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Microsoft hails effectiveness of Europe cyber security efforts
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-02-07 06:23
A pair of European cyber security initiatives are helping to make the region safer to surf, according to Microsoft.
The company said in its Security Intelligence Report on the security landscape that countries who participate in the Council of Europe and London Action Plan security initiatives are more likely to perform at or above expectations in comparison with other countries.
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Microsoft & Symantec team up to take down Bamital botnet
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-02-07 06:19
Over the past few years, Microsoft has been proactive in trying to shut down criminal botnets that use malware to infect PCs for the use of their illegal activities. So far, the company has conducted operations to take down the Rustock, Kelihos, and Zeus-based botnets, among others.
Today, Microsoft announced yet another takedown of a botnet and this time it worked with antivirus company Symantec to do so. The official Microsoft blog has the details of this new move, called Operation b58, to deactivate the Bamital botnet.
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Former Microsoft employee launches third party SkyDrive Windows 8 app
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-02-07 06:18
Microsoft has provided a SkyDrive "Modern" UI app for Windows 8 and Windows RT for some time, however the app still lacks some features compared to the Windows desktop app. For example, the "Modern" app cannot currently sync your SkyDrive account down to a local folder on your Windows 8 or RT PC. Windows 8 owners can do this with the desktop app, but if you own a Windows RT device, such as the Surface RT tablet, you are out of luck.
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Microsoft's new Surface Pro: Is it a tablet? Is it an Ultrabook? It's up to you
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-02-06 06:36
While the Surface RT was aimed at Apple's iDevices, its posh Pro cousin is Microsoft's Windows 8 showcase in the PC space, and on midnight on February 9 the first units will go on sale. But we got one early, lived with it for a week, and have, ahem, surfaced to tell of our experience.
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Microsoft loans Dell $2 billion to help them go private
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-02-05 18:19
Dell has announced a deal that will allow the company to go private and Microsoft will soon become a significant stakeholder in the private company.
It will cost Dell $24 billion to go private and they will pay $13.65 per share which is about a 25% premium on the stock from when word first broke about the possible deal.
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