Blog Update Available To Fix Windows 10 Crashing Issue February 25, 2021 by Vertical Axion Back in the early days of Windows, the OS didn’t have a very good reputation. The dreaded Blue Screen of Death was an all-too-common occurrence and plugging peripherals into a Windows-based PC was referred to as “Plug and Pray” functionality. Since then though, the company really has come a long way and Windows 10 users […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Microsoft Adds New Security Feature To Office 365 February 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft has made an important change to Office 365 you should be aware of. The company recently introduced a new feature called Application Guard, which is now available to all Office 365 users with supported licenses. The Application Guard blocks files that have been downloaded from untrusted sources by shunting them to sandboxes. These isolated, […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Big Changes Coming To Microsoft Outlook In Coming Years January 13, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft has been moving toward a unified “single version” of Outlook that would offer a seamless user experience across all platforms and devices. Unfortunately, thus far, that objective has remained elusive. In late 2020, however, the company announced “Project Monarch” which seeks to create a new email/calendar client that will finally accomplish the company’s long-stated […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News
Blog Millions Of Windows 7 Users Remain Despite Support Ending January 4, 2021 by Vertical Axion One year ago, Microsoft officially ended support for the venerable Windows 7 operating system. No new security patches have been issued, which means that anyone running a Windows 7 machine at this point is taking a tremendous security risk. That is especially true if that machine is connected to a corporate network. It would be […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog AI Will Help Lower Background Noise In Microsoft Teams December 28, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you working from home right now? If so, you’ve got plenty of company. Since the pandemic began, tens of millions of American workers have started doing exactly that, but there’s a problem. While working from home has its upsides, it also tends to be a bit noisier, especially if you have children, neighbors, or […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Technology News
Blog Older Free Versions Of WinZip May Have Security Vulnerabilities December 24, 2020 by Vertical Axion Hackers have found yet another possible inroad they can use to infect the machines of unsuspecting users. This time, they’re infecting older versions of WinZip. If there’s one utility that’s nearly as ubiquitous as Adobe’s Acrobat Reader, it would probably be WinZip. In the 30+ years since its initial release, the handy tool has seen […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Increased Speed Coming To Microsoft Edge With New Feature December 23, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft has really struggled in recent years to make a browser that could compete with the most popular offerings on the market today. Internet Explorer was the early standard, but was quickly eclipsed, and slowly fell into obscurity. The company’s second attempt, Edge, was short-lived and never had time to fully mature before the company […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Microsoft Edge Recent News Technology News
Blog Adrozek Is A New Malware Strain With Big Plans December 21, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft recently issued a warning about an ongoing malware campaign they discovered. It seeks to install a new browser hijacking, credential stealing malware strain called Adrozek onto as many PCs as possible. Based on Microsoft’s analysis of the campaign, at its peak, it was able to infect more than 30,000 devices every single day. Microsoft […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Security Technology News
Blog Microsoft Teams Has Added Several New Features December 19, 2020 by Vertical Axion Since the start of the pandemic, Microsoft has been working at a furious pace to add new features to Teams. It has become one of the company’s most widely used services, allowing remote employees to communicate seamlessly with each other. Continuing that trend, the Redmond giant has recently added yet more new features, including a […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News
Blog Microsoft Asks Customers To Replace Internet Explorer With Edge Browser December 18, 2020 by Vertical Axion Internet Explorer is proving to be a very difficult web browser to kill, and it’s not for lack of trying on Microsoft’s part. Back in August of this year (2020), the company mapped out a path to the end of life for Explorer. That included ending Microsoft Teams support of the browser by November 30, […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Microsoft Edge Recent News Technology News
