Notices tagged with microsoft

lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 14:23:21 EDT lnxw48a1
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- Ji Fu
@fu That's good news.

One thing I dislike about #Win11 is the extra step added to the start menu. First is the pinned programs and recommendations with a little "all programs" button. Click that and the regular start menu appears.

Seems bizarre that the primary UI improvement that made #Win95 such a revelation is repeatedly erased or subverted in subsequent #Microsoft operating systems. I remember #Win3.1 and MacOS having program icons and folders containg such icons scattered all over the desktop. The start menu was a huuuuge improvement.

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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 16:16:13 EST lnxw48a1

I’ll try and post a link later, but I saw an article that claims that researchers found unprecedented security holes in #Microsoft #Azure ( #MSAzure ) cloud platform and that #MSFT’s own logging and monitoring wasn’t capable enough to catch the breaches.

Escaping from the customer VM into the management backplane and then going from there into random customers’ VMs is probably not something that should be possible, but in the rare occasion that an exploit is found, the company’s internal monitoring should have picked it up.

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Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:31:30 EST Ji Fu

♲ @fodworeq@social.re:
Spread the love?
If I am going to use non-free #closedSouce gratis services is it better to commit to just giving my data to one company like

#google or is it better to try to spread it out to more?
Tags:
#apple #Android #sns #SaaS #Facebook #Samsung #bing #microsoft #meta #sxm #spotify #pandora #YouTube #privacy #FreeSoftware #opensource #foursquare #linkedin #LIVEJournal #waze #maps #ford #amazon
via dandelion* /people?q=dandelion00@diasp.org client (Source) https://github.com/gsantner/dandelion
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1. gsantner/dandelion
  
  from GitHub
  
  a diaspora* client for Android. Contribute to gsantner/dandelion development by creating an account on GitHub.
Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 11:42:02 EDT Ji Fu

For work I use #Microsoft #Edge with #Bing, because “security.” I just did a search for “Cisco WebEx Change Request” and half of the first page was paid advertisements. #sponsored
Search Engines are getting worse https://kill-the-newsletter.com/alternates/97nrfkk20h51a3xh.html

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Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 02:10:56 EDT Ji Fu

#meme #simpsons #edge #windows #microsoft #firefox #chrome

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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 16:37:38 EDT lnxw48a1

According to https://graz.social/@publicvoit/111147782761723981 Crackers got EVERYTHING at #Microsoft when they got in through #MSAzure.

Source links here: https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ and https://nu.federati.net/url/291724 [www reuters com]
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1. Chinese hackers stole emails from US State Dept in Microsoft breach, Senate staffer says
  
  from Reuters
  
  Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft's email platform this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday.
Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 13:41:07 EDT Ji Fu

Just a reminder #OpenOffice still exists! openoffice.apache.org/blog/ann… I personally still prefer it over #LibreOffice. I'm all for less churn, more stability, and smaller learning curves. I still use both, though, as the improvements to LibreOffice #Draw, particularly the ability to open #Microsoft #Visio files is useful for me. #Apache #FreeSoftware #GNU #Linux (and #windows & #MacOS too if you must)

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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 14:35:45 EDT lnxw48a1

Tenable CEO slams #Microsoft for not being transparent and fast to act on #Azure #Active_Directory #security holes https://nu.federati.net/url/291175 [www databreachtoday com]
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1. Tenable CEO Slams Microsoft for Failing to Quickly Patch Bug
  
  Tenable CEO Amit Yoran once again accused Microsoft of irresponsible security practices, this time for letting a critical Azure vulnerability stay unpatched for
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 22:14:30 EDT lnxw48a1

#US Senator: #Microsoft negligent in #security #breach that affected Syate Dept., #USDOJ and rest of #USGovt should hold them accountable. https://nu.federati.net/url/291129 [arstechnica com]
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1. US senator blasts Microsoft for “negligent cybersecurity practices”
  
  from Ars Technica
  
  Rebuke follows recent breach that exposed email accounts of US federal officials.
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 18:42:34 EDT lnxw48a1

#Security

#Microsoft_365 breached by #China

See thread starting at https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/110700908976946435 ... https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/110702046297147809

> For anybody interested - the “acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key” used in this must have come from inside Microsoft’s internal network. -- https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/110702228469010595

Includes the following links:

* https://nu.federati.net/url/290987 [msrc microsoft com]

* https://nu.federati.net/url/290988 [edition cnn com]

* https://nu.federati.net/url/290989 [www cisa gov | pdf]

* https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-hackers-spied-on-state-department-13a09f03 [www wsj com]

#US_Govt #Microsoft #MSFT #Azure #Office_365 #penetration #Outlook #Exchange #cloud
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1. China-based hackers breached US government email accounts, Microsoft and White House say | CNN Politics
  
  from CNN
2. Chinese Hackers Spied on State Department
  
  from WSJ
  
  The State Department was among the federal agencies compromised in a newly discovered Chinese hacking campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 02:36:32 EDT lnxw48a1
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- Ji Fu
@fu I know that anti-trust law is complex, but one doesn't need much more than a pulse to see that merging one of the biggest gaming software houses with one of the biggest gaming hardware and services houses is going to harm competition ... and that means it will harm gamers. I didn't follow the trial much, but the #FTC should have shown up with thousands of pages of exhibits, hundreds of experts testifying, and a timeline of past #Microsoft ( #MSFT ) anti-competitive acts to show a propensity.

