Windows 7 is harder to hack than Apple’s Snow Leopard–mainly due to Flash being installed by default on SL. Security expert Charlie Miller has participated in the Pwn2Own contest over the last two years, and has won both times. Held in the CansecWest Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the contest challenges contestants to find…
Intel comes forth and says that it too was hacked around the same time that Google was. While the hacking of Google was widely publicized, it wasn’t the only firm under attack from nefarious groups. In fact, Google said that a supposed twenty other companies were targeted by hackers around the same time that the…
A 17-year-old bug in Windows will be patched by Microsoft in its latest security update. The February update for Windows will close the loophole that dates from the time of the DOS operating system. First appearing in Windows NT 3.1, the vulnerability has been carried over into almost every version of Windows that has appeared…
Yahoo! and Microsoft announced today that they have finalized their search deal that will replace the exsisting Yahoo! search engine, and implement Microsoft’s Bing search engine. The press release by Yahoo! and Microsoft confirmed that the deal made in July of this year is now final. The deal entails that Microsoft will acquire an exclusive…
Microsoft confirmed today that the company will unveil its plans for Windows Mobile 7 at the MIX 2010 conference in March next year. Microsoft Office Vice President Kurt Delbene confirmed the news at the end of day two at the Professional Developers Conference here in Los Angeles. Little is known about Windows Mobile 7 except…
Microsoft has sent me this e-mail. “Hello Zubair, Thank you for continuing to utilize, evaluate and provide feedback on the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview. We wanted to notify you the Office 2010 Beta will be available for you to download next month (November 2009). The Beta release of Office 2010 marks the end of…
Microsoft has finally launched Windows 7. The most awaited product of Microsoft has been launched finally. Featues: 64-bit support Accessibility Action Center Aero Aero Peek Aero Shake Audio and video Backup and Restore BitLocker Calculator Desktop Device management DirectX 11 Domain Join Gadgets Games Explorer Getting Started HomeGroup Internet Explorer 8 Jump Lists Libraries Location…
ABC, easy as 123…456789! We’ve all seen the warnings about having secure passwords. Even upon account creation, many online services even include tips on how to make a secure password. It seems, though, that most users do not take heed. IDG reports that security researcher Bogdan Calin analyzed the 10,000 stolen Windows Live Hotmail usernames…
[ad#ad-1] Microsoft offered up a Technical Preview of its web-based Office offerings yesterday, but the invites are long since gone. The good news is that anyone who can get a Windows Live sign-in will eventually have access to stripped-down office apps. ReadWriteWeb notes that a limited preview is being offered to “partners” at the moment,…
[ad#ad-1] The online version of Office (while not intended to replace office but simply compliment it) will compete directly against Google Docs. The online version of the applications will allow for basic editing and manipulating but will not offer a full fledge replacement for the Office software. Targeting on the go and light users Microsoft…
