Microsoft announced Windows 11 yesterday with a controversial requirement for all computers running the upcoming operating system to have a TPM. Why did it do this and what are the implications?
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Microsoft has made good on a promise made back in February to incorporate their popular Remote Desktop Connection Manager, now version 2.81, into the actively supported Sysinternals suite.
The official Python software repository, PyPI, was discovered to host six packages that would download and install cryptomining software on affected systems according to a new report.
We took the new Windows 11 leaked build 21996.1 for a test drive, and found a few small differences but largely an iterative build over Windows 10 Pro and in some cases no different at all.
Images of what is being claimed to be from the unannounced Windows 11 Dev version have surfaced online at Chinese website Baidu's forums. The images appear to confirm the Windows 10X origins.
A bug in the Fastly CDN network software created a massive Internet outage yesterday affecting 85% of their sites when a single customer made a normal change to their own settings.
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Facebook has announced a series of changes to their creator monetization program aimed at improving the revenue generated through their in-app storefront and through live streaming.
New versions of Office 2016 Insider Fast level builds will include the Editor pane, replacing the Proofing pane, to assist with document proofing by providing contextual information and suggestions.
ASUS has announced the next version of its Android Wear smartwatch line, the ZenWatch 3, sporting the new Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 SoC, designed for ultra low power wearables.
Amazon's handy WiFi connected Dash Buttons, used for quick orders of commonly purchased items, are finally rolling out beyond the United States, to three countries in Europe.
The Eurasian Economic Union has granted product certifications for a number of new Apple devices, including a rumoured set of wireless ear pods dubbed "AirPods", as well as other device updates.
Microsoft has announced Xbox Play Anywhere, a new program to allow select cross platform purchases to be played on console or PC with shared progress between them with a single purchase.
The first generation Moto 360 will not be receiving the recently announced major update to Android Wear 2.0, leaving the early adopters with an end-of-life device just two years after its release.
Four major technology coalitions, representing the biggest companies in the business, have written an open letter to the Select Committee on Intelligence regarding the current push to end encryption.
The US Supreme Court has had the final word on the long-lasting legal battle between the Authors Guild and Google over the latter's practice of scanning millions of books for archival.
In recognition of National Equal Pay Day, Microsoft has released positive numbers regarding its commitment to paying men and women, as well as employees of all racial and ethnic backgrounds the same.
Vendor revenue from sales on network, servers and storage infrastructure equipment meant for public and private clouds grew an impressive 21.9% year-over-year in 2015, to $29 billion.
Because of credible threats of legal action from Activision-Blizzard, the largest known underground vanilla World of Warcraft private server, Nostalrius, will soon shut down with no recourse.
Ubisoft decides to implement a two strike system for PC players of The Division who are cheating, ultimately ending with a permanent ban from the online first person shooter.
Google has announced that Android Auto, its dashboard infotainment system, will now be available in 18 new countries around the world, including a few major markets like Russia and Brazil.
Microsoft has published a blog post announcing a new strategic partnership with R3, a leading financial services consortium, to bring blockchain technologies into mainstream banking.
Microsoft is expected to announce more Artificial Intelligence driven "chatbots" at its BUILD conference in San Francisco as the firm heavily emphasizes its focus on the emerging technology.
Generally considered to be the nicer displays, AMOLED smartphone screens have now dropped in price enough that they are selling wholesale for roughly the same place as their LCD competition.
More images of HTC's yet to be announced flagship, believed to be the 10, have leaked. The photos are of an actual device, and show the Gold option that should be available at launch.
Microsoft has decided to offer free SQL Server licenses to entice customers who want to migrate their enterprise applications from Oracle databases to Microsoft SQL Server.
Opera has updated the developer channel of their desktop browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux to include a native ad blocker, designed to drastically improve browsing performance.
Microsoft has announced a flurry of new features, and geographic expansion of previously announced changes for users of its Skype for Business service in Office 365 around the world.
Along with a number of other Skype for Business announcements made this morning, Microsoft has revealed Project Rigel; an attempt to bring the Surface Hub Skype Meeting experience to any meeting room.
Google's advanced artificial intelligence division DeepMind, using its AlphaGo software, has beaten Lee Se-Dol, the world's number one Go champion, in the first of five matches.
Microsoft has released a cumulative update containing a large number of security updates, affecting a variety of Windows subsystems that contained previously unannounced remote code execution bugs.
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is currently doing an Ask Me Anything question and answer session on Reddit, his fourth such AMA.
Google has made a number of announcements regarding their Project Fi wireless service, including a heavily discounted Nexus 5X for users when they buy and activate through Project Fi.
In a stunning announcement, Microsoft has said that it will be releasing one of its most profitable enterprise software packages, SQL Server 2016, on enterprise Linux distributions.
Microsoft has finally released the Windows 10 version of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition through the Windows Store as a Universal Windows Platform app months after the Xbox One release.
Reports are coming out that Intel is planning on competing with Microsoft with an Augmented Reality headset of its own using technologies it has already developed for other products.
British telecommunications giant BT told in a report by regulator Ofcom that it must open up its OpenReach network to rival providers in order to improve internet speeds and reliability.
According to reports Apple is finally planning on bringing Siri to their final platform, the desktop, with their next release of OS X 10.12 or "Fuji", a rumour which has been heard before.
Apple has responded to the FBI demands that they decrypt an iPhone connected to the San Bernardino mass shootings with an open letter detailing this very important issue.
The Conservative UK government has published its public consultation on their plans to improve age verification for Internet pornography and is currently requesting public input on the proposal.
The group behind the popular OpenGL standard has released the first version of their low-level graphics API Vulkan for mobile, console and PC graphics, based on AMD's Mantle.
