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Microsoft Excel causes problems in genetic research. That’s the claim of three researchers from an Australian institute, who discovered almost 20% of data sets contained errors introduced by Excel. The problem is Excel being “clever”—guessing the type of data it’s being asked to import. Unfortunately…

Microsoft Windows 10 comes under fire for privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation last week reopened the case against Redmond’s telemetry and personalization efforts. Despite acknowledging previous press stories were wildly incorrect, EFF paralegal staffer Amul Kalia argues his case with sincere passion…

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including more builds of Redstone, Anniversary woes, the best tech support, cameras breaking and a huge change to updates.

Microsoft to change how older Windows versions get patches. For better or worse, it’ll be more like the Windows 10 way. Next Patch Tuesday, prepare for a single rollup patch. This means you won’t be able to pick and choose the patches that work for you. And that’s good, because… um, reasons.

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including the first Redstone 2 build, playing with OneClip, and those mysterious cloud files are making progress.

Aidan explains a bit of the history of how System Center Advisor (SCA) has evolved into Azure Log Analytics (OMS). Microsoft is rapidly adding solutions to Log Analytics (OMS) so it can eventually replace SCOM.

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including now more feature releases this year, cutting features from Windows 10 Pro, Anniversary update and Xbox One S release.

Because I still dream in French, this edition of Short Takes focuses on Apple’s and Microsoft’s new emojis, Nadella’s cloud confirmation, Microsoft is helping ex-employees in Finland find jobs, all kinds of bug bounties, and more.

Microsoft has indicated that there will be no more feature updates to WIndows 10 in 2016 and that two updates are coming in 2017; one release is likely tied to a hardware refresh.

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including my trip to campus, layoffs, Simplo batteries, and a final reminder.

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including hitting RTM, OneWeek, Billions, Office upgrades and a bit of travel next week.

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including the road to release, WPC announcements, Windows as a Service, build signoffs, and a lot more.