Windows IT pros can expect a really busy June if the advance notification for this month's security update is any indication.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/09/2011
Microsoft's arguments in an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court were rejected today by eight justices, ending a long-running patent infringement case won earlier in lower courts by Toronto-based i4i LLP.
Citigroup has confirmed that over 200,000 Citibank credit card users have had their names, e-mail addresses and account numbers stolen by hackers.
Microsoft on Monday acquired Pleasanton, Calif.-based Prodiance Corp., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in enterprise risk management solutions.
Microsoft announced today that its Windows Thin PC solution has reached its release-to-manufacturing milestone, with general availability expected on July 1.
The recent attack on Lockheed Martin, the defense contractor, was done with stolen data from RSA Security SucurID authentication token, the RSA confirmed.
- By William Jackson
- 06/07/2011
Fujitsu expects to begin offering commercial cloud services in August from its datacenter in Japan that uses Microsoft's Windows Azure platform.
The world will move to Internet Protocol version 6 for one day on Wednesday, June 8, but just a small percentage of Internet users might be adversely affected.
Spearphishing and malware attacks via mobile systems, particularly targeting the Android platform, are on the rise, according to a report from software security firm McAfee.
- By William Jackson
- 06/06/2011
Microsoft let it be known today that it is gaining ground in its lawsuit against Motorola over alleged patent infringements associated with the Android mobile operating system.
A schism between Oracle with its OpenOffice.org productivity suite and The Document Foundation with its similar LibreOffice development effort is apparently beginning to heal.
Microsoft took to Twitter this morning to announce Office 365, the successor to Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite with desktop productivity functionality added, will be available for all on June 28.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/03/2011
Microsoft this week announced two toolkit beta test releases for Windows-based deployment and migration planning.
Microsoft showed off its newest operating system, still code-named "Windows 8," at the D9 Conference on Wednesday evening.
According to Google, Jinan, China-based hackers accessed hundreds of users, including U.S. government officials, military personnel, journalists, Chinese political activists and officials of several Asian countries, most of them in South Korea.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 06/02/2011
According to NetMarketShare, a Web tracking and analytics service provided by Net Applications, Microsoft's latest version of Internet Explorer finished off May with 12.0 percent of the worldwide browser market.
I'm sensing a theme here.
Microsoft kicked off the keynote presentation at Computex in Taipei today, offering its hardware partners some reasons why they should stick around.
According to aggregate data collected by StatCounter, Microsoft's latest OS ended May with 33.22 percent of the market.
Microsoft may try to move its business customers more toward paying Software Assurance licensing fees in the near future, according to a report.