A setting in Internet Explorer 7 running on Windows Vista can help stave off a particular remote code execution attack, according to Microsoft's security team.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- June 11, 2009
Worldwide shipments of portable PCs surpassed desktop PCs in the first quarter of this year, marking the first time it has occurred, according to an IDC report announced on Thursday.
- By Herb Torrens
- June 11, 2009
AirTight, a provider of Wi-Fi security services, recently scanned 3,632 access points and nearly 550 clients in different financial centers and found that half of them were either open -- unprotected -- or used Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- June 11, 2009
Microsoft executive Bill Koefoed answered some questions about the software giant's business prospects on Wednesday at an investment firm-sponsored technology conference.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2009
Google just made it easier for IT organizations to ditch Microsoft Exchange Server.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2009
Cost-cutting IT organizations may delay Microsoft Office upgrades, but they don't appear to be switching to alternative productivity suites, according to a Forrester survey.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 09, 2009
It only took six months for Microsoft to break its own record for addressing the most vulnerabilities in a single patch.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- June 09, 2009
The release candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available for public testing, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2009
Microsoft's Bill Veghte spoke at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference on Monday, providing a general overview of the Windows 7 business plan.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2009
A leaked memo from consumer retailer Best Buy has disclosed the start date for Microsoft's incentive program for Windows sales -- June 26.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 05, 2009
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a program for its U.S. partners working with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 called "Project for Workgroups."
- By Herb Torrens
- June 05, 2009
June may prove to be a busy month for IT pros, with Microsoft planning to release 10 fixes in its next security patch.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- June 05, 2009
At the Computex event in Taiwan this week, Microsoft presented its vision of a mobile computing world that will include "consumer Internet devices" alongside netbooks.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 05, 2009
Microsoft and Intel on Wednesday touted the ability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM to expand to meet multiple user needs when powered by Intel's Xeon 5500 processor.
- By Herb Torrens
- June 03, 2009
Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will be generally available on Oct. 22, 2009.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2009
A recent study from Gartner Inc. suggests that in some cases SOA adopters might be service-enabling chiefly for the sake of service-enabling.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- June 02, 2009
Microsoft changed course on its product marketing plans for the Windows 7 Starter edition and removed a restriction that critics said would have artificially "crippled" the operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 01, 2009
Microsoft executive Tami Reller fielded questions about the company's Windows business segment on Thursday in New York City.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 29, 2009
Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday describing a newly disclosed bug in Microsoft DirectShow that could enable remote code execution attacks.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- May 29, 2009
Gartner revised its "worst-case scenario" forecast for the semiconductor industry due to an upswing in PC shipments, according to an announcement issued by the analyst firm on Thursday.
- By Herb Torrens
- May 29, 2009