Microsoft issued an update today that enables Lync for Mac 2011 to connect to Office 365.
Yahoo may be under acquisition consideration again by Microsoft, despite a recent joke by CEO Steve Ballmer.
Microsoft reported upbeat financial results from its fiscal 2012 first quarter today.
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A Trojan apparently being used to gather information for a future Stuxnet-style attack, was found in European industrial systems, according to Symantec.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 10/20/2011
Microsoft announced today that the "Mango" Windows Phone 7.5 update is now being delivered to most subscribers.
According to a newly released security advisory report out of Georgia Tech, attacks against smartphone applications and browsers will continue to rise as the adoption of tablets and smartphones increase.
Google's contract to provide the city of Los Angeles with cloud-based applications faces completion issues after nearly two years.
Oracle today said it has agreed to acquire Endeca Technologies Inc., a provider of software called MDEX Engine that allows users to gather and analyze unstructured data.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/18/2011
Microsoft today launched the second generation of its Windows Intune-hosted PC management service.
Microsoft can't stop talking about its checkerboard-like Start Screen design in Windows 8.
The Homeland Security and Commerce departments are evaluating a list of possible voluntary industry standards that may be implemented to combat malicious networks of compromised computers controlled by online criminals.
- By William Jackson
- 10/14/2011
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The clouds came out on Day 2 of the SQL PASS Summit with Microsoft announcing a new SQL Azure release and new features to come.
New security evasion techniques can be used to get through firewalls, researchers contend.
- By William Jackson
- 10/12/2011
U.S. and Canadian users of Research in Motion's (RIM) smartphone devices reported experiencing outages of e-mail, Internet and messaging services today.
Microsoft inched even closer to Hadoop at the PASS Summit 2011, held in Seattle this week, and announced a few product name changes along the way.
Microsoft today released its October Security Bulletin, which includes eight bulletins that address 23 vulnerabilities -- with two bulletins labeled "critical" and six "important."
Microsoft indicated this month that it will no longer make standalone Zune hardware devices.
Zero-day software vulnerabilities may be alarming, but a new report from Microsoft sees them as not the biggest risk for organizations and PC users.