About this tag
The engineering tag on WindowsForum.com covers a range of topics relevant to professionals and enthusiasts. Discussions include high-performance laptops like the Dell Pro Max 16 for engineers and creators, Microsoft's shift away from China-based engineers for U.S. DoD cloud support to enhance security, and the 2025 MacRobert Award finalists showcasing innovations in engineering. Other threads explore career paths, such as Jacob Grinshpun's journey to becoming a Microsoft Azure hardware engineer, and partnerships like Faros AI with Microsoft Azure to improve engineering efficiency. Additionally, content covers AI and carbon capture at Imperial College, and CISA advisories on security risks in industrial control systems. These threads reflect the intersection of hardware, cloud computing, security, and AI in modern engineering.
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    Dell Pro Max 16 (2025): The Ultimate Performance Laptop for Creators and Professionals

    Few product launches in 2025 have generated as much anticipation among professionals and power users as the Dell Pro Max 16. Billed as the spiritual successor to Dell’s venerable Precision 3000 line, the new Pro Max 16 series signals the company’s strategic pivot toward a modern...
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    Microsoft Stops Using China-Based Engineers for U.S. DoD Cloud Support to Enhance Security

    Microsoft's recent decision to cease utilizing China-based engineers for supporting the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) cloud computing systems marks a significant shift in its operational practices. This move follows investigative reports highlighting potential security vulnerabilities...
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    Microsoft’s China-Based Engineers Controversy: Navigating Cloud Security and National Security Risks

    Microsoft is once again at the center of a heated controversy, this time facing public and governmental backlash over its use of engineers based in China on projects tied to Pentagon cloud infrastructure. The debate erupted after explosive allegations surfaced, raising questions about how the...
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    2025 MacRobert Award Finalists: Innovations Shaping the Future of Engineering

    The MacRobert Award stands not just as a symbol of British engineering distinction but as a crucible for innovation with transformative, real-world impact. As anticipation builds toward the announcement of the 2025 winner, the three finalists—Microsoft Azure Fibre, OrganOx’s normothermic organ...
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    Jacob Grinshpun’s Journey: From Temple Student to Microsoft Azure Hardware Engineer

    From an uncertain first step in academia to a coveted position in one of the technology industry's most competitive hardware engineering teams, Jacob Grinshpun’s journey unfolds as a testament to adaptability, intellectual curiosity, and the enduring value of community. As he packs for Seattle...
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    AI and Carbon Capture: Imperial College Pioneers Future Engineering

    Imperial College London is making headlines by blending artificial intelligence with carbon capture technology—a move that not only accelerates plant operations but also prepares the next generation of engineers for a digital future. This innovative approach to plant maintenance has both...
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    Transformative Partnership: Faros AI and Microsoft Azure Enhance Engineering Efficiency

    In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, transformative partnerships are reshaping how enterprises approach engineering and IT infrastructure. The recent announcement that Faros AI is partnering with Microsoft to harness AI-powered engineering efficiency on Microsoft Azure marks a significant...
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    CISA's 2025 ICS Advisories: Security Risks in Critical Infrastructure

    The cybersecurity sphere has once again been jolted awake with an important release from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). On January 28, 2025, CISA dropped seven new advisories that target vulnerabilities affecting Industrial Control Systems (ICS). For those...
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    ART Clockwork Eight

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    VIDEO The Vagabundos|Desert Battleships|Lost Planet 2|4K

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    VIDEO This Expanding Mechanism is Crazy Clever

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    Is Ineractive Map Creation Possible In MS Office?

    HI All, Anyone know What would be the best software (preferably within MS Office) to create this?: A map of the UK that shows all of the our sites. When you look at the map it would show the locations of our sites and if you clicked on one of them you would see the information about that site...
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    VIDEO This Rocket-Powered Car Is Engineered to Break the Sound Barrier

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    Using Rust in Windows

    This Saturday 9th of November, there will be a keynote from Microsoft engineers Ryan Levick and Sebastian Fernandez at RustFest Barcelona. They will be talking about why Microsoft is exploring Rust adoption, some of the challenges we’ve faced in this process, and the future of Rust adoption in...
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    BlueHat Shanghai 2019: Amplifying the power of defensive partnerships around the world

    Earlier this week Link Removed brought together security researchers and hundreds of cybersecurity professionals from China and across Asia to explore the latest topics in cybersecurity research. Including presentations from Qihoo 360, Baidu, Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BlueHat...
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    Join Microsoft Security Response at the Product Security Operations forum at LocoMocoSec!

    The MSRC is more than managing vulnerability reports, publishing Microsoft security updates, and defending the cloud. The MSRC is passionate about helping everyone improve internal engineering practices and supporting the defender community, and are excited to partner with Blackberry to host a...
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    Call for Papers | Microsoft BlueHat Shanghai 2019

    The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) recently announced our first BlueHat security conference in Shanghai which will take place on May 29-30, 2019. After 15 years of BlueHat events in Redmond, Washington and Israel, we are thrilled to expand to a new location. We work with many talented...
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    Windows 10 virtual machine (almost) complete newbie requests assistance to identify what's needed

    Hello OK, bad news first. I'm a near 74 year old engineer, and have very little experience with modern operating systems, though I have quite a bit with older systems. For many years I've used a machine running Win XP Pro with SP3. Mainly this machine is used for technical work - engineering...
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    VIDEO marble-machine (musical instrument) …

    the marble-machine (musical instrument) was not perfect. hence, took 60 days to film … splice/assemble all the acceptable parts … into one final 4½ minute video.
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    Protecting customers and evaluating risk

    Today, Microsoft triaged a large release of exploits made publicly available by Shadow Brokers. Understandingly, customers have expressed concerns around the risk this disclosure potentially creates. Our engineers have investigated the disclosed exploits, and most of the exploits are already...