Microsoft releases .NET Framework 4.7.2

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | May 3, 2018

Microsoft has announced a new version of the .NET Framework, and as expected it comes with new features and fixes. The .NET Framework 4.7.2 can be installed on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 SP1 and the relative server versions. […]

Windows Server v1803 will be generally available on May 7, 2018

By AnandKhanse@TWC | April 29, 2018

Windows 10 Server, v1803 will be made available for customers on May 7, says Microsoft Official blog post. To be able to install and use it, you will, however, have to make sure that you have the Software Assurance on […]

Microsoft announces the availability of Edge DevTools in Microsoft Store

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | April 27, 2018

As part of the previous Edge Web Summit, Microsoft had announced that they would be rebooting the Microsoft Edge DevTools. Today the company has announced the availability of the DevTools as a web app from Microsoft Store. With the new […]

Windows 10 April Update is releasing for Public on 30th April 2018 (Monday)

By AyushVij@TWCN | April 27, 2018

It has been a rough few months in the Microsoft world. The v1803 feature update for Windows 10 was earlier spotted to be called as the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. This lead to some criticism in the community. After […]

Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Yammer for Windows Phone to be discontinued

By AyushVij@TWCN | April 25, 2018

Microsoft has already expressed their intentions for discontinuing apps and feature updates for Windows 10 Mobile. Popular services have been dropping support for their Windows phone apps every other day and only fixes are being delivered to Windows Phone devices. […]

Microsoft can use Integrated Graphics for malware scanning with Intel’s new Technology

By AyushVij@TWCN | April 24, 2018

Intel feature recently announced a new Threat Detection Technology that builds upon silicon-level functionality. This feature, called as Accelerated Memory Scanning, will be helping Microsoft in improving the detection and fixing of advanced cyber threats and exploits. Intel Accelerated Memory Scanning […]

Microsoft introduces Windows Defender System Guard Runtime Attestation

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | April 22, 2018

Microsoft has been striving to help users be in control of their own devices. They have also been working on introducing new features that would help users know the security health of their Windows system. It is very crucial that […]

OneNote app to replace OneNote 2016 as the default in Office

By Karan Khanna | April 19, 2018

Microsoft has been working hard on improving its note-taking app OneNote for Windows 10. The software offers a plethora of options and improvements on the previous versions, and now the cloud-based software is in direct competition with the likes of […]

Microsoft and 33 other globally leading tech companies join hands to fight cyberattacks

By AyushVij@TWCN | April 19, 2018

Microsoft recently announced Azure Sphere, a new solution for companies building IoT based products. Now, there is another news coming from RSA 2018 Conference. Thirty-four global technology companies including Microsoft, Dell, Facebook, Nokia, VMware, etc., have signed a Cybersecurity Tech […]

Microsoft Azure Sphere will be a boon for IoT devices

By AyushVij@TWCN | April 19, 2018

Microsoft recently announced Azure Sphere, a solution to secure billions of microcontroller-powered devices including the IoT devices which are deployed globally by a number of companies every year. Azure Sphere comprises of mainly three parts – Aan operating system, Azure […]

Microsoft Outlook flaw let hackers steal your Windows password

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | April 16, 2018

A vulnerability has been detected in Microsoft Outlook that risks users credentials being hacked by attackers. Discovered by Will Dormann of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), the vulnerability allows hackers to steal user’s Windows password just by having the target […]

Microsoft Network Engineer accused of being linked with Reveton Ransomware

By AyushVij@TWCN | April 15, 2018

Raymond Uadiale, a 41 years old Network Engineer who has been working at Microsoft in the Seattle area, has recently been accused of being linked to the Reveton Ransomware exploit. The exploit freezes the victim’s computer and forces them to […]

Files App on iOS now fully supported by Microsoft Office Apps

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | April 12, 2018

Microsoft has updates the Office Suite for iOS and now Word, Excel and Powerpoint are updated to the latest 2.12 version. The new update brings in a new set of features that will allow iOS users to use the Office […]

Windows 3.0 File Manager goes open-source; now works with Windows 10

By AyushVij@TWCN | April 10, 2018

For those who have been using Windows for a while, you might remember a file manager that came with Windows 3.0. This first debuted in 1990 with the release of Windows 3.0 itself. When Windows NT 4.0 was brought into […]

Office 365 gets Ransomware protection and other capabilities to protect against Cybercrime

