Internet Explorer has been a source of chagrin to many Web developers over the years due to less-than-perfect W3C standards support. This problem was pervasive with Internet Explorer 6, considering how badly the aging 2001-era browser renders modern CSS-driven layouts.
- By Will Kraft
- December 21, 2007
Automated workaround replaces manual Windows Registry reset, which elicits mixed response from security experts.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 21, 2007
Just when you thought life couldn't get any riskier for Web app developers, a new species of malicious code is poised to begin oozing onto our networks. Dubbed "Trojans 2.0" by Web security vendor Finjan, this new Web-borne threat leverages Web 2.0 technology -- RSS feeds, social networks, blogs and mashups -- to provide crackers with easy and scalable command-and-control schemes.
- By John K. Waters
- December 20, 2007
Sanbolic bolsters Microsoft's virtualization game plan with Melio clustered file system and LaScala Volume Manager.
- By Barbara Darrow
- December 20, 2007
With hundreds of millions of lines of code contained in Web browser applications, even the most informed and seasoned developers are bound to overlook a couple of things.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 19, 2007
The rise of virtual machines may prove to be somewhat of a nightmare for entrenched purveyors of closed operating systems, but it may become a boon for independent software vendors (ISVs) and end users -- so a recent Yankee Group report suggests.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 19, 2007
Harold Decker usually installs Microsoft's security patches the day after the release, one Wednesday a month with no fanfare.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 18, 2007
Microsoft CRM 4.0 should be hitting the shelves -- virtual or otherwise -- by year’s end.
- By Barbara Darrow
- December 18, 2007
Just moments after Microsoft rolled out its last seven patches of 2007, security experts were prognosticating all over cyberspace, mainly pointing out the overwhelming number of fixes related to the Vista operating system in the December release alone.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 14, 2007
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it has acquired a United Kingdom online mapping company to enhance its existing Windows Live Web-based services.
- By The Associated Press
- December 13, 2007
Browser maker Opera Software has cried foul, charging Microsoft with antitrust behavior in a complaint to the European Commission.
- By Barbara Darrow
- December 13, 2007
Those who were denied the opportunity to get the Release Candidate (RC) for the first service pack for Windows Vista last week now have their opportunity, as it's now available for public download.
- By Keith Ward
- December 13, 2007
Santa's not due for awhile yet, but for those waiting on Microsoft's next version of its highly-anticipated virtualization product, it's Christmas day.
- By Keith Ward
- December 13, 2007
Exploits continue to dog Microsoft programs and applications, as a government agency announced this week that a bug is in the wild that takes advantage of a flaw in Microsoft's Access Database.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 13, 2007
LinkedIn, the business-centric social networking site, this week talked more about opening up its "platform" to select partners
- By Barbara Darrow
- December 12, 2007