Windows Vista will be better equipped to protect itself from malicious rootkits than its predecessor, Windows XP, but because so many 'legitimate' applications use rootkit techniques, Microsoft has decided to implement two crucial anti-rootkit technologies only in 64-bit versions of its new operating system.
Microsoft has acquired Canadian asset-tracking company AssetMetrix as part of a continued expansion of its management software.
On the day that Microsoft announced details of its next round of monthly patches, fraudsters have sent out a wave of emails disguised as messages from the software behemoth in a bid to take control of thousands of computers.
A month after closing its acquisition of Sybari Software, Microsoft is weighing the fate of roughly half of the security software maker's work force.
Apple Computer fans are upset over a security chip found in a special x86-based PowerMac -- a chip designed to prevent people from loading the company's new Intel-centred OS onto non-Apple machines.
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A Microsoft- and IBM-backed group that promotes the use of the emerging UDDI Web services specification announced Thursday that its members would start distributing test copies of the latest version of the specification.
Yet another member of the Sobig virus family is loose. Sobig.f spreads via e-mail and shared network files and could slow e-mail servers with excessive traffic.
An e-mail pretending to be a Windows XP security update harbours a malicious Trojan horse that could let hackers build an "army of zombie computers."
Microsoft has removed some of the functionality from the next version of Windows to bring forward the release date, which could make the decision to upgrade even more difficult for some companies.
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The next generation of the Microsoft Office system offers a new look and feel across its applications, with dynamic formatting tools and nimbler files.
The latest version of Microsoft's handheld operating system is an evolutionary advance, but there are some significant developments -- including a new name.
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