Nine fraudulent digital certificates are circulating and could be in use by hackers, Microsoft warned yesterday.
In conjunction with federal law enforcement agencies, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced on Thursday that it had helped pulled the plug on the Rustock spybot network.
Microsoft pointed to install resources following the release of IE 9, which was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours.
Underscoring that cloud computing will be integral to its strategy moving forward, Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to launch a public cloud service, company CEO Leo Apotheker said Monday at the company's annual analyst meeting.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/15/2011
IT organizations struggling with upgrading their Internet Explorer 6-based Web apps may be interested in a new tool released today by Browsium Inc.
Microsoft's one-year effort developing Internet Explorer 9 is coming to fruition as it readies its browser release tonight.
Adobe has released a security advisory on a "critical" vulnerability in its Flash Player that could cause a system crash and allow for remote access by an attacker.
Microsoft plans to release Internet Explorer 9 on Monday, which will be the final product, or release-to-Web version, of the browser.
Competition surrounding video codec technologies is getting a second look by the U.S. Department of Justice and the California State Attorney General's office, according to a story published last week by The Wall Street Journal.
Microsoft wants to kill Internet Explorer 6, or at least squeeze down the use of its browser to one percent worldwide.
Microsoft's tracking protection approach used in its Web browser will be reviewed at the Worldwide Web Consortium.
Cisco is calling it quits on its cloud-based e-mail service that has been available for testing for the past year.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/23/2011
Google delivered a truckload of free Cr-48 laptops to Astoria High School in Astoria, Ore. earlier this month
From Codebook to XAX, here's five upcoming Microsoft technologies Mary-Jo Foley says to watch out for.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 02/11/2011
Microsoft today issued the release candidate (RC) version of its Internet Explorer 9 Web browser.
Patch Tuesday reminds us once again that hackers will always be a step ahead. Plus: Outlook issue to be fixed out of band; Intel's intentions with McAfee buy seem questionable.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/09/2011
Microsoft confirmed today that members of the Internet Explorer team will be in San Francisco for a news event this week, likely the launch of the release candidate (RC) version of Internet Explorer 9.
As expected, Microsoft today released 12 security bulletins in its February security update, targeting more than 20 software vulnerabilities.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/08/2011
On Feb. 3, 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that the last remaining Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) IP addresses had been allocated, although it may take a few months before the effects of this event trickle down to Internet users.
Microsoft outlined desktop virtualization tips late last week that IT pros and developers can use to test the compatibility of their Web sites on a single PC.