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TecCHANNEL World Exclusive: What Microsoft Really Captures in Windows Update
MUNICH, Feb. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Current versions of Windows contain an update function enabling the user to keep the Microsoft operating systems up-to-date. Computer experts have suspected this Windows update for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP oMUNICH, Feb. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Current versions of Windows contain an...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
Research articles 2003-02-25
How to Upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Vista has arrived, and you're wondering if and when to upgrade. Before you take the plunge, do your homework to help make the process as smooth as possible. Assess Whether You Should Upgrade Now or Later Goal: Find a...
Tags: Clean Install, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Business, clean, Operating systems, SOFTWARE, Crash Course
Articles 2007-02-23
Microsoft: Windows 7 Security Concerns Sensationalized by Sophos
A Microsoft executive accused Sophos of over-hyping claims that Windows 7's User Account Control is ineffective at fighting malware. Sophos countered that the goal was merely to show that UAC may not provide the level of protection they thought.Microsoft accused security vendor Sophos of sensationalizing claims regarding Windows 7 security.'Last...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, User Account Control, Malware, Sophos Plc.
News items 2009-11-09
BorderWare Protects Customers from Microsoft Windows Meta File Malicious Attacks
TORONTO -- BorderWare Technologies Inc., the leading provider of security solutions, announced today that its platform technology protects against Microsoft Windows Meta File WMF malicious attacks. On Tuesday, December 27, 2005, Microsoft became aware of public reports of malicious attacks of some customers involving a previously unknown security vulnerability in...
Tags: security
Research articles 2006-01-03
Microsoft Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Due
Users must have Power Pack 2 installed on their Home Server and Power Pack 3 will automatically install as a Windows update. Microsoft unveiled the Power Pack 3 beta in July, a few months after the premiere of Power Pack 2. New features include backup and restore of computers running...
Tags: backup, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Media, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows Home Server
News items 2009-11-20
PatchLink Wins Editor's Choice Award for Best Patch Management Solution in Windows IT Pro Review
PatchLink Corporation, the global leader in vulnerability management, today announced that PatchLink Update 6.3 has been selected as the "Editor's Choice" for best patch management solution in the Windows IT Pro group review that appears in the March 2007 issue. With a score of 4.5 out of 5, PatchLink Update...
Tags: Windows IT Pro
Research articles 2007-03-19
Akimbo Debuts its Video-on-Demand Service for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005; Now Millions of Media Center Users Can ''Queue and View'' Thousands of On-Demand Movies and Videos on their Televisions
NEW YORK -- AkimboTM Systems will demonstrate its latest service, Akimbo for Media Center, to consumers at DigitalLife in New York's Jacob Javits Center this weekend. Later this month, Akimbo's award-winning Internet to television video-on-demand service will be available in two ways, on the Akimbo Player and on Microsoft Windows...
Tags: Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, on-demand, TV, video, VoD
Research articles 2005-10-14
Packard Bell computers to incorporate newly released Microsoft Windows 95 OEM update on its computers
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 31, 1996--Packard Bell, the leading personal computer manufacturer, announced Wednesday that it will install the just-released Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 on its computers.
Tags: computer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, Packard Bell NEC
Research articles 1996-07-31
Review: Ubuntu 9.10 v Windows 7
Canonical will release the latest version of the open-source operating system Ubuntu this Thursday, and we look at how it stacks up against Windows 7 Apple let Snow Leopard out of its cage earlier this autumn, and Canonical will release another beast this week: Karmic Koala, otherwise known...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Ubuntu
News items 2009-10-27
Mozilla execs want changes to Microsoft's 'ballot screen' proposal
Mozilla executives today began a concerted campaign to prod European Union EU antitrust regulators to demand more from Microsoft than the browser "ballot screen" Windows will offer users later this year. Both Mitchell Baker, the former CEO of Mozilla and the chairwoman of Mozilla Foundation, and Harvey Anderson, Mozilla's chief...
