Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached its second release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

I grew up in Baltimore and played lacrosse at Baltimore City College and Johns Hopkins University in the 1960s. Our season started with practices in late February and games from mid-March to mid-May.

Baseball season is around the corner. The Orioles this week report for spring training, beginning a season with high hopes after they signed Pete Alonso to a massive free agent contract and traded for ...

You may be bundled up right now, but spring is just around the corner. The astronomical first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere is marked by the spring equinox, which lands on March 20, ...

Microsoft has begun rolling out updated Secure Boot certificates through monthly Windows updates to replace the original 2011 certificates that will expire in late June 2026. Introduced in 2011, ...

The boot issue, which Microsoft previously investigated and linked to failed December 2025 updates, affected a limited number of commercial Windows 11 devices running versions 25H2 and 24H2.

In brief: Secure Boot was originally introduced with Windows 8 as a firmware-based security feature designed to protect the OS from potentially malicious boot code. After more than 15 years, the ...

Devices that don’t receive new Secure Boot certificates may miss out on future security updates. Devices that don’t receive new Secure Boot certificates may miss out on future security updates. is a ...

The spring equinox will happen soon. There are two types of spring - astronomical spring, and meteorological spring. This winter has been cold, but not one of the coldest in Massachusetts history. If ...

Windows 8 is remembered most for its oddball touchscreen-focused full-screen Start menu, but it also introduced a number of under-the-hood enhancements to Windows. One of those was UEFI Secure Boot, a ...

With the arrival of spring comes some of the year's best offerings. There's the return of sunshine, warm weather, flowers, baseball and a host of other seasonal delights. If the equinox has put a ...