Plus: Patch Tuesday fixes IE zero-day flaw; third party takes up XP's cause.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/08/2009
As expected, the last Windows Security Update of 2009 will include six security bulletins -- three dubbed "critical" and three labeled "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/08/2009
Microsoft and Yahoo have finalized the legal details of their proposed search-advertising deal.
There's no rest for the weary, as Microsoft is planning to release six security bulletins for this coming Patch Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/04/2009
Microsoft announced enhancements to its Bing Internet search service on Wednesday, including a new Bing Maps beta.
A Microsoft executive fielded questions about the company's Internet search-advertising business at Credit Suisse's Technology Conference on Tuesday.
Microsoft's new search engine has the consumer goods, but does it do enough for loyal enterprise customers?
- By David Barney
- 12/01/2009
Many malware episodes begin innocently enough.
- By Joern Wettern
- 12/01/2009
A new zero-day Internet Explorer bug awaits IT pros returning from the holiday break.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/30/2009
Plus: Microsoft patches can result in black screens; when pandas attack.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/30/2009
Google's cloud platform will take center stage in L.A. after Microsoft's old-school pitch fails audition.
We speak with Stefan Weitz, director of search at Microsoft, to find out where Bing came from, what it does and where it's going.
- By David Barney
- 11/29/2009
Google, Microsoft and Amazon pitched their respective cloud offerings during the keynote panel session at Interop New York Thursday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/20/2009
Google's previously under-wraps operating system is now available to developers as open source code, the company announced on Thursday.
Google has fixed bugs in Google Chrome Frame, including one that Microsoft called out as a security problem.
Systems with proper security and network controls can withstand about 80 percent of known cyberattacks, said a senior National Security Agency official.
A year ago, at the 2008 Professional Developers Conference, Steven Sinofsky earned plaudits when he offered a mea culpa for the mess left by Vista.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/18/2009
Plus: hackers try to bypass Windows 7's WAT; Internet Explorer attack can hurt the kernel.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/17/2009
DNSSEC adoption is accelerating, but this good news is offset by the growing number of unmanaged embedded name servers.
- By William Jackson
- 11/16/2009
Microsoft and Sophos are at it again, this time arguing about Windows 7's user account control feature.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/13/2009