Microsoft moves to make worms less effective. Plus: RSA kicks off security conference season; Google to school IT pros on the perils of cross-site scripting; and the FBI weighs in on Conficker.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/28/2009
Service Pack 2 for the Microsoft Office 2007 product family is available for download at Microsoft Update.
PowerShell's New-Alias cmdlet makes quick work of running commands. Create new ones and share among your team.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/28/2009
Windows XP Mode, a feature designed to help small businesses migrate to Windows 7, will be available as a beta for download on April 30.
Microsoft provided a couple of Windows 7 tidbits on Friday, confirming the availability of Windows 7 release candidate (RC) and describing a forthcoming virtualization capability in the new operating system.
Microsoft announced its fiscal third-quarter results for 2009, which showed an overall six percent decrease in revenue compared with last year's Q3 result.
Individual users in one distribution list can't receive messages from outside vendors who e-mail that list. How can I fix this?
- By Zubair Alexander
- 04/22/2009
Microsoft has been looking to fill jobs associated with Windows 8, its next operating system beyond the current Windows 7 beta.
Get a better view of the data you've asked PowerShell to fetch with the Format-Wide cmdlet.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/21/2009
UAC not so snarky in Windows 7. Plus, .NET exploit; Internet dangers; hiring hackers.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/21/2009
Microsoft released a public beta version of Exchange Server 2010, the company's newest e-mail server, which is being rolled out a part of the company's renewed focus on the unified communications market.
Yes, Conficker manages to remain in minds of IT security. Plus: tweeting birds get the worm and why security standards equal a bad idea.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/14/2009
The power of properties allow you to use it as a, well, a PowerShell labelmaker.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/14/2009
Microsoft Office 2003 moved off "mainstream support" on April 14, which means that those seeking technical support for the product will have to pay for it.
Default security settings in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser could open a company's intranet to hacking attacks, according to a recent security white paper.