Although we haven't received any new Windows 11 builds this week, the last 7 days brought plenty of news. It is time to recap the most interesting and noteworthy stories from the world of Microsoft.
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Microsoft has released a cumulative update version KB5004760 that fixes PDF problems where it wouldn't open on Internet Explorer 11 or similar apps, and would only render gray backgrounds in Acrobat.
It's been a big week for flight sim enthusiasts, as the latest entry in Microsoft's long-running series was finally made available. That's not all that happened this week, so make sure to catch up.
A CSS-based web vulnerability has been found that crashes iPhones and freezes various browsers including Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer 11, and Apple's Safari when an a webpage is rendered.
Microsoft has detailed how it plans to prevent sites using SHA-1 certificates from loading on Edge and Internet Explorer 11 starting next year. The hashing function was deemed insecure in 2005.
Microsoft has announced that its Edge and IE11 browsers will receive an update in April which will disable RC4 by default. The cipher is considered to be weak and is disabled on other browsers.
Microsoft has outlined improvements made to its SmartScreen filter, including new protection from drive-by attacks. The improvements are part of IE11 and Edge in Windows 10.
The new build of Windows 10 has also brought a new version of the Project Spartan browser, and we take a closer look as how it stacks up to the competition. Hint: it's doing surprisingly well!
Microsoft has announced that they are changing their initial plans for Internet Explorer by saying that Internet Explorer 11 will remain fundamentally unchanged from Windows 8.1 going forward.
A new video is showing off some of the improvements coming to IE in Windows Phone 8.1. These include the ability to save and remember passwords and a new feature called Reading View.
