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Microsoft unveils Windows 11, integrating Teams directly into flagship operating system

GeekWire

Microsoft revealed the next version of its PC operating system , Windows 11, with a softer, translucent appearance and updated features focused on improving productivity across multiple devices, leveraging the company’s cloud services. “Operating systems and devices should mold to our needs, not the other way around.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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the future of the Operating System - LinuxCon 2015 keynote

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The Future of the Operating System. What is an Operating System ? Operating Systems & Apps Over Time. OS in 1960s • IBM OS/360 – First OS that kept track of system resources (program, memory, storage) • CTSS – Introduce scheduling • Univac Exec 8, Burrows MCP, Multics. Transcript.

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Microsoft: Hackers in China, Iran and elsewhere start exploiting widespread Apache Log4j flaws

GeekWire

Microsoft says groups connected to governments in China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have begun exploiting vulnerabilities in the Apache Software Foundation’s widely used open-source Log4j software library. Hackers can use the software flaws to gain control of compromised computers and systems. Bigstock / World Image.

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Microsoft’s Windows 11 is getting Bing AI taskbar search and new iPhone integration

GeekWire

The new “typable taskbar” leverages Microsoft’s widely used PC operating system in its broader quest to chip away at Google’s dominance in online search. However, the feature comes with some significant limitations , including the inability to create or reply to group messages, or send or receive media.

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Microsoft hands IT admins beefed-up Windows release health hub

Computerworld Vertical IT

"This will be a phased rollout and we expect this information experience to be available to all applicable customers by the end of April," Mabel Gomes, senior communications program manager in the Windows group, said in a March 25 post to a company blog.

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Agencies Warn of Pro-Russia Hackers Targeting OT Control Systems

SecureWorld News

and allied cybersecurity agencies are sounding the alarm over an ongoing campaign by pro-Russia hacktivist groups to target and compromise operational technology (OT) systems across critical infrastructure sectors in North America and Europe. Practice and maintain the ability to operate systems manually [CPG 5.A].

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