In what was perhaps the busiest week of the year so far, you can find out more about Google’s antics to bash Microsoft, Defender continuing to perform admirably in evaluations, and default browsers.
We are at the end of yet another week, so it’s worth recapping everything that went on in the world of Microsoft in the past few days. This was a very, very busy week with lots of news about browsers, continued impressive performance from Defender, and a disappointing offensive move from Google. Find out all the details about this and more in our weekly digest for March 26 – April 1! Out of nowhere, Google went on the offensive this week to criticize the use of Microsoft software and services in private and government organizations. It implied that these institutes are primarily using legacy software which makes them a ticking time bomb in the cybersecurity space and that the only reason that they are not switching to other vendors – preferably Google – is because of the natural resistance to change. Google made all of these claims while citing the results of a survey that it commissioned itself. The survey interviewed 2,600 U.S. workers across different domains. The majority of the respondents claimed that the use of Microsoft tech makes their organization vulnerable to cybersecurity incidents while almost half also stated that there are other non-Microsoft products which would allow them to be more productive at work. Interestingly, this survey doesn’t go into details about why the respondents have these stances. In a response, Microsoft has stated that it is disappointed but not surprised at Google’s antics. However, it brushed off the claims on a sassy note saying that it will continue supporting customers with its „best software and security services“. You can find out more details about Google’s marketing fluff / hit piece survey here. This was a super-busy week when it came to news related to browsers. Most importantly, Microsoft is finally making it a bit easier to change the default browser in Windows 11. Rather than manually changing the association for every extension, you can use a single button to set associations to your preferred browser for major file types and extensions.
