Amazon has launched the beta for Spot Instances, which lets developers and customers bid for unused capacity on Amazon's EC2 service.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/14/2009
While social networking has opened new possibilities for communicating over the Internet, it also gives hackers more vectors through which to attack.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/11/2009
The telecom industry has joined the effort to forge interoperability among cloud providers by forming a consortium backed by some key cloud providers, including Microsoft and IBM.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/10/2009
Microsoft recently declared a Consumer Action Day, marking the occasion by detailing some of the latest steps and statistics in its ongoing anti-piracy campaign.
- By Scott Bekker
- 12/10/2009
A Microsoft corporate vice president talked about the company's business prospects, including competition with Google, at a Barclays event on Tuesday.
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- By Jeffery Hicks
- 12/08/2009
The security community needs to address issues that have been neglected in the past few years, according to security experts at the Government Technology Research Alliance Council.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 12/08/2009
Plus: Patch Tuesday fixes IE zero-day flaw; third party takes up XP's cause.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/08/2009
If recent market research is any indication, computing in the clouds could achieve a breakthrough of sorts in 2010.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 12/08/2009
As expected, the last Windows Security Update of 2009 will include six security bulletins -- three dubbed "critical" and three labeled "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/08/2009
Microsoft on Monday released betas of two new tools to help IT organizations with Office 2010 migrations.
Microsoft is warning that the extended support phase will end next year for some of its older Windows operating systems.
As Congress debates legislation to improve cybersecurity, one idea that has gained traction is the development of a national certification program for security professionals.
- By Daniel Castro
- 12/07/2009
Microsoft and Yahoo have finalized the legal details of their proposed search-advertising deal.
There's no rest for the weary, as Microsoft is planning to release six security bulletins for this coming Patch Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/04/2009
Security firm Prevx apologized for suggesting that Microsoft's November security patch might cause "black screens" in Windows-based machines.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/04/2009
Intel pushed the outer limits of computing by unveiling a new experimental processor it described as a "single-chip cloud computer."
- By Herb Torrens
- 12/04/2009
Microsoft plans to update Exchange Server 2007 by issuing a new service pack late next year, enabling the mail server to run on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Microsoft announced enhancements to its Bing Internet search service on Wednesday, including a new Bing Maps beta.
Security is an economic issue that the government needs to address by providing economic incentives to organizations rather than issuing regulatory mandates.
- By William Jackson
- 12/03/2009