We all know our good friends at Microsoft are not shy for a stunt here and there, but now they really hit the jackpot… Brian Krebs from The Washington Post has been advising the average Windows user on various things. A while ago, people started asking him if they could trust a Service Pack for [...]
With positive reports from beta-testers worldwide about the new and improved Windows version coming out late this year, early next year, one would think that the tides for Microsoft are turning. To some extent that probably is true, for home users and early adopters at least… But what is happening in the corporate environment? Well, [...]
Whether you like it or not, the final release of Microsoft’s newest browser, Internet Explorer 8, is coming closer and closer. While this latest version of IE has been giving quite some attention around the Web, with both the lovers and the haters elaborately venting their opinions, I thought it was time for me to [...]
It’s been a while now that this worm has been spreading around on the Net, but apparently after all this time, it’s still out there, alive and kicking more than ever before. Downadup is one of the nastiest worms I’ve seen in my professional history. Having quite the amount of hands-on experience with it myself, [...]
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that they will stop providing the Live OneCare and started working on free consumer security software. They will continue to provide support for Onecare, but will no longer develop the platform anymore. The new software, codenamed ‘Morro’ is supposed to be a light version of OneCare. The program will be used [...]
It seems that Microsoft has confirmed yesterday that they will release a widespread beta of their new OS, Windows 7, in early 2009. Meanwhile, the Redmond company is almost begging hardware vendors to not make the same mistake as happened with Vista. When Vista first came out, finding good drivers for it was hell. One [...]
Yesterday, Microsoft has issued a critical emergency patch for all it’s currently supported platforms. The patch is to plug a security hole that allows unauthorized access to the system. More in detail, the vulnerability is caused by a hole in the Server Service. Using a custom crafted RPC-call, an attacker could execute code without any [...]
The popular IT news site Neowin reports that they have received word that the beta of the newest Service Pack for Vista will be coming out in about 4 weeks, as Microsoft has started to send out invites to selected testers. Included will be Windows Search 4, wireless Bluetooth support, support for the new VIA [...]
Mike Nash from the Windows Vista Team announced yesterday that the new Windows, codename ‘Windows 7′, will be officially named … ‘Windows 7′. Many fellow bloggers on the Net are of course flaming Microsoft for this decision. Personally, I don’t care so much, but one has to scratch his head at the following statement: Simply [...]
