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Spyware has surpassed viruses as the number one threat facing your computer today. In fact, most estimates report that 90 percent of computers already have been infiltrated by spyware, which is the name given to any program that installs itself on your hard drive, collects personal information about...
Some malware that packs an unusual assortment of tools for mischief and has infected thousands of computers on the Internet is being watched closely by security experts. Although the "Phatbot" or "Polybot" program currently poses a low risk to online systems, its potential for devilry prompted the U...
Along with efforts to make its software more manageable, Microsoft has announced it is replacing its Software Update Services with a new, more forceful program called Windows Update Services, which will be aimed at getting security patches installed more quickly. Microsoft said Update Services 1.0, ...
Today at the third annual Microsoft Management Summit, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Windows Server Division at Microsoft, laid out Microsoft's vision and technology road map for reducing the cost and complexity of managing and securing enterprise systems: the Microsoft "dynamic systems i...
Microsoft is probably glad its latest monthly round of software patches is relatively mundane, with three separate holes in Outlook 2002, MSN Messenger and Windows Server 2000 service packs all rated as medium-level threats. There was some concern that the Outlook 2002 hole -- addressed in an Office...
Centralized desktop management -- already a necessity to prevent adverse impacts from rolling out new applications or patches -- has become a critical part of fending off the latest worms and other viruses that can wreak havoc on an IT environment. OnDemand claims its latest WinInstall software is t...
Microsoft is making it clear that Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP -- a more than 220-MB software update dubbed "XP plus" and "mini-Longhorn" by some industry watchers -- will have a sizeable effect on other applications as it seeks to shut out security weaknesses in enterprise systems. Microsoft...
The evolution of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags into a viable enterprise enabler is almost complete. The pressure put on suppliers by such companies as Wal-Mart and Tescos will, through commercial inertia and economies of scale, ensure the price of individual tags and associated readers ...
Microsoft has made available a beta version of its forthcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2, due in full form in the middle of this year. The beta is currently available to testers who will get a glimpse of the major security upgrade that many liken to an entirely new operating system. The new Service ...
As operating system migration has become more of an issue, particularly for Microsoft administrators, the company has responded by releasing a beta version of Virtual Server 2004, which promises to pave a gentle migration path to Windows Server 2003 while working with older Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 ...
The recent disclosure of a security hole revealed through the leak of Microsoft Windows 2000 and NT source code is raising several issues that the software giant will have to face as a result of the breach. Analysts are indicating the leak could have a profound effect not only on the security of Mic...
What started out for Microsoft as a bad day with the reported theft and Internet posting of source code for some of its Windows operating systems turned worse as the technology giant once again saw the security of its software tested with the emergence of a dangerous Internet Explorer exploit. Secur...
Leading intellectual property lawyers are suggesting that a U.S. District Court ruling earlier this week, which stated the word "windows" is generic and cannot be trademarked, is incorrect and probably will be overturned on appeal. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, in the ruling released this wee...
Many an intergalactic sci-fi flick has showcased the "instant translator" -- the clever box that makes earthling speech intelligible to alpha-centaurians, and vice versa. Now something similar is helping Australian organizations bring legacy applications and enterprise knowledge up to date. Perhaps ...
At an executive gathering Wednesday, Sun Microsystems previewed the Solaris 10 operating system, the upcoming version of the company's award-winning OS for systems based on UltraSPARC and x86 microprocessors. The company, which will make early-access versions of the software available for download t...
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