Tags: Web browser, proposal, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Corp.
News items 2009-08-18
Microsoft re-patches last month's critical IE update
Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday re-patched Internet Explorer, the third time it's been forced to repair one of the updates from its largest-ever bug fix, which was delivered on Oct. 13. Monday's fix targeted MS09-054, the update that patched four vulnerabilities, all "critical," in Internet Explorer IE. According to Christopher Budd,...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Update
News items 2009-11-04
Windows 7 Security Holes Plugged in Massive Microsoft Patch Tuesday
Microsoft released its biggest Patch Tuesday update ever today, bundling in fixes for 34 vulnerabilities in a baker's dozen of security bulletins. Most of the bulletins dealt with security issues in Windows, including six bulletins impacting Windows 7.Microsoft issued a massive Patch Tuesday update today to address 34 vulnerabilities across...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Vulnerability, Microsoft IIS Server
News items 2009-10-13
EU to test Microsoft's revised proposal for Web browser ballot screen
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews Nearly ten weeks after Microsoft issued a proposal to the European Commission for a mechanism to let Windows users and installers choose the default Web browser they want to use during setup, the EC issued a statement...
Tags: Web Browser, Microsoft Corp., European Commission
News items 2009-10-07
Programmer slip-up produces critical bug, Microsoft admits
Computerworld - Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that one of the critical network vulnerabilities it patched earlier in the week was due to a programming error on its part. The flaw, one of 34 patched Tuesday in a massive security update, was in the code for SMB 2 (Server Message Block 2),...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Vulnerability, Bug
News items 2009-10-19
Hackers outwit Windows 7 activation
Computerworld - Hackers have figured out how to sidestep Windows 7's activation process, continuing a long-running battle with Microsoft, which has blocked such tactics in the past. According to an article published more than a week ago on My Digital Life, hackers have devised a pair of methods that circumvent...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, activation
News items 2009-11-17
Microsoft fixes 19 bugs in big patch smorgasbord
Computerworld - Microsoft today delivered nine security updates that patched 19 vulnerabilities in several crucial components of Windows, as well as in Media Player, Outlook Express, IIS Internet Information Server, Office and other products. Five of the updates were pegged as "critical," the most serious ranking in Microsoft's four-step scoring...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability
News items 2009-08-11
Mozilla blocks Microsoft's sneaky Firefox plug-in
Computerworld - Mozilla late Friday blocked the Microsoft-made software that had put Firefox users at risk from attack. The two-part Microsoft component -- an add-on dubbed ".NET Framework Assistant" and a plug-in named "Windows Presentation Foundation" -- have been blocked by Mozilla as a precautionary measure, said Mike Shaver, the...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., add-on, Plug-in
News items 2009-10-18
Microsoft: Exploits likely for 'critical' Windows vulnerabilities
Microsoft today dropped a mega patch bundle with fixes for several "critical" vulnerabilities affecting the Windows platform and warned that "consistent, reliable exploit code" was likely to be released within 30 days. The Redmond, Wash. software maker released nine bulletins — five rated critical — to provide cover for a...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., vulnerability
News items 2009-08-11
Mozilla execs raise objections to Microsoft's browser-ballot proposal
At the end of July, Microsoft officials shared publicly the company's browser-ballot proposal made to the European Commission antitrust regulators. On August 17, execs with Microsoft rival Mozilla weighed in with new and more detailed objections to Microsoft's proposal. Microsoft's browser-ballot proposal is part of the ongoing settlement talks between...
Tags: Web browser, proposal, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Corp., Mitchell Baker
News items 2009-08-20
Mozilla unblocks one sneaky Microsoft add-in
Computerworld - Mozilla has unblocked one of the two Microsoft-made add-ons that put Firefox users at risk from attack and will probably unblock the second in the next 48 hours, the company's head of engineering said today. "We've unblocked the .NET Framework Assistant," said Mike Shaver, Mozilla's vice president of...
News items 2009-10-19