Microsoft has blamed common third-party desktop applications, rather than Windows, for the majority of security threats in a new report. The finding might appear surprising at first but is backed by independent security notification firm Secunia.
Microsoft has launched another of its new Windows “Laptop Hunters” ads this weekend. While bloggers and journalists are spending lots of cycles dissecting everything from what the salesclerks are wearing to whether or not the “star” is an actor, the one thing I can’t help but notice is how crazy the new commercials are making many in the Apple community.
Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, has fast become one of the primary methods for online news sites and blogs to make their content easily accessible. Its increased popularity for other types of subject matter, such as audio-based serialized content, meant that it was only a matter of time before it became an integral element of browsers and operating systems.
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) issued a security advisory Thursday, warning users about a zero-day attack exploiting a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint that could allow remote hackers to launch arbitrary code on their PCs.
Microsoft confirmed in its advisory that exploit code was being used in the wild, but added that so far the flaw appears to be used in "limited and targeted attacks."
In the absence of any concrete news from Microsoft about Zune, the same rumors crop up every few months. We've known for some time that Microsoft is porting the Zune software and marketplace to some sort of living room device--it's called the Xbox 360. (I doubt they'll do a separate piece of hardware like Apple TV, especially given the recent rash of cost-cutting around the company.) And as far as the latest crop of Zune-phone rumors, I expected Microsoft to announce Zune for Windows Mobile back in February at the Mobile World Congress show, and was surprised when it didn't happen.
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Microsoft have announced that it will discontinue MSN Encarta, its online encyclopedia as well as its Encarta software which have been long surpassed by Wikipedia.
In a message posted on the MSN Encarta website, Microsoft acknowledged there had been significant changes since Encarta was launched.
"the category of traditional encyclopedias and reference material has changed. People today seek and consume information in considerably different ways than in years past," Mircrosoft said.
Microsoft has wanted to kill Windows XP for years. There was only one problem. The users refused to let it die. Now, that Windows 7 is almost ready to go, Microsoft is, once more, trying to ax XP.
The Windows 7 beta release is already a few months old now, and Microsoft has already made quite a number of changes to its new windows release after that, as detailed in the Engineering 7 weblog. These changes would make it to the public via the release candidate, but it has always been a bit unclear as to when it would arrive. Thanks to a slip-up, we now know the RC is coming in May.
The latest version of Windows will boast touch-screen technology, it has been revealed. Microsoft Windows 7 will allow users to interact with their PC by touching the screen to drag files, scroll through web pages or zoom into pictures using technology currently available on the iPhone.
PCs capable of supporting touch technology are already on the market, including HP TouchSmart and the Dell Latitude XT. Engineers working on the software promise it will be a 'first-class way to interact with your PC alongside the mouse and keyboard'.
