Windows Stories for 2019

Microsoft Starts Showing Non-Removable Ads In Windows 10 Mail, Calendar Apps 176
Microsoft Details Its Migration Plans for the New Microsoft Edge 57
Ask Slashdot: Who Is Most Likely To Challenge Microsoft In the Office? 147
Microsoft Reveals New Windows Logo, Office Icons 52
Microsoft is About To Start Aggressively Advertising Windows 10 To Windows 7 Stragglers 266
Microsoft is Creating a New Rust-Based Programming Language For Secure Coding 69
Kali Linux Adds 'Undercover' Mode to Impersonate Windows 10 44
Zorin OS 15 Lite Linux Distro Can Rejuvenate Your Aging Windows PC 69
Microsoft Releases a List of Deprecated Windows 10 Features 107
New Linux/Windows Malware Allows Arbitrary Execution of Shell Commands 80
Microsoft Announces Plan To Support DoH In Windows 97
Windows and Linux Get Options To Disable Intel TSX To Prevent Zombieload v2 Attacks 67
Microsoft Starts Rolling Out Windows 10 November 2019 Update 42
'Platinum' Hacking Group Strikes Again With Complex Titanium Backdoor To Windows 14
Bill Gates Thinks Windows Mobile Would Have Beaten Android Without Microsoft's Antitrust Woes 254
A Widespread BlueKeep 'Exploit' Is Targetting Unpatched Windows 7/XP Computers 38
Windows 10 Testers Can Now Answer Android Phone Calls and Text Messages 21
Microsoft Unveils Surface Pro 7 and Surface Pro X 41
Microsoft Announces Windows 10X For Dual-Screen PCs 36
Microsoft Unveils Surface Laptop 3 With AMD Processor 48
Windows 10 Users Fume: Microsoft, Where's Our 'Local Account' Option Gone? 217
Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop Hits General Availability 30
Microsoft Stops Trusting SSD Makers 56
'Narrator' Windows Utility Trojanized To Gain Full System Control 34
Windows 10 Is Used On Over 900 Million Devices 115
PC Shipments On The Decline 105
New Windows 10 Update Bugs Include Orange Screenshots 96
Wired Lists 'The Windows 10 Privacy Settings You Should Check Right Now' 35
Exploit For Wormable BlueKeep Windows Bug Released Into the Wild 24
Windows 10 Passes 50% Market Share, Windows 7 Falls To 30% 169
iPhone-Monitoring Crackers Also Targeted Android and Windows, Targeted Ethnic Group in China 25
Microsoft Unveils New Tablet Experience For Windows 10 21
Google and Dell Team Up To Take on Microsoft with Chromebook Enterprise Laptops 76
'Paint' and 'WordPad' Will Soon Become Optional Features In Windows 10 90
June Windows Security Patch Broke Many EMF Files 12
Windows Update To Fix Critical 'Wormable' Flaws May Break VB Apps 20
Slashdot Asks: Do You (Ever) Shut Down Your Computer? 304
Researchers Find More Than 40 Vulnerable Windows Device Drivers 16
Microsoft Contractors Are Listening To Some Skype Calls 63
Windows Defender Achieves 'Best Antivirus' Status 101
Microsoft's New Windows Terminal Update Is Out and It's 'Huge' 152
Chrome 76 Arrives With Flash Blocked By Default 87
76% of UK's National Health Service PCs Not on Windows 10 Despite Looming Deadline 150
Penetration Testing Toolkit Includes Exploit For 'Incredibly Dangerous' Bluekeep Vulnerability 67
Microsoft Reveals New Windows 10 Start Menu in Accidental Internal Leak 147
Microsoft's Q4 Earnings and 2020 Expectations Are Through the Roof 130
Microsoft is Making Windows 10 Passwordless 247
Microsoft Releases Public Preview of Desktop Analytics To Help With Windows 10 Update Readiness Checks 21
Microsoft Criticized For VPN-Breaking Windows 10 Update 135
Microsoft's Your Phone App Can Now Mirror Your Android Phone's Notifications 67
Microsoft Is Teasing Windows 1.0 and Other 1980s Software 67
