As Adobe Systems applications face increasing security threats, Microsoft is stepping up to lend a helping hand.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 22, 2010
Microsoft this week released a beta of its latest client protection software for organizations and enterprises.
- By Herb Torrens
- July 22, 2010
Dell is warning many of its customers of potential malware embedded in a set of server motherboards.
- By Chris Paoli
- July 22, 2010
Microsoft on Tuesday added an automated means to address a zero-day Windows Shell vulnerability described in a security advisory released late last week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 21, 2010
Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be released "within the first half of calendar year 2011," Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 21, 2010
According to a recent study, administrators in Windows environments are still doing much of their administrative legwork the old-fashioned way: by hand.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- July 20, 2010
Dell Kace today rolled out a free browser virtualization solution that can help protect against Web threats.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 20, 2010
Microsoft's Windows Phone engineering team announced yesterday that Windows Phone 7 Series has reached the technical preview stage.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2010
Microsoft's decision last week to offer Gold and Silver tiers to its new partner network has done little to console those who will effectively be demoted due to new certification requirements of the new program.
- By Scott Bekker, Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 19, 2010
Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday about a Windows vulnerability associated with shortcut icons on USB drives.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2010
The majority of Internet security threats come from unpatched vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat/Reader and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 16, 2010
DARPA's top crowdsourcing guru is stepping down from his post to join Microsoft, reports Wired.com's Danger Room blog. Peter Lee, head of the agency's Transformational Convergence Technology Office, served only one year with the government.
- By Henry Kenyon
- July 16, 2010
Microsoft last week released the next version of a free tool that provides upgrade advice for those using the company's flagship software products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 15, 2010
GFI Software on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Clearwater, Fla.-based Sunbelt Software, a maker of Windows security products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 15, 2010
Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2010
Microsoft has extended Windows 7 downgrade rights for those buying new PCs from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2010
Microsoft, as expected, released four fixes in its July security update. Three are rated "critical" and one is deemed "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 13, 2010
Microsoft's partners should get onboard with Microsoft's business shift to the cloud or be left behind.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 13, 2010
Microsoft today announced the beta release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 12, 2010
Ulises Aguilar Nahle began his six-month term as president of the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 12, 2010