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No doubt Microsoft will cling to on-premises until the bitter end, but it’s become a very successful cloud provider. Conventional wisdom says that a revolutionary company in one segment usually can’t make the leap to the next, especially if the next revolution comes at the expense of the technology built by that initial company. Ergo, […]
Penguin 2.0 makes large-scale algorithm changes, affecting 2.3% of U.S.-English results The latest version of Google’s sophisticated anti-spam algorithm, dubbed Penguin 2.0, was announced yesterday in an official blog post from the company’s well-known webspam czar, Mike Cutts. The 2.0 label was applied, according to Cutts, because the update is a major one — it […]
About those lofty Windows Store app numbers… A new ad from Microsoft mocks iPads by comparing them – unfavorably – to tablets running Windows 8, which receive live updates on their Start screens, run office apps, display two apps at a time and support Microsoft Office applications – things iPads don’t do. The ad has […]
The privacy organization has hidden its ties to corporate backers After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association (EPA) has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers. The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which works to expose privileged access in E.U. policy making, said in a complaint […]
Rumors that Yahoo might be in talks to acquire the blogging site emerged last week Yahoo’s board of directors has approved spending $1.1 billion in cash to buy popular blogging site Tumblr, according to The Wall Street Journal. The plan is for Tumblr to operate as an independent business, the Journal reported on Sunday, quoting […]
Frank X. Shaw defends Windows disclosure strategy, denies aping Apple Microsoft’s head of corporate communications defended his company’s Windows information disclosure strategy Tuesday, denying that Microsoft has adopted Apple’s “cone of silence” approach to imparting news. “We know we’re not Apple,” Frank X. Shaw, Microsoft’s top communications executive, said in an interview yesterday. “We would […]
Company proclaims it’s compliant with ISO 27034-1 Microsoft says its coding practices and its corporate management structure both comply with an international application security standard to encourage secure software development. Today at its Security Development Conference the company has issued a declaration of conformity with ISO 27034-1, an international standard that addresses secure coding practices […]
Untreated, Internet Explorer vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution exploits Microsoft is issuing critical security bulletins this Patch Tuesday that affect all versions of Internet Explorer and deal with an exploit that attackers are actively working. Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are the recipients of a patch that can prevent an […]
Also, a Windows 8 tablet for less than $400 is a natural for BYOD Windows 8 is Microsoft’s best effort to catch up with Apple and grab tablet sales away from the iPad by including things iPads just don’t have, according to Microsoft founder Bill Gates. These things include keyboards and Microsoft Office, Gates says […]
Beware of e-mails that play down the ease of cracking your leaked passcode. Reputation.com, a service that helps people and companies manage negative search results, has suffered a security breach that has exposed user names, e-mail and physical addresses, and in some cases, password data. In an e-mail sent to users on Tuesday, officials with […]