Conficker is scheduled to update itself April 1. But analysts say the appears to be an upgrade of its defenses rather than a planned attack.
- By William Jackson
- April 01, 2009
Microsoft and TomTom settled a patent dispute late last month that rang alarm bells among the open source Linux community -- and it still does.
- By Jim Barthold
- April 01, 2009
As critics continue to question Microsoft's commitment to working with the open source community, a key Microsoft official last week argued the company has made significant progress while defending its right to enforce patents.
- By John K. Waters
- March 31, 2009
According to IT staffing specialist Robert Half Technology, a net 2 percent of CIOs anticipate adding IT staff in the coming quarter, compared to a net 8 percent increase in Q1.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 31, 2009
Microsoft announced an online service for IT pros that enables them to test incoming e-mail traffic to Microsoft Exchange Server.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 31, 2009
Security researchers say that unprecedented economic uncertainty is translating into unprecedented opportunity for purveyors of spam.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 31, 2009
Research firm's Channel Panel also reports continuing drop in confidence.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 30, 2009
The Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF) publicly launched its "Open Cloud Manifesto" on Monday, but the document, which advocates open standards and interoperability between cloud platforms, generated few sparks after a spokesperson indicated that the CCIF isn't vouching for it.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 30, 2009
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The Conficker frenzy continues as IT security pros prepare for April 1, when the worm is expected to take some action from infected systems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 30, 2009
Mozilla rolled out security updates for Firefox after the Web browser was hacked during a contest two weeks ago at a software security convention in Vancouver.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 30, 2009
Microsoft is providing specific guidance to ISVs preparing to make the jump to the Software as a Service model.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 30, 2009
More than a year after its first community technology preview was released, ASP.NET Model View Controller has finally shipped.
- By Michael Desmond
- March 30, 2009
Gold Certified Partner attempts to restructure debt load.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 30, 2009
Microsoft has devised a Windows Touch Logo Program for its hardware and software partners that are integrating products with Windows 7.
- By Herb Torrens
- March 27, 2009
Microsoft may be trying to send a message that the next release of Windows 7 will happen in May of this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2009
Microsoft's Windows Home Server got a boost with the release of Power Pack 2 (PP2), which became available to Microsoft Developer Network subscribers.
- By Herb Torrens
- March 26, 2009
Microsoft has tinkered with IE 8 and is now claiming a resolution to vulnerabilities amid a firestorm of chatter surrounding the browser's release last week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 26, 2009
A Microsoft official took umbrage on Thursday to an "open standards" initiative proposed by a coalition of cloud computing technology providers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 26, 2009
Since Microsoft's acquisition of Fast Search & Transfer last year, users have been keen to find out precisely what Microsoft plans to do with the company's search know-how.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 25, 2009