Not that this should have been the first such merger they tried to block. The federal government doesn't really seem to get that "a free market" can only happen when neither individual buyers nor individual sellers have enough market power to force their chosen prices and terms upon the other party. Thus, in a situation where there are really only three gaming console hardware vendors worldwide and the software vendors have to contract with the hardware vendors for each specific game, there can never be a free market and governmental authorities have to whack the vendors with a stick periodically to make them play fairly with one another and with the gaming customers who buy their products and services. Or, you know, break those giant corporations up into multiple smaller organizations and prevent them from coordinating their pricing, promotion, production, etc in ways that hurt the gaming customers. I know that #USDOJ missed its chance around 1999-2001, when it had won its case against Microsoft and then came a change of administration and it punted on having the court impose an effective remedy.

As a business major, I feel like no one else was paying attention in their classes when this stuff was being discussed. It's covered in the two basic economics classes and also in business economics, business management, business law, and in legal environment of business, and those are just the ones I remember.

CC: @simsa03

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Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 12:29:45 EDT Ji Fu

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate #Microsoft #Sharepoint?
kill-the-newsletter.com/altern…

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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 23:34:35 EDT lnxw48a1

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697532/microsoft-edge-browser-url-leak-bing-privacy [www theverge com]

#Microsoft #Edge sending all sites visited to #Bing

#MSFT
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1. Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing
  
  from The Verge
  
  Microsoft says it’s investigating reports of an Edge privacy issue.
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 22:43:47 EDT lnxw48a1

Report: #Microsoft building own #ARM based chips for #Win12. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-is-designing-new-processor-for-windows-12-report [www tomshardware com] https://www.techradar.com/opinion/microsoft-wants-windows-12-to-run-on-its-own-silicon-god-help-us [www techradar com]
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1. Microsoft Reportedly Making New CPU for Windows 12
  
  from Tom's Hardware
  
  But it may be another customized Snapdragon, rather than a wholly internal project.
2. Microsoft wants Windows 12 to run on its own silicon. God help us
  
  from TechRadar
  
  Opinion: Stay in your lane, Microsoft
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 00:03:56 EDT lnxw48a1

#Microsoft announces that its ads platform would no longer work with #Twitter. https://nu.federati.net/url/290186 [www techdirt com] In response, Elon #Musk threatens to sue #MSFT over AI training data.
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  Microsoft Ditches Twitter From Its Ads Platform… So Elon Announces Plans To Sue Microsoft
  
  By Mike Masnick from Techdirt
  
  Microsoft Ditches Twitter From Its Ads Platform… So Elon Announces Plans To Sue Microsoft
Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 12:08:38 EDT Ji Fu

I never thought this day would come where I prefer and trust #Microsoft more than I do #Google

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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:28:51 EDT lnxw48a1

https://nu.federati.net/url/289940 [www bleepingcomputer com]

Article claims that official #Microsoft support technicians used a crack to activate a recalcitrant copy of #Windows. If the report is accurate, that's a big deal and they'll be trying to find and fire that person.
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1. Microsoft support 'cracks' Windows for customer after activation fails
  
  from BleepingComputer
  
  In an unexpected twist, a Microsoft support engineer resorted to running an unofficial 'crack' on a customer's Windows PC after a genuine copy of the operating system failed to activate normally. It seems, this isn't the first time either that a Microsoft support professional has employed such workarounds.
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 06-Mar-2023 21:54:52 EST lnxw48a1
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- clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
I remember seeing this at the time. However, I have seen someone recently claiming that they were able to set up #Win11 without a #Microsoft account.

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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 09:53:07 EST lnxw48a1

https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-teams-free-classic-retirement-no-data-180521994.html [www engadget com]

#Microsoft to wipe old data for free business Teams chat users unless they upgrade to paid plan.
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  Microsoft will wipe free Teams business users' data if they don't upgrade to a paid tier | Engadget
  
  from Engadget
  
  Microsoft Teams is moving to a new free tier for the office, but your company will have to pay to keep all your old chats..
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 16:16:43 EST lnxw48a1

#Microsoft attempt to corner the game market met by federal opposition https://nu.federati.net/url/289048 [www cnbc com]
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1. Microsoft responds to FTC case seeking to block Activision Blizzard deal, saying it wouldn't hurt competition
  
  from CNBC
  
  Microsoft said for the third largest console maker to be buying a major gaming franchise would't overturn a competitive market. U.S. regulators don't agree.

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If I am going to use non-free #closedSouce gratis services is it better to commit to just giving my data to one company like