Each version of Microsoft’s SQL Server comes with five years of full support, followed by five years of security-only updates. Here are five questions to ask before your next upgrade. 1. Should My ...

In 1985, the technology landscape was unrecognisable compared to today. Back then, the most important tool for PC users was a 5.25-inch floppy disk that stored just 360KB of data. When the 3.5-inch ...

Microsoft announced Friday that Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) will no longer be available in Windows Server releases after 2025. Windows Server 2025 will be the final release to include WINS ...

This special report marks the 40th anniversary of Microsoft Windows, which launched on November 20, 1985, and traces its four-decade journey from Windows 1.0 to the current AI-powered Windows 11. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Hot on the heels of the NSA publishing a “high-risk of ...

A new program at the University of Cambridge library in the UK is asking people to bring in their floppy disks so that any digital artifacts on them can be extracted. Among rediscovered files are ...

Do you have any old floppy disks still lying around in some neglected corner of your house? Do you even know what a floppy disk is? For the uninitiated, floppy disks became commercially available in ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs. Microsoft released 86 patches this week with updates for Office, Windows, and SQL Server ...

Today is Microsoft's September 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 81 flaws, including two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday also fixes nine "Critical ...