Google says it is working on an operating system designed for netbooks that boots in seconds, is impervious to viruses, …
Hacker break-in of Twitter e-mail
A hacker made off with confidential Twitter documents after breaking into an employee's e-mail account, the company's co-founder confirmed. Security …
Microsoft working on quick-fix capability for IT patch tools
Under the dark cloud of recent zero-day attacks, Microsoft is quickly working to update its enterprise patching tools to incorporate …
Microsoft and Yahoo close to search ad deal
In less than a week, Microsoft could reach an alliance with Yahoo that could compete better with Google in online …
Latest Taiwanese smartphone highlights industry trend
A much anticipated 3G smartphone from Gigabyte Communications finally launched last week in Taiwan, the slim GSmart S1200 handset with …
Microsoft admits it tested SQL Server as store for Exchange 2010
Microsoft Corp acknowledged that it had “absolutely” considered replacing the maligned storage engine in its Exchange e-mail server software with …
SSL hack vulnerability details to emerge
Confidential online connections like banking transactions made from public wireless hotspots remain vulnerable to attacks despite improved security that was …
Social networks for creative pros
If you're like most creative professionals, you rely on advice and inspiration from peers to stay on the top of …
Microsoft girds Office 2010 with free Web versions
Choosing to risk cannibalizing its own sales rather than let competitors such as Google Inc. eat away at them, Microsoft …
Microsoft admits new ActiveX zero-day bug
For the second time in a week, Microsoft Corp. is warning users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched, critical bug …
Microsoft girds Office 2010 with free Web versions
Choosing to risk cannibalizing its own sales rather than let competitors such as Google Inc. eat away at them, Microsoft …
Services firms boost Microsoft’s SaaS
Microsoft Corp.'s late move into the hosted software business gained some headway this month when two outsourcers — Computer Sciences …
Microsoft Bing booming; Yahoo appears in its sights
Reports released this week showed that Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search tool continues to gain ground in the search engine wars, …
IBM security software masks confidential info
IBM researchers said today they have developed software that uses optical character recognition and screen scraping to identify and cover …
Android, Chrome OS differ over voice communications
As soon as Google Inc. announced it was working on the new Chrome operating system, questions arose over how the …
Newest IE bug could be next Conficker
The critical bug that Microsoft confirmed but has yet to patch is a prime candidate for another Conficker-scale attack, a …
Android platform gets native development capabilities
Google moved to boost its Android mobile device software platform this week by offering developers a kit that enables them …
Microsoft may have known about critical IE bug for months
The vulnerability that sent Microsoft scrambling and is being used by hackers now to attack Internet Explorer (IE) users may …
Yahoo enhances and broadens access to Search Pad tool
Yahoo will significantly expand the number of people who can test its Search Pad service, an online notebook for saving …
Microsoft confirms attacks against IE6, IE7
For the second time in six weeks, Microsoft confirmed that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in DirectX, this time …