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February 13, 2012 13 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
February 10, 2012 10 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.
January 30, 2012 30 Jan'12
Microsoft puts Blackberry service on Office365

Businesses running Microsoft Office 365 can now access Exchange Online on their BlackBerry smartphones.
January 25, 2012 25 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.

January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12
Virtualisation is mainstream, says Corporate IT Forum

A survey from Corporate IT Forum has found more than 60% of its members are running virtualisation for server consolidation and to reduce IT costs.
January 20, 2012 20 Jan'12
Microsoft sales up, profits slightly down

Microsoft reported a 5% year-on-year increase in revenue for its latest financial quarter, but profit dipped slightly.
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Case Study: Zaha Hadid Architects opt for private cloud

London-based international architecture and design practice Zaha Hadid Architects has deployed a private cloud infrastructure to cut IT costs and improve delivery and availability of applications.
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Unilever and Lufthansa Systems deploy Microsoft Azure private cloud

Unilever and Lufthansa Systems are using Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to build applications in a private cloud.
January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12
Amazon offers 750 hours of free Windows Server processing

Amazon is offering free usage of Amazon Web Services for Microsoft Windows Server applications within the AWS Free Usage Tier.
January 13, 2012 13 Jan'12
Can ultrabooks running Windows 8 work for businesses?

Microsoft and Intel are set to tackle Apple and Google and IT consumerisation head-on with Windows 8 powered ultrabooks.

January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12
Microsoft aims to raise the security bar in 2012

Microsoft is to reveal a new Trustworthy Computing initiative next month - and gives Computer Weekly an insight into what it means.
January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12
Spanish bank adopts Google enterprise cloud apps

One of Spain’s largest banks, BBVA, is switching its 110,000 staff to Google's cloud-based enterprise software
January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12
CES 2012: Chip makers Intel and Qualcomm step up competition

Competition between mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm and PC chip maker Intel is set to increase with each announcing plans to move into the other’s market territory at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12
CES 2012: Windows 8 takes aim at Android

Microsoft has used what is believed to be its last appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show to showcase its Windows 8 operating system to be released later this year.
January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12
What’s in store for IT in 2012?

The global economy is creating an atmosphere of uncertainty in the IT sector, but what can we expect in 2012?
January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12
Microsoft sting adds to Comet’s woes

Microsoft has filed proceedings against retailer Comet after it was discovered to have created and sold over 94,000 copies of Windows Vista and XP recovery CDs.
January 03, 2012 03 Jan'12
Licensing implications of bringing your own device to work

Given the pace of change in gadgets that people wish to bring to work, we look at the issues around software licensing.
December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11
Microsoft releases emergency critical security patch

Microsoft is issuing an emergency security update for a critical flaw that affects all currently supported versions of Windows and Windows Server and could be used for a denial of service attack.
December 28, 2011 28 Dec'11
Top 10 IT photo stories of the year

News events, technological milestones and gadget launches are just a few of the things that merited photo stories in 2011. Our top 10 photo stories of the year range from informative to nostalgic and even amusing.
December 20, 2011 20 Dec'11
VMware puts Windows on Kindle Fire

VMware is making available preview versions of its View client software for the Kindle Fire, Mac and Linux, along with updates to the Android and iPad clients.
December 14, 2011 14 Dec'11
Microsoft expands Lync unified comms to Apple iPhone, iPad, Android and Nokia Symbian

Microsoft has released Lync 2010, its unified communications platform for Apple iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and Nokia Symbian.
December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11
Microsoft updates Windows Azure cloud platform

Microsoft has released new features of its Windows Azure cloud development platform, including open source capabilities and simplified billing and management.
December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11
Eight out of 10 business apps fail on security, study finds

Eight out of 10 applications fail to meet acceptable levels of security, according to the latest State of Software Security Report by application security testing firm Veracode.
December 06, 2011 06 Dec'11
Office365 fails BAE's legal team

BAE's experience of Office365 highlights the gulf between what the industry is trying to sell and the reality of big business.
December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11
CIOs slam Microsoft and Oracle for milking the licence-fee cash cow

Paul Cheesbrough and David Jack, two CIOs who have pioneered cloud computing, have slammed traditional software suppliers for sticking with “cash cow” licensing models.
December 05, 2011 05 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.
December 01, 2011 01 Dec'11
Department for Work and Pensions pilots 1,000 open source desktops

The Department for Work and Pensions is to trial open source desktops in a move which could lead to large-scale use of non-Microsoft PC software.
December 01, 2011 01 Dec'11
Microsoft previews Internet Explorer 10

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) browser for Windows 8 will offer more foundational capabilities to developers, says the software maker.
November 25, 2011 25 Nov'11
Government opens consultation on definition of IT open standards

