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Windows 8.1 extended support is ending soon

TechSpot

launched in late 2013 – just one year after Microsoft unleashed Windows 8 – in an attempt to rectify some of the early issues with its flagship OS. Most found it did offer a better experience than the original but still, Microsoft wasted little time in prepping and.

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Latest Windows update fixes "Follina" Microsoft Office vulnerability

TechSpot

Testing performed by Sophos confirms that Tuesday's KB5014699 Windows update neutralizes the Follina exploit, which allowed malicious Microsoft Word files to execute Powershell commands on target systems. The exploit affected Office 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and some versions of Microsoft 365 on Windows 10 and 11.

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Windows 10 Evidences Transitions at Microsoft

CTOvision

When Microsoft released Windows 8 two years ago, its massive departure from its predecessor made a big splash in the technology community. Windows 8 represented a big change for Microsoft, which was investing heavily on the fact that desktop computers, laptops, and tablets were quickly converging toward a common platform.

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MDT 2013 and Pentium 4 Systems

Mick's IT Blog

My firm is getting the first tablet machines in that will be Windows 8.1. This requires MDT 2013 and ADK 8.1. The problem is that the Pentium 4 processor is not compatible with Windows 8.1 The system will crash when the Windows 8.1 MDT 2013 instantly failed. I do not know if this will work or not.

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Microsoft Pluton: New chip design draws lessons from Xbox to make Windows PCs more secure

GeekWire

A new architecture for computer processors, unveiled by Microsoft this morning under the name “Pluton,” will take security technologies that currently exist in a separate hardware component in Windows PCs and integrate them directly into the central processing unit, promising a major advance in security.

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Microsoft’s Clipchamp acquisition will help improve video editing on Windows

The Verge

Microsoft is acquiring Clipchamp, a browser-based video editing tool, and is hinting that it will be a great fit for Windows. Founded in 2013, Clipchamp lets people create and edit videos in a browser and utilize the full power of a GPU to render the final result. Microsoft says Clipchamp is a great fit for Windows.

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Recent Windows update wants to snoop through users' Office data

TechSpot

Microsoft was seemingly searching for info over users of Office 2013, Office 2010, and Office 2007, with an update. Microsoft released the KB5021751 update in January, explaining that it was to "help" the company identify how many users were still running unsupported or soon-to-be-unsupported versions of the Office productivity suite.

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