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Microsoft’s out‑of‑band hotpatch KB5084597, quietly deployed in mid‑March 2026, closes a cluster of critical remote‑code‑execution flaws in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) management tool — and it does so using Microsoft’s hotpatch mechanism so eligible enterprise endpoints...

Microsoft appears to be building a native screenshot (snipping) tool directly into Copilot, a change signaled by a Microsoft 365 Roadmap entry (ID 558105) and reported across multiple tech outlets today. The entry describes a fast, built-in way for users to capture screen images and include them...

Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X13 Detachable revives a form factor many assumed was effectively retired: the high-end Windows 2‑in‑1 detachable tablet. Announced as a purpose‑built device for commercial customers and professionals, the X13 Detachable combines a 13‑inch 3:2 touchscreen, Intel’s latest...

After Windows 11’s October 5, 2021 debut, the Taskbar — the single most persistent and visible surface on the Windows desktop — was reshaped, simplified, and in doing so removed long‑standing controls users expected: the ability to move the bar to a different screen edge and to resize it. Nearly...

The software market has entered a corrective, confidence-testing phase — a “software winter” in which AI-driven structural change, a dramatic reallocation of capital toward infrastructure, and a rapid re‑pricing of legacy SaaS assumptions have combined to erase hundreds of billions in market...

Replit’s agentic platform, now tightly integrated with Microsoft Azure, is being positioned as a blockbuster shortcut for enterprises that want to put software-building power directly into the hands of non‑engineering employees — and large systems integrators like Hexaware are already packaging...

Microsoft has quietly added a first‑party command‑line client for the Microsoft Store to Windows 11: a built‑in Store CLI surfaced as the store command that lets you browse, search, install and update Store content from the terminal without opening the GUI. This is a small change on the surface...

The PC market’s 2025 rebound arrived not on the back of flashy on-device generative AI, but because corporate IT finally had no choice: aging fleets, a hard deadline for Windows 10 support, and looming component cost pressures pushed businesses to refresh hardware en masse. Gartner’s preliminary...

Microsoft released the January 13, 2026 security baseline today — published as KB5074109 — and enterprise administrators should treat this as both a mandatory security checkpoint and a practical reminder about the new Hotpatch servicing cadence for Windows 11 Enterprise (24H2 and 25H2). The...

OHM Advisors has migrated its enterprise GIS to Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 on Microsoft Azure in partnership with GEO Jobe, replacing a mixed ArcGIS Online / on‑premises footprint with a centralized, cloud‑first Web GIS designed for performance, scale, and better cross‑office collaboration...

Microsoft’s latest Group Policy approach for removing Copilot from Windows 11 solves some immediate problems but creates new operational headaches: the policy frequently behaves like a one‑time uninstall rather than a durable block, leaves multiple Copilot entry points unaddressed, and pushes...

Satya Nadella has pushed Microsoft into what insiders and outside observers call “founder mode” — a fast, hands‑on reset that reassigns responsibilities, elevates outsiders and longtime deputies, and creates a new engineering axis aimed at building a Microsoft‑owned AI stack capable of standing...

The tech industry is sounding a clear alarm: the long era of cheap, always‑on generative AI is giving way to a new commercial reality that looks a lot like Uber’s pivot from subsidized rides to market‑priced fares — and for many companies that means a genuine risk of “sticker shock” in 2026...

2025 will be remembered as a year of dazzling technological promise and equally conspicuous misfires — a calendar of high-profile experiments, corporate missteps, and product rollouts that sometimes read more like cautionary tales than triumphs. From spectacle-driven suborbital celebrity flights...

Microsoft has begun shipping native Windows Admin Center support for Arm-based Copilot+ PCs, a practical milestone that eliminates the long-standing requirement to rely on x64 gateways or unsupported workarounds when managing servers, clusters, and desktops from Arm devices. This capability...

Microsoft’s internal reset on AI sales goals — a pullback that reportedly cut some product-level growth targets by roughly half — is the clearest signal yet that the “Copilot era” is colliding with hard enterprise reality. Early December reporting revealed that several Azure sales units softened...

Microsoft’s Copilot has a new speaking voice — and a face to go with it: Mico, an optional animated companion that arrives as part of Copilot’s broader consumer push and is now rolling into the United Kingdom and Canada. The move represents a deliberate shift from a purely text-first assistant...

Windows 11’s Microsoft Store has quietly added a seemingly small but long‑overdue convenience: you can now uninstall Store‑managed apps directly from the Store’s Library page, and Microsoft has paired this consumer‑facing tweak with a supported, policy‑based mechanism for device‑level removal of...

C# and .NET remain among the most pragmatic and future‑proof choices for developers who want a single, well‑engineered toolchain that scales from hobby projects to mission‑critical enterprise systems. Overview The core claim driving modern .NET advocacy — build once, run anywhere — is no longer...

Microsoft’s Ignite-stage update makes Windows 11’s recovery story far more ambitious: the operating system is getting a cloud-aware, pre-boot toolbox — including Point‑in‑Time Restore (PITR) and Cloud rebuild — tied into Intune, Autopilot, OneDrive and the Windows Resiliency Initiative so that...