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Microsoft to issue patch for dangerous USB rootkit hole

Microsoft to issue patch for dangerous USB rootkit hole Microsoft on Tuesday will release a rare out-of-band patch to fix the highly dangerous zero-day vulnerability  that has caused multiple researchers to issuing warnings earlier this month. The patch will be for all supported versions of Windows and will require a restart. As I previously wrote […]

Can Microsoft imitate Apple one more time

Can Microsoft imitate Apple one more time Remember back in early June when Steve Ballmer said the Apple iPad was “just another PC”? He’d like to amend that slightly to “just another PC that’s now kicking our a**.” In a meeting with analysts yesterday, Ballmer spent a fair amount of time talking about Apple’s iPad […]

Microsoft Get Back to Work

Microsoft Get Back to Work Steve Ballmer assured analysts and the world that Microsoft MCTS Training is hard at work developing a Windows 7-based tablet to compete with devices like the Apple iPad. It is also putting the finishing touches on Windows Phone 7, and preparing to launch the innovative Kinect controller for the Xbox […]

Microsoft wins a Pwnie for failure

Microsoft wins a Pwnie for failure Microsoft has earned the dubious distinction of having the Most Epic FAIL of the last year in computer security with a browser cross-site scripting (XSS) filter that actually exacerbated the problem. The company was given the award at the conclusion of the annual Blackhat 2010 security conference Wednesday in […]

Adobe joins Microsoft patch-reporting program

Adobe joins Microsoft’s patch-reporting program Adobe and Microsoft are now working together to give security companies a direct line into their bug-fixing efforts. By year’s end, Adobe will start using the Microsoft MCTS Training Active Protections Program (MAPP) to share details on its latest patches, according to Brad Arkin, Adobe’s director of product security and […]

Drop responsible from bug disclosures Microsoft urges

Drop responsible from bug disclosures Microsoft urges Microsoft today pitched its own proposal for how software makers react to bugs reported by researchers, calling for a name change to describe the process it prefers. Rather than dub the back-and-forth between bug finders and vendors “responsible disclosure” — a term that implies that the researcher reports […]

Microsoft cloud strategy A question of feature parity

Microsoft cloud strategy A question of feature parity Microsoft often uses the phrase “feature parity” to describe its vision of providing cloud computing services that closely replicate the capabilities customers can already get by installing Microsoft software inside their firewalls. After all, Microsoft is “all in” for the cloud, as Steve Ballmer says. While Microsoft’s […]

Microsoft working on patch for critical Windows vulnerability

Microsoft working on patch for critical Windows vulnerability Microsoft signed a new agreement to license technology for the Arm microprocessor architecture, opening the potential for the software giant to follow in Apple’s footsteps and design its own Arm-based chips. The new license greatly extends the technologies Microsoft MCTS Training can make use of from Arm […]

Microsoft posts record revenue thumbs nose at Apple

Microsoft posts record revenue, thumbs nose at Apple So this won’t be the quarter that Apple sells more stuff than Microsoft. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) eked out slightly more revenue than Apple, and billions more in profit. Microsoft  MCTS Training reported another record quarter for its fiscal fourth-quarter that ended June 30. The company booked 16.04 […]

Microsoft signs big licensing deal for Arm chip technology

Microsoft signs big licensing deal for Arm chip technology Microsoft signed a new agreement to license technology for the Arm microprocessor architecture, opening the potential for the software giant to follow in Apple’s footsteps and design its own Arm-based chips. The new license greatly extends the technologies Microsoft MCTS Training can make use of from […]

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