Windows Server 2025 comes with great developments like Hotpatching for everyone, next-generation Active Directory and SMB, Mission Critical Data & Storage, Hyper-V & AI, etc. To get these features and ...

Microsoft will soon be blocking external links to blocked file types in Excel. This is part of a broader effort to reduce or disable exploits that have previously been used to infect users with ...

Microsoft has announced that it will start disabling external workbook links to blocked file types by default between October 2025 and July 2026. After the rollout ...

Microsoft has issued an alert about “active attacks” on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents within organizations, and recommended security updates that ...

IRS Direct File getting released as free software is a big win for free software advocates Your letters to the IRS helped push the needle. When we called on free software advocates in late March to ...

Direct File was launched as a pilot program in 2024. It allowed eligible taxpayers in a limited number of states to file their federal returns directly with the IRS at no cost. The program was ...

Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration, but the code that made the service possible will ...

The House Republicans’ 2025 budget package includes a clause requiring the Treasury Department to end the Direct File program “as soon as practicable,” but no later than 30 days after the bill is ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...