Microsoft Issues Warning For 800M Windows 10 Users 308
Microsoft Brings Tracking Prevention To Its Edge Browser 67
Microsoft Excel Power Query Feature Can Be Abused For Malware Distribution 13
Microsoft is Notifying Users If Their Devices Aren't Ready For Windows 10 1903 57
Microsoft's New Windows Terminal Is Now Available 115
Microsoft's Chromium Edge Browser Now Available On Windows 7 and Windows 8 58
Microsoft's Plan To Split OS From Shell Takes Shape 128
Windows 10's Linux Kernel Is Now Available 201
CERN Ditches Microsoft to 'Take Back Control' With Open Source Software 236
BlueStacks Inside Turns Mobile Games Into 'Native PC' Games on Steam 64
Microsoft Teases Its Secret Dual-Screen Surface Device 21
Russian Military Moves Closer To Replacing Windows With Astra Linux 95
Microsoft Warns 1 Million Computers Are Still Vulnerable To Major Windows Security Exploit 21
Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform App Dream Is Dead and Buried 69
Most Windows 10 Users Are Running the Update From Over a Year Ago 170
Microsoft Will Distribute More Xbox Titles Through Steam and Finally Support Win32 Games 65
Microsoft Hints at New Modern Windows OS With 'Invisible' Background Updates 167
Chinese Military To Replace Windows OS Amid Fears of US Hacking 220
Microsoft Adds Python To Windows -- Sort Of 100
Microsoft Is Putting the Sexy Into Unsexy Software 89
Microsoft Kicks Off the Rollout of the Windows 10 May Update 1903 77
Microsoft Launches First Edge Preview Builds For Mac Users 31
Slack Patches Vulnerability In Windows Client That Could Be Used To Hijack Files 24
South Korean Government Planning Linux Migration as Windows 7 Support Ends 144
So Long Dual-Booting Windows on a Chromebook: Project Campfire is deprecated 51
Microsoft Patches 'Wormable' Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003 52
Is It Finally the Year of 'Linux on the Desktop' ? 406
Microsoft Moves Windows 10 Closer To A Future Without Passwords 224
PowerToys Are Back! Microsoft Reboots the Utilities As an Open Source Project 48
Microsoft Wants To Close the UWP, Win32 Divide With 'Windows Apps' 78
Microsoft Solitaire Inducted Into World Video Game Hall of Fame 50
Microsoft Unveils a New Terminal for Windows 10 and Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 198
Windows 10 Will Now Ask Before Installing Massive Feature Updates 87
Windows Solitaire Inducted Into the World Video Game Hall of Fame 54
Why Epic Games Called an Open Platform Truce With Microsoft 24
Blender Developers Find Old Linux Drivers Are Better Maintained Than Windows 151
Mysterious Hacker Has Been Selling Windows 0-Days To APT Groups For Three Years 71
Microsoft Drops 60-Day Password Expiration Policy 75
Microsoft Blocks Windows 10 May 2019 Update on PCs That Use USB Storage or SD Cards 140
Microsoft Displays Warning Messages in Windows 7 About the Impending End of Support 229
Microsoft Paint To Remain Part of Windows 10 After All 114
Windows 10's 'Sets' Feature Is Gone and Not Expected To Return 81
Unexpected Protection Added To Microsoft Edge Subverts IE Security 14
Windows 8 Will No Longer Get App Updates After This Summer 52
Windows 10 Ported To OnePlus 6T Smartphone 62
Windows XP Dies Final Death As Embedded POSReady 2009 Reaches End of Life 144
London's BT Tower Broadcasted Windows 7 Error Message Over the Weekend 139
Why Aren't People Abandoning Windows For Linux? 966
Microsoft Drops 'Safe Removal' of USB Drives As Default In Windows 10 1809 171
Windows 10 Will No Longer Auto Install Feature Updates Twice a Year 104
