Browser Spellchucking features might be leaking your passwords
And talking to Google and Vole
Spellchecking features added into Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers have been caught to be leaking sensitive information back to their parent companies.
Hackers attempt to exploit Queen’s death
Like that has never been done before
Threat actors are using the death of Queen Elizabeth II as a lure to phish for users’ Microsoft credentials.
Microsoft's Activision deal faces antitrust probes in Europe
Microsoft does not want to do any deals yet
Software King of the World Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard faces in-depth probes in Brussels and the UK and it does not seem that Vole wants to do a back door deal to make the watchdogs go away.
Microsoft gives up on chequing
Which is why American spelling is stupid
Software King of the World Microsoft has abandoned chequing and will not bother from now on. Obviously it is not giving up on checking its products, but the US might want to rethink that unreformed English dictionary that it still uses to avoid problems on stories like this.
Microsoft thought Chromium browser is malware
Suggests it should be deleted
Microsoft has fixed a problem that saw its Defender antivirus program identify apps based on the Chromium browser as malware, and suggest users delete them tootsweet.
UK watchdog worried about Volish Activision-Blizzard take over
Wants an "in-depth investigation"
UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended an "in-depth investigation" into Microsoft's acquisition of Activsion-Blizzard.
Microsoft releases virtual machines on Azure
Uses its Arm-based Ampere Altra
Microsoft announced the general availability of virtual machines (VMs) on Azure featuring the Ampere Altra, a processor based on the Arm architecture.
Microsoft promises to fix unfair licenses in the EU
Worried that the EU might rain on its cloud
Microsoft said that it would fix its unfair licensing terms in the EU before it is taken to task for making it prohibitively expensive to run Windows and Office workloads on non-Azure cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud.
Microsoft Teams to incorporate the worst of phone call services
Please hold we will play Mozart in a bossa nova style to entertain you
Developers at the software giant Microsoft appear to have had a brain injury and thought up a way to make their products less useful and less user-friendly.
Microsoft trademarks XCloud again
Maybe it will use it this time or may it is just being Volish
When Microsoft first debuted its long-in-waiting Xbox cloud streaming platform, it trademarked the name XCloud.