The return of "Clippy", Microsoft's much-loathed dancing paperclip Operation "ShadowHammer" which reports say compromised ASUS (... but did it?) The ransomware attack on Norsk Hydro aluminum The surprise renaming of Windows Defender A severe bug revealed in the most popular PDF generating PHP library An early look at Microsoft's forthcoming Chromium-based web browser Hope for preventing caller ID spoofing A needed update for users of PuTTY Mozilla's decision to conditionally rely upon Windows' root store Microsoft to offer virtual Windows 7 and 10 desktops through Azure Details of the Windows 7 End of Life warnign dialog