Gregg Keizer
Senior Reporter
Gregg Keizer covers Windows, Office, Apple/enterprise, web browsers, and web apps for Computerworld.
Microsoft confirms Windows 10X's demise, quickly teases 'significant update' to Windows 10
Windows 10X is officially out. So what's coming next for Windows 10? At this week's Build event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella teased serious updates "very soon."
Microsoft sets IE's date with death — kind of
The company plans to retire Internet Explorer 11 next year, putting it on the path to a long, slow lingering death as the company fully embraces Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft releases Windows 10 21H1 as another minor OS refresh
The year's first feature upgrade for Windows 10 arrived this week with little fanfare, largely because it offers little new functionality because Microsoft has abandoned its major-minor release cadence.
Firefox previews site-isolation tech in move to catch up to Chrome
'Project Fission' is part of a long-term effort by Mozilla to harden Firefox's defenses by isolating malicious sites and components.
Microsoft nixes Windows 10X
Windows 10X was expected to launch in the spring of 2021 in place of the year's first-half Windows 10 feature upgrade. Didn't happen.
Microsoft, Mozilla plan new upgrade tactics for Edge, Firefox
Edge users in IT-managed environments will continue to get all updates via established IT-directed channels. Meanwhile, Mozilla is rolling out a new background update process for its browser.
Microsoft previews new Windows servicing APIs for enterprises
Microsoft has launched a public preview of the APIs IT admins can use to control Windows Update for Business Deployment Service — part of the company's efforts to push commercial customers toward cloud-only servicing for Windows 10.
FAQ: What's Microsoft done to perpetual Office now?
Microsoft plans to continue to offer a "perpetual" version of Office for enterprises, with the latest in that line due out later this year. So just what is Office LTSC, and what's it mean for enterprises?
Microsoft previews perpetual license Office LTSC to enterprises
Microsoft has released to corporate customers a preview of its next pay-once, perpetual license version of Office: the tongue-twistingly named Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021.
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.