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November 19, 2012
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Nov'12
Emirates takes Windows 8 HP ElitePad 900 to the sky
Airline Emirates is rolling out in-flight Windows 8 tablets to enable cabin crew to access core IT
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November 07, 2012
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Nov'12
The future of Windows 8 is still on the desktop, says Fujitsu
Windows 8 must work effectively on its core desktop platform despite Microsoft’s recent move into the tablet space, says Fujitsu CTO
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September 18, 2012
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Sep'12
Microsoft investigates IE zero-day flaw
Microsoft says it is investigating reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, and 9
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August 29, 2012
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Aug'12
VMware demos Horizon for workspace aggregation
VMware has fleshed out its desktop virtualisation strategy with products designed to make desktop computing more manageable
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July 18, 2012
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Jul'12
Microsoft faces substantial EC fine over browser rules breach
Microsoft faces a large fine for failing to offer Windows users a choice of web browser despite apologising to the European Commission (EC)
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July 17, 2012
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Jul'12
Steve Ballmer launches cloud-based Microsoft Office 2013
Steve Ballmer releases a preview of Microsoft's cloud-based Office 2013 suite of productivity tools, which he says works best on Windows 8 OS
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July 09, 2012
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Jul'12
Microsoft confirms Windows 8 OS release in October
Microsoft's latest operating system (OS), Windows 8, will be released to manufacturing in August, with full release due three months later
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June 28, 2012
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Jun'12
Microsoft ramps up Windows 8 security for IT consumerisation
Microsoft is building antivirus and secure, role-based authentication into Windows 8 to make the OS enterprise-ready
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June 25, 2012
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Jun'12
Government slashes SAP and Microsoft spend by £150m
The government expects to slash licence and maintenance spend with Microsoft and SAP up to £150m by 2015, via a framework renegotiation.
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June 06, 2012
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Jun'12
Microsoft publishes its response to government open standards consultation
Microsoft has become the first major IT supplier to publish its submission to the government's consultation on the use of open standards.
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June 01, 2012
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Jun'12
Microsoft softens July licence blow
Microsoft has lowered the price hike planned for July, but businesses still face paying up to 25% more for their software.
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April 25, 2012
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Apr'12
Infosec 2012: Patching alone can deliver 80% protection
Keeping software up to date with security patches can deliver 80% protection from cyber threats, says security firm Secunia.
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April 12, 2012
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Apr'12
European PC sales boosted by Windows 7 upgrades
European PC sales grew faster than expected in the first quarter of 2012 as corporate users started Windows 7 upgrades, according Gartner.
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April 11, 2012
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Apr'12
Busy security patch month for Microsoft administrators
Microsoft has released six patches, four critical, for 11 vulnerabilities in Office, Windows and various server products in its April security update.
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April 04, 2012
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Apr'12
Microsoft improves virtual desktops but drops inventory software
Microsoft is expanding its desktop virtualisation product family with software that retains user preferences as they switch between devices
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April 04, 2012
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Apr'12
Bodycote simplifies Microsoft licensing to save £411k
Thermal processing plant operator Bodycote has reduced the complexity of its Microsoft environment through an enterprise agreement, saving over £400,000
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February 19, 2012
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Feb'12
Government launches CloudStore and names G-Cloud suppliers
The government has launched its CloudStore, a catalogue of 1,700 cloud-based, pre-approved IT services now available for the public sector to buy.
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February 13, 2012
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Feb'12
IE update top priority for Patch Tuesday
Microsoft releases nine bulletins addressing 21 vulnerabilities in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update on 14 February
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February 10, 2012
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Feb'12
Government takes on proprietary software lobby in open standards battle
The government wants to push through open standards against vested interests keen to maintain the dominance of proprietary systems.
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January 30, 2012
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Jan'12
Microsoft puts Blackberry service on Office365
Businesses running Microsoft Office 365 can now access Exchange Online on their BlackBerry smartphones.
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January 25, 2012
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Jan'12
UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012
UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed.
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December 05, 2011
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Dec'11
SAP buys SaaS firm SuccessFactors in $3.4bn deal
Enterprise software company SAP announces a $3.4bn deal to acquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider SuccessFactors.
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May 19, 2011
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May'11
Microsoft attempts to cement Azure values at TechEd Atlanta
"Cloud Power Delivered" is the subtitle of this year's Microsoft TechEd conference, held in Atlanta and attended by around 10,000 IT professionals and developers. Tim Anderson reports from the event.
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March 15, 2011
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Mar'11
IT failures blamed for immigration system faults
IT failures have been blamed for failures of the points based immigration system in a National Audit Office (NAO) report.
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February 21, 2011
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Feb'11
RSA 2011: Microsoft promotes co-ordinated vulnerability disclosure
Software producers remain largely unresponsive to input from security researchers, according to Aaron Portnoy, manager of the security research team HP TippingPoint.
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November 14, 2007
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Nov'07
Home Office awards £650m e-Borders contract
The Home Office has awarded its £650m eBorders contract to a consortium led by Raytheon Systems.
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September 26, 2007
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Sep'07
Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 RC0
Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) is now available for customer review.
