Hacker hijacked Microsoft’s X: “500,000 likes and we bring Clippy back,” all to pump a crypto token | Windows
Microsoft’s official X account, which has over 13 million followers, was hijacked on Thursday and used to promote a Clippy-themed crypto token. The company has confirmed the unauthorized access, removed…
Read moreMicrosoft is killing a decades-old Windows Media Player feature in November, and points users to the modern app | Windows
Windows Media Player Legacy is losing skins on Windows 11 in November, ending one of the most fun parts of the early-2000s player. Microsoft wants you on the modern Media…
Read moreI turned Windows 11’s useless Copilot key into a screenshot button, here’s how | Windows
Microsoft pushed its dedicated Copilot key hard on laptop OEMs like a mobster running a protection racket. “Nice new laptop you got there; it’d be a shame if something happened…
Read moreUniversity Of Washington Opens GIX Location On Microsoft Campus With $42 Million Contribution | Windows
The University of Washington and Microsoft have expanded their longstanding partnership by opening UW’s first permanent, full-time location on Microsoft’s Redmond campus. The site will become the new home of…
Read moreMicrosoft Ignite puts AI agent security up front | Windows
Microsoft’s Ignite security program centers on AI agents with real access to identities, data and cloud resources. The company’s event guide, posted September 30 on the Microsoft Security blog, invites…
Read moreSquare 9’s Generative AI Unlocks Microsoft Dynamics’ Value | Windows
23 Press release from the issuing company: Organizations invest heavily in Microsoft Dynamics to manage critical business operations, but much of the information those systems need still originates outside the…
Read moreShure launches IntelliMix Bar Pro with Microsoft Teams… | Windows
By Alex Smith | 01 October 2026 Shure has announced the general availability of the IntelliMix Bar Pro, an all-in-one collaboration bar and touch panel for medium and large meeting…
Read moreWindows XP had a hidden database of broken apps, and Microsoft used it to trick them into working | Windows
Windows XP ran old software so well partly because it shipped with a hidden database of problematic apps. When Windows spotted one of them, it could lie to the app…
Read moreWindows 11’s WinUI just got basic features and less RAM hogging, after years of losing apps to the web | Windows
Microsoft is aware of the “framework gap” that pushes developers to the web or other frameworks, and it just rolled out one of the biggest updates for WinUI. Today’s update…
Read moreQualcomm’s “non-Extreme” Snapdragon X2 just embarrassed Intel’s premium laptop strategy | Windows
Last month, Windows Central exclusively covered a Signal65 report that showed Qualcomm‘s flagship Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme outperforming Intel and AMD in a premium laptop showdown. Now, a new follow-up…
Read more“Screamed into their pillows”: Nadella’s former advisor on the iPhone Duo, which should have been the Surface Duo 3 | Windows
Current and former Microsoft employees reacted to Apple’s iPhone Duo, and Mat Velloso, who spent four years as Satya Nadella’s technical advisor, joked that Surface Duo’s team was screaming into…
Read moreMicrosoft’s then-CEO called Linux a cancer, and now Windows 11 ships Linux containers with upgraded WSL | Windows
WSL Containers is now generally available on Windows, and Microsoft is already working on Compose. Microsoft has moved WSL Containers out of public preview, and it’s now generally available for…
Read moreTakeaways from Microsoft exec speaking at Marquette Business Leaders Forum event | Windows
Kathleen Hogan, the chief strategy and transformation officer for Microsoft, was the featured speaker at the Marquette University College of Business Administration’s Business Leaders Forum event on Tuesday, Sept. 29….
Read moreMicrosoft Opens Work IQ Preview for Dynamics 365 | Windows
Microsoft has opened a public preview of Work IQ for business applications, which grounds Microsoft Copilot and agents in data from Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. The preview begins Sept….
Read moreWindows 11 setup now offers to install TikTok and Netflix on your new PC | Windows
Windows 11 Get Started app can now install TikTok, Netflix and Spotify during the new Assisted Setup flow after OOBE Microsoft is testing an optional onboarding experience along with a…
Read moreMicrosoft explains if Windows 11 26H2 has issues, and whether you should skip the update | Windows
This year’s annual update, “Windows 11 26H2,” is officially rolling out, and it doesn’t come with anything new for consumers, but that doesn’t mean there are no bugs. If you…
Read moreQSC Q-SYS and Microsoft Teams Rooms Standardisation — UC Today | Windows
Author transcript **Marcus Law:** Hello and welcome back to UC Today. Most enterprise Teams Rooms deployments standardize the big meeting rooms and stop there. The shared areas, the rooms that…
Read moreSibos 2026: SAS and Microsoft examine link between AI… | Windows
By Alex Smith | 30 September 2026 SAS and Microsoft will examine how financial institutions can turn AI insights into business actions while maintaining trust, governance and transparency at Sibos…
Read moreHenry Cavill, arguably the world’s most famous PC gamer, has swapped to a Googlebook | Windows
Henry Cavill is famous for quite a few reasons. He’s played iconic characters such as Superman and Geralt from the Witcher. He wowed Tom Cruise by “reloading” his fists in…
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