Next week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Joanna Rutkowska promises to demonstrate how a malicious attacker, working remotely, could take control of the open-source Xen virtualization software.
- By Joab Jackson
- 08/01/2008
Apple Inc. took action on Friday to address the infamous Domain Name System (DNS) problem. And none too soon.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/01/2008
Worldwide Partner Conference announcement promises Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 will be ready to ship by the end of September.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/01/2008
Microsoft introduces "Zermatt," a new set of class libraries for the .NET Framework that simplifies identity management.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/01/2008
Microsoft's open source outreach effort, which started just a few years ago, isn't dead on arrival, if you hear Sam Ramji, Microsoft's senior director of platform strategy, talk about it. Rather, it's coming alive.
Reports are coming in that an AT&T Domain Name System (DNS) server may have been compromised with malicious code that exploits a vulnerability reported earlier this month. This apparently is the first instance of the exploit in the wild.
- By William Jackson
- 07/31/2008
Microsoft is working on a project to develop a new operating system, code-named "Midori," but the company won't disclose the details at this time.
A recently uncovered flaw with the Oracle WebLogic server allows users to gain entry to the software's server without a user name or password.
- By Joab Jackson
- 07/30/2008
Microsoft announced the results of its Mojave Experiment survey, which gauged user reactions to Windows Vista in a supposed blind trial using hidden cameras.
Microsoft inched closer to open source with a couple of announcements made last week at the OSCON open source conference in Portland, Ore.
Zimbra, a Yahoo-owned company, last week released a beta of the open source Zimbra Desktop solution, which is meant to be an alternative to more traditional e-mail/groupware applications such as Microsoft Outlook.
You've already snapped up Microsoft-branded mice, keyboards and gaming consoles. Is a Microsoft data warehouse (DW) appliance in your future?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 07/28/2008
Microsoft issued a formal security advisory with an "urgent warning" to patch a general Domain Name System vulnerability that can enable spoofing attacks.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/25/2008
Windows Vista has been "rejected," or is not widely adopted in the enterprise segment, according to a Forrester Research report.
Microsoft held its 2008 Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday, with 10 senior executives attempting to assure the number-crunching crowd on the company's overall financial outlook.
Microsoft on late Wednesday announced a reorganization of its Platforms & Services Division (PSD), as well as the departure of Kevin Johnson, a 16-year Microsoft veteran and president of the PSD.
Five seconds into reading this story, a Web page somewhere will become infected with malware or some other malicious code.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/23/2008
A KACE-sponsored survey on Windows Vista adoption represents more bad news for Microsoft's flagship operating system, even as Microsoft prepares to pour an estimated $300 million into a new Vista marketing campaign -- news that was announced at Microsoft's 2008 Worldwide Partner Conference.
The open source software community lags behind the commercial software sector in secure code development, according to a recent study of some commonly used open source packages.
- By William Jackson
- 07/22/2008
A first-quarter 2008 survey conducted by Computer Economics suggests a possible slowdown in IT spending and staffing lies ahead.