Last month researchers at online security company Finjan uncovered a 1.4 gigabyte cache of stolen data from North America, Europe, the Middle East and India on a Malaysian server that provided command and control functions for malware attacks in addition to being a drop site for data harvested from compromised computers.
- By William Jackson
- May 06, 2008
Microsoft said that users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 06, 2008
A Microsoft executive involved with the company's Windows Live efforts outlined some of the company's ideas about cloud-based computing and social networking technologies today.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 06, 2008
The plunge of Yahoo's stock happened as expected after Microsoft withdrew its takeover bid for the Web app company on Saturday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 05, 2008
Just two days after walking away from its $49.6 billion bid for Yahoo, the Times Online U.K. is reporting that Microsoft is meeting with Time Warner executives regarding a possible bid for America Online -- the very company Yahoo turned to in a possible attempt to stave off the takeover bid from Redmond.
- By Becky Nagel
- May 05, 2008
Citing a hefty price tag and other concerns, Microsoft this weekend officially scrapped its plans to acquire Yahoo.
- By David Nagel
- May 04, 2008
Shares of Microsoft closed just shy of 7 percent higher on Friday May 2 based on new speculation that Microsoft and Yahoo are now actively negotiating to seal a deal.
- By Ed Scannell
- May 02, 2008
According to a recent survey of 850 "enterprise software customers," Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) continues to be the most important enterprise software trend.
- By Becky Nagel
- May 01, 2008
Leaks from unnamed sources to The Wall Street Journal constitute the only "news" so far this week about Microsoft's unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 01, 2008
Research firm Gartner is predicting that the current economic downturn in the U.S. will mean more IT and development positions will go overseas.
- By Becky Nagel
- April 30, 2008
One of Microsoft's retail point-of-sale applications has an incompatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2008
Whoever becomes our next president will inherit a cyber infrastructure under almost constant attack and at greater risk than eight years ago, and a handful of experts and legislators have come together to ensure that cybersecurity has a high priority in his or her administration.
- By William Jackson
- April 29, 2008
The Response Point phone system takes center stage at Microsoft's annual online-only event for entrepreneurs.
- By Anne Stuart and RCP Staff
- April 29, 2008
Offering includes diskless servers, Ethernet switches and a SAN-all in one box.
- By Joanne Cummings
- April 29, 2008
Tim O'Reilly woke up his end-of-the-day audience when he took the stage at last week's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.
- By John K. Waters
- April 29, 2008
Tread carefully when working with Microsoft, especially where intellectual property comes into discussions.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 29, 2008
Betas debuted at this week's Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 29, 2008
According to a recent study from security and anti-virus specialist Sophos, servers in the U.S. and China host the lion's share of malware-infected Web sites. Meanwhile, Web attacks surged to an all-time high in the first quarter of this year, according to Sophos -- with no sign of dropping off any time soon.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 29, 2008
Microsoft's annual event for Dynamics partners and customers indicates that, after an awkward adolescence, its business-products line has grown up.
- By Lee Pender and RCP Staff
- April 29, 2008
According to market watcher Infonetics Research, both Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are tops, overall, in the UC space. In fact, buyers say that Cisco and Microsoft are their preferred Unified Messaging and Communicator suppliers.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 29, 2008