 #gaming #videogames

we both know that that's not #Microsoft's trajectory, because if they were smart, they'd already discontinued #Windows, put code into #Wine and instead focussed of #Office365, #Azure and #XboxGamePass...

That being said, I do expect Microsoft to take their experience from the #XboxOneS and start developing basically their reply to #Chromebook with a #ThinClient for #Microsoft365 products...

Looks like #Microsoft, in collaboration with #IBM has open-sourced #MSDOS4 under a #MIT license. I wonder how this will benefit the #FreeDOS project, unless some of that has already been integrated into FreeDOS. This could also be a boon for #RetroComputing enthusiasts. ​​ #DOS #MSDOS #IBM

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/open-sourcing-dos-4

Open Sourcing DOS 4

See the canonical version of this blog post at the Microsoft Open Source Blog! ...

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➡️ It's a Big Freaking Deal when we can move any #UnitedNations organization away from #Microsoft.

The system-wide IT shop UNICC has announced its move to #Matrix:

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-united-nations-ditches-big-tech-in-a-bid-for-security

The United Nations ditches Big Tech in a bid for security

UNICC has chosen Element to secure its communications

^{Chiara Castro (TechRadar pro)}

The #performance of the #Windows 11 #StartMenu is ridiculously bad

source: https://nitter.privacydev.net/anerdguynow/status/1777764221088129227

The Windows 11 Start Menu is comically bad.

This machine has a $1600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM and this is the performance I often get.

What is going on in Redmond?

#software #os #microsoft #problem #criticism #news #fail

Andy Young (@anerdguynow)

The Windows 11 Start Menu is comically bad. This machine has a $1600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM and this is the performance I often get. What is going on in Redmond?

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#Microsoft is a national #security threat, says ex-#WhiteHouse cyber policy director

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/21/microsoft_national_security_risk/

Microsoft has a shocking level of #control over IT within the US federal #government

#technology #CyberSecurity #economy #politics #software #problem #usa #news

Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director

With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

Y2K failure? Don’t believe the rumor.

#windows #microsoft https://mastodon.social/@256/112310345403679873

never obsolete (@256@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Windows 98 website October 1999 https://web.archive.org/web/19991012111537/http://microsoft.com/windows98/

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Who here wouldn’t want to remove unnecessary apps, save resources, and space on their computers? 🙋🏼

So, whether you just bought yourself a shiny new computer or want to optimize your existing one—@xdadevelopers tells you how the Vivaldi browser (and 9 other apps) can make your experience on Windows even sweeter 👇

https://www.xda-developers.com/10-apps-should-install-new-pc/

#Windows #Tech #Microsoft

10 essential apps you should install on your new PC

Just got a new Windows PC? Here are 10 apps you should install to help you make the most of it.

^{João Carrasqueira (XDA)}

No #LinuxFoundation, not "rebel", but "evil 800 pound gorilla suing the life out of projects left and right"

Don't whitewash history
#ossummit #opensource #Microsoft

How to Block the New Ads Microsoft Added to Windows 11

#microsoft

https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-block-ads-in-windows-11

How to Block the New Ads Microsoft Added to Windows 11

Unless you really like seeing ads in the Start menu.

^{Pranay Parab (Lifehacker)}

New from @STAT's Casey Ross and me:

#Microsoft has helped organize at least 4 efforts to set standards in #healthcare #AI. Is that problematic?

also: did I sneak a history of the EPA's TSCA into a story about AI? ✨click to find out✨

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/18/microsoft-health-care-artificial-intelligence-regulatory-capture/

#health #healthcare #healthtech #medicine #healthpolicy #regulatorycapture

Microsoft's role in setting AI standards, while selling tech, raises questions

For some, Microsoft's deep involvement in groups setting standards for the use of AI in health care raises questions about "regulatory capture."

^{Brittany Trang (STAT)}

I'm struggling to find words... 😂

https://www.windowslatest.com/2024/04/16/microsoft-copilot-app-spotted-in-windows-server-2022-but-it-does-nothing-for-now/

#microsoft #technology

Microsoft says it accidentally added Copilot app to Windows Server 2022

Copilot automatically installs on Windows Server 2022 and is confusing a lot of users who never give their permission to install the app.

^{Abhishek Mishra (Windows Latest)}