I wrote the End Poem for Minecraft, the most popular video game of all time. I never signed a contract giving Mojang the rights to the End Poem, and so Microsoft (who bought Minecraft from Mojang) also don’t own it. … Read more
Were you aware of it: Microsoft is phoning home the content of your PowerPoint slides. Don’t just take my word for it: open up the network monitor of your choice. Close all of your other applications or perform a fresh … Read more
Microsoft Software and game preservation is an increasingly important topic, and the best way to keep software accessible for future generations is by releasing the original source code. That’s exactly what just happened for Microsoft 3D Movie Maker, originally released … Read more
Overview Microsoft Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) utilitises Electronic Codebook (ECB) mode of operation. This mode is generally insecure and can leak information about the structure of the messages sent, which can lead to partial or full message disclosure. As stated … Read more
Microsoft has followed a small group of its competitors in building a VPN service directly into its own browser. The VPN feature, known as “Microsoft Edge Secure Network,” has rolled out to a limited selection of users in the latest … Read more
About a month ago, Microsoft SmartScreen suddenly started flagging the login page of our SaaS dashboard as ‘unsafe’, scaring away our customers. We understand false flags can happen. So we took to the official SmartScreen feedback site to report the … Read more
July 12th, 2022 We are excited and proud to open source Salus, Microsoft’s software bill of materials (SBOM) tool. A key requirement of the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, SBOMs are lists of ingredients that make up software components … Read more
Article 05/30/2022 2 minutes to read 3 contributors In this article Microsoft Validation OS is a lightweight, fast, and customizable Windows 11-based operating system that you can use on the factory floor to diagnose, mitigate and repair hardware defects during … Read more
Hey HN 👋🏾 Why not check out our file conversion API – convert 100s of different file formats in just one line of code (we even support PowerPoint files!) This is part one of a series of stories from Robert Gaskins who … Read more
No, not that one. Or that other one. The letters “MSN” have meant so many things to so many people, a term that’s been overloaded with a thousand different meanings. In the same way they throw the words “National Lampoon” … Read more