By Karan Khanna | April 8, 2018

Microsoft is taking security seriously. As part of an upgrade to Office 365, its constituents are getting several capabilities to protect against Cybercrime. For instance, OneDrive is introducing a new feature that makes recovery from Ransomware attacks easier. Files Restore is […]

Microsoft’s new Full Duplex Voice Sense will help usher a new wave of innovation for chatbots

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | April 6, 2018

Digital assistants like Cortana and Google Assistant have greatly improved over the recent past. However, the chatbots or even digital assistants lack when it comes to contextual conversation. As Microsoft rightly puts it the conversation with digital assistants is more […]

Google bars cryptocurrency mining Chrome extensions

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | April 6, 2018

Google has banned all Chrome extensions manufactured to mine cryptocurrency from its Chrome web store with immediate effect. The company said that there has been a rise in the malicious extensions being registered on the Chrome store. These banned browser […]

Mozilla has announced Firefox Reality, a web browser for Mixed Reality headsets

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | April 6, 2018

Mozilla has always been at the forefront when it comes to offering innovative new features to enrich user experience. The Quantum engine powered Mozilla Firefox is exceptionally fast and intuitive to use. Mozilla has now announced that it will be […]

Microsoft introduces AI training courses for the general public

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | April 4, 2018

All the spotlight of the tech world is currently focussed on Artificial Intelligence, This technology is potentially so powerful that it has already begun to change the way we see the world. Digital assistants like Cortana are getting smarter day […]

Facebook to introduce new Privacy shortcuts and allow users to delete Facebook History

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | March 30, 2018

Facebook has been going through tough times. The recent Cambridge Analytica expose, bundled with the previous data privacy issues has snowballed into a big controversy. Facebook has been accused of collecting personal data and giving them access to it to […]

Microsoft releases patch to fix the patch that fixed the Meltdown flaw

By AyushVij@TWCN | March 30, 2018

A few months ago, computer systems worldwide were detected vulnerable to attacks named Meltdown and Spectre. All the companies like Microsoft and Intel issued patches for their devices and fix this vulnerability. Maybe because of this rush, Microsoft issued a […]

Office 365 to get enhanced Anti-spoofing capabilities

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | March 30, 2018

Microsoft services like OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Teams are closely guarded by ATP (Advanced Threat Protection). Besides, there are numerous feature updates available in Office 365 threat protection service to address the evolution and advances in the […]

Windows chief Terry Myerson announces his retirement from the company

By Karan Khanna | March 30, 2018

Terry Myerson, the chief of Windows and Devices at Microsoft has decided to part ways with the giant after 21 years at the firm. In a touching letter he released, Myerson discussed his years at the company and his reasoning […]

Now developers can deploy ANY Linux flavor as Windows Subsystem for Linux

By AyushVij@TWCN | March 29, 2018

With the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in August 2016, Microsoft added a new feature called Windows Subsystem for Linux. Here, any user running Windows 10 Pro could run the Linux terminals from their Windows 10 desktop environment. Earlier, […]

Security fixes for the Meltdown vulnerability actually made Windows 7 less secure

By Karan Khanna | March 29, 2018

It appears that Microsoft’s patches earlier in 2018 for the Meltdown flaw actually caused Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 to be less secure. In better news for those who still use either of the older operating systems, a March […]

Indian Microsoft Garage facility debuts in Hyderabad, India

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | March 29, 2018

Microsoft has unveiled its first Garage facility in India at its Hyderabad campus in Telangana. Spread over an area of 8000 sq. ft, this is Microsoft second-largest Garage facility following its 11,000-sq-ft Garage facility in Redmond. Microsoft Garage comes to […]

BranchScope is the latest vulnerability for CPUs made by Intel

By AyushVij@TWCN | March 29, 2018

A team of researchers from College of William & Mary, University of California Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University of Qatar and Binghamton University demoed a new attack named BranchScope that Intel CPUs are vulnerable to. They demoed this vulnerability to the CPUs […]

Microsoft tells why Windows Defender is the most deployed solution in enterprise

By AyushVij@TWCN | March 29, 2018

Microsoft provides users of Windows 10 with Windows Defender built in. They say that 96% of the malware are polymorphic. This means that it is experienced by a single user and a single device before gets replaced by another one. […]

Mature version of Microsoft Edge browser for Android and iOS is out now

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | March 28, 2018

All interested users can now download and run Microsoft’s in-house flagship browser – Edge on their Android and iOS devices, respectively. The full-blown version of Edge browser is out! Its support for rival platforms will enable users to get a […]