Oops! A Microsoft Patch Bricks Computers...And Other Small Business Tech News This Week

A computer processor is pictured on January 5, 2018 in Paris. As tech giants race against the clock to fix major security flaws in microprocessors, many users are wondering what lurks behind unsettling names like 'Spectre' or 'Meltdown' and what can be done about this latest IT scare. / AFP PHOTO / Thomas SAMSON (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

 1 — Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security flaws found, and Microsoft says chip fix may significantly slow some computers

Some of Intel Corp’s data center customers, who have thousands of computers running cloud networks, may start using its competitors’ microchips to build new infrastructure after the discovery of the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws affecting most chips. Meanwhile, Microsoft gave its first assessment of the global problem, saying Intel downplayed the fact that the fixes for the security flaws in most processors may significantly slow down certain servers and harm the performance of some PCs.  (Source: Fox Business and Bloomberg)

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2— In a related story…Microsoft pauses patches for AMD devices after bricking people’s computers.

Microsoft suspended the release of its patches for the Meltdown and Spectre bugs after the patches apparently bricked computers that were running older AMD processors. After installing Microsoft’s fix for the chipset vulnerabilities, certain customers discovered that their PCs wouldn’t boot. Microsoft says this problem was due to AMD’s shoddy, unreliable documentation. (Source: The Next Web)

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A computer processor is pictured on January 5, 2018 in Paris. As tech giants race against the clock to fix major security flaws in microprocessors, many users are wondering what lurks behind unsettling names like 'Spectre' or 'Meltdown' and what can be done about this latest IT scare. / AFP PHOTO / Thomas SAMSON (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

 1 — Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security flaws found, and Microsoft says chip fix may significantly slow some computers

Some of Intel Corp’s data center customers, who have thousands of computers running cloud networks, may start using its competitors’ microchips to build new infrastructure after the discovery of the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws affecting most chips. Meanwhile, Microsoft gave its first assessment of the global problem, saying Intel downplayed the fact that the fixes for the security flaws in most processors may significantly slow down certain servers and harm the performance of some PCs.  (Source: Fox Business and Bloomberg)

I’ll address this importance below.

2— In a related story…Microsoft pauses patches for AMD devices after bricking people’s computers.

Microsoft suspended the release of its patches for the Meltdown and Spectre bugs after the patches apparently bricked computers that were running older AMD processors. After installing Microsoft’s fix for the chipset vulnerabilities, certain customers discovered that their PCs wouldn’t boot. Microsoft says this problem was due to AMD’s shoddy, unreliable documentation. (Source: The Next Web)

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