The UK has put its open standards policy up for public consultation after opposition from the British Standards Institution and software vendors.
November 23, 2011 23 Nov'11
HP offers alternative to Itanium-based servers

Hewlett-Packard is offering customers an alternative to its Integrity servers based on Intel’s Itanium chips in response to Oracle’s decision to stop developing software that runs on the chipset.
November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11
Microsoft swoops on UK pirates as BSA reveals the damage

Microsoft has settled out of court with five UK companies selling illegal copies of its software as part of its global crackdown on pirates.
November 15, 2011 15 Nov'11
Google, Oracle surpass Microsoft in vulnerabilities, study shows

Google has replaced Microsoft as the number one software supplier for reported vulnerabilities, with a total of 82.
November 07, 2011 07 Nov'11
Light Microsoft Patch Tuesday for November

System administrators can look forward to a light Patch Tuesday with Microsoft planning to release only four bulletins in its monthly security update on 8 November.
November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11
Trinity Mirror chooses Google Apps over rival IBM and Microsoft cloud services

Trinity Mirror Group is rolling out Google's enterprise cloud e-mail and collaboration service to replace a Lotus Notes-based on-premise e-mail system for 6,500 staff.
May 19, 2011 19 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.
May 11, 2011 11 May'11
Light Patch Tuesday introduces Microsoft’s new exploitability index

Microsoft released just two patches in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update for May.
May 09, 2011 09 May'11
Light Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May

Security administrators will have a light Patch Tuesday this month, with Microsoft due to release just two...
May 03, 2011 03 May'11
CIOs must start planning for HTML 5.0 now

The browser has become the single piece of software most widely deployed and used. Apple, Microsoft, Google and Firefox's Mozilla are in a race to develop more functional browsers. The core functionality of these browsers must be the same to comply ...
April 13, 2011 13 Apr'11
Microsoft issues record security update for 64 vulnerabilties

Microsoft has released 17 security bulletins fixing a total of 64 vulnerabilities in its monthly security update for April.
April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11
Microsoft lock-in forces European Commission into Windows 7 upgrade talks

The European Commission has been forced into extraordinary negotiations with Microsoft because it is locked in to using the vendor's software and standards.
March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11
Spam plummets following Rustock botnet shutdown

Global spam levels have dropped by a third since a Microsoft-led operation took down the Rustock botnet.
March 16, 2011 16 Mar'11
Wolverhampton City Council breaches DPA with document skip dump

Wolverhampton City Council breached the Data Protection Act when staff put personal information in a skip, says the Information Commissioner's Office.
March 15, 2011 15 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.
March 14, 2011 14 Mar'11
Nokia outlines market share and job loss risks of Microsoft partnership

Nokia has outlined the risks of partnering with Microsoft, including a "substantial reduction" to its staff and loss of marketshare.
March 14, 2011 14 Mar'11
ISSA proposes SME security standard

The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) in the UK has published a proposed new security standard for SMEs in response to its 2010 research report on SME security for the UK Information Commissioner's Office.
February 21, 2011 21 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.
February 17, 2011 17 Feb'11
Businesses the main victim as cyber crime costs UK £27bn

Businesses are the main targets of cyber crime, which is costing the economy around £27bn a year, according to a report from the Office of Cyber Security and consultancy Detica.
February 16, 2011 16 Feb'11
Achieve online safety through collective defence, says Microsoft

Internet users are facing increasingly complex threats they can't defend themselves against, according to Microsoft.
February 16, 2011 16 Feb'11
RSA 2011: Microsoft details refined 'public health' model for internet security

Many organisations are stuck in a state of paralysis because they fail to understand the nature of cyber threats, says Microsoft's Scott Charney.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Gates sells 90 million Microsoft shares in a year

Bill Gates has sold 10 million shares in Microsoft this month, and a total of 90 million shares in the past 12 months, reducing his stock holdings by 13%
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
ICO hits Ealing and Hounslow councils with £150,000 fines for laptop theft

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has imposed monetary penalties on Ealing and Hounslow Councils following the loss of two unencrypted laptops.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Microsoft Patch Tuesday update excludes fix for MHTML flaw

Microsoft is to address 12 security issues in its February Patch Tuesday.
January 28, 2011 28 Jan'11
Microsoft disappoints investors despite strong quarter

Microsoft has announced record revenue of $20bn (£12.6bn) for the quarter ended 31 December 2010, with Kinect exceeding expectations and Windows falling short.
January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11
UK 2006 FIFA World Cup fan details not at risk, says ICO

There is no reason to believe the passport details of UK 2006 FIFA World Cup ticketholders are at risk, according to the Information Commissioner's Office...
January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11
Microsoft starts 2011 with light patch Tuesday

The first Patch Tuesday monthly security update from Microsoft will be light compared with 17 patches aimed at fixing 42 vulnerabilities in December.
January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11
Microsoft investigates new vulnerability in Windows

Microsoft is investigating reports of a vulnerability in the Windows graphics rendering engine that could allow attackers to take control of targeted computers.
December 22, 2010 22 Dec'10
Microsoft scraps controversial anti-piracy programme

Microsoft has scrapped its an anti-piracy programme Office Genuine Advantage.

