Microsoft joins malware, ad teams to fight click fraud
Microsoft is linking malicious software analysts with online advertising fraud experts in an effort to disrupt click fraud, a scam where advertisers pay for worthless clicks. The Microsoft Malware...
View ArticleMicrosoft strategy chief Mundie takes new role, will retire in 2014
Craig Mundie has left his role as Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer to become senior adviser to the CEO, as he winds down before retirement. Mundie had led strategy since founder Bill...
View ArticleMicrosoft confirms zero-day bug in IE6, IE7 and IE8
Microsoft on Saturday confirmed that Internet Explorer (IE) 6, 7 and 8 contain an unpatched bug — or “zero-day” vulnerability — that is being used by attackers to hijack victims’ Windows computers. The...
View ArticleNo Microsoft at CES 2013? No problem
Microsoft won’t have its signature mega-booth at International CES 2013 starting next week in Las Vegas, but that’s not expected to lessen the trade show’s impact, or largesse. Show organizers said...
View ArticleResearcher sidesteps Microsoft fix for IE zero-day
A researcher has bypassed Microsoft’s temporary fix for a zero-day Internet Explorer browser vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting for a month. The exploit, developed by Peter Vreugdenhil of...
View ArticleWindows 8 discounts end in three weeks
Microsoft’s Windows 8 Pro upgrade discount will expire in about three weeks, at which point the company will triple or even quintuple the current price of the new operating system, according to several...
View ArticleMicrosoft exec defends Windows 8 sales pace
Defending Windows 8 against reports that sales have been sluggish, one of Microsoft’s top executives said it will take time for customers to digest the new operating system and for device makers to...
View ArticleMicrosoft to raise Windows 8 upgrade prices by 5X
Microsoft on Friday announced Windows 8 upgrade price increases of as much as 400% that will take effect Feb. 1, when a three-month promotional discount ends. The current $ 39.99 deal for a Windows 8...
View ArticleMicrosoft waived hearing in EU browser ballot antitrust case
Microsoft waived its right to a hearing before European antitrust regulators to further answer charges that it failed to offer customers a browser choice screen, according to documents filed with the...
View ArticleMicrosoft to big data programmers: Try F#
The F# (pronounced “f sharp”) object-oriented functional programming language originated at Microsoft Research around 2004. It was designed by Don Syme, principal researcher at the company. The...
View ArticleFAQ: Microsoft rents out Office 365
Microsoft this week launched the first two of its new pay-as-you-go subscription plans for Office. The company’s rarely-shy CEO Steve Ballmer called the sales approach “an entirely new way to think...
View ArticleMicrosoft issues tools to block IE10 upgrades on Windows 7
Microsoft has released tools to block Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) from automatically reaching corporate PCs running Windows 7, a sign that the new browser will not release for at least several weeks....
View ArticleJudge invalidates 13 Motorola Mobility patent claims in Microsoft case
A U.S. district court judge has ruled that 13 Motorola Mobility patent claims related to digital video are invalid in a patent licensing case brought by Microsoft. Judge James Robart of U.S. District...
View ArticleMicrosoft sells out of 128GB Surface Pro
Microsoft started selling its Surface Pro tablet on Saturday, and quickly exhausted its supply of the 128GB configuration. While the less expensive 64GB device was also listed as out of stock Saturday...
View ArticleMicrosoft joins list of recently hacked companies
Microsoft has disclosed that it recently fell victim to the same type of cyberattack that targeted Apple and Facebook. “During our investigation, we found a small number of computers, including some in...
View ArticleBusted: EU Levies $732 Million Antitrust Fine Against Microsoft, Admits Weak...
Microsoft, and everybody else, assumed that a big fine was coming from the European Union over antitrust violations sometime this month; as it turned out, the wait was a short one, because the EU has...
View ArticleMicrosoft extends Azure Hadoop, mobile app development functionality
Microsoft has released a number of enhancements to Windows Azure that will make it easier to deploy and manage Hadoop clusters and integrate more mobile apps with the cloud platform. To simplify the...
View ArticleMicrosoft signals push to smaller, lower-priced Windows tablets
Microsoft has relaxed a Windows 8 certification requirement to allow devices with lower resolutions, a move analysts said signaled Microsoft would soon join the accelerating shift to smaller, less...
View ArticleMicrosoft and Facebook Come Forward with User Data They’ve Shared with The...
More information is coming out regarding the NSA’s PRISM program wherein the agency has been requesting/demanding data on U.S. citizens from major Internet companies. (We have further reading on the...
View ArticleApple plays defense, Microsoft goes on offense in battle for iPhone customers
Rivals Apple and Microsoft bookended the week by revealing productivity tools aimed at the same pool of customers: The millions who own Apple’s iPhone. On Monday, Apple unveiled iWork for iCloud, a...
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