1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (602+ words) Two divisions of Switzerland's government are shifting from Microsoft 365 to open-source openDesk. Here's why. September 11, 2026, 2:57 pm ET Switzerland’s federal government is moving to create an open-source, digitally sovereign workplace for thousands of employees, while the Swiss Armed Forces’ Cyber Command…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (649+ words) The September Windows 11 update set a new patching record with almost 1,000 security flaws fixed. September 8, 2026, 4:52 pm ET With the September Patch Tuesday rollout, Microsoft is giving Windows 11 users a few reasons to update their systems. First up are improvements to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (530+ words) Claude users are being signed out of their accounts to stop a new malware campaign that is draining their AI usage. September 1, 2026, 2:30 pm ET Anthropic has alerted some Claude users to a new infostealing malware that takes control of their…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (566+ words) Tech > Services & Software > Operating Systems > Windows A new Windows 11 release is coming soon. Here's how you can try it out early. September 1, 2026, 1:15 pm ET Last week, Microsoft officially released its next Windows 11 feature update, version 26H2, to the Release Preview Channel....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (316+ words) Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google Windows 11 users who installed the September preview update are running into a bug that impacts the mouse. Released on August 27, the update is wiping out or modifying the personalized settings…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (837+ words) It's long been debated whether Linux needs antivirus protection. I tend to fall on the side of not needing it, but I rarely share files with Windows users. However, on those rare occasions when I have to share files with…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (904+ words) When I'm sitting at my desk connected to my home-office network, I can use any Remote Desktop client (including Microsoft's Windows App) to connect directly to any of those machines, physical or virtual. But when I'm out of the office,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (949+ words) Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ChromeOS is the operating system that powers Chromebooks. It's simple, it's useful, and it runs on machines that Windows would cripple. Having ChromeOS for standard PCs would mean that average…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (544+ words) According to a Bloomberg report, attributed to China's Ministry of State Security, the country has ordered some government agencies to drop Windows 10 China Government Edition for Chinese-made Linux distributions. Why not Windows 11? Because China, like many other non-US governments, no…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (419+ words) ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET's key takeawaysThere's finally a Linux distro that makes Arch and Hyprland easy.Mainstream OS is everything you need in a desktop.This distro is beautiful, useful, efficient, and…...