Around 70 percent of Windows Vista on home systems are infected with malware, according to PC Tools, which claims the figure is so high because UAC is very annoying and users are disabling the security feature.
The Hunter New England (HNE) division of New South Wales Health will soon commence a massive migration project to consolidate some 12,000 end users into one Microsoft Active Directory domain.
Norwegian software developer Opera has fixed several vulnerabilities in the latest version of its browser.
Shortly after the 9/11 bombings, Microsoft hired Scott Charney, a federal prosecutor for the US justice Department, to head up its Trustworthy Computing division. At AusCERT 2008, ZDNet.com.au caught up with Charney to hear his thoughts on how those events changed the security landscape and what he thinks about the current state of IT security.
2007 was an eventful year for Microsoft, with the company playing what it considered to be its trump card (only to discover Vista wasn't trumps, XP was). But the lovable giant had its fingers in many other pies -- making for a year of management changes, entry into unclaimed markets and new alliances.
Trying to understand the logic behind Microsoft's development decisions is a bit like S&M: it's a painful activity probably best left to others. But a recent example from the storage world does suggest something about Microsoft's "people will beat up on us regardless" dilemma.
When creating a secure, locked down IT system for something that is directly responsible for handling cash transactions would you choose the most popular, most targeted operating system?
There are some common elements in how IT professionals and home users deal with backup: the need for backups to happen automatically and quietly, and to be easily and quickly restored when the proverbial hits the fan.
What a week it's been for mobiles.
The world changes fast and many enterprises large and small fail to see the next wave or see it and dismiss it.
Feeling nostalgic about the Microsoft Blue Screen of Death, which used to plague desktops in the bad old days of Windows? No need to keep those feelings locked away. This handy guide will show you how to force your PC to recreate the infamous error.
In the just-released Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft mirrors the look and feel of other browsers while adding a few unique features.
Microsoft is expected to enter the new year facing a number of hurdles -- but the chief one will be to position Windows Vista as an enterprise product.
When Microsoft releases its SQL Server 2005 database on Nov. 7, it will have been five years since the last version debuted. If Windows Vista arrives as scheduled next fall, it too will follow its predecessor by five years.
Microsoft will extend the security measures now found in its Windows XP operating system to Windows 2000 and the slimmer version of the OS used in handheld devices.
ZDNet executive editor David Berlind discovers a reboot feature in Microsoft's Vista operating system that he doesn't like. The feature forces users to reboot their PCs with only a short warning before it happens.
This week on Buzz, Molly snoozes through an Apple press conference and questions Microsoft's attitude towards a recent Windows Vista patch.
Apple's takes it already compelling iMac and beefs up the design and updated the under-the-hood components. The result is the best-looking PC on the market, that also compares very favorably against its Windows-based competition.
The BlackBerry for non-corporate users who require extensive multimedia capabilities, in addition to push-e-mail. (It's also a phone, portable audio/video player, camera, organiser, navigator and note-taking device.)
In the just-released Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft mirrors the look and feel of other browsers while adding a few unique features.
Microsoft will extend the security measures now found in its Windows XP operating system to Windows 2000 and the slimmer version of the OS used in handheld devices.
Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 is a premier design environment, combining image-editing and layout apps for both print documents and the Web.
O2's Xda II combines a tri-band GPRS/GSM phone with Bluetooth, a digital camera, 128MB of RAM and a SDIO slot into a sleek Pocket PC-based device. Read our Australian review.
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