The programme checked whether customers were running legal copies of...
December 07, 2010 07 Dec'10
Gartner predicts expansive - but expensive - future for SharePoint apps

Business applications on Microsoft's SharePoint could become as popular as the iPhone apps within five years, Gartner predicts.
October 29, 2010 29 Oct'10
Microsoft revenues beat estimates and profits top Apple’s for last quarter

Microsoft has reported revenues of $16.2bn (£10.1bn) for the first fiscal quarter of 2011, beating analysts' estimates of $15.8bn and up 25% compared to the same period a year ago.
October 15, 2010 15 Oct'10
IE9 beta uses reputation check to raise alarm over high-risk downloads

Microsoft has activated an optional feature that provides download protection for beta users of the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser.
October 13, 2010 13 Oct'10
RSA Europe 2010: Botnets have become backbone for cybercrime, says Microsoft

Botnets are increasingly core to cybercrime activities, the latest security intelligence report from Microsoft has revealed.
October 06, 2010 06 Oct'10
Cyber threats demand global collective defence, says Microsoft

A top Microsoft executive has called for global collective defence on the internet in the face of increasingly sophisticated attacks by a well-resourced and persistent adversary.
October 05, 2010 05 Oct'10
ISSE 2010: Stuxnet worm marks a security watershed, says German minister

The Stuxnet worm marks a watershed in IT security management, says Thomas de Maizière, German minister of the interior.
October 05, 2010 05 Oct'10
Microsoft best positioned in cloud market, says Steve Ballmer

Microsoft is better positioned to benefit from the switch to cloud computing than any of its competitors, says CEO Steve Ballmer. Speaking at the London...
October 04, 2010 04 Oct'10
Stuxnet proves cyber attacks on critical infrastructure are possible, say researchers

The Stuxnet worm has highlighted that direct-attacks on critical infrastructure are possible and not just movie plotlines, say researchers.
October 01, 2010 01 Oct'10
BAE Systems readies desktop and Microsoft App-V virtualisation with Camwood

BAE Systems has signed a two-year contract with application compatibility specialist Camwood, to support a major IT update project.
September 01, 2010 01 Sep'10
Microsoft releases fix for DLL vulnerability

Microsoft has released a work-around tool to ward off attacks that exploit dynamic-link library (DLL) loading vulnerabilities while administrators update affected applications.
July 28, 2010 28 Jul'10
Black Hat 2010: Microsoft calls for co-ordinated vulnerability disclosure

Microsoft has called on the IT community to move to co-ordinated vulnerability disclosure at the BlackHat USA 2010 security conference in Las Vegas.
July 28, 2010 28 Jul'10
Black Hat 2010: Adobe joins MAPP early warning programme

Microsoft is to extend its active protections programme (MAPP) to include vulnerability sharing from Adobe Systems.
July 23, 2010 23 Jul'10
PC demand pushes Microsoft to record sales

Microsoft produced record fourth quarter sales of $16.04bn (£10.47bn), 22% up on the same quarter 2009, as demand for PCs running its new operating system, Windows 7, improved worldwide.
July 16, 2010 16 Jul'10
New Windows zero-day vulnerability allows USB malware to run, says Sophos

A new USB-based zero-day attack is hitting Microsoft Windows users, according to security firm Sophos.
July 13, 2010 13 Jul'10
Microsoft builds Dynamics Marketplace

Microsoft has unveiled Dynamics Marketplace for its latest Dynamics CRM product at its worldwide partner conference in Washington. The company said the new online catalogue, which is due to be available in September 2010, would provide a way for ...
July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10
Microsoft debuts Azure platform appliance

Microsoft has introduced the Windows Azure platform appliance, which it says will enable service providers and larger businesses to provide on-demand IT...
June 18, 2010 18 Jun'10
Confidential personal information stolen from Kent Police

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found Kent Police in breach of the Data Protection Act.

Documents containing confidential personal...
June 16, 2010 16 Jun'10
Microsoft will need to produce a patch for Windows XP SP2

Businesses running Windows XP SP2 have been hit by a double-whammy this week.