The End of the Desktop? 357
Microsoft Stops Selling eBooks, Will Refund Customers For Previous Purchases 131
Windows 10 Makes Large Share Gains, While Windows 7 Declines Significantly 122
As Windows 10 19H1 Update Approaches, Microsoft Says Version 1809 is Now Ready For 'Broad Deployment' 58
Microsoft: Windows 10 Devices Open To 'Full Compromise' From Huawei PC Driver 112
Windows 10 Calculator Will Soon Be Able To Graph Math Equations 130
Google, Microsoft Work Together For a Year To Figure Out New Type of Windows Flaw 53
Halo: Master Chief Collection Is Finally Confirmed For PC, Will Include Reach 50
Microsoft Now Lets You Stream PC Games To an Xbox One and Use a Controller 85
Microsoft Brings DirectX 12 To Windows 7 119
Windows 10 Could Automatically Uninstall Buggy Windows Updates 64
Microsoft Will Now Pester Windows 7 Users To Upgrade To Windows 10 With Pop-ups 271
Microsoft Asks Users To Call Windows 10 Devs About ALT+TAB Feature 235
Microsoft To Start Selling Windows 7 Add-On Support April 1st 95
Google: Chrome Zero-Day Was Used Together With a Windows 7 Zero-Day 56
Microsoft Reaches 800 Million Windows 10 Devices 80
Microsoft's Chromium-Based Edge Browser Looks Just Like Chrome 128
Microsoft To Offer Band Refunds, Announces End of Apps and Services 41
Microsoft is Creating Windows Lite For dual-screen and Chromebook-like Devices, Report Says 86
40% of Malicious URLs Were Found on Good Domains 75
Anti-Cheat Software Causing Big Problems For Windows 10 Previews 116
New Study Shows Windows 10 Home Edition Users Are Baffled By Updates 221
Microsoft Takes a Big Step Towards Putting Xbox Games On Windows 87
Microsoft Announces HoloLens 2 Mixed Reality Headset For $3,500 60
Severe Vulnerabilities Uncovered In Popular Password Managers 122
Linux Subsystem Files To Become Accessible via Windows File Explorer 123
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Timeline Extension For Google Chrome 39
Windows 7 Users: You Need SHA-2 Support or No Windows Updates After July 2019 146
8-Character Windows NTLM Passwords Can Be Cracked In Under 2.5 Hours 125
You Can Now Run Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi 3 175
Developer Releases Windows 95 OS as an App For Windows 10, macOS and Linux 120
Mozilla Halts Rollout of Firefox 65 on Windows Platform After Antivirus Issue 112
Windows Setup Error Messages Will Soon Actually Help Fix Problems 69
Many Windows 10 Users Unable To Connect To Windows Update Service 84
Ask Slashdot: What Could Go Wrong In Tech That Hasn't Already Gone Wrong? 367
Microsoft Warns Internet Explorer 10 Will Be Terminated In January 2020 86
Windows Media Player Set To Lose a Feature on Windows 7 91
Wine 4.0 Released With Vulkan Support, Initial Direct3D 12 and Better HiDPI 73
Microsoft Debuts New Low-Cost Laptops and 'Classroom Pen' For Schools 90
Microsoft Suggests Windows 10 Mobile Users Switch To iOS or Android As Support Winds Down 73
Microsoft is Separating Cortana From Search in Windows 10 86
Microsoft is Preparing For Foldable Windows Devices, Report Says 26
Windows 7 Enters Its Final Year of Free Support 216
Windows 7 Users Who Installed January Update Report Network Issues; Some Say the Update Has Also Incorrectly Flagged Their OS License as 'Not Genuine' 131
New Windows Virtual Desktop Feature Will Finally Make the iPad Useful 99
Ask Slashdot: Which Laptop Should I Buy For My First Employee? 304
First-Ever UEFI Rootkit Tied To Sednit APT 168
Windows 10 Passes Windows 7 in Market Share 191
Chrome on Windows 10 To Get Dark Mode Feature Soon 66