Gregg Keizer
Senior Reporter
Gregg Keizer covers Windows, Office, Apple/enterprise, web browsers and web apps for Computerworld.
What's in the latest Chrome update? Default to HTTPS, focused links
Chrome 90’s most interesting feature lets users create links to specific text on a web page. Behind the scenes, the release adds support for the AV1 codec for better-quality videoconferencing and defaults to encrypted site connections....
PC shipment gains continue as students, workers remain remote
Last year’s supply-chain disruptions and increased demand brought on by the pandemic both contributed to the sustained growth.
FAQ: Microsoft preps Windows Update for Business as go-to enterprise servicing tool
The changes, which would replace WSUS and are part of an effort by Microsoft to pull IT to the cloud, are due out by the end of June.
The Brave browser basics: what it does, how it differs from rivals
The web browser from Brave Software relies on an unusual business model: it strips out ads from websites, replaces them with its own ads, then allows users to send money to sites they like.
For Microsoft and Apple, a reprise of all-virtual dev conferences
While the pandemic in some ways may be easing, both companies are sticking with online-only events for developers this year.
Microsoft hands IT admins beefed-up Windows release health hub
The Windows release health dashboard, which the company previewed at its Ignite conference, details known issues and blockers affecting Windows 10.
Microsoft elevates Teams' importance by offering top-dollar bug bounties
The company has launched a new bug bounty program for Teams that offers as much as $30,000 to security researchers for previously-unknown vulnerabilities. It's a sign of the software's growing importance.
Microsoft urges enterprise to test Windows 10 21H1 as May launch looms
The has not yet announced a launch date for this year's Windows 10 update, the first feature upgrade of 2021.
Microsoft provides Exchange Server defensive tool to help SMBs stymie zero-day attacks
The one-click tool is intended as a stopgap measure to protect vulnerable on-premises Exchange servers, deployed mainly by small and midsize businesses.
Microsoft follows Google and Chrome, shifts Edge to four-week release pace
Because Microsoft hitched Edge to Chromium's wagon, it had little choice but to go along with a recent Google change to release timing.
Users condemn Microsoft for removing KB IDs from some bug documentation
The company moved away from the identifier in some Windows update release notes — it had been used for decades — and users remain angry.
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