Not only has Tavis Ormandy, a security engineer at Google, found a security...
June 11, 2010 11 Jun'10
Microsoft calls for responsible disclosure of security flaws

Microsoft says it continues to support responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities after a researcher went public with a zero-day vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
June 10, 2010 10 Jun'10
New vulnerability in Windows revealed

An independent security researcher has published exploit code for a zero-day vulnerability in...
June 04, 2010 04 Jun'10
June Microsoft Patch Tuesday will keep systems admins busy, says Qualys

Microsoft is to release 10 fixes for 34 vulnerabilities in its Patch Tuesday monthly security update on 8 June.
June 02, 2010 02 Jun'10
West Berkshire Council found in breach of Data Protection Act

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found the West Berkshire Council in breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA).
May 28, 2010 28 May'10
Cloud computing could help improve security, says Microsoft

Cloud computing could help improve security, says Microsoft Cloud computing adds security challenges, but also provides opportunities to improve security...
May 19, 2010 19 May'10
Microsoft sues Salesforce.com alleging patent infringement

Microsoft is suing software-as-a-service business Salesforce.com claiming it has infringed nine patents.
April 27, 2010 27 Apr'10
Microsoft offers online Dynamics CRM for $19 per user per month

Microsoft has announced an update to its online CRM system, based on its Dynamics platform.
March 31, 2010 31 Mar'10
Warwickshire County Council breaches Data Protection Act

Warwickshire County Council has landed in hot water with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after the theft of two computers and the loss of a memory...
February 26, 2010 26 Feb'10
Microsoft leads industry group to take down Waledac botnet

Microsoft has pulled together the resources of researchers, security suppliers and legal experts to shut down the Waledac botnet.
February 10, 2010 10 Feb'10
Priorities for administrators in Microsoft Patch Tuesday security update

Microsoft has released 13 security fixes for 26 vulnerabilities in the February Patch Tuesday monthly security update, equalling the record set for the largest update in October.
November 09, 2009 09 Nov'09
Microsoft readies six patches for Windows and Office

Microsoft is releasing six security patches to address 15 vulnerabilities, with half categorised as "critical".
November 03, 2009 03 Nov'09
Steve Ballmer pessimistic about IT spending

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer thinks corporations' IT spending will not return to pre-recession levels.
October 09, 2009 09 Oct'09
MS Researcher reveals 128-bit OS plans on LinkedIn

A Microsoft Researcher has accidentally revealed some of the plans Microsoft has for Windows 8 and 9, in his LinkedIn profile.
October 05, 2009 05 Oct'09
Steve Ballmer uses iPhone to show why Windows will live on

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, kicked off his presentation to UK businesses and partners with a message, urging them to innovate.
August 21, 2009 21 Aug'09
XP hacker jailed for three and a half years

Four people have been jailed in China for ripping off Windows XP, according to Reuters.
August 12, 2009 12 Aug'09
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: fixes for ActiveX, but make it quick

Users should update their Windows PCs immediately with Microsoft's latest patches, which became available yesterday.
August 10, 2009 10 Aug'09
DARPA designs a new Clippy – virtual assistant military style

Two years since its demise, the spectre of Microsoft's animated paperclip, Clippy, still haunts anyone hoping to develop a virtual assistant to help people get things done. Few have tried to push virtual assistants to the public since.
July 21, 2009 21 Jul'09
Expenses fiddles likely on MoD payroll system

A report by the National Audit Office this week criticises...
July 20, 2009 20 Jul'09
Microsoft and Yahoo could unite against Google

The battle between Microsoft and Google has intensified on several fronts
July 17, 2009 17 Jul'09
Microsoft "thanks" in short supply

Windows 7 was made available this week with massive discounts if customers pre order them, but they could soon run out.
July 15, 2009 15 Jul'09
Businesses face deluge of patches from Microsoft and Oracle

IT security administrators will have to deal with more than 10 security patches from Oracle and nine from Microsoft this week.

Oracle's...
July 14, 2009 14 Jul'09
Microsoft Azure goes online: priced to compete with Amazon EC2

Microsoft has announced pricing of Azure, its cloud computing service, which be made available in Europe, Singapore and the US from November.
June 24, 2009 24 Jun'09
Paul Allen launches Microsoft plug-in

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has made a comeback with the launch of his latest venture, Xiant, which has developed a product to manage Outlook InBoxes.
May 21, 2009 21 May'09
Adobe co-ordinates fixes with Patch Tuesday

Adobe will start producing regular bug fixes and patches for Acrobat Reader to tie in with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates.

In a blog posting yesterday...
May 13, 2009 13 May'09
Internet shopping safer than many other online activities

Online security is the biggest reason UK consumers do not shop online, according to a survey by the Office of Fair Trading.