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September 05, 2007
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Sep'07
NAC switches, appliances help track users, malware
Some vendors are offering switches and appliances to monitor traffic for malware and unauthorized access, as the NAC market including Cisco NAC and Microsoft NAP sorts itself out.
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August 01, 2007
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Aug'07
Black Hat 2007: Vista users urged to beware of IPv6
A researcher warns that attackers could make trouble for Vista users by exploiting Teredo, an IPv6 tunneling tool enabled by default in the latest Windows OS.
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July 31, 2007
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Jul'07
Security update fixes Yahoo Widgets flaw
Attackers could exploit a Yahoo Widgets flaw to run malicious code on compromised Windows computers, but a security update is available.
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July 09, 2007
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Jul'07
Microsoft July updates for critical Excel, Windows and .NET flaws
Of the six security updates Microsoft released Tuesday, experts expressed the most concern about a critical glitch in the .NET Framework that could leave client machines and Web servers open to attack.
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July 06, 2007
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Jul'07
Microsoft preps six security updates for Windows, Office
Microsoft will release six security updates on Tuesday 10 July to address flaws attackers could exploit to launch malicious code and access sensitive information on victims' machines.
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May 24, 2007
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May'07
Microsoft investigates new Office zero-day flaw
Attackers could exploit a newly-discovered zero-day flaw in Office 2000 to run malicious code on targeted machines, Symantec warned.
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April 12, 2007
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Apr'07
Microsoft DNS server flaw called dangerous
UPDATE: Microsoft said Sunday that attacks are still limited, but a proof of concept code to exploit the vulnerability is publicly available.
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March 25, 2007
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Mar'07
Microsoft investigates Windows Vista Mail flaw
Attackers could exploit a flaw in Windows Vista Mail to compromise PCs by tricking the user into opening a malicious email attachment. Microsoft is investigating.
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February 08, 2007
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Feb'07
Roundup: Vista security, breakability touted at RSA Conference
At RSA Conference 2007, Microsoft extolled the security virtues of its new operating system, but others weren't afraid to demonstrate how Vista security is lacking.
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February 04, 2007
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Feb'07
Vista exploitable, researcher says
Marc Maiffret, CTO and chief hacking officer of eEye Digital Security, said he has found a way to elevate system privileges by exploiting a flaw in Windows Vista.
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January 30, 2007
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Jan'07
Symantec exploitation video hits YouTube
Symantec posted a clip on the popular video-sharing site showing researchers using a newly discovered flaw in Microsoft Word to drop an executable on a vulnerable machine.
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January 30, 2007
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Jan'07
Windows Vista voice command tricked
An attacker found a way to play audio commands at a user's machine tricking the voice command capability in Vista into running arbitrary code.
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January 30, 2007
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Jan'07
Microsoft disputes Word zero-day report
Symantec is warning of a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word. But Microsoft doesn't believe the flaw is new.
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January 24, 2007
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Jan'07
Microsoft investigates new Word zero-day
An unpatched memory-corruption flaw in Microsoft Word is the target of "limited" attacks in the wild, Microsoft confirmed Thursday.
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January 11, 2007
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Jan'07
Oracle emulates Microsoft with advance patch notice
Oracle will patch 52 security flaws across its product line Tuesday, according to its inaugural CPU advance notification bulletin.
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January 10, 2007
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Jan'07
Out-of-cycle Microsoft patch likely, experts say
Patch specialists and IT administrators were surprised Microsoft didn't fix much-publicised Word zero-day flaws Tuesday. But they don't fault the company for holding back.
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January 09, 2007
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Jan'07
Remote flaw in Vista could earn finder $8,000
VeriSign Inc.'s iDefense Labs is offering an $8,000 bounty to any researcher who finds a remotely exploitable flaw in Windows Vista.
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January 08, 2007
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Jan'07
Critical fixes for Excel, Outlook and Windows
Microsoft starts the year with security updates for Excel, Outlook and Windows. Three of the fixes are rated critical.
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January 07, 2007
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Jan'07
Microsoft nixes four patch bulletins
Eight security updates were originally scheduled for Patch Tuesday , but Microsoft has decided to hold back on half of them.
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December 11, 2006
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Dec'06
Microsoft fixes two zero-day flaws
The December security update from Microsoft includes patches for zero-day flaws in Visual Studio and Windows Media Player, but two zero-day flaws in Word remain unfixed.
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December 06, 2006
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Dec'06
Microsoft to fix Visual Studio, Windows flaws
Microsoft plans to release five security updates to address vulnerabilities in Windows and a flaw in Visual Studio as part of its monthly security bulletin release cycle.
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December 06, 2006
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Dec'06
Zero-day flaw found in Windows Media Player
Attackers could exploit a new zero-day flaw in Windows Media Player to cause a denial of service or launch malicious code. The threat is Microsoft's second zero-day flaw in a week.
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October 18, 2006
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Oct'06
Rural Payments Agency project failed after IT system costs spiralled
Delays in implementing a bespoke IT system led to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) failing to pay subsidies to farmers on time, according to a National Audit Office report.