Microsoft confirmed "very limited, targeted" attacks on an open Word security flaw. The company is researching a patch.
- By Becky Nagel
- March 24, 2008
A calculation-error bug in Microsoft Office Excel 2003, which was acknowledged by Microsoft last Friday, has been resolved with a security update.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 21, 2008
Microsoft is on a buying spree, and its latest acquisition is rootkit security vendor Komoku.
- By Becky Nagel
- March 21, 2008
Citrix has become the latest entry into the increasingly-crowded field of embedded hypervisors.
- By Keith Ward
- March 20, 2008
A data security breach within Massachusetts grocery chain Hannaford Bros. on Monday not only led to 1,800 known cases of fraud but is also serving as debate fodder in the ongoing argument about data ownership and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 19, 2008
Microsoft, famous for its product delays, has taken a different approach with its latest virtualization offering: instead of multiple delays, it's pushing up delivery deadlines.
- By Keith Ward
- March 19, 2008
Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update. The company has also posted the upgrade to its download site.
- By Becky Nagel
- March 18, 2008
VMware has issued patches that will eliminate the vulnerabilities found last month, according to an announcement the company posted on some security news mailing lists today.
- By Joab Jackson
- March 18, 2008
Microsoft admitted on Friday that a patch it released last week is causing Excel 2003 to make some incorrect calculations.
- By Becky Nagel
- March 17, 2008
Sun Microsystems and the National Security Agency (NSA) announced last week that they are working together to develop new security tools for the OpenSolaris operating system.
- By Becky Nagel
- March 17, 2008
IT pros looking at solutions to the Microsoft Excel bug that popped up as part of last week's patch release said Monday that the cell calculation snafu plaguing Excel 2003 isn't so much a security issue as it is a pain in the neck for programmers and Windows application developers.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 17, 2008
Microsoft licensed two of Adobe's software products for use with smartphones that run Microsoft Windows Mobile operating systems, according to an announcement issued by Adobe today.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 17, 2008
According to numerous reports on the Web, Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows XP SP3 may both be released this week, possibly as soon as Tuesday.
- By Becky Nagel
- March 17, 2008
A Windows Home Server bug that's corrupting some users' data won't be fixed until June, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Becky Nagel
- March 13, 2008
SQL tools developer Idera now has a version of its SQL backup and recovery software that keeps Microsoft Dynamics data secured.
- By Michael Domingo
- March 13, 2008