Approximately 75,000 computer systems at roughly 2,500 organizations worldwide have been caught in a global scheme to steal data.
Microsoft defended its BitLocker data encryption tool last week after a hack was demonstrated that might affect it.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/19/2010
Microsoft and Yahoo got approvals from U.S. and European regulators to proceed with their search-advertising business deal.
Dell last week announced plans to acquire systems management solution provider Kace for an undisclosed amount.
- By Herb Torrens
- 02/18/2010
Microsoft confirmed that rootkit malware is causing "blue screens of death" for some users who applied a Windows security patch.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/18/2010
A new study describes the top 25 programming errors that can open up security holes in software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/18/2010
Microsoft plans to talk about Internet Explorer 9 at its MIX 10 event for Web developers next month.
Testers are finding a few rough edges in the penultimate pre-release of Microsoft's flagship IDE.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/17/2010
Microsoft on Wednesday released a beta of Outlook Social Connector, which lets users view the activities of their LinkedIn contacts within their Outlook inbox.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/17/2010
Microsoft on Friday announced when it will release new service packs for two of its SQL Server products.
Microsoft changed its product naming scheme for its embedded operating system family, taking a cue from its Windows 7 desktop OS.
The PendMoves and MoveFile tools prove to be just what this reader needs to move files that are always in use.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 02/16/2010
Plus: browsers are a prime target in the "hacker Olympics"; the government simulates a cyberattack via "Shockwave."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/16/2010
Microsoft plans to release an update for Windows 7 today to counter software piracy.
- By Anne Watkins
- 02/16/2010
Microsoft on Thursday announced fixes for its Outlook 2010 beta to address an e-mail message bloat problem.
Redmond is once again looking into chatter about Microsoft security patches causing "screens of death."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/12/2010
SAP announced last week that its enterprise infrastructure software is now supported by Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Microsoft's controversial "ribbon" user interface will be coming to the Apple Macintosh platform when Office for Mac 2011 arrives sometime this year.
- By Herb Torrens
- 02/11/2010
Microsoft on Tuesday warned of a "vulnerability" associated with two protocols commonly used to establish secure client-server communications.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/10/2010
IT shops using Active Directory rights management services will need to install an update before Feb. 22, according to Microsoft.