Microsoft issued a security advisory this week about the Flame virus, which is using unauthentic certificates from the company to trick antivirus programs.
The "release preview" of Windows 8 and the "release candidate" of Windows Server 2012 were made available for download today by Microsoft.
Despite the release of the Windows 8 release candidate, Microsoft may face an uphill battle in convincing the vast majority of enterprise developers to test it -- at least initially.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/31/2012
Is running an older OS really more expensive than migrating to a new version?
According to a survey of approximately 1,400 IT pros, 20.7 percent said they were "very interested" and 40.2 percent were "somewhat interested" in Windows 8 for their companies.
Microsoft last week pointed to an IDC study it commissioned suggesting that organizations can save money by moving from Windows XP to Windows 7.
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, predicted on Tuesday that 500 million users will have Windows 8 devices by the end of next year.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/23/2012
Users of Windows 8 will experience a different way of accessing their PC's boot options, which Microsoft described on Tuesday.
If you are running Vista SP1, you may be in danger.
Most IT pros have thought about moving away from the venerable Windows XP operating system, but the ones that haven't are "really, really late," according to Gartner Inc.
Microsoft on Thursday released the latest version of its toolkit for deploying Windows systems and applications.
A beta of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit version 7.0 was released last week.
Microsoft today released its latest anti-exploit tool that's designed to add security for various software programs running on Windows systems.
Microsoft explained this week that it has updated its venerable CHKDSK utility for Windows 8.
An attorney at Mozilla suggested on Wednesday that Microsoft may be moving into antitrust territory by effectually restricting browser choice on Windows RT.