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Microsoft announced this week its giving users a new way to sign into their accounts without long and complicated passwords.

Microsoft eased some anxiety over the latest ShadowBrokers dump of Windows zero days with news most of the vulnerabilities had already been patched.

Microsoft has officially retired the security bulletins this week, which were issued to detail “each month’s slate of vulnerabilities and accompanying patches for customers — especially administrators responsible for companies’ IT operations,” writes Gregg Keizer via Computerworld. “The move to…

Microsoft expected to patch the vulnerability later today, but meanwhile, here’s what we know and what you can do to protect yourself

All versions of Office on all versions of Windows are vulnerable to this zero-day that spreads malware, so make sure you patch quickly

According to an announcement made earlier today, Microsoft has acquired Deis, “the company behind some of the most popular tools for building and managing applications on top of the Google-incubated Kubernetes container orchestration service,” writes Frederic Lardinois via TechCrunch. From…

Microsoft is officially banning emulators from Windows Store. The company has updated the Windows Store policy to announce the changes. The new rules bar any applications that emulate pre-existing game systems, resulting in the removal of a popular program that…

Windows watcher Paul Thurrott has revealed the first credible details about Microsoft’s Surface Pro 5. TechCrunch reports: The Surface Pro 5 will have the same power connector currently used on the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, which is a…