The group Anonymous took credit for the attack against the Boston Police Department public outreach blog site BPDnews.com.
- By William Jackson
- 02/03/2012
A U.S. program that aims to assure greater identity trust in online transactions has received some research and development funding.
- By William Jackson
- 02/03/2012
Members of the OpenStack community appear unimpressed by Microsoft's attempts to ensure the interoperability of its Hyper-V hypervisor.
Windows Phone 8, code-named "Apollo," will integrate the phone with the core Windows 8 OS and restore enterprise-focused features to Microsoft's smartphone platform.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/02/2012
Windows XP increased its market share by 0.67 percent in the month of January.
Microsoft is cutting marketing positions, according to a statement from the company.
Microsoft this week confirmed a legal setback for Barnes & Noble in an intellectual property dispute associated with Android use.
Microsoft's motion-sensor peripheral for the Xbox 360 is now available for Windows-based PCs.
Targeted cyber crime threats are a growing concern of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to officials testifying at a Senate hearing this week.
Microsoft this month described a test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud.
Microsoft released a new free tool on Monday that helps IT pros find .PST files created using Microsoft Exchange.
Business smartphone maker Research In Motion has rolled out its cloud-based service for BlackBerry devices that works with the Microsoft Office 365 suite of services.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/30/2012
Microsoft is beginning to ramp up its next-generation productivity suite, code-named "Office 15," which has reached the technical preview stage.
Fifteen companies, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Facebook, have come together to form DMARC.org.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 01/30/2012
Microsoft rolled out its System Center Advisor service last week, which provides a best-practices check on server deployments.
Consultancy firm Directions on Microsoft has outlined expectations for Microsoft's product roadmap in 2012 and beyond.
Malware might have infected more than 5 million Android mobile devices via deliberately corrupted apps sold in the Android Marketplace, according to security firm Symantec.
According to Apple's Q1 earnings report, the company's iPhones, iPads and even Mac computers are making significant inroads in the enterprise.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/27/2012
Security firm Symantec is advising customers of its pcAnywhere to deactivate the remote desk software after individuals from the Anonymous hacker group allegedly stole the source code of the software.
The first set of guidelines for managing security and privacy issues in cloud computing has been finalized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 01/25/2012