Microsoft Corp. is now selling its wares directly to consumers.
A security research firm has found multiple flaws in Web server software from Sun Microsystems that would collectively allow attackers to log on, gain root access, peruse and delete files, and execute malicious commands.
- By Joab Jackson
- 06/04/2008
A Microsoft executive said today that Microsoft may be considering rebranding its Live search engine brand.
Paying for word processing software may soon be a thing of past if Microsoft competitors Adobe, Google and IBM have any say.
An investigation launched Tuesday into the possible compromise of about 1,000 patient records at Walter Reed Army Medical Center serves as a stern reminder of how dangerous peer-to-peer and other social networking applications can be, security experts warn.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/03/2008
Court documents released this week in a shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo assert that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang's "hubris" and "deep hostility" against Microsoft are to blame for the Microsoft deal falling apart, and that Yahoo's board members should be held personally accountable for the failed deal.
A majority of North American IT chiefs view theft from within as a much greater threat than theft from without, according to a new survey from Secure Computing Corp., an enterprise gateway security provider.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 06/03/2008
Microsoft's founder and chairman kicked off Tech-Ed with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back, as well as provided a glimpse into the future.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/03/2008
Microsoft continued to investigate what it called public reports of a remote code execution threat for XP and Vista when Apple's Safari Web browser is installed.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/02/2008
There was a lot of head scratching at this year's MySQL Conference and Expo when Microsoft was singled out for its contributions to open source development.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/02/2008
The Lone Star State's largest city offers plenty of extracurricular activities for attendees at this year's Worldwide Partner Conference.
- By Lee Pender and RCP Staff
- 06/01/2008
Redmond is discontinuing its update blocker tool function for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 users, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/29/2008
Microsoft yesterday issued a public preview of Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 RC0.
Symantec officials described a workaround to a problem that has affected some users upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 3 who also use Symantec's security solutions.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/29/2008
When you have most of the marbles, it never hurts to have a few more.
Microsoft late last week launched a revamped iteration of its highly trafficked resource sites for developers and IT professionals.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/29/2008
With California facing a $16 billion budget deficit, representatives are looking for new ways to make up for the shortfall.
Sometime this summer, Microsoft plans to roll out Service Pack 1 for Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 according to a recent team blog announcement.
A touch user interface turned out to be the big surprise in Windows 7, the latest operating system being developed by Microsoft.
Last week, an open source variant of AtMail's commercial Webmail offering was released to the public.